1928
Sue
2008
Sue Barnes Stephens
July 16, 1928 — August 8, 2008
Sue Barnes Stephens, age 80, of 215 Grandview Acres went to her heavenly home on Friday, August 08, 2008. She and her late husband, O.L. Stephens, Jr., had a passionate love affair for forty years.
She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Mark and Susie Brown Barnes. She graduated from Laurens High and was quite athletic, winning trophies in softball and bowling. She particularly relished driving fast. Sue studied Bible at USC, and was a devout Christian who lived her faith and epitomized the virtuous woman. She taught Sunday School and sang in the choir for sixty years. She loved Southern Gospel music and sang with two groups, the Sounds of Joy and the Belltones, with whom she recorded. Beyond her duties at the Frampton Hall and Presbyterian Home, she took a personal interest in the patients, driving them to doctor’s appointments and taking them out for meals.
Sue had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to play practical jokes. Sue never met a stranger and graciously offered her hospitality, “adopting” Hugh Jacobs, Billy Joe Oakley, and Janice Hames as her own. The family is greatly appreciative of the friendship and care provided by Ruth Baldwin.
Surviving are one son, Dr. Russell (Rusty) Stephens of the home and Augusta, GA; one daughter, Lana Stephens of Jacksonville, FL; one brother, Lewis Barnes of Clinton; one sister, Sara Arnold of Monks Corner; two grandchildren, Jason Bundrick and wife Karan, Brantlee Connell and husband Jon.
She was predeceased by seven brothers, Charles, Jim, Clarence, Virgil, Ernest, Perry, and Harley Barnes.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, Aug. 10th at 4:00 p.m. in the Bellview Baptist Church with committal services graveside in the church cemetery, followed by a reception in the Family Life Center.
The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
at the funeral home.
Memorials can be made to the Bellview Baptist Church, 757 Bellview Church Rd., Laurens, SC 29360.
The family will be at the home at 215 Grandview Acres.
Gray Funeral Home of Clinton
She was born in Laurens County and was a daughter of the late Mark and Susie Brown Barnes. She graduated from Laurens High and was quite athletic, winning trophies in softball and bowling. She particularly relished driving fast. Sue studied Bible at USC, and was a devout Christian who lived her faith and epitomized the virtuous woman. She taught Sunday School and sang in the choir for sixty years. She loved Southern Gospel music and sang with two groups, the Sounds of Joy and the Belltones, with whom she recorded. Beyond her duties at the Frampton Hall and Presbyterian Home, she took a personal interest in the patients, driving them to doctor’s appointments and taking them out for meals.
Sue had a wonderful sense of humor and loved to play practical jokes. Sue never met a stranger and graciously offered her hospitality, “adopting” Hugh Jacobs, Billy Joe Oakley, and Janice Hames as her own. The family is greatly appreciative of the friendship and care provided by Ruth Baldwin.
Surviving are one son, Dr. Russell (Rusty) Stephens of the home and Augusta, GA; one daughter, Lana Stephens of Jacksonville, FL; one brother, Lewis Barnes of Clinton; one sister, Sara Arnold of Monks Corner; two grandchildren, Jason Bundrick and wife Karan, Brantlee Connell and husband Jon.
She was predeceased by seven brothers, Charles, Jim, Clarence, Virgil, Ernest, Perry, and Harley Barnes.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, Aug. 10th at 4:00 p.m. in the Bellview Baptist Church with committal services graveside in the church cemetery, followed by a reception in the Family Life Center.
The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
at the funeral home.
Memorials can be made to the Bellview Baptist Church, 757 Bellview Church Rd., Laurens, SC 29360.
The family will be at the home at 215 Grandview Acres.
Gray Funeral Home of Clinton
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Service Schedule
Past Services
Visitation
Saturday, August 9, 2008
7:00 - 9:00 pm (Eastern time)
Gray Funeral Home Chapel of Clinton
Service
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Starts at 4:00 pm (Eastern time)
Bellview Baptist Church
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