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of Sumter, South Carolina
ALLENE G. ROSS
Posted Thursday, July 19, 2018 6:00 am
Allene Griffin Ross, 90, widow of George W. Ross, died on Monday, July 16, 2018, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.
She was a daughter of the late Ernest Collin Griffin Sr. and Martha McLeod Griffin. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene in Sumter. She was an employee of Becton-Dickinson for a number of years, but her primary and most important role in life was that of a very loving and devoted daughter, sister, wife, mother, aunt, grandmother and great-grandmother who cared deeply for all her family members. She was especially known for keeping abreast of those who were ill through phone calls and visits to help in any way that she could. A caregiver all her life, she will be sorely missed by all those whose lives she touched, including her beloved feline family, Agnes and Isabel.
Surviving are her daughter, Linda R. Myers and husband, J.T., of Sumter; a grandson, James E. Mathis Jr. and wife, Wendy, of Alabama; great-granddaughter, Cassia Mathis of Alabama; great-granddaughter, Callie Mathis Matthews and husband, Jon, of San Diego; great-grandson, Sean Mathis of Alabama; three step-granddaughters, Malia, Dawn and Jenny of the Washington, D.C., area and many nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Ross was predeceased by all her brothers, Ernest C. Griffin Jr., James R. Griffin Sr., Leslie W. Griffin Sr., Herbert Griffin and John H. Griffin; her sister, Louise Turner; and a great-grandson, James Austin Mathis.
The family would like to thank Sylvia Davis and Crystal Friel for their loving companionship.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday at First Church of the Nazarene, 3700 Patriot Parkway, Sumter, with the Rev. Gregory Pressley officiating. Burial will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.
The family will receive friends and relatives at 2 p.m. on Saturday preceding the service at the church and other times at the Ross home at 1307 Muller Drive.
Memorials may be made to First Church of the Nazarene, 3700 Patriot Parkway, Sumter, SC 29154 or to the ASPCA, P.O. Box 96929, Washington, DC 20077-7127.
Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com.
Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386. [2, 3, 5, 6, 8] |
1928 - 2018 (90 years)
