A graveside service with military honors by Florence Veterans Honor Guard for Augustus Harell Tarlton, widower of Mary Ida Smith Tarlton will be at 11:00AM Monday November 23, 2009 at Florence National Cemetery conducted by Rev. Glenn Carter. The family will receive friends from 4:00-6:00PM Sunday November 22 at Cain Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to American Heart Association 181 E. Evans Street BTC-009, Suite 200 Florence, SC 29506. Mr. Tarlton, 87, died November 18, 2009, in a local hospital. He was born, July 16, 1922 in Union County, NC, to the late D. S. and Sarah Griffin Tarlton. Mr. Tarlton was a timber broker and a saw mill operator. He served in the USMC during World War II. He was an original member of Windy Hill Volunteer Fire Department and a brought up in the Southern Baptist faith. Surviving are: daughters, Wendy (Julio) Godoy of Florence, Donna (Capt. James D., USN Ret.) Eldridge of Virginia Beach, VA ; sons, Rick Tarlton of Florence and Ted (Carol) Tarlton of Gibsonville, NC; grandchildren, Mary Elissa, SSGT Sara Bevin and Lea Anne Eldridge, Belle Eldridge (William) Sommerindyke, Jessica Elaine and Stephanie Anne Rhodes; great grandchildren, Douglas Connor Rhodes, Anna Elizabeth and Jackson James Sommerindyke . An online guest register is on the obituaries page at www.cainfuneralhome.com.