Archibald C. Prevatte, 91, of Dillon, died Sept. 5, 2012.
Born in Robeson County, N.C., he was a graduate of Wake Forest University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
He served as a minister for 41 years, pastoring churches in North Carolina and Maryland and the following Baptist churches in South Carolina: Piney Grove, Fork, Kemper and Bermuda. He retired from Piney Grove Baptist Church in 1986 and later held a number of interim pastorates.
Prevatte was a former trustee of Southern Seminary, vice president of the Baptist Convention of Maryland and a hospice chaplain. In 2010, he was awarded the South Carolina Palmetto Patriot award by Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer and the Order of the Silver Crescent by Gov. Mark Sanford.
Survivors include his wife, Helen, five children, three grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.