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Rev. Michael Alec Black of Myrtle Beach passed away Friday December 29 in Myrtle Beach. Mike was a retired United Methodist minister who devoted his life to ministry and the spiritual teaching and care of others. Mike returned to Myrtle Beach in the early 1990s to be near his parents Alec and Jamie Black. He worked in commercial insurance and risk management with his family's State Farm insurance agency. More recently, Mike has been a commercial & industrial leasing specialist for Tradd Commercial Realty with fifteen years' experience as a realtor. Mike was a native of Myrtle Beach and attended Myrtle Beach public schools, graduating Myrtle Beach High in 1974. Like many locals his age, Mike worked in restaurants and motels from his early teens and eventually drove a delivery truck through his college years. Mike held degrees from Wofford College, Duke University, and the University of South Carolina. A Religion major at Wofford, Mike went on to Duke Divinity School and received his Master of Divinity Degree. He then entered USC where he earned a Master of Mass Communication Degree. Mike specialized in documentary and architectural photography as well as audio and video production. In addition, Mike taught studio music production and photography at USC. Mike was the Pastor at numerous United Methodist Conference churches in South Carolina. He was an experienced internet designer and enjoyed incorporating multimedia into his real estate listing and marketing materials. Mike enjoyed outdoor activities, including paddling his canoe on the Waccamaw River, and most recently recreational drone photography. Mike was a gifted musician and enjoyed playing his beloved Martin Herringbone, writing and recording music, as well as restoring vintage amplifiers, guitars, lap steel guitars, antique radios, and resophonic guitars. Mike is survived by his wife of 32 years Nadia Rasheed Black and by his parents, T. Alec Black and Jamie Dusenbury Black. He was predeceased by his maternal grandparents, James Monroe and Lily Faye Dusenbury. Memorials may be made to Epworth Children's Home, PO Box 50466 Columbia, SC 29250 or to any charity of choice. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Friday, January 5, 2024, at Union United Methodist Church with Rev. Kyle Randle and Rev. Jim Creel, Jr. officiating. Inurnment will be private. Please sign the online guestbook at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of the arrangements.

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Rev. Michael Alec Black

June 9, 1957 - December 29, 2023