Heyward "Coot" Jeffcoat

Heyward "Coot" Jeffcoat, 94, passed away on Friday, February 13, 2026.

Graveside funeral services will be held 3:00 P.M., Thursday, February 19, 2026, at Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church with Rev. Henry Chavis officiating. The family will receive friends after the graveside service in the chapel of Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Mr. Jeffcoat was born in Orangeburg County, a son of the late Albert and Cora Hutto Jeffcoat. He attended Mt. Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church where he was a member of the Senior Adult Sunday School Class and was an Air Force Veteran. He was formerly employed by Norfolk Southern Railroad and enjoyed watching his favorite race car driver, Dale Earnhardt. He loved his Hershey Kisses and football, specifically the Kansas City Chiefs and the South Carolina Gamecocks.

Survivors include his sister, Mary Brown of Springfield and a number of nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his siblings, Delline Jeffcoat Berry, Corine Jeffcoat Jones, Legrande Jeffcoat, Robert L. Jeffcoat, Percy Jeffcoat, Albert J. Jeffcoat, Cebron Jeffcoat and Albert Jeffcoat, Jr.

The family would like to extend a special thanks to Highland Senior Care in Gaston and White Oak Manor nursing home during his stay there and most recently Veteran Victory House in Walterboro for the special care given there.

Memorial may be made to Mt. Beulah Senior Adult Sunday School Class, 2610 Ninety-Six Road, Neeses, SC 29107.

Culler McAlhany Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.