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Phares Guinn Vick Jr.

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Phares Guinn Vick Jr.

Birth
Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, USA
Death
23 Dec 2011 (aged 63)
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA
Burial
Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina, USA Add to Map
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COLUMBIA - Services for Phares Guinn Vick, Jr., 63, will be held 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Mr. Vick died Friday, December 23, 2011.

Born in Selma, Alabama, he was a son of the late Major Phares Guinn Vick, US Army (Ret.) and Melba Riley Vick.

He earned his Associates Degree in Business from Midlands Technical College and retired from UPS with 34 years of service.

He was a decorated US Army Airborne Infantry veteran, served two tours in Vietnam, received the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Bronze Star.

He was an avid hunter, fisherman and golfer.

Surviving are his son, Shaun Vick of Columbia; sisters, Phyllis Ferguson (Dr. Robert Ferguson) of Charlotte, NC and Patricia Shinn of Montgomery, AL; nieces and nephews, Katherine Slagel, Patricia Buckner, Conrad Shinn, Susan Shinn, and Sidney Shinn. He was predeceased by a brother, Edmond Riley Vick.

Published in The State on December 26, 2011

COLUMBIA - Services for Phares Guinn Vick, Jr., 63, will be held 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

Mr. Vick died Friday, December 23, 2011.

Born in Selma, Alabama, he was a son of the late Major Phares Guinn Vick, US Army (Ret.) and Melba Riley Vick.

He earned his Associates Degree in Business from Midlands Technical College and retired from UPS with 34 years of service.

He was a decorated US Army Airborne Infantry veteran, served two tours in Vietnam, received the Purple Heart, the National Defense Service Medal, the Vietnam Service Medal and the Bronze Star.

He was an avid hunter, fisherman and golfer.

Surviving are his son, Shaun Vick of Columbia; sisters, Phyllis Ferguson (Dr. Robert Ferguson) of Charlotte, NC and Patricia Shinn of Montgomery, AL; nieces and nephews, Katherine Slagel, Patricia Buckner, Conrad Shinn, Susan Shinn, and Sidney Shinn. He was predeceased by a brother, Edmond Riley Vick.

Published in The State on December 26, 2011



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