Dateline-Joanna, SC
Naomi Frye Bedenbaugh, loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother, passed Wednesday, June 20th at the Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood.
Mrs. Bedenbaugh was 84 and the widow of B. McFall Bedenbaugh; she formerly lived at 118 Whitmire Rd., Joanna before becoming a resident at Bailey Manor,
Born in Lexington County, SC and was a daughter of the late Julian Lester and Vida Estelle Oswald Frye.
Mrs. Bedenbaugh was a retired supervisor from Whitten Center and was a member of the Epworth United Methodist Church where she was a member of the U.M.W. She also was a member of the Golden Age Club, a member of the Resident Council at Bailey Manor and was a Past President of the State Employees Association of the Piedmont Region. Mrs. Bedenbaugh loved gardening and nurturing all she came in contact with as an example to this, she lived her life with respect for her Lord and Savior as she kept his commandments and lived by the Golden Rule.
Surviving are two sons, Tony (Pat) Bedenbaugh of Gray Court, Tim (Barbara) Bedenbaugh of Clinton; three daughters, Carole Dailey of Alpharetta, GA, Judy (Melvin) Bailey of Clinton, Gale Boling of Clinton, a sister, Angie Posey; three brothers, Maurice Frye, Milton Frye, Atwood Frye all of Lexington County; twelve grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren.
She was predeceased three brothers, Brooks, Bruce and Johnny Frye.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, June 22nd at 11:00 a.m. in the Epworth United Methodist Church with burial in the Pinelawn Memory Gardens.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the Epworth United Methodist Church, 305 Magnolia St., Joanna, SC 29351 or Bailey Manor, 300 Jacobs Hwy, Clinton, SC 29325.
The family will be at the home of her son, Tim Bedenbaugh, 2200 Green Plain Rd., Clinton, SC.
The family would like to express their heart-felt appreciation for the love, care and kindness shown and given to her by the staff at Bailey Manor and the Fourth Floor nurses and staff of Self Regional Medical Center.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at
www.grayfuneralhome.com
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Gray Funeral Home of Clinton