Alice Bethune Shorter

Columbia – Alice Bethune Shorter, the first Deputy Director of the SC State Ethics Commission, which was created in 1976, died on Monday, January 19, 2015.

Mrs. Shorter, wife of Furman Levan Shorter, was born in Manning, SC and was a daughter of the late John Franklin Bethune and Ruth Gertrude Winter Mills Bethune. She received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of South Carolina and was seeking a Master’s Degree in International Business at USC at the time of her death.

She is survived by her husband of 63 years; son and daughter-in-law, Furman Terrell & JoAnn Hawkins Shorter of Lexington, son, Mark Dwayne Shorter of Columbia; grandchildren, Mallory Grace Shorter and Charles Wesley Shorter of Lexington; sister, Viola Bethune Harley of Summerville, SC; sister-in-law, Dorothy Smith Bethune of Orangeburg; as well as nine nieces and seven nephews.

She was a dedicated member of N. Trenholm Baptist Church, a former Sunday School Teacher, president of the Azalea Garden Club, was voted on of Columbia’s Top 20 Best-dressed Career Women, received the National 4-H Club Congress #1 Dress Review Award in Chicago, a member of the SC Council of Garden Clubs, and the Woodlake Home and Garden Club.

She was also a member of the National Council of Governmental Ethics Laws, International Personnel Assn, American Management Assn, SC Assn of Finance Officials, SC Assn of Purchasing Officials, SC Human Resource Management, and Summit Security Commission.

Funeral Service will be held at N. Trenholm Baptist Church on Friday, January 23, 2015 at 12pm, with interment in the Fort Jackson National Cemetery, 4170 Percival Rd, Columbia, SC 29229. The family will receive friends at the church 1hr prior to the service. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Bill Donahue Sunday School Class. Memorials may be made to the N. Trenholm Baptist Church Building Fund, 6515 N. Trenholm Rd, Columbia, SC 29206.

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