As a mother and a grandmother, Ruby Lynn was a nurturing and encouraging presence in the lives of her children and grandchildren, always guiding them with wisdom and grace. Her home was filled with warmth and love, where support was never in short supply. She instilled in her children the values of kindness, faith and perseverance, which will continue to guide them in their lives. As a wife she was a steadfast partner and a source of unending support to her husband, Randy.

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She was an educator in Florence School District One for 29 years. Throughout her career, she was a beacon of positivity and encouragement to all who knew her. She had a unique ability to make everyone around her feel valued and loved. Her friendships were meaningful and marked by genuine care and a giving spirit. Whether through a listening ear, a comforting word, or simply her joyful presence, she made the world a brighter place for those fortunate enough to know her.

Ruby Lynn was a faithful and active member of Greenwood Baptist Church. Her faith in Jesus Christ was the cornerstone of her life. She was a living testimony and found peace in knowing that she was walking the path that God had set for her. She always told her family 红桃视频淟ive one day at a time and make it a 红桃视频淢asterpiece.红桃视频�

A celebration of Ruby Lynn红桃视频檚 life will be held on Saturday, September 7, 2024 at 11:00 am at Greenwood Baptist Church. Visitation will begin at 10:00 am prior to the service. A graveside service will be held at Rose Hill Cemetery in Marion, SC at 1:00 pm, directed by Waters-Powell Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made in honor of Ruby Lynn Barnes to the McLeod Hospice House of Florence, SC in care of The Butterfly Fund at 1203 E. Cheves Street, Florence, SC 29506.

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Gail was a graduate of Coker College and received a Bachelor’s degree in Education.听 She taught in the Columbus County and听Whiteville School systems and Waccamaw Academy for over 35 years.听 She was听 National Board Certified in Education. She attended Smyrna Baptist church where she served as a Sunday School teacher and pianist.

She is survived by her husband of 54 years, C. G. Townsend; three sons, Matt Townsend of Whiteville, Alex Townsend and wife, Anna of Myrtle Be., SC, Nick听Townsend and wife, Abbey of Morehead City, NC ; grandchildren, Lawson, Griffin, Grady, Hadley and Harriet Townsend; a听 brother, Jimmy Worrell and wife, Gaye, of听Greenville, NC; a sister, Sheila Dorsett of Raleigh, NC.

She was preceded in death by a grandson, Matthew Townsend Jr.

Her memorial service will be at 2:00 pm Saturday, October 28, 2023 a Peacock Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Willard McPherson officiating.听

Her family will receive friends Saturday at 1:30 pm prior to her service in the Chapel.

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It is always my joy to connect with classmates. I have received greetings to pass on to the class from: Gail Townsend, Nancy Stoutamire, Pam Hall and Hyatt Brandt. It is good to know they are doing well and sending greetings.

I was finally able to contact June Rownd; we quit playing phone tag. I had a delightful conversation with her. She shared she is staying in out of the heat and just tunes in some TV shows she finds interesting. She was planning to call with her older son, AJ, who is currently in Northern California. She wanted to see if he was experiencing the horrible heat wave some in the Northwest have been enduring. She joked about how AJ had decided to see the USA in his Toyota 红桃视频� like they used to advertise 红桃视频淪ee the USA in your Chevrolet红桃视频�, as you might recall. AJ pans to return in October. Her younger son, Josh,听 lives near and they have lunch together often. She shared she had had lunch with Frankie Watson a few months back but did not realize she had moved to Summerville.

I checked in with Frankie Watson and happened to catch her on a visit with her daughters. Frankie had spent several days with her daughter, Fran, who is moving from one city in Colorado to another. She was just winding up her trip with her other daughter, Grace, who lives in Tucson, Arizona. She expressed how in this stage of her life she was enjoying being able to spend more time with family. You may recall she had moved to Summerville to be closer to her son, Brian, and his family. Because of her move to Summerville, she had enjoyed being able to spend more time with her grands and other family members. Her church work had kept her so busy over the years that she had not had as much time to be with various family members. It was a joy to be able to speak with her also.

