Mr. Willie A. Shell Jr.

May 4, 1943 - November 29, 2014

Funeral services for Mr. Willie Shell Jr. will be held on Thursday December 4, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. from Friendship Baptist Church, 1237 House Street, Columbia. Interment to follow in Palmetto Cemetery. Viewing will be held Wednesday December 3, 2014 from 12 noon to 7:00 p.m. at A. A. Dicks Funeral Home. Mr. Shell entered into rest on Saturday November 29, 2014 at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. A. A. Dicks Funeral Home Sullivan Chapel, 2548 Main Street, Columbia is in charge of these arrangements. Willie was born May 4, 1943 in Columbia, SC to Mrs. Mary Helen Sims Shella and the late Mr. Willie Alexander Shell, Sr. He was educated in the public schools of Richland County. He was a skilled and professional tile setter with over fifty years of experience. He was formerly employed with Niggel Brothers, Jack Nates and Haskell Ruff before he started his own business, Shell's Tile with Style. "Nappy Chin" as he was affectionately known, enjoyed dancing, playing cards, pool games, fishing and being the "life of the party". Left to cherish precious memories are: his wife, Mary Harrison Shell; children, Boyce L. (Irene) Shell, Brenton L. (Jamaica) Hopkins, Rhodesha Harrison, Reita Aiken, Donald, Tony and Connie Hopkins; mother; Mary Helen Sims Shell; brothers, Robert L. and Lance J. Shell; sisters, Barbara Shell Morant, Linda Shell (Lester) Collington and Theressa Shell (Greene) Wilson; grandchildren, Brenton, Jr. and Britnee Hopkins, Kierra Dykes, Jordan Harrison and Christopher and Kiara Hopkins; one great grandson, Jeremiah Loyd; aunts; Mayola Shell, Rosa S. Harris and Edna S. Bluford; grandmother-in-law, lucille Lillard; sisters-in-law, Annie Mae Gadson, Bernice (Richard) Smith, Ethel Harrison (Jerry) Scott and Sarah Anne Marshall; brother-in-law, Preston (Stacey) Harrison; many loving nieces, nephews, cousins and a host of other relatives and friends who will miss him dearly.