Once Again The Bearer Of Sad News ::

Buster passed this on to me earlier today:

COLUMBIA - Betty Lou Mahaffey Harris, 62, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2008. A service celebrating her life will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 28, 2008, at Deliverance Tabernacle Church, 300 Mt. Zion Road, Camden, SC, with interment in the church cemetery following the service. Rev. Marvin Tennant will officiate. The family will receive friends Monday, October 27, 6-8 p.m., at her sister’s home, 407 Shandon St., Columbia. Caughman-Harman Funeral Home, West Columbia Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements.

Mrs. Harris was born August 20, 1946, in Hartsville, SC, later moving to Lancaster and Camden, where she was a graduate of Camden High. After marrying, she moved to Hampton Beach, VA, where she worked as a nurses’ assistant. She returned to Camden to work with the coroner’s office and later managed hotels both in Camden and Columbia. Her true calling was being a caregiver. Over recent years, she was a home health care provider to many elderly and ill patients, always carrying for them as family. She was best known and loved for her compassion and her ability to bring smiles and laughter to others. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, sister, and friend.

Survivors include her daughter, Sonya Norris Sweat, son-in-law, Daniel Sweat both of Columbia; grandchildren, Christopher Burn, Brandon Clifford and Vanessa Clifford, all of Columbia, and Nicholas Burn of Charleston; her sister, Cheryl Mahaffey Sigmon, and brother-in-law, Ray Sigmon, of Columbia; nieces, Ashley Wilson Truluck of Charleston, Beth Sigmon Freeman of Greenville, and Caroline Sigmon of Charleston; and a dear aunt, Mabel McMillan of North Charleston. Mrs. Harris was predeceased by her husband, Townly Floyd Harris; her parents, Gordon Lewis Mahaffey and Wakefield Baltzegar Mahaffey of Camden and Columbia. Memorials can be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 108 B, Columbia, SC 29204.

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