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Williamsburg Funeral Home
Williamsburg Funeral Home
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02/12/1929 – 07/20/2020
Kingstree
Funeral Services
Graveside funeral services will be at 6 PM Friday, July 24, 2020 at Cedar Swamp Cemetery and will be officiated by Rev. Tommy Conway, Phil Ward, and Hank Watson. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, please wear a mask and practice social distancing.
Visitation
The family will receive friends after the service at the Grayson Barn. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, please wear a mask and practice social distancing.
Memorials
Memorials may be made to Cedar Swamp Methodist Church, 272 Cedar Swamp Rd, Kingstree, SC; Coker University, 300 East College Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550, or the charity of your choice.
Ruth Marie Phillips Grayson, 91, widow of Harvey L. Grayson, Sr., died Monday, July 20,2020, at Roper Hospice Cottage in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
Born to William Thomas Phillips, Sr. and Sallie Coker Phillips on February 12, 1929, in the Cedar Swamp Community of Williamsburg County. She was a member of Cedar Swamp United Methodist Church, where she served as Sunday School teacher, Church Treasurer, Historian and member of the PPRC. Ruth attended Cedar Swamp School, was a graduate of Kingstree High School and attended Coker College. She was employed by the Exchange Bank of Kingstree and the SC Department of Social Services. She loved her church, her large family, her church family, gardening, traveling, caring for others, making lemon pies, and especially loved reading.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, her sisters, Mary Phillips Epps, Virginia Coker Phillips, Lula Phillips, and twin sister Naomi P. Ward and brothers, Cecil Phillips, Wilbur Phillips, Leslie Phillips, Coker Phillips, W. T. Phillips, Henry Phillips, and Jack Phillips.
Surviving are her four children, Leon (Carolyn) Grayson of Kingstree, Sarah V. Grayson of Litchfield , C. Allen Grayson of Kingstree, and Myra Grayson (Steve) Nuttall of Georgetown; four grandchildren: BetC (Grier) Copeland, Bart (Carrie) Grayson, Tish Grayson and Sean (Heather) Grayson; five great grandchildren: Grayson, Carter, and Peyton Copeland, Jonathan and Stephen Grayson; and her special niece, Doris P. Cline.
Graveside funeral services will be at 6 PM Friday, July 24, 2020 at Cedar Swamp Cemetery and will be officiated by Rev. Tommy Conway, Phil Ward, and Hank Watson. The family will receive friends after the service at the Grayson Barn. Due to the COVID 19 pandemic, please wear a mask and practice social distancing.
Memorials may be made to Cedar Swamp Methodist Church, 272 Cedar Swamp Rd, Kingstree, SC; Coker University, 300 East College Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550, or the charity of your choice.
Bet C. My thoughts Prayers and Love are with you and ALL THE FAMILY
We share in your loss. Your parents were lovely people. Know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.
Sending love to you all.
Myra and family, “Miss” Ruth was the backbone of our Church and community. Her hard work thoughtfulness, and kindness are not forgotten. She was a faithful friend and supporter. I love(d) her.
Prayers and comfort for you and your family.
Thinking of all of you . So sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss. Prayers for the family.
Aunt Ruth was a loving and dear jewel, and she will live on in the hearts of us all.
My thoughts and prayers are with Mrs Sarah and the family
Hugs and prayers to the family.
We are thinking of all of you with much love.
Len B. and Claire Hudson Gaskins
My prayers and condolences go up to the entire family. She was such a wonderful lady!
Carolyn and family, my thoughts and prayers for you during this time.
Leon, Carolyn and family. Milton and I are so sorry to hear of your loss. No matter how old we are, it’s always missing our mother. Our thoughts and prayers are with you.
I am so sorry for your loss. Mama loved her so much. I know the weeks and months ahead will be so hard for you like they have been for me.
Your mom was loved by so many. My memories of the years when I worked with her at DSS will always be special to me. She was an excellent supervisor and all us who worked with her always felt her love and respect for all of us. She was a leader. She was special.
Our prayers are with you Allen and all the family during this difficult time. We only met Mama once but understood then why she was loved by many. A very kind and gracious hostess welcomed us into her home and made us feel like family too. She is in God’s house now rejoicing with the angels. She was a very Special Lady
A beautiful soul who will be greatly missed. Our sincere condolences…
She was very special to us. We loved her dearly and we’ll always remember the happy times we had.
“Miss” Ruth was so special, she will be missed by many. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers during this difficult time.
Lynn & Frank Wilson
My heartfelt ❤️ sympathy to all of Aunt Ruth’s children and their spouses, to all her grandchildren, to all her great grandchildren and to all her extended family and to her friends. The emptiness we will all feel now that she has left our presence in this earthly home will only be comforted in the joy we can share in knowing that she has gone to be with the Lord and her loved ones waiting to greet her in heaven!! May God give each of us strength to face the difficult days ahead. We love ❤️ you Aunt Ruth and will miss you greatly! And Myra, May God help you heal the gaping hole and emptiness you will be feeling after all the many years of faithful care and companionship you provided your mother!! She was truly blessed to have such a wonderful child of hers taking such excellent care of her in the many years she so needed you!!! Love 💕 you!!!!
We loved Aunt Ruth so much, we will miss her so. All my love to you.
So sorry for the family’s loss . Praying for God’s comfort and strength in the days ahead . You are in our thoughts and prayers
So sorry for the family’s loss . Praying for God’s comfort and strength in the days ahead . You are in our prayers and thoughts.
My sincerest condolences to the family…you are in my thoughts and prayers.
sorry for your loss
Just heard about her passing. I am so sorry for the family’s loss and will be praying for you all. Eileen Thompson Lifrage Maness
So sorry to hear of Mrs Ruth’s passing. Prayers for peace and understanding for her family while adjusting to her loss here on earth. She was such a fine southern lady ❤️
I have good memories of those years that I worked with “Aunt Ruth”, as my wife called her. I had been meaning to get by to see her.