Mr. Karl McLin Bankhead

July 21, 1932 - November 10, 2014

Blackstock Karl McLin Bankhead, 82, died Monday, November 10, 2014, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at Hebron Presbyterian Church with Rev. Jim Williams and Rev. Marvin Tennant officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Wednesday, November 14, in the sanctuary of Hebron Presbyterian Church. Mr. Bankhead was born July 21,1932 in Blackstock, SC and was a son of the late William McLin Bankhead and Esther McKeown Bankhead. He was a graduate of Great Falls High School class of 1950 and a veteran of the U.S. Army. Mr. Bankhead was retired from Duracell in Lancaster and a retired farmer. He was a member of Hebron Presbyterian Church and a 50-year member of Great Falls Masonic Lodge #277. He is survived by his wife, Patricia “Patti” Flegel Bankhead; one son, Karl McLin Johnson and wife Anne Marie of Heath Springs, one daughter, Judith Bankhead of Blackstock; three grandchildren, Kelly Blackmon (Cory) of Heath Springs, Clay Johnson (Casey) of Buford, Ga., and Garrett Borgaro of Rock Hill; and two great-grandchildren, Bailey Blackmon and Brooks Johnson. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hebron Presbyterian Church Cemetery Association, 4776 Mountain Gap Rd., Blackstock, SC 29014. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.