Patti Combs wrote to share this:

I am rolling along in Charleston.听 Completed my part time job at Dillard红桃视频檚 first of Jan.听 Presently I am working at Publix.听 I asked to be a cleaner or a shelver of stock. But that was denied. I then asked for the training manual.听 There is none.

Hence customer service here I come.听 My trainer had to have been a general in the last war.听 She was loud and intimidating.听 But somehow, I made it through boot camp.

Having been in education for 41 years, I thought how hard could this job be!!

Speed is everything.听 Working slowly and deliberately is not an option. Therefore my 74-year-old brain cells have had to rev up.

On a light note I really enjoy the people I work with.听 I have adjusted to a different kind of work atmosphere.听 But change is good!

So we红桃视频檒l see how long I can stay out of the 红桃视频淧rincipal红桃视频檚红桃视频� office!听 My boss is 32!听 I may be the oldest employee.

Somehow we got old, but we红桃视频檙e not down yet.

Sending my love to all my classmates. You are forever a part of my cherished memories. Love never ends, my friends.

Jackie Patterson shared this news:

After 20 years as an Assistant Principal at South Florence High School 听I am retiring! I will miss my SFHS professional colleagues and friends and especially the more than 300 红桃视频樅焯沂悠禉new红桃视频� freshman I worked with each year but the time has come! I will be moving to my house on Lake Wateree and look forward to more leisure time with my son, Walt, and his family and my sister, Carol, and her family. 听 Coker friends are always welcome红桃视频� hope to see you at the lake soon!

To each of my classmates: It is my delight to make contact and to share where life has each of you currently. Please continue to share and keep us each connected. Coker gave us a bond for which I am grateful.听 I am thankful to say Jim and I are doing well and are glad to be back to somewhat of the lifestyle we experienced before we lost a lot a year of our lives. Jim still has his business and is not currently planning on giving it up. I have returned to church activities and ministries I was not able to do during the shut down of so much because of Covid. My love and thanks for each of you红桃视频擟onnie Brock

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Born in 1947 to Ben Gilbert and Ella May Merritt in Wilmington, North Carolina, May later grew up in Concord, North Carolina. She graduated from Coker College and married her high school sweetheart, Karl Rickert Benson, Jr., in 1969. May and Rick’s life together took them to North Carolina, New Jersey, Illinois, New York and Texas. Along each stop, May’s inherent joy and love of life and of people allowed them to make numerous lifelong friends.

In addition to her parents, May was preceded in death by her brother, Benjamin Gilbert Merritt, Jr.

May is survived by her devoted husband Rick; her two daughters, Janet Benson Forville (Bret) and Merritt Benson Ulman (Patrick); grandchildren Bennett and Everett Forville and Ellamay and Keller Ulman; mother-in-law Betty Benson Sweet; sisters-in-law Loretta Benson Peterson (Bruce) and Elizabeth Whitefield Merritt; and countless friends.

A celebration of life will be held in the spring or summer of 2021.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Lake Hills Church, 370 Lake Dr., Candler, NC 28715.

Smoky Mountain Cremations and Funeral Service of Clyde is caring for the family and the online register is available at www.smokymountaincremations.com.

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Pat Hewitt sent the message for everyone to please stay safe and hold our Father红桃视频檚 hand because He has this.

听Joyce Tice wrote: John and I are staying put.听 It红桃视频檚 a good thing that we still like each other and time passes quickly.听 We are determined to stay busy and not just watch TV all day.听 As I still have my business, it is never a dull moment in dealing with staff and clients.听 Our staff is terrific and so eager to continue working from home.听 We have Zoom conference calls each morning and again in the afternoons.听 In the beginning, the calls were established to have some accountability but we have quickly learned that their real purpose is socialization.听 The need to connect with others is something that we have all taken for granted for years.听 Families come in many different forms and I am very grateful for all the personal connections that we have built over the years. With God’s help, we will survive this terrible ordeal and it is my hope that we will continue to be more prayerful, kinder and loving individuals.听Be blessed and be safe.

