Ralph Hudro Stevenson IV

November 15, 2005 - June 16, 2017

Ralph Hudro Stevenson, IV, 11, died Friday, June 16, 2017, at Palmetto Richland Children's Hospital. Born in Columbia on November 15, 2005, he was the youngest of three children and the only son of Monica Renee Chavis Stevenson and Ralph Hudro Stevenson, III. Ralph began his education at Chesterbrook Academy Preschool, at the age of five, then moved to the Center for Inquiry and participated in the fifth grade Promotion Ceremony at Roundtop Elementary School in Blythewood, SC. He would have been a rising sixth grader at Blythewood Middle School. In his spare time, Ralph was passionate about basketball (his favorite team was the Golden State Warriors), video and board games (he appreciated the history of video games), swimming, reading, going to the movies, and "bro time" with his male friends. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandfather, Ralph Stevenson, Jr. He leaves to cherish memories his devoted parent: Monica and Ralph Stevenson; his sisters: Peyton Kennedy and Ellis Amelia Stevenson of Columbia; paternal grandmother, Lena Stevenson Banks of Mt. Pleasant, Texas; maternal grandparents: Stanley and Rosemary Hart Chavis of Eastover, SC; a special cousin, Chancey Walker; and a host of aunts, uncles, other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at Sandhills Communty Church. The only public viewing will be from 10 AM Wednesday until the hour of service. Interment will follow in Palmetto Cemetery on Fairfeld Road, Columbia.