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Loris......Mildred Holmes Allen Prince, age 82, died Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at McLeod Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Prince was born in Conway, SC on February 19, 1927, the daughter of the late Andrew Jackson Holmes and Edna Annie Vereen Holmes. She was twice widowed, first by the late Enoch Nathan Allen in 1967, then by the late Eldred E. Prince in 2008. Mrs. Prince attended Winthrop College and received an Associates of Arts and a Bachelor of Arts, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of South Carolina. She was assistant to the Chancellor at Coastal Carolina College from 1960 to 1987, a position that involved a variety of administrative duties from coordinating the Veteran's Affairs program to fundraising and bookkeeping. She was involved in the first major fund raising campaign for the first building on Coastal's current campus. Mrs. Prince was also administrative assistant to the Coastal Educational Foundation and the Horry County Higher Education Commission. She was named 1982 career woman of the year by the Conway Business Professional Women's club. She was active in civic affairs and served on the boards of the Horry County Library, the Horry County Museum, the Veteran's Association of South Carolina and many other community organizations in both Conway and Loris. In 2003, she was honored as a recipient of Coastal Carolina University's Founder's Medallion. Mrs. Prince was awarded Life Membership in the SC Garden Club Association, a Resolution for Outstanding Service by the Horry County Higher Education Commissions, "Boss of the Year" by the National Secretaries Association, Career Woman of the Year by the Conway Business Professional Women's Club, Editor's Award from The Chanticleer newspaper for Outstanding Service to Coastal Carolina College, and the South Carolina Thirty Year State Service Award. She was a past President and treasurer of the Loris Garden Club, past treasurer of Daughters of the American Revolution - Peter Horry Chapter, member of the Psi Chi National Honor Society for psychology, Loris Music and Literary Club, First Families of South Carolina, and the Huguenot Society of South Carolina. Mrs. Prince was a past member, Horry County Museum Board; a member of Horry County Historical Society and SC Historical Society; past President, Conway Business and Professional Women's Club; Trustee, Horry County Memorial Library; Past Matron and a 50 year member of the Order of the Eastern Star Waccamaw Chapter No. 89; past member, Mayor's Committee for the Handicapped; past Secretary, State Veterans Association of South Carolina; and a past volunteer for American Heart Fund, Cancer Fund, Mother's March of Dimes, Muscular Dystrophy, and Cerebral Palsy. Mrs. Prince was a member of First Baptist Church of Conway. Surviving are her sister, Alliene Holmes Hardee of Florence; daughter, Deborah Virginia Allen Vrooman and husband John Vrooman of Conway; and granddaughter, Ava Ann Elizabeth Vrooman of Fairfax, VA. Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Friday at First Baptist Church of Conway with Rev. Rocky Taylor and Rev. Ray Lundy officiating. Burial with D.A.R. Rites will follow in Lakeside Cemetery directed by Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel. Memorials may be sent to Coastal Educational Foundation, PO Box 261954, Conway, SC 29528 or to the City of Conway Lakeside Cemetery Fund, PO Box 1075, Conway, SC 29528 or to First Baptist Church, Growing Strong, 603 Elm Street, Conway, SC 29526. Sign a guestbook at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel is in charge of arrangements.

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Mildred Prince

March 5, 2009