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Edwin Carter Breeze, age 74, of 9th Avenue, died Tuesday, August 31, 2004 at Parkview Manor Nursing and Rehab. Center in Atlanta, GA. Mr. Breeze was born in Zeigler, Il, a son of the late Sidney William and Ruth Carter Breeze. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Conway and retired December 31, 1995 as Diaconal Minister of Music at the church after serving over twenty-three and a half years. Mr. Breeze was appointed Organist emeritus upon retirement and continued to serve as organist at Trinity United Methodist Church in Conway. He was a member of the Fellowship of United Methodists in Music, Worship and the Other Arts former president of the SC Chapter. Mr. Breeze was also a member of the SC Conference Council on Ministries, Conference Worship Committee, Board of Diaconal Ministry and Board of Ordained Ministry. He has served on the Board of Directors and as President of the Conway Kiwanis Club, and is a Past Lt. Governor of Division 24 of Kiwanis International. He was presently serving as President of the Past Lt. Governor's Council of the Carolinas District. Mr Breeze was appointed by the governor as a member of the Foster Care review Board B-15 and has served in the capacity since 1997. He served for several years as a part-time member of the Music Department of Coastal Carolina University. Mr. Breeze was a member of Phi Mu Alpha National Men's Music Fraternity. He was formerly a member of the Chorister's Guild, Christian Educator's Fellowship, American Choir Directors Association and American English Handbell Ringers. Mr. Breeze frequently accompanied area organizations and conducted workshops and seminars on the organ and served as consultant to churches installing new organs. He was frequently called upon to serve as adjudicator and has presented organ recitals in and out of state and country, including Korea, Japan, Alaska and Hawaii. His organ recitals have been aired over the Armed Forces Radio Network and he has led three singing tours to Europe in the last several years with performances in such cities as Cologne, Saltzburg, Munich and London. Mr. Breeze is a member of the American Guild of Organists, the Organ Historical Society, The Fellowship, The South Carolina and National Music Teacher's Associations from which he holds the Professional Certificate of Organ and has been published by Chantry Press. Mr. Breeze received his Bachelor of Music Degree from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 1965 and was awarded his Master of Sacred Music Degree from Wittenburg University, Springfield, OH in 1972. Mr. Breeze was a member of the Southern Illinois University and the Wittenberg University Alumni Associations , the Myrtle Beach Stamp Club and AARP. Prior to his South Carolina Experiences, he served in the US Air Force as a Chaplain Services Superintendent retiring at the end of August 1971, after over twenty years of service. He was a member of the Non-Commissioned Officers Association, Retired Enlisted Association and American Legion Horry Post 111. Surviving are his wife Patricia Ann Simpson Breeze formerly of Benton, Il., of Conway; two sons, Mark Carter Breeze and his wife Linda of Greer and Scott Simpson Breeze and his wife Debbie of Moncks Corner; one daughter Sidney Ann Breeze of San Antonio; three grandchildren, Jordan Lavender, Elizabeth "Libby" Braxton Breeze and Scott Carter Breeze. Funeral services will be held 10:30 AM Friday from the First United Methodist Church of Conway with Rev. Ben Barnett and Rev. Carl Hunsucker officiating. Burial with military rites, will follow 2:00 PM in Florence National Cemetery, directed by Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel. The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Thursday at the funeral home. Memorials may be sent to Organ Maintenance Fund or to the Family Life Center, C/O First United Methodist Church, PO Box 58, Conway, SC 29528.