Frederick W. Nash

Frederick (Rick) Woodfall Nash II, a sterling example of the consummate twentieth century salesman, who began his sales career in the 1960's in insurance and retired in plastics, died Sunday, September 3, 2017, at his home in Blythewood, SC.The cause was cancer. Beginning with only a used oak desk he placed in the entrance lobby of the Memphis Dixiemart Store, he successfully sold insurance at the ripe age of twenty.From there, Rick never stopped enjoying the challenge of closing the deal.He relentlessly traveled the southeastern United States selling chemicals and plastic resin well into his early seventies. By the time he decided to settle permanently in South Carolina, Rick, a native of Memphis, had graduated from the University of Memphis as a Sigma Chi, served two years in the Army at Fort Jackson, and joined the sales force of F. H. Ross and Company, a division of Ashland Oil in Columbia. His ties to South Carolina included being a direct descendent of the Revolutionary War general, Richard Winn, founder of Winnsboro, SC. He was named after his paternal grandfather, the then Chicago Central Region Vice President of the Pennsylvania Railroad. Rick also pursued two avocations, music and golf; playing classical French horn with the Memphis and Charlotte Symphony Orchestras and winning regional club golf tournaments with a six hole-in-one record.He was a former member of the Country Club of South Carolina and lately the Columbia Country Club. Rick was preceded in death by his parents, Frederick Randall Nash and Henrietta Mangrum Nash.He is survived by his wife, Delores (Dee) Ellis Nash; three daughters: Natalie Nash Hunnell (Terry) of Longs, SC. Laura Nash Shieder (Mack) of Charleston, SC and Brandon Ellis Yonce of Florence. SC; four grandchildren: Brice Emerson Ropp. Makayla Anne Ropp, Mack Ellis Shieder III, Ella Scout Shieder; and a sister, Jane Nash Smothers (Jerry) of Memphis, TN.He was a Presbyterian. His memorial service will be held September 16th, 2 pm, Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home, Florence, SC. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 950 48th Avenue North, Suite 101, Myrtle Beach, SC, 29577. Please sign the tribute wall for the family at www.stoudenmiredowling.com.