Georgetown: Joseph Wesley Starnes, Jr. 97, died Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at the Columbia Presbyterian Home in Lexington. Mr. Starnes was born in Ridgeway on September 27, 1918, a son of the late Joseph Wesley Starnes and Sarah Coleman Starnes. He attended Ridgeway High School and Erskine College. Mr. Starnes was a veteran of World War II and served in India. After the war, he worked for the Woodlands Division of International Paper Company and retired as manager of the Employee Relations Department. Mr. Starnes was a member of Georgetown Presbyterian Church and served as Sunday School teacher, Sunday School Superintendent, Church Treasurer, and Deacon. He had been a Ruling Elder since 1954. Mr. Starnes was a member of the Winyah Indigo Society since 1951 and was the longest standing member. Mr. Starnes was predeceased by his wife, Ruth Benn Starnes, sisters, Julia Starnes Bobo, Jean Starnes Bowen, Marion Starnes Garrison, and Catherine Starnes and he is loved and survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be Friday afternoon, June 10, 2016, at two o'clock in the Georgetown Presbyterian Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Dr. Stephen H. Wilkins, the Rev. Dr. William H. Puckett, Jr. and the Rev. Dr. Robert Benn Vincent. Interment will follow in Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends prior to the service on Friday in the Church Fellowship Hall from one until two o'clock. Sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. The family suggests memorials to Georgetown Presbyterian Church, 558 Black River Road, Georgetown, S. C. 29440. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440