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Beaufort County Obituaries South Carolina |
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Steve Way He is
survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Sally and Jeffrey Pringle of
Richmond Hill; son, Gabriel Way of Richmond Hill; two brothers and
sisters-in-law, Kenneth and Ruth Beckner of Nashua, IA and Bruce and Kari
Way of Dallas Center, IA; sister, Lucinda Blackburn of Butte, MT; two
grandchildren, Landon Way and Haiden Pringle.
Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at Carter Funeral Home Bryan Chapel. Funeral service will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, September 16, 2004 at Carter Funeral Home Bryan Chapel in Richmond Hill. Burial: Beaufort National Cemetery with full military honors. Carter Funeral Home Bryan Chapel (Savannah Morning News, September 14, 2004) Alison Marie Williams COLUMBIA - Services for Eloise C. Willis, 84, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 10, 2002, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial at 2:30 p.m. in Beaufort National Cemetery, Beaufort. Visitation will be 7-9 tonight at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Shandon United Methodist Church, the Alzheimer's Association or a charity of one's choice. Mrs. Willis passed away Monday, July 8, 2002. Born in the Bethel Community of Fairfield County, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Steele Clark and Estelle Chappell Clark. She graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1937 with an AB Degree in Mathematics. She was a life member of the Carolina Alumni Association. She began her vocation as a teacher in 1937 at Charlotte Thompson High School in Boykin, where she taught mathematics. In 1938 she married USC classmate, George Addison Willis. Together, they moved to Memphis Tenn., Poplar Bluff, Mo. and Vicksburg, Miss. in rapid successions before settling in Savannah, GA., in 1948. In Savannah, she resumed teaching in church and private kindergartens and then at St. Michael's Episcopal Day School where she later became principal. She participated in the American Association of University Women as well as Delta Kappa Gamma while living in Savannah and was a member of Epworth Methodist Church there. Mrs. Willis returned to teaching mathematics at Savannah High School in late 1961. While at Savannah High School, she was awarded a National Science Foundation Grant to attend a math institute at the University of Chicago during the summer of 1967. In 1968 she was selected as the STAR teacher for Savannah High School. She resigned from teaching in 1969 to accompany her husband to a new position in Fort Worth, Texas, where she did substitute teaching. In Fort Worth, she was active in the Corps of Engineers Wives Club, serving as an officer from 1970 until 1972. After returning to Columbia in the summer of 1972, she became active in education again as a volunteer at Richland Northeast High School and as a private tutor in mathematics. Mrs. Willis was a member of Shandon United Methodist Church and the Christian Home Sunday School Class from 1972 until her death. She was a member of the Daffodil Garden Club, the Tea Cup Chain Gang and the Allemande Square Dance Clubs. She was a talented teacher and a gifted seamstress. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, teacher and friend. Surviving are her husband of 64 years, George Addison Willis; daughters and their husbands, Jean Willis and Enoch M. Overby of Calhoun, Ga., Susan Willis and James B. Brant of Columbia; grandchildren, Deborah O. Kirby and her husband, Glenn, of Dallas, Texas, Walter Overby and Eric Overby of Atlanta, Ga., Ashley Brant of Charleston, Bethany Brant of Atlanta, Ga. and Laney Brant of Columbia; sister, Bess Clark Aaron of Columbia; brother and sister-in-law, Ray C. and Ruth Clark of Mt. Pleasant; brother-in-law and wife, Derryl O. and Ann Willis of Charlotte, N.C. and 14 nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by an infant granddaughter, Rebecca Helen Brant, sister, Margaret Clark Meyers and brothers, Eugene S. Clark Jr. and Theron D. Clark. (State, The (Columbia, SC) - July 9, 2002) DALE - Services for Luther Willis, 76, will be held at noon today, August 17, 2000, at the Salvation Army Church, Beaufort. Burial with military honors will follow in Beaufort National Cemetery. Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home for Funerals is in charge. Mr. Willis died Friday. Born in Beaufort County, he was a son of the late Henry and Lydia McNeal Willis. He was in the U.S. Navy and worked as a carpenter. Mr. Willis was a member of Salvation Army Church. Surviving are a son, Cornelius Singleton of Dale; sisters, Sadie Brown, LaVerne Willis and Odessa Willis all of Dale and Gertrude Parker of Washington, D.C.; brother, Warno McBride of New York; three grandchildren. (State, The (Columbia, SC) - August 17, 2000) |
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