Retired clerk

WEST SPRINGS - Carrie Louise Gist Gregory, 88, widow of Walter Lee Gregory, formerly of the West Springs community, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2008 at Oakmont Nursing Center after a period of declining health.

Mrs. Gregory was born in West Springs, June 6, 1919, a daughter of the late Ben H. And Myrtle Lawson Gist. He was a retired clerk in the physicians offfice of Fleming, Fleming and Fuller, and was an active member of Bogansville United Methodist Church. Mrs. Gregory was a member of the Mary Sue Keith Sunday School Class and a member of the Joy Group at Bogansville United Metho-dist Church.

Surviving are two sisters, Fannie Ruth G. Hyatt and Mildred G. Bogan, both of West Springs; a brother-in-law, Louie Hyatt of West Springs; a number of nieces and nephews. Mrs. Gregory was predeceased by two sisters, Agnes M. Adams and Erlene G. Hyatt.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, at Bogansville United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Gary Peterson. Burial will be in the church cemetery.

Active pallbearers will be Ben Hyatt, Roger Hyatt, Wayne Henderson, Rodney Bogan, Billy Lawson and Ronnie Lawson.

Members of the Mary Sue Keith Sunday School Class are asked to sit in a group.

Visitation will be held at the church from 1 until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service.

Memorials may be made to the Bogansville United Methodist Church Building Fund, 4052 Buffalo-West Springs Highway, Jonesville, S.C. 29353.

The family is at the home of her sister, Fannie Ruth G. Hyatt, 4848 Buffalo-West Springs Highway, Pauline, S.C. 29374.

S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc. (www.holcombefuneralhomes.com)