Grady "Pee Wee" Rikard

Grady Franklin Rikard, 88, of Newberry, widower of Patricia Ann “Tootsie” Willard Rikard, died Wednesday, August 18, 2010, at his residence.

Born on January 22, 1922, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Franklin Samuel and Alice Cornelia Wicker Rikard. He was a World War II Navy veteran and also a veteran of the Army. Mr. Rikard was the owner of the Pee Wees Party Shop. He was a member of Cannon’s Creek A.R.P. Church. He was a 58 year member of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and was an electrician with local Union # 164 I.B.E.W. of Paramus, N.J. and also worked for the Tennessee Valley Authority.

Surviving are his daughters, Gloria Jean Crayne and Lizzie Ann (David) Brotherton both of Newberry; sisters, Dorothy Haltiwanger of West Columbia and Sara Sutton of Columbia; a granddaughter, Amanda Bethany Crayne. He was predeceased by a son-in-law, Bobby Crayne, sisters, Ola Mae Wentworth and Roechelle Rikard, brothers, Earl Rikard, W.B. Rikard, Ralph Rikard, Roland Rikard and Murray Rikard.

Funeral services will be held at 6:00 p.m. Saturday, August 21, 2010, at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home by the Rev. Gary Pierstorff. Burial with military honors will follow in Cannon’s Creek Prosperity ARP Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.

Special thanks are extended to Dr. Steve Madden, Dr. Michael Bernardo, Dr. Oscar Lovelace, Dr. Chip Dixon. special caregiver, Felippe and the staff of Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

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