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Bessie Garrison Obituary

LUGOFF - Graveside service for Bessie Lee Galloway Garrison, 89, will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Homer Hinson and the Rev. Bill Dulaney will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Mrs. Garrison, wife of the late Jimmy U. Garrison, died Saturday, August 27, 2011. Born in Kershaw County, she was a daughter of the late George Z. and Essie Ruth Hayes Galloway. She enjoyed music and gardening.

Surviving are her daughters, Ruth Baker, Peggy Doris Hinson, Bonnie Wingard, Joyce Cook, Bobbie Jean Wilson, and Nancy Burriss; sons, Richard Barrett, Jack Garrison, Don Garrison and Wayne Garrison; sister, Margie Kirkley; 23 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great great-grandchilden. She was predeceased by a son, David Garrison; sisters, Eva Mae Roberts and Annie Ruth Galloway; and brothers, George Galloway, Buddy Galloway, and Franklin Galloway.

Sign the online register at www.powersfuneralhome.net.

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Published by The State on Aug. 29, 2011.

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Anice(Newman) Tyner

August 29, 2011

So sorry to hear of your mother's passing. My thoughts & prayers are with all of you..

August 29, 2011

May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow.

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