Cole Blease Shorter Jr. (1932 - 2013)

Born 23 Oct 1932 in Clarendon, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 6 Oct 2013 at age 80 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Cole was born in 1932. He was the son of Cole Shorter and Louise Hynes. He passed away in 2013.

• Cole Blease "C.B." Shorter Jr., 80, husband of Ann Atkinson Shorter, died Sunday, Oct. 6, 2013, at NHC Healthcare in Sumter.

Born in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Cole B. Sr. and Louise Annette Ardis Shorter. Mr. Shorter was a member of Sumter First Church of the Nazarene, where he served on numerous committees including chairman of the building committee. He served in law enforcement for many years and was a graduate of the FBI Academy. He founded Carolina Security and Detective Agency and was also the owner of Shorter's Used Cars.

Survivors include his wife; four children, Cole B. "Tripp" Shorter III (Renee), Pat Shorter Felder (Steve), Gregory Wetherby and Vickie Wetherby Anglin (Robert); 10 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; a sister, Pat Shorter Brunson; one son-in-law, Kenneth Porter; several nieces and nephews; and special friends, Rob, Ronda and Katie Speed.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Pam Shorter Porter; and grandchildren, Cole, Carrie and Catherine Shorter.

Sources

• *Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 11 June 2020), memorial page for Cole Blease “C.B.” Shorter, Jr (23 Oct 1932–6 Oct 2013), Find a Grave Memorial no. 118361707, citing Evergreen Memorial Park, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA ; Maintained by Remember me (contributor 47418257) .