Mr. Morriest Vernard Gadsden, Sr., 43, of Charleston, SC, departed this life. He was an employee of the International Longshoremen Association Local 1422.

He is survived by his son, Master Morriest Vernard Gadsden, Jr., parents, Barbara Gadsden and step father, Russell Hanesworth; siblings: Antonio Gadsden, Jamaine Gadsden, step brother and sister: C. Russell Hanesworth, III, Sedeia Hanesworth and Rosetta Hanesworth; nephew, J’Kari Thompson; nieces, Tamia McKinzie and Unique Gadsden; aunts and uncles: Mohammed Idris, Leroy (Sandra) Jones, Gloria Tolbert, Betty Jenkins, Annette Duggins Coaxum, Ernest (Louester) Gadsden, Kevin (Etta) Gadsden, Merril J. Gadsden, Angela A. Gadsden and Wilbur Brown; special cousin, Antonio Jones; special friend, Tracy Booker and host of other loving relatives and sympathetic friends.

SERVICES

FUNERAL:
Date: Monday, December 10, 2012
Time: 1:00 pm
Location: The Palmetto Memorial Chapel
                    1122 Morrison Drive
                    Charleston, SC 29403