Darlington – Mrs. Winnie H. Crowley, aged 104 years, died on June twenty-second, 2016 at Hospice House in Florence, South Carolina.
She was born on the twenty-first of May, 1912 in Darlington County, South Carolina, the fifth of eight children of the late Wade Hampton Howle and Ina Edwards Howle.
Mrs. Crowley graduated from Saint John's High School in Darlington in June of 1929, and graduated from the McLeod Infirmary School of Nursing in Florence in June of 1933. It was about this time that she went on a blind date in Myrtle Beach at the request of her sister and met Owen C. Phillips, the man who would become her first husband. After graduation from McLeod, she was awarded and completed a one-year fellowship in surgical nursing at New York General Hospital in New York City. It was there that she married Owen in April of 1935. The couple settled in Dauberville, Pennsylvania, near her husband's boyhood home, and in 1941 welcomed one son, Jay O. Phillips.
In 1946 she moved with her husband and son back to Darlington. They were among the founding owners of Farmers' Hardware on the Public Square in Darlington. After Owen died in 1959, Mrs. Crowley continued to operate the business on her own. She later remarried to the late Willard O. "Bill" Crowley, and the two of them operated the hardware business until their retirement.
Mrs. Crowley was a member of Trinity Methodist Church in Darlington, and was active in the Pilot Club. Mrs. Crowley moved to the Methodist Manor of the Pee Dee in 1992, and soon became active in her new community. She used her retail experience to help organize and operate The Reminisce Shoppe, a gift shop for the residents of the Methodist Manor. Her desire to help others led to the charitable clothing drive known as "Winnie's Warmest Wishes", begun in 2014 to collect warm winter clothing for those in need.
Mrs. Crowley is survived by her son, Jay O. Phillips and his wife, Lynda of Greenville, South Carolina; her step-daughter, Dorothy C. Baker, her husband, Don, and their son, Lanier, all of Palacios, Texas; her granddaughter, Amy P. Rosenthal, her husband, James, and their son, Brannock, all of Bethesda, Maryland; plus many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be conducted at Grove Hill Cemetery in Darlington at 11:00 AM Saturday, June twenty-fifth directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will greet visitors after the service.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Resident Assistance fund of the Methodist Manor, 2100 Twin Church Rd. Florence, SC 29501.
She was born on the twenty-first of May, 1912 in Darlington County, South Carolina, the fifth of eight children of the late Wade Hampton Howle and Ina Edwards Howle.
Mrs. Crowley graduated from Saint John's High School in Darlington in June of 1929, and graduated from the McLeod Infirmary School of Nursing in Florence in June of 1933. It was about this time that she went on a blind date in Myrtle Beach at the request of her sister and met Owen C. Phillips, the man who would become her first husband. After graduation from McLeod, she was awarded and completed a one-year fellowship in surgical nursing at New York General Hospital in New York City. It was there that she married Owen in April of 1935. The couple settled in Dauberville, Pennsylvania, near her husband's boyhood home, and in 1941 welcomed one son, Jay O. Phillips.
In 1946 she moved with her husband and son back to Darlington. They were among the founding owners of Farmers' Hardware on the Public Square in Darlington. After Owen died in 1959, Mrs. Crowley continued to operate the business on her own. She later remarried to the late Willard O. "Bill" Crowley, and the two of them operated the hardware business until their retirement.
Mrs. Crowley was a member of Trinity Methodist Church in Darlington, and was active in the Pilot Club. Mrs. Crowley moved to the Methodist Manor of the Pee Dee in 1992, and soon became active in her new community. She used her retail experience to help organize and operate The Reminisce Shoppe, a gift shop for the residents of the Methodist Manor. Her desire to help others led to the charitable clothing drive known as "Winnie's Warmest Wishes", begun in 2014 to collect warm winter clothing for those in need.
Mrs. Crowley is survived by her son, Jay O. Phillips and his wife, Lynda of Greenville, South Carolina; her step-daughter, Dorothy C. Baker, her husband, Don, and their son, Lanier, all of Palacios, Texas; her granddaughter, Amy P. Rosenthal, her husband, James, and their son, Brannock, all of Bethesda, Maryland; plus many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be conducted at Grove Hill Cemetery in Darlington at 11:00 AM Saturday, June twenty-fifth directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will greet visitors after the service.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Resident Assistance fund of the Methodist Manor, 2100 Twin Church Rd. Florence, SC 29501.
