COLUMBIA The Rev. Paul Corbett Tomlinson, 68, an outstanding chaplain, died Sunday, June 28, 2015 at Richland Heart Hospital after a massive stroke. Paul grew up in Columbia, attending Columbia public schools and graduating from the old Columbia High School. He was a 1968 graduate of Furman University and received his master of divinity degree in 1973 from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. One of his many friends, Nancy P. Brown, said of him, “Paul’s life was full of love and laughter and kindness and giving, but also one of standing up for his principles. He was a good man, a loyal friend, and lived his faith.” Paul was a son of Velma Corbett Tomlinson of West Columbia and the late Otis C. Tomlinson. He was predeceased by his father and by his brother, the Rev. Dr. David Otis Tomlinson. For many years, he was a chaplain at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C. In recent years, he had been serving as a chaplain with Palmetto Health Hospital in Columbia. His ministry included visiting elderly patients and their families in the hospital’s senior centers. In addition to his mother, Paul is survived by an aunt, Lexie Corbett of Marion, N.C.; first cousins Charles E. and Michael Corbett of Marion, N.C.; a first cousin, Dr. Redding I. Corbett III of Columbia; and a cousin, Judith Corbett Matthews. Other relatives also survive. His colleagues will lead a funeral service at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 5, 2015 at Dunbar Funeral Home, 3926 Devine Street, Columbia, S.C. An interment service will be held in the near future. It would be appropriate to honor Paul with memorials to Palmetto Health Hospital chaplaincy service, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Washington, D.C., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Furman University or the charity of your choice. Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com.
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