Funeral service for Paul E. Hiers, 82, will be held 3 p.m. Friday, October 7, 2011, at Salem United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will follow in the church fellowship hall. Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel in Irmo, is in charge. Mr. Hiers died October 3, 2011. Born June 3, 1929, in Ehrhardt, S.C., he was the son of the late Julius Leroy and Esther Holmes Hiers. He was a graduate of The Citadel, Class of 1950, and had retired from the S.C. Budget and Control Board. He served in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict and was a member of Mid-Carolina Golf Club and Salem U.M.C. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, golfing, and playing guitar and harmonica. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Pike Hiers of the home; sons, Rickey Stephen Hiers (Jean) of Lexington, Christopher Paul Hiers of Waxhaw, N.C.; grandchildren, Hunter Reed Hiers, Jolie Emerson Hiers and Griffin Patrick Hiers. Memorials may be made to Salem U.M.C. Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 237, Ballentine, SC 29002 or Epworth Children’s Home, 2900 Millwood Avenue, Columbia, SC 29205. Tags: 1950
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