Joseph Charles Rankin

Entered into eternal rest on February 19, 2011, Joseph Charles Rankin, husband of Mildred Wilkinson Rankin of Olive Branch, MS, formerly of Hanahan, SC.  The relatives and friends of Mr. & Mrs. Joseph C. Rankin are invited to attend his funeral service in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., NORTHWOODS CHAPEL, 2180 Greenridge Road, Friday, February 25, 2011, at 11:00 a.m.  Interment with military honors to follow at Dorchester Memory Gardens.  Friends may call at Stuhr's Northwoods Chapel on Thursday, between 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Mr. Rankin was born on January 26, 1928 in Berkeley Springs, WV the son of Russell R. Rankin and Clara Elsie Bishop Rankin.  He was a US Navy veteran and a Presbyterian by faith.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mildred Rankin of Olive Branch, MS; son, Bruce Rankin and his wife Cheryl of Goose Creek, SC; two daughters, Mildred Virginia Brock and her husband Buddy of Olive Branch, MS and Pat Freeman of Summerville, SC; two brothers, John Rankin of Berkeley Springs, WV and Fred Rankin of Gainsville, VA; one sister, Tempy Lansing of Berkeley Springs, WVA; nine grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.  He was preceded in death by a daughter, Jo Ann Plunkett.