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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
De
Canaday
November 29, 1920 – December 4, 2020
Obituary
Rev. DeArmond E. Canaday, 100, of Greenwood, widower of Jule Kelly Canaday, passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont.
Born in Charleston, he was a son of the late Solomon M. and Stella Laura Way Canaday. De was a 1942 graduate of The Citadel. He received his MA degree from the University of South Carolina and his MDiv from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He was a WWII US Army veteran. De served as a minister with the SC United Methodist Conference for 36 years. He was an honorary (or he liked to say "ornery") pastor emeritus of St. Matthew United Methodist Church in Greenville and attended Main Street United Methodist Church, Greenwood.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Vera Lupo, and his brother, Mac Canaday.
Surviving are his two children, Bill and Cherry; and a sister, Clarita Pinckney.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Jule K. and DeArmond E. Canaday Scholarship Fund at Spartanburg Methodist College Office of Institutional Advancement, 1000 Powell Mill Road, Spartanburg, SC 29301.
Born in Charleston, he was a son of the late Solomon M. and Stella Laura Way Canaday. De was a 1942 graduate of The Citadel. He received his MA degree from the University of South Carolina and his MDiv from the Candler School of Theology at Emory University. He was a WWII US Army veteran. De served as a minister with the SC United Methodist Conference for 36 years. He was an honorary (or he liked to say "ornery") pastor emeritus of St. Matthew United Methodist Church in Greenville and attended Main Street United Methodist Church, Greenwood.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Vera Lupo, and his brother, Mac Canaday.
Surviving are his two children, Bill and Cherry; and a sister, Clarita Pinckney.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to The Jule K. and DeArmond E. Canaday Scholarship Fund at Spartanburg Methodist College Office of Institutional Advancement, 1000 Powell Mill Road, Spartanburg, SC 29301.
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