OSFRED BOSTON

Graveside services for Osfred Boston will be held at 3 p.m. today at Manning Cemetery in Pinewood. 

The family received friends from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Palmer Memorial Chapel in Columbia.

Osfred Boston transitioned on Thursday, May 14, 2020, at his residence in Columbia. 

Born in Charleston, he was the eldest of four children born to the late Rev. Benjamin Pleasant Boston Sr. and Ineatha Gathers Boston.  A 1969 graduate of Manchester High School, he later attended South Carolina State College (now University). A man of eclectic interest, he was employed in many different industries.  After working in the transportation, banking and manufacturing industries, he found his calling in food services as a sous chef.

Surviving are his wife, Pamela Glover; five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; two sisters, Theophila Boston (Alphonso) Murray and Babette Boston; a nephew, Marquis Boston; and a host of other relatives and friends. 

Please visit www.PalmerMemorialChapel.com for additional information.