Arthur Eugene Todd

Walhalla, SC – Arthur Eugene Todd, 87, passed away on March 13, 2021, at Cottingham House in Seneca.

 

Born March 10, 1934, Arthur was the son of the late Frank Alexander Todd and Carrie Burnside Todd of Walhalla.  Arthur was a member of the 1952 State Champion Basketball Team at Walhalla High School. He graduated from Mars Hill College and attended the University of Tennessee. He was a Navy midshipman on the USS Coral Sea where he was able to travel around the world. He worked at Milliken and finished his career in the Chemistry Department at Clemson University.

 

Arthur was a member of the St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church. He loved farming, black Angus cattle, working honey bees, and being a granddaddy. No one who ever visited ever left without him sharing some of the fruits of his labor.

 

Arthur is survived by his wife of almost 57 years, Evelyn Doris Black Todd; sister: Carolyn Todd Kullmar of Lake Worth, Florida; three children: Mark (Lauren) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Mike (Cindy) of West Union, and Carrie Dunton (Michael) of Seneca; seven grandchildren: Andrew Todd (Lauren) of St. Louis, Missouri, Jason Todd of Clemson, Cory Dunton of Boston, Cody Dunton of Chicago, Carson Dunton of Seneca, Ken Schultz of Greenville and Kyle Schultz of Clemson; and three great-grandchildren: Kaden, Melody and Kylie Schultz.

 

Graveside services will be held at 2:00 PM, Monday, March 15, 2021, at Oconee Memorial Park.

 

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Cottingham Hospice House, Attn: Foundation Office, 298 Memorial Drive, Seneca, SC 29672.

 

The family is at their respective homes.

Davenport Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.