Grady County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ben H. "Friendly Ben" Dekle February 10 1978
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The Cairo Messenger, February 17, 1978
The Cairo Messenger, February 17, 1978
Mr. Ben H. "Friendly Ben" Dekle, 56, of West Columbia, S. C., died Friday, 
February 10, 1978, in a West Columbia hospital of injuries received in an 
automobile accident Thursday, Feb. 9, 1978.

Mr. Dekle was born in Pelham, Ga., a son of the late Forest and Lois Taylor 
Dekle, and had made his home in West Columbia since 1962.  He was a former 
announcer for radio station WCAY in West Columbia, and was a member of the 
Alpine Baptist Church of Columbia, S. C.   He was a U. S. Army veteran of World 
War II.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Ernestine S. Dekle of West Columbia; his step-
mother, Mrs. Riley Griner, of Cairo, Ga.; 4 sons, Forest, Marvin, Allison, and 
James Dekle, all of West Columbia; a daughter, Mrs. Linda Woodard of West 
Columbia; a sister, Mrs. Jewel Gilliard of Cairo, Ga.; 2 half-sisters, Mrs. 
Annie Mae Harrison of Cairo, Ga. and Mrs. Ionne Hale of Thomasville, Ga.; a 
half-brother, Mack Dekle of Cairo, Ga.; and 4 grandchildren.

Funeral services were at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, 1978, in the chapel of the 
Thompson Funeral Home in West Columbia, conducted by the Rev. Alvin Fleming.  
Burial was in Celestial Memorial Gardens in West Columbia.

Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia. S. C. was in charge.  

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