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ROUND O- Wendell William Will Nettles, III, also affectionately known as Trey, 16, of 3004 Coolers Dairy Road, died Sunday, June 15, 2008 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.



Funeral services will be held 2 oclock, Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at The Brice W. Herndon & Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. Interment will follow Glendale Memorial Cemetery.



Will was born August 19, 1991 in Charleston and was the son of Wendell William Nettles, Jr. and Shannon Giardini Nivison. He was a rising Senior at Colleton County High School, where he was a trumpet player and two year letterman in The Band of Blue, and was also enrolled in the brick masonry class at the Vocational Center. He attended Bethlehem Baptist Church and was an employee of Sonic in Walterboro. Will was truly a special person who possessed a great love for his family and friends; but also enjoyed paintball, fishing with his PaPa, and going to the Colleton County Recreation Center with his friends to play computer games.



Surviving are: his parents Wendell W. Nettles, Jr. and Gail Hughes of Walterboro and Shannon Giardini Nivison and her husband William, stationed in Germany; maternal grandparents, Thomas and Linda Giardini of Round O; paternal grandmother, Diane Nettles of Summerville; maternal step great grandfather, Robert Lagowski of Olean, New York; brothers, Dustin Wiggins of Summerville and Dillon Wiggins of Summerville; aunts, Carolyn Powell of Islandton, Miss Aimee Johnson of Islandton and Lynda Sue Johnson and her husband Thomas of Summerville; cousins, Tabatha Powell of Islandton, Megan Miller and her husband Pete of Charleston, and Ethan and Connor Johnson of Summerville; his best friend, John Hiott of Round O; and several other aunts and uncles. He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Wendell W. Nettles, Sr.



Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to: The Band of Blue, 1379 Mighty Cougar Drive, Walterboro, South Carolina 29488.



Visitation will be held Tuesday evening from 6 until 8 at THE BRICE W. HERNDON & SONS FUNERAL HOME, WALTERBORO CHAPEL 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, SC. 843.538.5408. For those that wish, memorial messages and thoughts may be sent to the family at www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.

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