GILBERT - Myrna Alta Leaphart, 74, passed away Friday, November 22, 2013. Services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 25, 2013 at Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Barr-Price Funeral Home and Crematorium, Lexington Chapel.
Born in Lexington, SC February 19, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Jacob Early and Irene Shealy Leaphart and was a member of Mt. Horeb UMC, the Julia Rodgers SS Class and received a 10 year perfect attendance Sunday School Pen. She loved her nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews as if they were her own children. Myrna loved the Gilbert Senior Center where she volunteered for many years and was chosen Volunteer of The Year several times. She also delivered Meals on Wheels and participated in the Senior Olympics. Myrna enjoyed playing the piano and harmonica and was an avid Gamecock fan.
Surviving is her brother, Gerald O. Leaphart, Sr., (Shirley) of Gilbert, and sister, Eleanor "Wiggie" Wessinger of Lexington, sisters in law, Edith Leaphart and Jackie Leaphart of Gilbert, brother-in-law, Melvin Hayes of Gilbert, 7 nieces and 8 nephews, 34 great nieces and nephews, and 12 great-great nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by brothers, Wyman A. Leaphart and Bivens G. Leaphart, sisters, Aileen Hancock (N. W.) and Nancy Hayes, and brother-in-law, Phillip Wessinger.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gilbert-Summit Senior Center, 409 Broad St., Gilbert, SC, 29054 or Mt. Horeb UMC, 1205 Old Cherokee Rd. Lexington, SC 29072.
Special thanks to her brother-in-law, Melvin Hayes and niece, Abby Fitts for the care given during her illness.
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PUBLISHED IN THE STATE NEWSPAPER ON NOVEMBER 24, 2013
Born in Lexington, SC February 19, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Jacob Early and Irene Shealy Leaphart and was a member of Mt. Horeb UMC, the Julia Rodgers SS Class and received a 10 year perfect attendance Sunday School Pen. She loved her nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews as if they were her own children. Myrna loved the Gilbert Senior Center where she volunteered for many years and was chosen Volunteer of The Year several times. She also delivered Meals on Wheels and participated in the Senior Olympics. Myrna enjoyed playing the piano and harmonica and was an avid Gamecock fan.
Surviving is her brother, Gerald O. Leaphart, Sr., (Shirley) of Gilbert, and sister, Eleanor "Wiggie" Wessinger of Lexington, sisters in law, Edith Leaphart and Jackie Leaphart of Gilbert, brother-in-law, Melvin Hayes of Gilbert, 7 nieces and 8 nephews, 34 great nieces and nephews, and 12 great-great nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by brothers, Wyman A. Leaphart and Bivens G. Leaphart, sisters, Aileen Hancock (N. W.) and Nancy Hayes, and brother-in-law, Phillip Wessinger.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gilbert-Summit Senior Center, 409 Broad St., Gilbert, SC, 29054 or Mt. Horeb UMC, 1205 Old Cherokee Rd. Lexington, SC 29072.
Special thanks to her brother-in-law, Melvin Hayes and niece, Abby Fitts for the care given during her illness.
www.barr-price.com 803 356-4411
PUBLISHED IN THE STATE NEWSPAPER ON NOVEMBER 24, 2013
GILBERT - Myrna Alta Leaphart, 74, passed away Friday, November 22, 2013. Services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Monday, November 25, 2013 at Mt. Horeb United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 3-5 p.m. Sunday at Barr-Price Funeral Home and Crematorium, Lexington Chapel.
Born in Lexington, SC February 19, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Jacob Early and Irene Shealy Leaphart and was a member of Mt. Horeb UMC, the Julia Rodgers SS Class and received a 10 year perfect attendance Sunday School Pen. She loved her nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews as if they were her own children. Myrna loved the Gilbert Senior Center where she volunteered for many years and was chosen Volunteer of The Year several times. She also delivered Meals on Wheels and participated in the Senior Olympics. Myrna enjoyed playing the piano and harmonica and was an avid Gamecock fan.
Surviving is her brother, Gerald O. Leaphart, Sr., (Shirley) of Gilbert, and sister, Eleanor "Wiggie" Wessinger of Lexington, sisters in law, Edith Leaphart and Jackie Leaphart of Gilbert, brother-in-law, Melvin Hayes of Gilbert, 7 nieces and 8 nephews, 34 great nieces and nephews, and 12 great-great nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by brothers, Wyman A. Leaphart and Bivens G. Leaphart, sisters, Aileen Hancock (N. W.) and Nancy Hayes, and brother-in-law, Phillip Wessinger.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gilbert-Summit Senior Center, 409 Broad St., Gilbert, SC, 29054 or Mt. Horeb UMC, 1205 Old Cherokee Rd. Lexington, SC 29072.
Special thanks to her brother-in-law, Melvin Hayes and niece, Abby Fitts for the care given during her illness.
www.barr-price.com 803 356-4411
PUBLISHED IN THE STATE NEWSPAPER ON NOVEMBER 24, 2013
Born in Lexington, SC February 19, 1939, she was a daughter of the late Jacob Early and Irene Shealy Leaphart and was a member of Mt. Horeb UMC, the Julia Rodgers SS Class and received a 10 year perfect attendance Sunday School Pen. She loved her nieces and nephews, great-nieces and nephews as if they were her own children. Myrna loved the Gilbert Senior Center where she volunteered for many years and was chosen Volunteer of The Year several times. She also delivered Meals on Wheels and participated in the Senior Olympics. Myrna enjoyed playing the piano and harmonica and was an avid Gamecock fan.
Surviving is her brother, Gerald O. Leaphart, Sr., (Shirley) of Gilbert, and sister, Eleanor "Wiggie" Wessinger of Lexington, sisters in law, Edith Leaphart and Jackie Leaphart of Gilbert, brother-in-law, Melvin Hayes of Gilbert, 7 nieces and 8 nephews, 34 great nieces and nephews, and 12 great-great nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by brothers, Wyman A. Leaphart and Bivens G. Leaphart, sisters, Aileen Hancock (N. W.) and Nancy Hayes, and brother-in-law, Phillip Wessinger.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Gilbert-Summit Senior Center, 409 Broad St., Gilbert, SC, 29054 or Mt. Horeb UMC, 1205 Old Cherokee Rd. Lexington, SC 29072.
Special thanks to her brother-in-law, Melvin Hayes and niece, Abby Fitts for the care given during her illness.
www.barr-price.com 803 356-4411
PUBLISHED IN THE STATE NEWSPAPER ON NOVEMBER 24, 2013
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