Beaumont Barringer Cathcart

1929 - 2017

Beaumont Barringer Cathcart obituary, 1929-2017, Columbia, SC

BORN

1929

DIED

2017

FUNERAL HOME

Dunbar Funeral Home - Devine

3926 Devine St

Columbia, South Carolina

Beaumont Cathcart Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers on Nov. 1, 2017.

Beaumont Barringer Palmer Cathcart, a lifelong resident of Columbia, S.C., died Monday, October 30, 2017. Mrs. Cathcart was the former Lucy Beaumont Barringer, born in Columbia, South Carolina, July 14, 1929 to parents Laurence Scott Barringer and Louise Dulin Barringer. When Beaumont was a child, she and her parents lived at the Hotel Columbia which her family owned. Beaumont recalled riding her bicycle around the ballroom floor and on the pathways at the S.C. State House.



Beaumont was educated at McMaster School and attended junior and senior high school at St. Catherine's Episcopal School in Richmond, Virginia, graduating in 1948. She also attended the University of South Carolina for several years before her marriage to Mr. Paul Trapier Palmer.



Beaumont was first married to the late Paul Trapier Palmer of Charleston, S. C. and they lived in Columbia. They were married in 1951 and had a son and two daughters. Mr. Palmer died in 1982. In 1996, Beaumont married W. Richard Cathcart. He was first married to the late Emma Poag Cathcart. Mr. Cathcart died in 2012.



Mrs. Beaumont Cathcart is survived by her son, Paul Trapier Palmer, Jr. and his wife, Phoebe of Columbia; daughter, Louise Lynah Palmer of Bend, Oregon and daughter, Mary Laurence Gaddy of Columbia, South Carolina; and stepson, Peter Calhoun Cathcart and his wife, Mary of Lexington, Kentucky. Mrs. Cathcart, affectionately called “Beausie”, is also survived by grandchildren, Mrs. Anne Grace Gaddy Brasington (Gerald), Mrs. Marjorie M. Palmer Cleary (Patrick) of Columbia, S. C., Mrs. Mary Palmer Gaddy Copeland (Jeremy) of lrmo, S.C., Alyson Palmer Nicklas of Boulder, Colo. and Palmer Heyward Nicklas of Oakland, Oregon; two stepgrandchildren, David Cathcart and Emily Cathcart of Lexington, Ky.; three great-grandchildren, Allen and Sybil Brasington and Lucy Copeland; brother-in-law, William A. Rooker of Atlanta, Ga.; and numerous nieces and nephews by her two marriages, Mrs. J. Cantey Heath, Jr. (Lee Rooker), Mrs. Haden Bohannon (Louise Rooker), Mrs. Benjamin Lett (Beaumont Rooker), Mrs. Mitch Seal (Helen Palmer), Mrs, Jay Parker (Patty Palmer), Honor Bulkley, Eloise Biscoe, Mrs. Wayne Kirby (Nancy), Katherine Fersner, and Mrs. Richard Hepfer (Kitty), Laurence Scott Barringer III (Tracy), James Hugh Barringer (Roni), James L. Palmer (Sherry), Harry T. Palmer (Diane), John Dowdney and Stephen Dowdney. In addition to her husbands, Beaumont was predeceased by her brother, Laurence Scott Barringer, Jr.; her sister, Mrs. William A. Rooker (Mary Scott Barringer); brother-in-law, James L. Palmer; son-in-law, W. Walker Gaddy; nephew, Earl Biscoe III; and sisters-in-law, Mrs. James L. Palmer (Pat), Mrs. James Biscoe Torrey (Lily), Anne Palmer Bulkley and Ella Heyward Palmer,



Mrs. Cathcart was a member of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, The Forest Lake Club, The Palmetto Club, The Columbia Committee of the National Society of Colonial Dames in the State of S. C., The Junior League of Columbia (serving that organization as Vice President and President), The Assembly, The Columbia Ball and Historic Columbia. She was a former member of the Columbia Garden Club and the Holly Garden Club.



The service will be held on Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. at St. Martin's-in the-Fields Episcopal Church, with visitation afterwards in the Parish Hall. The interment in Elmwood Cemetery will be private. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family.



Memorials may be made to St. Martin's in-the-Fields Episcopal Church Foundation, 5220 Clemson Avenue, Columbia, SC 29206 or to a charity of one's choice.



The family would like to express their gratitude to the wonderful care given to Beaumont by Mrs. Benzena Taylor, Shirley Singletery, Judy Weesner, Dewanda Dubard, Valerie Ekue, and Amy Shardella.



Please sign the online guestbook at www.dunbarfunerals.com.

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November 11, 2017

Amy Sbardella

I will always treasure my many memories of time spent with Mrs. Cathcart. Knowing her has blessed and enriched my life in ways I could never have imagined. I am very grateful to her family for providing an opportunity for me to care for and befriend "Beau". --Amy Sbardella

November 5, 2017

It was an honor to be a companion to Mrs. Cathcart. We enjoyed listening to books together and sharing stories about our families. I will miss her. My condolences to the family in their great loss. Judy Weesner

November 2, 2017

Lynn Westbrook

Anne Grace Gaddy Brasington So sorry for your loss. Thoughts & Prayers go out to you and your family.

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