Andrews: Walter "W.B." Blease Ethridge, Jr., 73, died Saturday, August 3, 2013, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Ethridge was born in Andrews on November 23, 1939, a son of the late Walter Blease Ethridge and Dorothy Corine Elliott Ethridge. He grew up in Andrews and graduated from Andrews High School. Mr. Ethridge was the owner of W.B. Ethridge, Jr. Masonry and a founding member of the Lucky 13 Hunting Club. He was a member of Piney Forest Baptist Church, where he was a former Brotherhood Director. Surviving are: his wife, Nina McConnell Ethridge of Andrews; a son, Greg Ethridge of Andrews; two daughters, Gina E. Bauer (Ralph) and Nancy Cooper (Jason), both of Andrews; four grandchildren, Jeremy Alford, and Zachary (Kayla), Makinley, and Maddux Cooper; two great-grandchildren, Kaydn and Braydn Cooper; and four sisters, Corine Mixon and Bobbie Newton (Dan), both of Andrews, Geraldine Filiberti of Mt. Pleasant, and Dale Wallace (Howard) of Winston-Salem, N.C. Funeral services will be held at eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning, August 6, 2013, at Piney Forest Baptist Church. Officiating will be the Rev. Craig Stephenson and the Rev. Jerry Cox. Burial will follow in Andrews Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Monday evening, August 5, 2013, at the Andrews Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home from six until eight o'clock. Sign a guestbook at: www.mayerfuneralhome.com. Memorials are suggested to: Piney Forest Baptist Church, 656 Piney Forest Rd., Andrews, S.C. 29510. Funeral Home: Andrews Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home 409 S. Morgan Avenue Andrews, SC US 29510