
| Name | Manford E. GARRIS [3, 4, 5, 6, 7] | |
| Birth | 1943 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina Garrises celebrate 50 years Posted Sunday, June 21, 2015 6:00 am Mr. and Mrs. Manford E. Garris of Sumter celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 11, 2015. A dinner was given in their honor by their two children and their spouses: Carol A. and Alan Collins and Cathy A. and David Hinchliffe. The couple has five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Mrs. Garris is the former Betty Ann Wells of Pinewood. MANFORD GARRIS Posted Thursday, December 28, 2023 6:00 am Manford Garris, 80, widower of Betty Wells Garris, to whom he was married for 50 (actually 53 years at her death) years, died Sunday, Dec. 24, 2023, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late Bradford and Lois Lawrence Garris. Mr. Garris was a member of Providence Baptist Church, a U.S. Navy veteran and was employed at Waste Management. He worked with book binding, printing gospel tracts and was an avid fisherman. He loved God, his family, friends and his dog, Buckwheat. Surviving are three brothers, William "Butch" Garris, Glen Garris and Timothy Garris; two daughters, Carol Hinchliffe Collins and Cathy Hinchliffe (David Barry); two granddaughters, Jessica Collins Riles (Jody) and Amanda Collins Heffington (J.R.); a great-granddaughter, Audrey Brianna Cruzan; three great-grandsons, Brandon Barkley (Kierra), Austin Riles and James Hyde; and a great-great-granddaughter, Samara Michelle Taylor. He was preceded in death by a brother, Eugene Garris, and a granddaughter, Amanda Taylor Rhodes. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023, in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Wayne McElveen officiating. Burial will be in the Pinewood Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Providence Baptist Church, 2445 Old Manning Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Online condolences may be made at www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements; (803) 775-9386. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7] | |
| MILI | Hw was a U.S. Navy veteran . [2] | |
| _UID | 5C1A95815C5948E6827C3A5DE33EA806D33F | |
| Death | 24 Dec 2023 | Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 28 Dec 2023 | Pinewood Cemetery, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina [2] |
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| Person ID | I163606 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 30 Dec 2023 | |
| Father | Bradford Franklin “Brad” GARRIS d. Bef 23 Oct 2005 | |
| Mother | Lois LAWRENCE, b. 1922, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 23 Oct 2005, Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 83 years) | |
| _UID | B7A8F7E16DD6403DAAD33885BD21778B11F8 | |
| _UID | B7A8F7E16DD6403DAAD33885BD21778B11F8 | |
| Family ID | F68291 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Betty Ann “Toot” WELLS, b. 19 Jul 1936, Pinewood, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 31 May 2019, at her home, (Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina) (Age 82 years) | |
| Marriage | 11 Jun 1965 [7] | |
| _UID | B3638CB4EC6C4F49A55F9F33A5F3581A26D5 | |
| _UID | B3638CB4EC6C4F49A55F9F33A5F3581A26D5 | |
| Family ID | F111489 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified | 30 Dec 2023 | |
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