Dean Player

Samuel Dean Player, 60, of Pawleys Island, SC passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side on Tuesday, September 8, 2020 at Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital. He was born on June 1, 1960 in Columbia, SC to the late Samuel Joseph and Bette Patricia (Lanford) Player.

Dean was the owner and operator of SD Player Construction and Pawleys Island Supplies. He also was a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church. He loved boating and was an outdoors man, he loved pyrotechnics and anything explosive, but mostly, he loved and cherished his family and friends.

Left to cherish Dean’s memory are his beloved wife Selena Caughman Player; two daughters, Taylor (Clinton) Soper and McKendree (Will) Lambert, both of Pawleys Island; one brother, Kyle Player of Pawleys Island; one sister, Dianne Lese of Orlando, FL; and five grandchildren, Mason, Ryleigh, Carter, Harper, and Cameron.

There will be a memorial service on Saturday, September 12, 2020 at 11:00 am at Burroughs Funeral Home, 3558 Old Kings Highway, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576. The family will greet friends following the service at the funeral home until 1:00 pm.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the following charities in Dean’s honor: Smith Medical Clinic, 116 Baskervill Dr., Pawleys Island, SC 29585 or Low Country Food Bank at https://www.lowcountryfoodbank.org/

To view this obituary online or to offer words of comfort through the online guest book, kindly visit the funeral home website at, www.burroughsfh.com

Burroughs Funeral Home & Cremation Services (843-651-1440) is honored to assist the family.

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