
| Name | Geraldine “Kay” McKAY [1, 2, 3] | |
| Birth | 1931 | Florence County, South Carolina |
| Gender | Female | |
| HIST | of Sumter, South Carolina Date Published: October 26, 2008 GERALDINE M. VASSAR Geraldine (Kay) McKay Vassar, 77, wife of Melvin Eugene Vassar, died Friday, Oct. 24, 2008, at National Health Care Center in Sumter after a lengthy illness. Born in Florence County, she was the daughter of the late Vivian Galloway and Dudley McKay of Timmonsville. After a long career in Civil Service where she earned many meritorious service awards, she retired from Shaw AFB on June 14, 1999. Kay is survived by her husband of 58 years Melvin Eugene Vassar of Sumter; three daughters, Linda Christie-Horn of Denver, Colo., Nancy Vassar of Lexington, and Sharon Rumph and her husband, Mark, along with her beloved grandson Nicholas Rumph, of Greenville. She is also survived by three sisters; Julia Weatherly of Cartersville, Kathlyn Anderson of Timmonsville and Sondra Hayes of Florence. She was predeceased in death by a brother, Wayne Allen McKay, Timmonsville. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home. Memorials may be made on Kay's behalf to the SPCA 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 and Alzheimer's Association SC Chapter, 2999 Sunset Blvd. Suite # 102 W. Columbia, SC 29169. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com. Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and Crematory, 221 Broad St. is in charge of the arrangements. [2] | |
| Occupation | she had a long career in Civil Service where she earned many meritorious service awards, she retired from Shaw AFB on Jun 14, 1999 [2] | |
| _UID | 86E820C5DBE648079DB1DB0F1481BD8370EA | |
| Death | 24 Oct 2008 | National Health Care Center, Sumter, South Carolina |
| Burial | 28 Oct 2008 | Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina [2] |
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| Person ID | I72070 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 16 Feb 2014 | |
| Father | Dudley A. McKAY d. Bef 26 Oct 2008 | |
| Mother | Vivian GALLOWAY, b. 1908, Clarendon County, South Carolina d. 27 Oct 1997, Florence nursing center, Florence, South Carolina (Age 89 years) | |
| _UID | 7627108C7E2845E4AD96989ED4E8A23413A3 | |
| _UID | 7627108C7E2845E4AD96989ED4E8A23413A3 | |
| Family ID | F50149 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Melvin Eugene VASSAR, b. 1931, Anderson County, South Carolina d. 9 Feb 2014, The Gardens at Eastside in Greenville, Greenville, South Carolina (Age 83 years) | |||||||
| Marriage | 1950 [2] | |||||||
| _UID | 7A57FAAC1E3942CB8BCF3A990B122B419106 | |||||||
| _UID | 7A57FAAC1E3942CB8BCF3A990B122B419106 | |||||||
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| Family ID | F50153 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||
| Last Modified | 3 Nov 2008 | |||||||
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