Bessie Barwick

Mrs. Bessie Mae Barwick, 69, of 477 Pellum Road, Walterboro, entered into her state of eternal rest Monday evening, February 21, 2011, surrounded by her family and friends, at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro, following an extended illness.



Funeral services will be conducted 11 oclock Thursday morning, February 24, 2011, from The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Chapel, Walterboro with The Reverend Ken McCaskill officiating. Interment will follow in Live Oak Cemetery, South Jefferies Blvd., Walterboro.



Mrs. Barwick was born October 10, 1941, in Colleton County, and was a daughter of the late Lemuel Heath L.H. Strawn and the late Luelle Sineath Strawn. In earlier years, she was a seamstress with Smoaks Manufacturing and was a member of Pine Grove Baptist Church No. 1 in Walterboro. She will be fondly remembered for her passion for cooking and the way she excelled in baking delicious recipes, especially during the holiday season. She was an avid NASCAR Motor Sports Racing fan, and car 24, Jeff Gordon was her all-time favorite. She dearly loved her husband, children and grandchildren and will be remembered for the joy that each of them brought into her heart.



Surviving are: her husband of fifty-one years, Mr. Carroll E. Barwick, Sr.; one son, Carroll E. Boogie Barwick and his wife Myra of Islandton; seven daughters, Patricia Sissy Weatherford and her husband Bryan of Walterboro, Arretha Zeigler of Walterboro, Faye Gibson of Walterboro, Kaye Syfrett and her husband Jimmy of Walterboro, and Mary Gail Stynchcomb and her husband Stephen of Walterboro, Annette Guinn and her husband Darrell of Walterboro and Heather Massey and her husband Richard of Walterboro; two sisters, Linda Pearson of Summerville and Ann Lyons of Walterboro. There are nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren that also survive. She was preceded in death by a sister, Mary Lee Van Brocklin.



Flowers will be accepted, or for those that wish, the family has respectfully requested that memorial contributions be directed in her memory to: The Hollings Cancer Center, 86 Jonathan Lucas Street, Charleston, South Carolina 29425.



For those who so desire, memorial messages and thoughts of condolence, as well as memories of Bessie Mae may be shared with the Barwick family by visiting: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.



Family and friends are invited to call from 6:00 until 9:00 this Wednesday evening at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408.

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