Eloise Kee Wessinger

CHESTER - Eloise Kee Wessinger, 86, died Tuesday, March 3, 2009, in Chester Regional Nursing Center.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 6, 2009, at Barron Funeral Home, 133 Wylie Street in Chester, SC, with Rev. Joanne Lockhard-Hawkins officiating. Interment will follow in Chester Memorial Gardens, 945 West End Road, Chester, SC.

Born in Gastonia, NC, February 14, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Lonnie and Lillie Wooten Kee. She was the wife of the late David C. Wessinger. A kind and gentle person, she was guided by a giving spirit and an immeasurable love for her family and our Lord Jesus Christ.

Surviving are two daughters, Judy Wessinger and Mazie Brantley and her husband, Charles; one son, William Wessinger; one grandson, Charles Brantley, Jr. and his wife, Rochelle; two great-grandchildren, David and Jessica Brantley, all of Chester, SC; two sisters, Virginia Kee of North Charleston, SC, and Beulah Haselden of Mount Pleasant, SC; and one brother, Jesse Kee of Winnsboro, SC. Also surviving are her extended family, sister-in-law, Nannie Wyatt and two brothers-in-law, Henry Wessinger and his wife, Shirley, and George Wessinger and his wife, Sybil, and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Hazel Bolick, Bertha Wallace and Nolie Inmon.

The family will receive friends from 12:00 until 2:00 p.m. Friday prior to the service and other times at 877 Redwood Lane, Chester, SC.

Memorials may be made to Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, 1217 JA Cochran Bypass, Chester, SC 29706 or to a charity of choice.

Condolences may be made at www.barronfuneralhome.com.