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She graduated from Lake City High School in 1936 and ºìÌÒÊÓƵ in 1940. After graduation, she taught school at Hanna Elementary for several years. She and Merritt came to Hemingway in 1947 and established Morris Funeral Home. They worked together for more than 40 years and had an impact on countless families. She has been a member of First United Methodist Church of Hemingway since moving to Hemingway. 

After retiring, she became the director of Three Rivers Historical Society and, from her home, guided people from all over the country to research their local family lineage. Throughout her life, she had a passion for growing and nurturing beautiful flowers. 

Four sisters predeceased Nell: Agnes Godwin, Leone Patrick, Uneda Lee, and Ruby Lee Bullard: four brothers: Linder, H.E., Bill and Paul. Her surviving sisters are Bernice McCutcheon of Lake City S.C. and Harriet Sue Nelson (Thomas) of Myrtle Beach, S.C.

She is survived by her three daughters: Merrinell Niemyer (Bert) of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Loretta Reddish (Johnny) of Hemingway, S.C., and Amy Sparks (Randy) of Centerville, Ohio. Also surviving are six grandchildren: Suzanne Donnelly (John), Beth Maynor (Clay), Tamara Coker (Rex), Patricia Reddish-Barriera (Jay), Merritt Sparks (Kayla), Sydney Sparks and five great grandchildren: Kasey Martin, Laurel Maynor, Keith Coker, Alexander Donnelly, and Kate Donnelly. 

The family will be eternally grateful to Doreen and Clem McFadden for their friendship and compassionate care over her last six years. We also wish to thank Dr. David Ellison and Mary McDonald PA-C for their superb care and guidance for the last 19 years. 

Funeral and celebration of a well lived life will be held at the Morris Funeral Home Chapel 416 North Main Street in Hemingway, South Carolina on Sunday, November 11th at 3:00 pm. Family will receive friends for an hour before the service. Burial will follow at Garden of Devotion Cemetery 800 S. Georgetown Hwy., Johnsonville, South Carolina. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 6, Hemingway, South Carolina 29554 or Three Rivers Genealogical Society 154 W. Main St., Lake City, South Carolina 29560. 

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Mary Alice Luther Hudson, 101, died Monday, February 19, 2018 at the Lutheran Home in Salisbury, North Carolina. 
Mary was born October 6, 1916 in the Clyde community near Hartsville, South Carolina. She was the sixth of nine children born to Lovedy Alice Dunlap and Thomas Alexander Luther. 
Mary graduated from Hartsville High School where she received numerous academic honors and served in various leadership positions, including: President of the National Honor Society, Editor-in-Chief of the News Reel (the student newspaper), and President of the All Girls Club (the female half of the student body). In 1940, Mary graduated from ºìÌÒÊÓƵ earning a baccalaureate degree in history. While at ºìÌÒÊÓƵ, she was a member of the glee club and worked in the library. After graduation, she taught at Brogdon School in Sumter County, SC before coming to Salisbury in 1945. In Salisbury, she taught sixth grade at Frank B. John School for several years. The superintendentºìÌÒÊÓƵ™s son, John Knox, Jr., and other now prominent citizens, were in her classes.

Mary was injured in an automobile accident when she was nine years old. As a result of the injury, she had a shortage in one leg. Years later one of her former students, Dr. Robert Sims, pastor emeritus Church of the Redeemer, Atlanta, GA, remembered her in a sermon. He said, ºìÌÒÊÓƵœI know that the human spirit can be indomitable, capable of climbing the highest mountain and a conqueror of its most fearsome foe. My sixth grade teacher had such a spirit. Her name was Mrs. Hudson. She was young, lovely and kind. She had one leg that was shorter than the other and she wore a special build-up shoe. She walked with a limp favoring the injured side. She never acknowledged the problem because in truth there wasnºìÌÒÊÓƵ™t one. She had long since moved on in heart and spirit to live the great adventure of life. She was all that was good and gracious, kind and gentle. Her leg was withered but her heart was not. As a shy little boy in the back of her classroom I adored her. I learned from her that life is not defined by circumstances, but by courage and a gracious spirit of which she had abundance.ºìÌÒÊÓƵ�

