WEST COLUMBIA – Funeral services for Rufus H. Hanna, 87, will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, West Columbia Chapel, officiated by Benjamin Wade Herlong, Sr. Interment will follow in Fort Jackson National Cemetery at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Children, 950 West Faris Rd., Greenville, SC 29605 or Midlands SCUSBC Association Scholarship Fund, c/o Doris Tompkins, 5 Misty Glen Dr., Irmo, SC 29063.
Mr. Hanna was born October 14, 1931 in Morehead City, NC, and passed away at his home on Saturday, November 24, 2018. He was a son of Josephine Hatcher Hanna and Marion B. Hanna, Sr. Mr. Hanna was a member of the Sumter Police and Sumter Fire Depts., Dupont, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy Reserve and Dept. of the Army. He was a Provost Guard for Jamil Shriners and a former member of the Lexington Masonic Lodge #152. Mr. Hanna was owner and operator of Hanna’s Services and loved spending time with his family, golfing and bowling. He was a past president and secretary for the Columbia Bowling Association and Hall of Fame member of the Southeast Bowling Association. He was proud of his hole-in-one at the Mid Carolina Golf Course.
Mr. Hanna is survived by his wife, Deanna; five children, Fran Lee, Faith Mosier (Jim), Bucky Hanna, Louis Hanna, Marjorie Branham; nine grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; sisters, Anna Byrd and Marcella Sasser; sister-in-law, Ramona Meadows (Richard) and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, M. B. Hanna, Jr.
