| Elizabeth Giles “Betty” Edgar, ’67 master’s, the spouse of USC history professor Walter B. Edgar who taught at USC and in Columbia public schools, died July 20 in Columbia. She was 61. Services were held July 25 at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral with burial in the church cemetery.
Betty Edgar taught at the University as an adjunct faculty member and in the evening school and correspondence division from 1972 to 1982 and taught history and geography at Crayton Junior High School from 1966 to 1969. From 1970 to 1973 she was chair of the history department at Booker T. Washington High School. She returned to Crayton Middle School from 1982 to 1988 to teach social studies until failing health ended her career.
Betty Edgar played an active role in her husband’s academic life by guarding his time and privacy while he worked on his history of South Carolina, which was dedicated to her and his students.
Memorials may be made to the Trinity Foundation, 1100 Sumter St., Columbia, SC 29201; the Columbia Garden Club Endowment, P.O. Box 5925, Columbia, SC 29250; or the Symphony League Endowment, 1237 Gadsden St., Suite 102, Columbia, SC 29201.
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