Mr. Gordon Hearst Pressly

February 21, 1954 - August 12, 2021

Gordon Hearst Pressly, 67, of Columbia, formerly of Charlotte, North Carolina, died Thursday, August 12, 2021. Gordon was born February 21, 1954, in Charlotte, NC. He graduated from Appalachian State University in 1978 with a Master of Business Administration. Gordon owned a custom home building company for 15 years. Since 1995, he has been a real estate appraiser in North Carolina and South Carolina. Gordon was a member of Sardis Presbyterian Church in Charlotte. Gordon thrived spending time in the great outdoors and loved everything nature had to offer. He was a natural explorer who would routinely take a hike with no specific destination in mind. Gordon also enjoyed boating and was a very good fisherman. Survivors include his wife, Donna Lee Pressly; daughter, Erin Pressly of Charlotte; in-laws, AJ and Bonnie Lee and a multitude of extended family and friends. Gordon was preceded in death by his parents, Rev. Dr. Henry Erskine Pressly and Sara Parkinson Pressly; as well as his sister, Dr. Margaret Rose Pressly. The service for Gordon will be held 12 o’clock noon, Monday, August 16th, at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 Trenholm Road Ext., Columbia, with the Rev. R. Joseph Copeland officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service at the funeral home beginning at 11 o’clock. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park, 7100 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC 29209. In lieu of flowers, please honor Gordon’s memory with a random act of kindness to someone in need or a charity of one’s choice.