William Council
February 10, 1929 - January 5, 2018
Darlington, SC William Leonard Council, 88, of Darlington died Friday, January 5, 2018. Funeral service will be held Monday, January 8, 2018 at 2 PM Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church. Interment, with Full Military Honors and Masonic rites will follow at Grove Hill Cemetery, directed by Kistler-Hardee Funeral Home of Darlington. Mr. Council was born in Hope Mills, NC. He was the son of the late Robert Francis and Lena Belle Evans Council. He served his country in the United States Air Force. He retired from Wallace Concrete Pipe Company. Mr. Council was very active at Trinity United Methodist Church where he was in the Men’s Sunday School Class, served on the Administrative Board and the Finance Committee for many years. He also worked as a volunteer at the church for over twenty years. He was a member of St. David’s Masonic Lodge #73 AF&AM and the Omar Shrine Temple. He was an avid supporter of The Shriner’s Children’s Hospital. He was a member of the Barney Gum Pond Hunting Club and he enjoyed playing golf and playing Hearts. Surviving are his wife of 63 years, Ann S. Council; three daughters, Susan Montague and husband John of Raleigh, NC, Mary Ann Serridge and husband Bill of Salem, SC, and Jane E. Council of Lexington. His sister in law, Nancy Council and his caregivers, Centheal Frierson and Linda Brownlee. Memorials are suggested to Trinity United Methodist Church, PO Box 16, Darlington, SC 29540 or the Shriner’s Hospital for Children, 950 West Faris Road, Greenville, SC 29605. The family will receive friends Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Kistler-Hardee Funeral Home from 12:30 PM until 3 PM and at all other times at the home.
Darlington, SC William Leonard Council, 88, of Darlington died Friday, January 5, 2018. Funeral service will be held Monday, January 8, 2018 at 2 PM Monday at Trinity United Methodist Church. Interment, with Full Military Honors and Masonic... View Obituary & Service Information