Wagener - Mr. Samuel “Uncle Sam” Drafts Schofield, Jr., 83, entered into rest Sunday, June 19, 2011.
Mr. Schofield was born in Atlanta, GA son of the late Addie Lee Price Schofield and Samuel Drafts Schofield, Sr. He was also predeceased by his wife of 51 years Mary Frances Corbett Schofield, and siblings; Mary Kathryn S. Keisler, Margaret Price S. Taylor, Rembert Nelson Schofield, and Johnny William Schofield, Sr.
He was a member of Wagener United Methodist Church. Mr. Schofield graduated Newberry College with a BA in Math & Science. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army. He taught 32 years in Aiken, Allendale, and Barnwell Counties. Mr. Schofield retired to devote his life fulltime to the love of his life, Aunt Mary until her death in 2004.
Mr. Schofield is survived by several nephews and nieces; Kenneth (Tammy) Schofield, Rembert Nelson Schofield, Cline David Taylor, Suzanne (Ben) Compton, Nancy (Mike) Durrell, and John William (Amy) Schofield who devoted much time and love in seeing that Uncle Sam was cared for the latter years of his life after the passing of Mr. John and Mrs. Mary Schofield.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Wagener Chapel of Blizzard Funeral Home, 163 Main St. South, Wagener, SC. The Funeral Service will be Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. in the Wagener United Methodist Church with the Reverends Hope Avins, Kristen Richardson-Frick, and Robert Dunn officiating. Mr. Schofield will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service for viewing. The family asks that memorials be made to the Wagener United Methodist Church at
P. O. Box 265 Wagener, SC29164. Burial will be in the Wagener Cemetery with military honors.
Special thanks to Dr. David and Brian Keisler, Robin Smith, Judy Powell, and all the caregivers at Generations of Batesburg.
Jesus said, “I am the Bread of Life. The person who aligns with me hungers no more and thirsts no more, ever… Whoever believes in me has real life, eternal life.” John 6:35, 47
