Mr. Jerry Belton was born on May 4, 1949. He is the son of the late Mr. Levi and Mrs. Isabell Belton. He departed this life on June 6, 2018 at home.
As a child, he and his 17 brothers and sisters attended Macedonia Baptist Church where he was baptized at an early age. He attended Fairfield County Public Schools. He worked as a truck driver and maintenance for South Carolina Department of Transportation. While at the SCDOT he earned numerous awards and recognition before he retired from there.
He gave his life to Christ in 1995. He attended Faith Outreach Ministry where he became an ordain deacon. He was a active and faithful member there. He sung on the Men’s Choir, he recorded church services, maintain the church building, landscape and carpentry. He enjoyed the outdoors. Some of his hobbies are fishing, hunting, yard work and fixing his family vehicles.
He leaves behind his wife Mildred, his son Jerry Belton, Jr. (Denise), daughter Catrease Belton and grandson Williek Green all of Columbia, SC.
Nine brothers, Willie (Daisy) Walker and Aaron Belton both of Seattle, WA, Samson (Patricia) Belton and Ellis (Polly) Belton of Columbia, SC, Truman (Bobbie) Belton of Blythewood, SC, Larry (Martha) Belton and Levi Belton, Jr. of Killeen, TX, Rueben Belton of Ridgeway, SC and Dennis Miller of Winnsboro, SC; seven sisters, Pearl (Olin) Kelly of Columbia, SC, Fanny Mae Belton and Mary Belton both of Ridgeway, SC, Maggie Lee (John) Lawhorn and Sheila Cannon of Blythewood, SC, Debra Belton Gaston, SC and Mabel Belton of Hartford , CT.; a Stepson, Joe Belton; a special niece Patricia Green; also Carolyn Weston as well as a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles and close friends.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Thomas Walker and Arthur Belton.
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