听I received the good word that others were doing well too when I received Mother红桃视频檚 Day responses from Ginny Bagby, Diane Mann, Ruby Lynn Barnes and Linda Edwards. It is so good that we can stay in contact and learn about the well being of our classmates. It is especially great to have positive responses with the loss of our dear Mandy Hubbard Sedgwick still fresh in our hearts. I so appreciated that Carol Armstrong had seen the news to pass it to us even though it was sadness to share. I was certainly saddened to break the news to Carol Ruthven and then to the rest of our classmates.

听Many of our classmates were praying for Rebecca Krueger红桃视频檚 sister, Rachel from Coker红桃视频檚 1965 Class.听 So, it was a thankful time when Rebecca sent news that Rachel had undergone successful surgery and found a Rehab facility near her son in Greenville. Hyatt Brandt had sent a suggestion to try to help in their search.

听Ginny Bagby replied to let us know: 红桃视频� Jack and I are in isolation due to his health risk because of his lung lymphoma.听 We are staying busy with our church sewing ministry of making face masks as requested by our large medical community.听 Such a VERY strange time we are in红桃视频�..but God definitely has a purpose for allowing it. I believe many, many hearts are turning to HIM as believers are shining His light and His love into the world around them.红桃视频�

听Jennie Smith sent us this news:Dick and I are doing fine as is our family. Actually we are enjoying staying put in Bluffton. Nancy Baker Bell (Class of 红桃视频�68)and I have enjoyed visiting (social distancing of course). She and her husband are sheltering in place for much of the week here on Estill Beach Circle also. In addition,听 I have spent much time in our little yard planting, weeding, transplanting, and repotting. We have a bluebird nesting box and it has been so much fun for Dick and me to watch the bluebird pair busily raising four babies. Thankfully technology has kept us connected with our family. Face Timing with the grandchildren is not like actually being in the same room with them, of course. I am part of a Bible study via Zoom on Thursday afternoons led by our minister红桃视频檚 wife and a Zoom prayer group on Friday mornings.. I continue to take walks for exercise and listen to books on tape as I walk. Who would have ever guessed we would be living in such times as these. For so many it is a terrible, terrible situation. More than ever 红桃视频淧eople Need the Lord红桃视频� and 红桃视频淏ecause He Lives红桃视频� we can face tomorrow. Prayers for your safety, my dear classmates, Jennie

听Anne Blomeyer shared these sweet thoughts at the end of April: We are at home. Have been “in” with only about eight trips away from home since March 8th, for supplies and groceries and including trips to the post office to ship for my business. And we don’t plan to increase our frequency of leaving home until a miracle occurs and we start getting adequate testing availability and much better daily results with new cases. In the meantime, we are becoming skilled at three-dimensional Scrabble (UPWARDS), restoring/updating old houses via endless varieties of TV shows, and watching from our balcony for hawks who live in the parks around us. Bob retired, again!, in mid-January. The timing was like a miracle because we got him moved out of the rental duplex in Livingston, near Houston, where he’s been practicing on and off for about 10 years, and were able to donate excess kitchen stuff, bedding, his work clothes, etc., before the virus said, 红桃视频渟tay home!” Otherwise, we’d be climbing over all that excess stuff going from the kitchen to the bedroom! Some of you know that my sweet father died, after a number of years with Alzheimer’s, in mid-January, (when I was in the middle of chairing the finals of the Juanita Miller Concerto Competition for the Texas Association for Symphony Orchestras, an annual statewide competition for student musicians grades 9-12.) Needless to say, my brain seemed to have exited my body during most of the finals! I finally began the grieving process, mindfully, in late January. And like all of you, I am also grieving the loss of our classmate, Mandy Hubbard Sedgwick. Thank you all who have been in contact and those who have sent air-wave thoughts and prayers in this crazy time. I hope everyone is safe and well along with their families and friends. Hope to see you at our next reunion! The last one was wonderful, wasn’t it? But we so missed those of you who couldn’t be there!

