Lloyd Deal

LLOYD DEAL WAS BORN ON MAY 5, 1954, IN GREENWOOD COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA. HE WAS THE SEVENTH OF SIXTEEN CHILDREN (Nine brothers and Six sisters) BORN TO THE LATE ANDREW LEE DEAL, SR. AND DOROTHY MAE HACKETT DEAL.

AS A YOUNG MAN, LLOYD LIVED AT THE FAMILY HOME AND WORKED ALONGSIDE SEVERAL OF HIS BROTHERS IN THEIR FATHER'S PULPWOOD BUSINESS. FOLLOWING HIS FATHER'S PASSING, HE MOVED TO GREENWOOD, WHERE HE MET AND MARRIED RHONDA FAYE BOLLAND DEAL, WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH.

ALTHOUGH LLOYD NEVER OFFICIALLY REMARRIED, YEARS LATER HE MET BETTY BEATY, AND THEY SHARED 36 YEARS OF LIFE TOGETHER. MANY REFERRED TO THEIR UNION AS A COMPANIONSHIP, AND UNDER THE COMMON LAW STANDARDS OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THEY WERE CONSIDERED MARRIED. BETTY HAD FOUR SONS, ALL OF WHOM CALLED LLOYD "POPS," AND HE SHARED A LOVING AND FATHERLY BOND WITH EACH OF THEM.

LLOYD WAS A HARDWORKING MAN WHO HELD MANY JOBS THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE. HE WAS EMPLOYED WITH THOMAS CONCRETE, SAMMY ROBINSON'S BRICK MASON AND CONCRETE BUSINESS, AND LATER WORKED ALONGSIDE HIS BUDDY AND ONE OF HIS BEST FRIENDS, ROBERT WATSON, JR., IN THE LANDSCAPING AND LAWN CARE BUSINESS. EVENTUALLY, LLOYD BRANCHED OUT AND STARTED HIS OWN LAWN CARE BUSINESS.

DEEPLY DEDICATED TO HIS WORK, LLOYD TRULY CARED ABOUT HIS CUSTOMERS AND OFTEN CONTINUED WORKING EVEN WHEN HIS HEALTH WAS FAILING. DUE TO HIS ILLNESS, HE WAS FINALLY FORCED TO STOP WORKING APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS BEFORE HIS PASSING.

LLOYD DEARLY LOVED HIS FAMILY AND CHERISHED TIME SPENT WITH THEM. HE Would BOAST ABOUT HOW "COOL AND NICE" HIS SISTER-IN-LAW GEORGIA WAS TO HIM.   ALSO, HE SHARED A SPECIAL BOND WITH TWO OF HIS UNCLES, "PEE WEE" (WILLIE JAMES HACKETT) AND "TAMP" (HARVEY HACKETT). 

HE ENJOYED DRIVING—ESPECIALLY HIS TRUCK—and TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HELPING FAMILY, FRIENDS, AND ANYONE IN NEED.

LLOYD GAVE HIS LIFE TO CHRIST MANY YEARS AGO. HE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF MOUNT MORIAH BAPTIST CHURCH AND FAITH CHRISTIAN CENTER CHURCH, WHERE HIS BROTHER, APOSTLE ALVIN DEAL, SERVES AS PASTOR. HE WAS ALSO A LONGTIME AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF LIFE CHANGING MINISTRIES CHURCH IN GREENWOOD, LED BY HIS BROTHER AND BEST FRIEND, PASTOR ANDREW DEAL.

HE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT AND HE WILL SURELY BE MISSED BY ALL WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM.

Lloyd leaves behind to cherish his memories; His oldest sister, Mary Lee Dunlap of Greenwood, South Carolina, Prima Lee Tolbert (Herbert Tolbert) of Bradley, South Carolina, Pastor Andrew Deal (Annie Ruth Deal) of Promise Land, South Carolina, Johnny Deal of Bradley, South Carolina. Betty Jacobs (Wessly Jacobs) of Columbia, South Carolina, Apostle Alvin Deal (Georgia Deal) of Greenwood, South Carolina, Marvin Deal of Bradley, South Carolina, Judy Carroll Deal of Boston, Ma, Dennis Deal of Greenwood. His stepsons, Harold Williams of Bradley, South Carolina, Demont and Lil Pete Beaty of Greenwood, South Carolina

His only Aunt, Willa Morgan (Pete/Alfonso) Uncles; Harvey, Timothy and Willie James Hackett, and a host of Very Special nieces and nephews. Lots of cousins, and Many friends. 

Lloyd was proceeded in death by his maternal grandparents, Selina, and Robert Hackett.  His paternal grandparents, Keller Goodwin and Mary Sprowl Johnson. His father Andrew Lee Deal Sr, his mother Dorothy Mae Hackett Deal, His wife, Rhonda Faye, Bolland - Deal, His Common law wife/Companion Betty Beaty. Brothers: Curtis Quarles, Robert Deal (Punchie), Bobby Deal and Timothy Deal. Brother-in-law, Calvin Dunlap.  His sisters:  Doris Selina Phillips Deal and Sara Perrin Deal. His stepson Michael Williams. He Will Be Missed and Will Be Forever in Our Hearts.

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