
| Name | Frances Predonia COONCE [2, 3] | |
| Birth | 30 Jul 1948 | Kingstree, Williamsburg County, South Carolina [4] |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | at death- she had 2 additional grandchildren- Dylan Grate and Chelsey Grate- who are their parents? jkh I had a Dillion Lee Grate (same as Dylan)? jkh Frances Grate Frances Predonia Coonce Grate, 64, widow of David Clark Grate Sr., died Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012, at her home in Sumter. Born July 30, 1948, in Kingstree, she was a daughter of the late Chester Mathew and Annie Maria Lowder Coonce. She was a member of Home Branch Baptist Church. She loved her “TOPS” group, and she loved to sing in the choir. She is survived by three sons, David Clark Grate Jr. (Bethany) of Hilliard, Ohio, Gregory Scott Grate (Lisa) of Sumter and Timothy Allen Grate of Kentucky; two daugthers, Melissa Grate Carraway (William) of Sumter and Deborah Lynn Lewis (Ronnie) of Lynchburg; a brother, Joe Coonce (Judy) of Sumter; two sisters, Emily Ann Nicholes (Ray) of Sumter and Jenny Coonce of North Dakota; and six grandchildren, Dylan Grate, Raine Lewis, Stone Lewis, Blaire Lewis, Andrew Grate and Chelsy Grate. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Home Branch Baptist Church with the Rev. Laneir Singleton officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Dylan Grate, Andrew Grate, Stone Lewis, Trey Hartley, Jody Coonce and Ricky Osteen. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home of her sister, 2320 Nettles Road, Sumter. Memorials may be made to Home Branch Baptist Church, 2398 Home Branch Road, Manning, SC 29102, or to Amedisys Hospice, 2555 Lin-Do Court, Sumter, SC 29150. Stephens Funeral Home and Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements, (803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org Posted in Obituaries on Friday, December 14, 2012 [3] | |
| _UID | 34E3ACD013D54A2FB24338B67AD10E5B8B30 | |
| Death | 12 Dec 2012 | at her home, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 15 Dec 2012 | Home Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Clarendon County, South Carolina [3] |
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| Person ID | I107737 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 25 Jun 2021 | |
| Father | Chester Matthew “Chet” COONCE, b. 1920 d. 1983 (Age 63 years) | |
| Mother | Annie Maria LOWDER, b. 1924, Alcolu, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 15 Jul 2010, at her home in the Home Branch community of Clarendon County, South Carolina (Age 86 years) | |
| _UID | 76E7C31115444D15BF13B856DAF1616961F8 | |
| _UID | 76E7C31115444D15BF13B856DAF1616961F8 | |
| Family ID | F74334 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | David Clark GRATE, Sr., b. 1944 d. 2000 (Age 56 years) | |||||||||||
| _UID | 70E67549F2B8449A850AE083615C1DD23AC8 | |||||||||||
| _UID | 70E67549F2B8449A850AE083615C1DD23AC8 | |||||||||||
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| Family ID | F74500 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||||||||
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