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1918 - 2010 (91 years)| Name | Louise “Lady” DINKINS [1, 2, 3, 4] | |
| Birth | 6 Aug 1918 | Sumter County, South Carolina  |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | she was preceded in death by a daughter, 5 sons and 12 siblings of 5890 T. B. Wright Road, Rembert, South Carolina of Rembert, South Carolina LOUISE D. SANDERS Louise "Lady" Dinkins Sanders, 91, widow of James Dury Sanders, entered into eternal life on Saturday, May 1, 2010, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born Aug. 6, 1918, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Hodge and Leacy Miller Dinkins. Devoted to family and church, she accepted Christ at an early age and became a member of Rafting Creek Baptist Church. She attended Sunday school faithfully and served on the gospel choir, the deaconess board and senior missionary society. She also sang with the C.H. Davis Singers. Those left to cherish her fond memory and celebrate her homegoing are her devoted and loving children, Mary Battle of Washington, D.C., Tom (Lurine) Sanders, Mamie Ella Dinkins, Willie (Nancy) Sanders, Edgar (Emily) Sanders and Steral (John) Singleton, all of Rembert, Louise (Samuel) Graham of Sumter and Alberta (Johnny) Williams of Laurelton, N.Y.; a grandson she raised, Kelvin (Wanda) Williams of Upper Marlboro, Md.; daughters-in-law, Emma and Sally Sanders of Rembert; sisters, Edmonia Wade and Millie Alston, both of Rembert; brothers, Paul (Rebecca) Dinkins and Edgar Dinkins, both of Rembert; sisters-in-law, Susie Porcher and Ruth Sanders, both of Rembert, and Angeline Nelson of Sumter; 62 grandchildren; a number of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by a daughter, five sons and 12 siblings. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Rafting Creek Baptist Church, 3685 S.C. 261 North, Rembert, with the Rev. Melvin Mack, pastor, presiding, the Rev. Willie Dennis, pastor of Union Baptist Church, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. Burdell V. Hill, pastor of Williams Chapel Baptist Church, the Rev. Lillian Reynolds and the Rev. John F. Kennedy. The family will receive friends at the home, 5890 TB Wright Road, Rembert. The remains will be placed in the church at noon. The funeral procession will leave from the home at 12:30 p.m. Granddaughters will serve as floral bearers. Ministers' and Deacons' wives will serve as honorary floral bearers. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Burial will be in Rafting Creek Baptist Churchyard cemetery, Rembert. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. Services directed by the staff and management of Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter. [1, 2, 3] | |
| HIST | she was preceded in death by a daughter, 5 sons and 12 siblings of 5890 T. B. Wright Road, Rembert, South Carolina of Rembert, South Carolina LOUISE D. SANDERS Louise "Lady" Dinkins Sanders, 91, widow of James Dury Sanders, entered into eternal life on Saturday, May 1, 2010, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center. Born Aug. 6, 1918, in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Hodge and Leacy Miller Dinkins. Devoted to family and church, she accepted Christ at an early age and became a member of Rafting Creek Baptist Church. She attended Sunday school faithfully and served on the gospel choir, the deaconess board and senior missionary society. She also sang with the C.H. Davis Singers. Those left to cherish her fond memory and celebrate her homegoing are her devoted and loving children, Mary Battle of Washington, D.C., Tom (Lurine) Sanders, Mamie Ella Dinkins, Willie (Nancy) Sanders, Edgar (Emily) Sanders and Steral (John) Singleton, all of Rembert, Louise (Samuel) Graham of Sumter and Alberta (Johnny) Williams of Laurelton, N.Y.; a grandson she raised, Kelvin (Wanda) Williams of Upper Marlboro, Md.; daughters-in-law, Emma and Sally Sanders of Rembert; sisters, Edmonia Wade and Millie Alston, both of Rembert; brothers, Paul (Rebecca) Dinkins and Edgar Dinkins, both of Rembert; sisters-in-law, Susie Porcher and Ruth Sanders, both of Rembert, and Angeline Nelson of Sumter; 62 grandchildren; a number of great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by a daughter, five sons and 12 siblings. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at Rafting Creek Baptist Church, 3685 S.C. 261 North, Rembert, with the Rev. Melvin Mack, pastor, presiding, the Rev. Willie Dennis, pastor of Union Baptist Church, eulogist, assisted by the Rev. Burdell V. Hill, pastor of Williams Chapel Baptist Church, the Rev. Lillian Reynolds and the Rev. John F. Kennedy. The family will receive friends at the home, 5890 TB Wright Road, Rembert. The remains will be placed in the church at noon. The funeral procession will leave from the home at 12:30 p.m. Granddaughters will serve as floral bearers. Ministers' and Deacons' wives will serve as honorary floral bearers. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Burial will be in Rafting Creek Baptist Churchyard cemetery, Rembert. Online memorial messages may be sent to the family at williamsfuneralhome@sc.rr.com. Visit us on the web at www.williamsfuneralhomeinc.com. Services directed by the staff and management of Williams Funeral Home Inc. of Sumter. | |
| _UID | 021D1BD507554AA98668D4128AA88AD1BF4D | |
| _UID | 021D1BD507554AA98668D4128AA88AD1BF4D | |
| Death | 1 May 2010 | Tuomey Regional Medical Center, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 7 May 2010 | Rafting Creek Baptist Churchyard Cemetery, Rembert, South Carolina [1] |
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| Person ID | I254063 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 17 Apr 2012 | |
| Father | Hodge DINKINS, b. Apr 1886, Rembert/Raften/Rafting Creek, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 25 Jul 1959, Rembert, South Carolina (Age 73 years) | |
| Mother | Leacy MILLER, b. 1886, Rembert, South Carolina d. 1965, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina (Age 79 years) | |
| _UID | 6918D6338BC64842B406C00704B3EE61EC3E | |
| _UID | 6918D6338BC64842B406C00704B3EE61EC3E | |
| Family ID | F171350 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Deacon James Dury/Dea James SANDERS, b. 1903 d. 1977 (Age 74 years) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| _UID | F354C08193844A57B3AE8BB2975BEC9E5AA5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Family ID | F171349 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Modified | 23 Mar 2026 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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