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1933
Lillian
2006
Lillian Ruth "Tootsie" Steele Tankersley
Dec 30, 1933 — Jan 10, 2006
Dateline-Whitmire, SC
Ruth “Tootsie” Tankersley, age 72 of 34 Union Street, died Tuesday, Jan. 10th in the Lexington Medical Center.
She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late H. B. and Lillian Nix Steele.
She was a former employee of Presbyterian Home.
Surviving are her husband, Clyde W. Tankersley, Jr. of the home, daughters and son-in-law, June Tankersley, Cornelia Nelson and Darlene and Stanley Wicker all of Whitmire, one brother, Donald Steele of Whitmire and one sister, Mildred Walker of Chapin; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Jan. 12th at 2:00 p.m. in Friendship Baptist Church with burial in Whitmire Cemetery .
The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.grayfuneralhome.com .
Gray Funeral Home of Whitmire is serving the family.
Ruth “Tootsie” Tankersley, age 72 of 34 Union Street, died Tuesday, Jan. 10th in the Lexington Medical Center.
She was born in Whitmire and was a daughter of the late H. B. and Lillian Nix Steele.
She was a former employee of Presbyterian Home.
Surviving are her husband, Clyde W. Tankersley, Jr. of the home, daughters and son-in-law, June Tankersley, Cornelia Nelson and Darlene and Stanley Wicker all of Whitmire, one brother, Donald Steele of Whitmire and one sister, Mildred Walker of Chapin; six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, Jan. 12th at 2:00 p.m. in Friendship Baptist Church with burial in Whitmire Cemetery .
The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6 to 8 p.m.
Condolences may be sent to the family at www.grayfuneralhome.com .
Gray Funeral Home of Whitmire is serving the family.
To send flowers or plant a memorial tree in memory, please visit our flower store.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
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