Loretta Lynch Anderson

FLORENCE " Loretta Lynch Anderson, 68, of 2997 Pamplico Highway, Florence, resurrected into eternal life on Monday, March 28, 2005, one day after Easter.

Born in Pamplico, Mrs. Anderson was the daughter of the late Hoyt W. and Evie Mae Coleman Lynch.

She graduated valedictorian in 1954 from Pamplico High School, where she was a star guard on the basketball team and received the Outstanding Player award. After high school, Mrs. Anderson graduated with honors from the McLeod School of Nursing and received a surgical nurse award. She worked as an operation room surgical nurse at Columbia Hospital. She was a registered nurse for Drs. Ellis and Allen, the Sexton Dental Clinic and McLeod Hospital. She was a devoted member of Unity Baptist Church, where she served in many capacities. She was a W.M.U. and G.A. leader and a Sunday school teacher. She was the founder of the Unity Baptist Church Media Center, which recently was named in her honor, the Loretta Lynch Anderson Library. She was the first and only clerk at Unity Baptist Church. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

She was preceded in death by a brother, Paul J. Lynch.

Survivors include her husband of 47 years, Judge Ralph King Anderson Jr. of the home; a daughter, Debra Arlene (Robbie) Vause of Timmonsville; a son, Judge Ralph King (Linda) Anderson III of Columbia; two grandchildren, April Marie (Ken) Tanner of Florence and Melanie (Timmy Kirby) Vause of Timmonsville; a great-grandson, Jamison Caleb Kirby of Timmonsville; a brother, the Rev. Marvin W. (Norma) Lynch of Florence.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Thursday, March 31, at Unity Baptist Church. Entombment will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery Mausoleum, directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Unity Baptist Church Music Department, 2990 Pamplico Highway, Florence, SC 29505.