Billy Logan Painter

COLUMBIA-Billy Logan Painter died Saturday, June 18, 2016 after a long battle with atypical Parkinsonism. Son of the late Joe Burlan Painter and Inez Humphries Painter, he was born on June 8, 1945, in Gaffney, SC. Beloved father and husband of 50 years, he was married to Linda Jenkins Painter. He served as President and CEO of First Federal Savings and Loan and First Spartanburg Financial Corporation. He served as chairman of many organizations in Spartanburg County including Chamber of Commerce, Department of Transportation Committee, Spartanburg County Consensus Project, Economic Viability Committee, Spartanburg County Economic Development Corporation, March of Dimes Walk America Campaign, and Hillbrook Athletic Association. He served as Trustee at Spartanburg Methodist College, on the President's Advisory Board at Wofford College, on the BB and T of SC State Board of Directors, and was a Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System Fellow. He was a recipient of the Order of the Silver Crescent Award from Governor Nikki Haley, Ambassador for Economic Development Award from Governor Mark Sanford, Melvin Jones Fellow of the Lions Club International Foundation, and a VFW recognition for services rendered in support of youth programs. He was a Baptist Deacon at age 22, a Master Mason, and a member of Leadership Spartanburg. His tireless service on the Board of Directors of many civic organizations always included serving as treasurer. He was also a Deacon, Sunday School teacher, and basketball coach at Fernwood Baptist Church for many years, treasurer of the Spartanburg YMCA and the Piedmont Interstate Fair Association Board of Directors, longtime member of the Board of Directors of the United Way of the Piedmont and the Salvation Army, President of the Spartanburg Daytime Lions Club and Regional Director. He was a key figure in organizing many golf tournaments which raised funds for Mobile Meals and Habitat for Humanity. He loved sports, but he was happiest at the sporting events of his sons and grandchildren. They meant the world to him. He will be greatly missed and in our hearts forever. In addition to his wife, he is survived by two sons, William Bradley (Lauren) and Joseph Andrew (Kelly), all of Columbia, SC, and five grandchildren, Jackson David, Samuel Logan, Caroline Corbin, Anna Grace and Emma Kate Painter; sisters Betty Elliott (Nathan) of Gaffney and Jeanette Elliott of Fayetteville, NC, a brother Jerry Painter (Mary) of Gaffney, SC. A service in honor of his life will take place at Fernwood Baptist Church of Spartanburg on Friday, June 24, 2016 at 3:00 PM. There will be a private family inurnment service in Columbia, SC. Thompson Funeral Home at Greenlawn Memorial Park is assisting the family. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Fernwood Baptist Church, 200 Fernwood Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29307 or the Lewy Body Dementia Association, 912 Killian Hill Road SW, Lilburn, GA 30047.