Henry Dingle Sr.

Henry Dingle Sr., 69, husband of Frances Cantey Dingle, died April 7, 2008, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Manning.

Born April 6, 1939, in Manning, he was the son of the late Deacon Earnest Dingle and Edith Robinson Dingle. He received his formal education at Manning Training School and graduated in 1958. He accepted Christ as his Savior and joined Mount Chapel Baptist Church, where he served as an usher, choir member, trustee and Sunday school teacher. Mr. Dingle was a chef and worked in several restaurants before he became owner of Dingle’s Village Restaurant, Greeleyville. He worked for Georgia-Pacific and later retired from Westvaco Lumber Co.

Survivors include his wife, Frances Cantey Dingle of the home; four daughters, ArTheia E. Dingle and CoRett Dingle, both of Upper Marlboro, Md., Darlene (Allen) Dingle-Brown and Bonita Dingle Graham of Columbia; two sons, Henry (Leslie) Dingle Jr. of Columbia and Linwood Craig (Jean) Land of Alaska; three brothers, James Dingle of Manning, the Rev. Lee Earnest (Shirley) Dingle of Sumter and Joseph (Marie) Dingle of Warner-Robbins, Ga.; one sister, Elma (Paul) Blackwell of Manning; and 14 grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sons, four sisters and one brother.

Funeral services wwere held on Saturday, April 12, 2008,at Mount Chapel Baptist Church in Manning, with the Rev. Carnell Witherspoon, pastor, the Rev. Northern Miller, presiding, assisting the Rev. O’Donald Dingle, the Rev. Eloise Pompey and the Rev. Lee Earnest Dingle.

Burial followed in the churchyard cemetery.

Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning was in charge of the arrangements.