听Mary Merritt Benson sounded her always cheery self. She expressed how she has felt the best she has in 9 years! On March 6 she had the removal of the eye in which she had the retinal melanoma and is so thankful she made that decision. She says we need to have another reunion; she is 红桃视频淩eunion Ready红桃视频�. You may recall she was not able to join us for the reunion because of the distortion and discomfort the eye was causing.

听Gail Worrell Townsend recently had a visit with her oncologist in Wilmington and had been given the news that everything was clear! It is such good news to hear she continues to get these good reports concerning her lung cancer. When I spoke with her she was enjoying keeping up with a couple of her grandchildren, since the daycare was closed. She has a total of 6 grands- 4 are boys and 2 are girls!

听Libut Hauser has a great tenderness for animals. She was taking care of birds in her yard when she learned of a cat staying near. As it turned out she brought the cat in and later discovered she was pregnant and the result was 6 kittens. Since she did not feel the animal shelter could take care of them as well as she, she still has them. She says that was not intended- she is not the Cat Lady! She also has 2 dogs for which she has been caring. Libut sent this word: 红桃视频淲ash your hands, wear a mask and stay well.红桃视频�

听Even though Deborah Allen Vrooman did not graduate with our class, she still considers herself one of our classmates and we do too! She sent good wishes for good health for everyone. Here is another email or gmail address for her if you can not reach her at the one on our class list: v.deborah@gmail.com.

听Frankie Watson shared that she and Chip have plans to move to Summerville to be near their son and family. We will look forward to more news of those plans.听听

听Connie Brock – My best for each of you, my dear classmates! As far as we know our family is well. We are proceeding with our vacation to the mountains with our son- Scott, daughter-in-law Tammy and our grandsons- Jake and Adam. We have not been with them since Scott红桃视频檚 birthday March 10. Jim and I are so ready to see them in person. Tammy who is a nurse at the hospital is planning to be tested before we leave to be sure all is good. She has been concerned that she doesn红桃视频檛 cause any germs to be carried to us especially since Jim has COPD. He is on an inhaler and doing fine with it. He still听 continues to work and delay retirement. He currently still likes having that business propose. He seems to be gradually making preparation for when he will retire his business though. It is wonderful news to receive that we have secured a President for our 红桃视频! I am pleased that we now have our first female president. I look forward to her leadership. May each of you stay safe and healthy and keep in touch! Many blessings!

Carolyn McCutcheon Grayson – My family and I are all well, and we thank God for our good health. Our oldest granddaughter Grayson Caroline Copeland is graduating from high school this year. We hope that they will be able to have some sort of graduation ceremony in May (maybe a drive-by at the football stadium or something similar). We are so proud of her. She plans to attend Francis Marion University and major in nursing. Then, hopefully complete a degree as a pediatric physician assistant. May God bless all of you and keep you safe. 红桃视频淔or He shall give His angels charge over you to keep you in all your ways” Psalm 91:11听

April Garnier Poitras – Joe and I celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary on Dec.20, 2019! We celebrated by inviting our sons and their families to a large cabin in the hill country of TX. We had great fun with our 3 grand kids, ages 3, 7, and 10. And our families did all of the cooking. One of our sons made a photo/music DVD of our years together. Also we traveled to Portugal and Spain for a month. Celebrated with local friends, too. We were glad to visit Austin for our granddaughter’s 4th birthday in March right before stay at home orders. I miss playing pickleball twice a week and miss friends at church; we have Sunday School via Zoom and services are on line. Most of all I miss our families in Austin, TX and in NJ, and FL. Hope we can safely travel soon! Glad we had our 50th Coker Reunion last year.

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She and Michael shared a loving life together, along with their adorable cockapoo, Mitsy. They retired to Tybee Island and enjoyed entertaining their friends from all over the world. She was a communicant of All Saints Episcopal Church, Tybee and St. John’s Church, Savannah. Her true treasures of this life were her family and friendships. She lived life to the fullest.
A memorial service will be held at St. John’s Church, 1 West Macon Street, Saturday, February 22nd at 10:00 a.m. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, please make remembrances to All Saints Episcopal at Tybee Island, GA or St. John’s Church, Savannah, GA, or a charity of your choice.
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