Hugh E. Baumgartner Jr. D.D. 91 of Chapin died Sunday December 9 2012 at the Heritage at Lowman. Funeral services for the Rev. Dr. Hugh E. Baumgartner Jr. were conducted 3:30 PM Wednesday December 12 2012 at Bethel Lutheran Church by S.C. Synod Bishop Herman Yoos and the Rev. Dr. James Aull. Interment was in the church cemetery. Visitation was from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home in Chapin. Rev. Dr. Baumgartner was born in Brunswick Georgia the son of the late Hugh E. and Thelma Conyers Baumgartner. Rev. Dr. Baumgartner was a graduate of Glynn Academy Brunswick GA Lenoir Rhyne College Hickory NC and the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary Columbia. He was presented his Doctor of Divinity Degree at Newberry College in 1973. Rev. Dr. Baumgartner served in the South Carolina North Carolina and Southeastern Synods having led four congregations in Church building programs. He served as pastor of The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Newberry from March of 1979 until he retired in 1986. While in Newberry he was the Vice-president of the Newberry Area Lutheran Pastors. Rev. Dr. Baumgartner was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church in White Rock. He was a former member of the South Carolina Synod Professional Leadership Committee and served as the chairman of the Synodical Examining Committee and he was a former member of the Executive Board of the Southeastern Synod. He served as a trustee of the Newberry College Board and Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary Board and he was a past president of the LTSS Alumni Association. He was a delegate to the LCA National Convention at Baltimore and Dallas and from 1976 to 1979 he was one of the LCA Pastor-Evangelist in the Evangelical Outreach Program. Rev. Dr. Baumgartner is survived by his wife Frances Wisdom Baumgartner of the home; two daughters Patricia B. (Tom) Bowles of Irmo and Carla Baumgartner of Columbia; 3 sons Andrew C. (Nancy) Baumgartner of Augusta GA Paul W. (Deborah) Baumgartner of Woodstock GA and H. Eric (Jenny) Baumgartner of Summerville SC; daughter-in-law Anne Baumgartner of Yorkton VA; 10 grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son William E. Baumgartner. Memorials may be made to the Heritage at Lowman PO Box 444 White Rock SC 29177 or to the Bethel Lutheran Church PO Box 367 White Rock SC 29177. Active pallbearers will be Evan Baumgartner Brock Baumgartner Joel Baumgartner and Daniel Reynolds. On line condolences may be sent to the family at www.whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home of Chapin is assisting the family.