FLORENCE, S.C. — Retired S.C. Highway Patrol Capt. James L.
Streater, one of the region’s most beloved law enforcement men, died in
Florence on Saturday at age 70. In 1968 Streater became South Carolina’s second ever
African-American highway patrol officer, and the first in the Pee Dee,
working out of Florence in what is now Troop 5. He later worked his way
up to the rank of Captain over a career that ran from 1968 to 2001, when
he retired. Streater died Saturday morning in Carolina’s Hospital.
He is survived by his wife Calli Streater, of
Florence; his son Jon Streater of Atlanta; his daughter Judon Tyles of
Atlanta; two grandsons, Jamel Streater and Prophet Tyles of Atlanta; and
six of his nine sibilings: Katherine Binns of Patrick, S.C., Theodora
Parker of Greensboro, N.C., Ruth Streater of Greensboro, N.C., Loretta
McNeal of Chesterfield, S.C., Gladys Sweeny of Cheraw, S.C., and Cynthia
Streater of Allendale, S.C.
A wake will be held Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. at
Dimery and Rogers on West Sumter Street in Florence. Funeral services
are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at Cumberland United Methodist Church
on South Coit Street in Florence.
