Terry Gene Cline Sr

COLUMBIA - A memorial service for Terry Gene Cline, Sr., 84, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at First Baptist Church of Columbia in Boyce Chapel. The family will receive following the service. Dunbar Funeral Home, Northeast Chapel, is assisting the family. Mr. Cline passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2019. Born in Greenville, SC on January 30,1935, he was a son of the late Felix Cline and Bessie Mae Cline. Terry was a graduate of Parker High School in Greenville, SC. He attended Vanderbilt University on a football scholarship. After college, he and his wife Shirley lived in New York City for several years, where Terry pursued a career as a singer and entertainer. After returning home to Greenville, SC, Terry had a career in real estate, and later worked as a travel consultant. He loved spending time with family and friends, as well as traveling to many parts of the world. Surviving are his son, Terry Gene Cline, Jr. (Arah) of Columbia; grandchildren, Terry Graham Cline of Columbia, Grayson Elizabeth Cline of Columbia, Sarah Todd Cline of Charlotte, NC, and Zachary Andrew Cline of Charlotte; and daughter-in-law Stephanie Idol Cline of Charlotte. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Shirley Anne Cline; his son, Todd Wakefield Cline; and his sister Jacquelyn Cline Lumsden. Memorials may be made to Heartstrings Hospice Foundation, 115 Blarney Drive, Suite 204, Columbia, SC 29223.