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George Andrew Waldo

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Mr. George Andrew Waldo, 88, of Crest Road in Edgefield, died Thursday, July 29, 2010 at Edgefield County Hospital. Funeral services will be held Thursday, Aug. 5, at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church, with the Rev. Johnny Clark officiating.

Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Waldo, a native of Americus, Ga., was a member and deacon of Macedonia Baptist Church. He was the owner and operator of Waldo’s Shoe Repair Service and a U.S. Army veteran.

Survivors include his wife, Hattie Ruth Rearden Waldo; two sons, Steiner (Carolyn) Waldo, Edgefield, and George (Tyrone) Waldo Jr., Columbia; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; three sisters-in-law; and one brother-in-law, Julia Rearden, Mt. Vernon, N.Y., Dorothy Rearden, Jeanette Rearden and Clarence Rearden, Philadelphia, Pa; and a host of other relatives. Friends may call at the residence.

G.L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary, Edgefield, is in charge of arrangements.