Darlington – Mrs. Winnie H. Crowley, aged 104 years, died on June twenty-second, 2016 at Hospice House in Florence, South Carolina.
She was born on the twenty-first of May, 1912 in Darlington County, South Carolina, the fifth of eight children of the late Wade Hampton Howle and Ina Edwards Howle.
Mrs. Crowley graduated from Saint John's High School in Darlington in June of 1929, and graduated from the McLeod Infirmary School of Nursing in Florence in June of 1933. It was about this time that she went on a blind date in Myrtle Beach at the request of her sister and met Owen C. Phillips, the man who would become her first husband. After graduation from McLeod, she was awarded and completed a one-year fellowship in surgical nursing at New York General Hospital in New York City. It was there that she married Owen in April of 1935. The couple settled in Dauberville, Pennsylvania, near her husband's boyhood home, and in 1941 welcomed one son, Jay O. Phillips.
In 1946 she moved with her husband and son back to Darlington. They were among the founding owners of Farmers' Hardware on the Public Square in Darlington. After Owen died in 1959, Mrs. Crowley continued to operate the business on her own. She later remarried to the late Willard O. "Bill" Crowley, and the two of them operated the hardware business until their retirement.
Mrs. Crowley was a member of Trinity Methodist Church in Darlington, and was active in the Pilot Club. Mrs. Crowley moved to the Methodist Manor of the Pee Dee in 1992, and soon became active in her new community. She used her retail experience to help organize and operate The Reminisce Shoppe, a gift shop for the residents of the Methodist Manor. Her desire to help others led to the charitable clothing drive known as "Winnie's Warmest Wishes", begun in 2014 to collect warm winter clothing for those in need.
Mrs. Crowley is survived by her son, Jay O. Phillips and his wife, Lynda of Greenville, South Carolina; her step-daughter, Dorothy C. Baker, her husband, Don, and their son, Lanier, all of Palacios, Texas; her granddaughter, Amy P. Rosenthal, her husband, James, and their son, Brannock, all of Bethesda, Maryland; plus many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be conducted at Grove Hill Cemetery in Darlington at 11:00 AM Saturday, June twenty-fifth directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will greet visitors after the service.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Resident Assistance fund of the Methodist Manor, 2100 Twin Church Rd. Florence, SC 29501.
She was born on the twenty-first of May, 1912 in Darlington County, South Carolina, the fifth of eight children of the late Wade Hampton Howle and Ina Edwards Howle.
Mrs. Crowley graduated from Saint John's High School in Darlington in June of 1929, and graduated from the McLeod Infirmary School of Nursing in Florence in June of 1933. It was about this time that she went on a blind date in Myrtle Beach at the request of her sister and met Owen C. Phillips, the man who would become her first husband. After graduation from McLeod, she was awarded and completed a one-year fellowship in surgical nursing at New York General Hospital in New York City. It was there that she married Owen in April of 1935. The couple settled in Dauberville, Pennsylvania, near her husband's boyhood home, and in 1941 welcomed one son, Jay O. Phillips.
In 1946 she moved with her husband and son back to Darlington. They were among the founding owners of Farmers' Hardware on the Public Square in Darlington. After Owen died in 1959, Mrs. Crowley continued to operate the business on her own. She later remarried to the late Willard O. "Bill" Crowley, and the two of them operated the hardware business until their retirement.
Mrs. Crowley was a member of Trinity Methodist Church in Darlington, and was active in the Pilot Club. Mrs. Crowley moved to the Methodist Manor of the Pee Dee in 1992, and soon became active in her new community. She used her retail experience to help organize and operate The Reminisce Shoppe, a gift shop for the residents of the Methodist Manor. Her desire to help others led to the charitable clothing drive known as "Winnie's Warmest Wishes", begun in 2014 to collect warm winter clothing for those in need.
Mrs. Crowley is survived by her son, Jay O. Phillips and his wife, Lynda of Greenville, South Carolina; her step-daughter, Dorothy C. Baker, her husband, Don, and their son, Lanier, all of Palacios, Texas; her granddaughter, Amy P. Rosenthal, her husband, James, and their son, Brannock, all of Bethesda, Maryland; plus many nieces and nephews.
A graveside service will be conducted at Grove Hill Cemetery in Darlington at 11:00 AM Saturday, June twenty-fifth directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will greet visitors after the service.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Resident Assistance fund of the Methodist Manor, 2100 Twin Church Rd. Florence, SC 29501.
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