Earle "Bard" Bernard Toole III

Service for Earle Bernard Toole III “Bard”, 39, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo. The family will receive friends from noon until 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.

Bard passed away Monday, June 4, 2018. Born on November 22, 1978, he was a son of Earle B. Toole, Jr. and Betty Jo Stewart Toole. He was a graduate of Irmo High School and received his BS and MS degrees from the University of South Carolina. During his younger years, he spent many summers as the manager and lifeguard at Quail Valley Swim Club. Bard was employed as a manager with Outback Steak House and a technician for Aquarium Pools and was previously employed at Dent Middle School as a Physical Education teacher and a coach. He loved weight lifting and people and never met a stranger.

Surviving in addition to his parents are his two beautiful daughters, Parker Elizabeth and Rylee Madison Toole; his former wife, Dana Parker; his brother, Stewart C. Toole; and nephew, Blake Toole. He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Julia Bush Stewart; Bernard and Gretchen Toole.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to The Owls Nest, 2528 West Palmetto Street, Florence, SC 29501.

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