Mr. Robert O'Neal Gaston

December 2, 1925 - February 18, 2015

CHESTER, SC: Mr. Robert O’Neal Gaston, 89, died Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Agape Rehab Post Acute Care Center in Rock Hill, SC. The funeral service will be 11:00 AM Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church with Rev. Larry Parsons and Rev. John Porter officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 7:30 Friday, February 20, 2015 at Barron Funeral Home. The interment will be in the church cemetery. Born December 2, 1925 in Chester County, South Carolina, Mr. Gaston was a son of the late John Holmes Gaston and Essie Maude Clark Gaston. He was a graduate of the schools of Chester County, retired from Springs Industries and also a farmer and a carpenter. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served during WWII. Mr. Gaston was a member of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church where he was an Elder, Sunday School Teacher and actively involved in the fund raisers of the church. He was a member of the Chester Masonic Lodge #18 and Hejaz Shrine Temple. Mr. Gaston enjoyed as his hobbies hunting, fishing, and baking and delivering cakes. He is survived by his wife of over thirty-seven years, Dorothy Leonard Gaston; two daughters, Susan Roof (Bob) of Chester and Cathy Wishert (Albert) of Carlisle, SC; one son, Tim Gaston (Cindy) of Union, SC; one step-son, Ron Bell (Lisa) of Gastonia, NC; one step-daughter, Rhonda White of Chester; thirteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two children, Robert Stanley Gaston and Barbara Karen Gaston; six brothers, one sister and one granddaughter. Memorials may be made to Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church, C/O. Robert E. Bolin, 1544 Mc Gill Road, Smyna, SC 29743 or Agape Hospice, 404 West Meeting Street, Lancaster, SC 29720. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.barronfuneralhome.com. CHESTER, SC: Mr. Robert O’Neal Gaston, 89, died Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Agape Rehab Post Acute Care Center in Rock Hill, SC. The funeral service will be 11:00 AM Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church with Rev. Larry Parsons and Rev. John Porter officiating. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 7:30 Friday, February 20, 2015 at Barron Funeral Home. The interment will be in the church cemetery. Born December 2, 1925 in Chester County, South Carolina, Mr. Gaston was a son of the late John Holmes Gaston and Essie Maude Clark Gaston. He was a graduate of the schools of Chester County, retired from Springs Industries and also a farmer and a carpenter. He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served during WWII. Mr. Gaston was a member of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church where he was an Elder, Sunday School Teacher and actively involved in the fund raisers of the church. He was a member of the Chester Masonic Lodge #18 and Hejaz Shrine Temple. Mr. Gaston enjoyed as his hobbies hunting, fishing, and baking and delivering cakes. He is survived by his wife of over thirty-seven years, Dorothy Leonard Gaston; two daughters, Susan Roof (Bob) of Chester and Cathy Wishert (Albert) of Carlisle, SC; one son, Tim Gaston (Cindy) of Union, SC; one step-son, Ron Bell (Lisa) of Gastonia, NC; one step-daughter, Rhonda White of Chester; thirteen grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by two children, Robert Stanley Gaston and Barbara Karen Gaston; six brothers, one sister and one granddaughter. Memorials may be made to Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church, C/O. Robert E. Bolin, 1544 Mc Gill Road, Smyna, SC 29743 or Agape Hospice, 404 West Meeting Street, Lancaster, SC 29720.