Mary met Dr. Robert Leslie Hudson (Bob) in Salisbury. There were married in 1947 at Shandon Baptist Church, Columbia, SC in a double wedding ceremony with MaryºìÌÒÊÓƵ™s youngest sister, Kathryn Luther, and fiancé, Claude Funkhouser, Jr. Mary and Bob loved and cared for one another for almost fifty-eight years until BobºìÌÒÊÓƵ™s death in 2005.
A resident of Salisbury since 1945, Mary was active in community, church and civic organizations. A member of First Presbyterian Church, she served as president of the Women of the Church, circle leader, and Sunday school teacher. As Girl Scout leader, she guided two troops from Brownie to Cadet and helped many earn curved bars: then the highest award in girl scouting. She was a member and officer of the Pine Tree Garden Club, the Friday Afternoon Book Club, and the N.C. Storytelling League. She sewed and crocheted beautifully. 
Among other philanthropic interests, Mary was a benefactor to the Rowan Regional Medical Center Foundation (serving on the board), the Rowan Public Library, Catawba College, ºìÌÒÊÓƵ, and First Presbyterian Church of Salisbury. She was a loving wife, mother, sister, and loyal friend. She will be greatly missed. 

Survivors include daughters, Dr. Mary Leslie Hudson and her husband, Dr. William Thomas Parsons of San Antonio, TX; Alice Luther Hudson and her husband, Burl Henderlite Brady of Salisbury; four grandchildren, Robert Marius Ketcham and wife, Nora Visscher-Simon of Baltimore, MD, William Reid Ketcham of Raleigh, NC, Maryann Brodie Parsons of Los Angeles, CA, and Robert Ellis Parsons of San Antonio, TX; step-grandson, Thomas Cole Parsons and his family of New Orleans, LA; sister, Marjorie Ann Luther Harley of Clemson, SC, and many nieces and nephews. 

Memorial service 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 3, 2018 at First Presbyterian Church with Rev. Margaret Taylor Almeida officiating. A private family burial will be held. 
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 308 West Fisher Street, Salisbury, NC 28144 or to Catawba College, 2300 West Innes St., Salisbury, NC 28144. 
Summersett Funeral Home is serving the Hudson family. Online condolences may be left at . 

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Sarah Kathryn Orr Scarborough passed away peacefully on February 11, 2017 at the Fleet Landing Health Center in Atlantic Beach, FL. She was 98. Sarah was born in Chester County, SC and attended Columbia High School. She graduated from ºìÌÒÊÓƵ in Hartsfield, SC in 1940 with a degree in piano. An accomplished musician, Sarah was also an award-winning elementary school teacher for over 30 years and the wife of a career naval aviator. Following her retirement as a teacher in Huntington, NY, Sarah, along with her husband, Bill, spent several years in Hilton Head, SC before moving to Fleet Landing in 1991. There, Sarah founded and led the first Sunday morning devotional services for residents of the Health Center. She and Bill were members of Palms Presbyterian Church in Jacksonville Beach. Sarah was preceded in death by her devoted husband of 71 years, William E. Scarborough, and her brother, Burt Orr, Jr. She is survived by sons William E. Scarborough, Jr. and Michael Orr Scarborough; daughter Kathryn Scarborough Noyes; 5 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held in Leeward Manor of Fleet Landing at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017 (TODAY), with a graveside service to follow at Elmwood Cemetery, Columbia, South Carolina at 2pm, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Nancy House Piano Fund at Fleet Landing or Palms Presbyterian Church, Jacksonville Beach, FL. Please visit our online Tribute at www.quinn-shalz.com . Services under the direction and care of Quinn-Shalz Family Funeral Home

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