Pawley's Island: Robert Gettys Lesslie, 90, died Monday, May 31, 2004, at the Lakes at Litchfield. Mr. Lesslie was born in Lesslie on July 31, 1913, a son of the late James Dixon Lesslie and Nina Gettys Lesslie. He moved to Mt. Holly, N. C. as a teenager and graduated from Mt. Holly High School. Mr. Lesslie attended Duke University and graduated from Erskine College. After graduation he worked for Soil Conservation Headquarters in Columbia prior to serving in the Navy as an ensign during World War II. Mr. Lesslie served on a destroyer in the South Pacific and his destroyer was with the Battleship Missouri at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Harbor. Mr. Lesslie owned and operated LeMac Service Station, Fort Lawn Motel, Chester Motor Lodge, and the Squire Restaurant. He served as Mayor of Ft. Lawn for a number of years. Mr. Lesslie was a member of Chester Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church. He was a mason and former member of the Rotary Club of Chester. Mr. Lesslie was a past president of the Chester Chamber of Commerce. Surviving are: a daughter, Dorothy L. Mueller and her husband Howard of Georgetown; four grandchildren, David Hamilton, III of Pawley's Island, Lesslie Hamilton of Athens, Ga., and Bobby Mueller and Kate Mueller, both of Georgetown. Mr. Lesslie was predeceased by: his wife, Dorothy Ann Gettys Lesslie; a son, Robert G. Lesslie, Jr.; and a brother, James D. Lesslie, Jr. Memorial services will be one o'clock Thursday afternoon, June 3, 2004, at the graveside in Neely's Creek Cemetery in Lesslie. Officiating will be the Rev. Dwight Pearson. Sign a guest book at www.mayerfuneralhome.com. Memorials may be made to Tidelands Community Hospice, Inc., 2591, N. Fraser St., Georgetown, S. C. 29440. The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home and Bass and Cauthen Funeral Home of Rock Hill are in charge of arrangements. Funeral Home: Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 222 Saint James Street Georgetown, SC US 29440