PALMETTO STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS ASSOCIATION BERKELEY CHAPTER
Berkeley Chapter in great respect and love to the family of a great man. You will be missed.
FLORENCE, S.C. — Retired S.C. Highway Patrol Capt. James L.
Streater, one of the region’s most beloved law enforcement men, died in
Florence on Saturday at age 70. In 1968 Streater became South Carolina’s second ever
African-American highway patrol officer, and the first in the Pee Dee,
working out of Florence in what is now Troop 5. He later worked his way
up to the rank of Captain over a career that ran from 1968 to 2001, when
he retired.
He is survived by his wife Calli Streater, of Florence; his son Jon
Streater of Atlanta; his daughter Judon Tyles of Atlanta; two grandsons,
Jamel Streater and Prophet Tyles of Atlanta; and six of his nine
sibilings: Katherine Binns of Patrick, S.C., Theodora Parker of
Greensboro, N.C., Ruth Streater of Greensboro, N.C., Loretta McNeal of
Chesterfield, S.C., Gladys Sweeny of Cheraw, S.C., and Cynthia Streater
of Allendale, S.C.
A wake will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at
Dimery and Rogers on West Sumter Street in Florence. Funeral services
are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Cumberland United Methodist Church
on South Coit Street in Florence.
President: Mark
Hamilton
419 Neekie Lane
Alvin, SC 29479
(843)-566-3536
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