Edward Ervin "Mack" McElveen, III, 43, husband of Celeste Swain McElveen, died Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2005, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, N.C.

Born Sept. 18, 1961, in Kingstree, he was a son of Edward Ervin McElveen Jr. and Vivian Ruthven McElveen. He was a graduate of Salem Schools and  Newberry College, a member of Hebron United Methodist Church and a farmer.  Mack had two children a son Edward Ervin McElveen IV ; a daughter, Emily Swain McElveen, and a sister, Debra Lynn McElveen.