Hanna obituary

Having a fascination of airplanes and loving to fly, Carrol took his final flight, his heavenly flight, on Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, after an extended illness.

A funeral was Monday, Dec. 29 in Lake City Pentecostal Holiness Church. Interment followed in Lake City Memorial Park.

Memorials may be made to: McLeod Hospice, 555 E. Cheves St., Florence SC 29506 or Harmony Care Hospice, 115 N. Matthews Road, Lake City, 29560, or Emmanuel Pentecostal Holiness Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 1086, Lake City, SC 29560.

Born on June 12, 1947, in Johnsonville, Mr. Hanna was a son of the late William Allen Hanna and Ulmer Hughes Hanna. He was a graduate of Johnsonville High School, and was the owner and operator of Carrol’s Piano and Organ Co. for 25 years.

He was a member of the National Piano Technician’s Guild and was a certified piano tuner.

He was pianist for the Bibletones Quartet of Florence for 25 years. He was a former member of the Lake City Civil Air Patrol, the Gideon’s International and the Lake City Chamber of Commerce.

While a member of the Chamber, he was awarded Business Man of the Year. His business was also awarded Business of the Year, and he was honored as a “Man of Steel.” Carrol was a former member of New Hope Free Will Baptist Church of the Pentecostal Faith, Johnsonville. He was presently a member of Emmanuel Pentecostal Holiness Church where he served as Deacon, pianist/organist, and Young Adult Sunday School Teacher before his illness.

Surviving are his mother, Ulmer Hughes Hanna of Lake City-Scranton Convalescent Center, Scranton, who was the first to teach him about Jesus; his devoted wife of 37 years, Lila Mae Gray Hanna of Lake City; two daughters, Gwen H. (Nelson) York of Charlotte, N.C., and Beth Hanna, Francis Marion University, Florence; two wonderful grandsons, Ethan William Creel and Andrew James York, both of Charlotte, N.C.; three brothers, Glenn (Debbie) Hanna of Darlington, Billy (Janice) Hanna of Burgaw, N.C. and Edwin (Rhetta) Hanna of Turbeville; two special aunts, Jean (Norman) Edgeworth and Lois (Bobby) Haselden all of Johnsonville; a special uncle, Herbert (Dorothy) Hanna of Elizabethtown, N.C.; his extended family, three special brothers-in-law, Legrand Gray, Larue “Rookie” (Joyce) Gray all of Lake City and Ray (Ginny) Gray of Florence; three special sisters-in-law, Shelby Bell of Scranton, Chrystal Gray of Lake City, and Ann (Terry) Dennis, Kenly, N.C.; also, many special cousins, nieces and nephews.

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