Jimmy Wayne Singleton

Jimmy Wayne Singleton, 79, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, June 20, 2016, at Cottingham Hospice House.

Born on February 18, 1937, in Greenville County, he was the son of the late Judge and Vera Sims Singleton.

Jimmy Singleton had a successful career in football starting with his years as a student at Pickens High School. He helped lead the Blue Flame through numerous winning seasons, including one State Championship. After Pickens, he was recruited into Clemson where he was on the 1956 Orange Bowl Team. Mr. Singleton was drafted into the U.S. Navy, where he played both football and baseball. He graduated from Clemson and started working for the family business, Pickens Oil Company, until his retirement.

Mr. Singleton was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed wild game hunting, fishing, and golf. He loved spending time with his family and was a standing member of Porter’s Chapel United Methodist Church.

Surviving are his two daughters, Leslie Singleton Dalton (Russ) and Anna Singleton Norton (Keith); a son-in-law, Matthew Brown; two brothers, Billy Singleton and Dickie Singleton (Helen); three grandchildren, Madeline Dalton Smith (Jacob), Anna Margaret Dalton and James Reid Norton, and many loving nieces and nephews.

Along with his parents, Mr. Singleton was also predeceased by a daughter, Carrie Margaret Singleton, a brother, Kenneth Singleton, and the mother of his children, Barbara Dean Singleton.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, June 25, 2016, from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m. at Porter’s Chapel United Methodist Church, with funeral services following at 3 p.m.

Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

The family will be at the home of Anna Norton.

Memorials may be made to the Cottingham Hospice House, 390 Keowee School Rd., Seneca, SC 29672.

Online condolences may be expressed to the family by visiting www.DillardFunerals.com

Dillard Funeral Home, Pickens, SC, (864) 878-6371