Emma Louise Joyce Withers, 94, resident of Wesley Commons, formerly of 325 Hillcrest Farm Road, widow of Albert Meredith "Boo" Withers, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 at Wesley Commons.
Born in Greenville Sept. 12, 1912, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Marvin and Mary Virginia Klugh Joyce. A life long resident of Greenwood, she attended local schools and Winthrop College. She was a past member of Keowee Study Club, the Tulip Garden Club and the Star Fort Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ms. Withers had been a charter member and helped reorganize Rock Presbyterian Church, where she had served the church in many capacities on the local and Presbyterial level. She was currently a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include daughters, Joyce Alexander and husband, Spears of Boone, NC, and Greenwood, and Julie Phillips and husband, Dick of Hartwell, GA; 4 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Rock Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in the Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
The body is at Blyth Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The family is at the home, 325 Hillcrest Farm Road and will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Those desiring may make memorials to a charity of choice.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is assisting the Withers family.
(Index-Journal - Friday, March 2, 2007)
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Emma Louise Joyce Withers, 94, resident of Wesley Commons, formerly of 325 Hillcrest Farm Road, widow of Albert Meredith "Boo" Withers, died Thursday, March 1, 2007 at Wesley Commons.
Born in Greenville Sept. 12, 1912, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Marvin and Mary Virginia Klugh Joyce. A life long resident of Greenwood, she attended local schools and Winthrop College. She was a past member of Keowee Study Club, the Tulip Garden Club and the Star Fort Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Ms. Withers had been a charter member and helped reorganize Rock Presbyterian Church, where she had served the church in many capacities on the local and Presbyterial level. She was currently a member of First Presbyterian Church.
Survivors include daughters, Joyce Alexander and husband, Spears of Boone, NC, and Greenwood, and Julie Phillips and husband, Dick of Hartwell, GA; 4 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; and 3 step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 2 p.m. at Rock Presbyterian Church. Interment will follow in the Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery.
The body is at Blyth Funeral Home and will be placed in the church at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The family is at the home, 325 Hillcrest Farm Road and will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Those desiring may make memorials to a charity of choice.
Blyth Funeral Home & Cremation Services is assisting the Withers family.
(Index-Journal - Friday, March 2, 2007)
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