Alma Bowman Easterling Savedge

Alma Bowman Easterling Savedge, 93, widow of O. Eugene Savedge, passed away on January 16, 2021. She was born in Floydale, SC to Methodist minister, The Reverend Carey Thomas Easterling and Alma Bowman Easterling. She grew up in Orangeburg, SC, moving there at the age of 4 with her mother and sisters, upon the death of her father. They moved into the home of her grandparents, Judge I.W. Bowman and Mary Ellen Crum Bowman.

Alma graduated from Columbia College, following in the footsteps of her two older sisters and her grandmother. She married Gene Savedge in 1951 and lived the remainder of her life in the Charleston area. Gene practiced law and Alma was a homemaker. They were married for 60 years.

She is survived by her daughters, Carol Savedge Hawkins and her husband, Roy, and Martha Savedge Cole and her husband, Ron, all of Mt. Pleasant, SC; her sister, Wyatt Easterling Caldwell of Miami, FL; sister-in-law, Beulah Savedge Sutton of Yorktown, VA; three grandchildren, Eugene S. Flanagin of Asheville, NC, June H. Patenaude (Tony) and Andrew S. Hawkins (Retta) of Mt. Pleasant, SC; and five great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her sister, Mary Ellen Easterling Vejarano.

She was a devoted member of Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. She was an active member of the Garden Club of Charleston and the Columbia College Alumni Association.

Alma loved being a wife and homemaker. She kept a beautiful home and garden. She and Gene enjoyed collecting and antiquing. She took great pride in being beautifully coiffed and dressed and was a frequent hostess. She loved travel and took many trips to places all over the world. She was kind and generous.

The family would like to thank the staff of Mt Pleasant Gardens Memory Care for the excellent care they took of Alma for the last two years.

Due to Covid, her funeral will be private. Memorials in her honor may be made to Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Church 302 Hibben Street, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.