Pawleys Island: David Lawrence Mercer, 67, died Saturday, February 28, 2015, at Tidelands Community Hospice in Georgetown. David was born in Camden, N. J. on March 8, 1947, a son of the late Guy Maxwell Mercer and Irene Marie Slickers Mercer. He grew up in Georgetown and graduated from Winyah High School in 1965 and Palmer College in Charleston. David was a former automobile dealership salesman and manager in Charleston and Myrtle Beach. He was a communicant of All Saints Church. David was instrumental in organizing the Beach Combers Surf Club at Pawleys Island in the mid 1960s and was elected their first president. In 1963, his custom made Hobie surfboard was the first in Pawleys Island and S. C. David won a number of surfing championships in Virginia Beach, Va., Folly Beach, and Galveston, Tex. Surviving are: his wife of 48 years, Mary "Molly" Hamilton Mercer of Pawleys Island; two daughters, Lauren Mercer (Andy) Joye of Pawleys and Ashley Mercer (Marty) Simpson of Columbia; a brother, Douglas (Mary) Mercer of Georgetown; six grandchildren, Mary Ashley Mercer-Bush (Joe), William David Buck, Paulina Legare' Buck, Franklin Wardlaw Buck, Savannah Katherine Simpson, Walton Ashley Simpson, and several nieces and nephews. David was preceded in death by his younger brother, Daniel A. Mercer, and a nephew, Douglas Matthew Mercer, II. Memorial services will be Saturday morning, March 7, 2015, at ten o'clock at All Saints Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Robert L. Grafe. Sign a guestbook at www.mayerfuneralhome.com. The family suggests memorials to Tidelands Community Hospice, 2591 N. Fraser Street, Georgetown, S. C. 29440. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is assisting the family. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440