Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Robert S. Buffington Sr. and Olive Rauton Buffington. He served in the Navy during the Korean conflict and retired from Seaboard Coastline Railroad. He was a driver for Piedmont Agency on Aging. He was a member of South Main Street Baptist Church, The God Prospectors Club of America and the Good Sam Club. Graveside services will be at 3 today in Greenwood Memorial Gardens, conducted by the Rev. Dave Patterson.
Honorary escorts are grandchildren.
The family is at the home of a daughter, Dessie Stevens, Barkwood Subdivision, Calhoun Road East, Lot 44. Memorials may be made to Piedmont Agency on Aging, P.O. Box 997, Greenwood, S.C. 29648. Blyth Funeral Home is in charge. Born in Franklin County, Ga., she was a daughter of the late Jones and Bessie Bond Ware. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Ware Shoals.