LUGOFF -- Marion Guy Burley, 91, was born Jan. 18, 1933, at his home in Monticello, S.C., and was the son of the late William “Bill” David and Edith Funchess Burley. He died April 6, 2024.
Marion was a 1951 graduate of McClenaghan High School in Florence, S.C. He was in the South Carolina National Guard in Florence in the late 1940s and early 1950s. In October 2001, he retired from Financial Development Corp. and was a member of Monticello United Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Gretchen Steele Burley. They met on a blind date, September 1958, and married June 5, 1959, before she graduated from Columbia High that night. He was an avid deer hunter and a devoted Clemson fan. Children are Ronnie Burley (Sandra) and Carol Elaine Burley Hanna from a previous marriage. His and Gretchen’s children are Samuel David Burley and Lisa Anne Burley Eddings; seven grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded by brothers, Hugh, Clyde, William “Poodoo”, Marvin; and sister, Elizabeth “Sis” B. Fetner.
