Frances Hiott Bailey

Mrs. Frances Evelyn Brownlee Hiott Bailey, 83, widow of Bobby Milburn Bailey, entered into eternal rest after an extended illness on Sunday, March 17, 2013 at her home in Walterboro, under the care of Odyssey Health Care Hospice.

Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 o'clock, Tuesday morning, March 19, 2013, at Grace Advent Christian Church, 398 Mt. Carmel Rd., Walterboro. The Reverend Wayne Lucas officiating. Interment will follow at Glendale Memorial Cemetery, 2210 Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro.

Mrs. Bailey was born on January 1, 1930 in Charleston, SC and was a daughter of the late Maggie Blanche Canaday Brownlee and James St. Clair Brownlee. She was first married to the late Richard R. Hiott. She was a former member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in St. George, SC. She was a member of Chapter No. 147, Order of the Eastern Star in Walterboro. Mrs. Bailey worked at the Walterboro Dress Plant for over 30 years. During which time she was a member of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union and served as the Union Chair Lady for ten years.

She will be remembered for her love of her children, grandchildren, friends and all animals, especially cats. Mrs. Bailey is survived by one sister, Christine B. Martin of Walterboro, one brother, Allen Brownlee (Ella Mae) of St. George, three daughters; Catherine Hiott Elkins (Dean), Virginia “Ginny” Hiott Roessler (Dane), Vicki Hiott Syfrett (Billy), and one son, Richard “Ricky” G. Hiott (Mary), all of Walterboro; ten grandchildren, Teresa Orr (Larry), R. Dean Elkins, Jr. (Amanda), Ernest "Ernie" Hughes Jr., Jackie W. Martin, Kevin J. Hughes, Karen C. Hooten, Walter Dane Roessler, Jr. (Melissa), Denise R. Evans (Jim), John W. Syfrett (Robin), Thomas “Tommy” R. Shaw, Jr., R. Glenn Hiott, II (Janice) and Daniel “Danny” E. Hiott (Mandy); seventeen great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren, as well as many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by one daughter, Rita Hiott Shaw, two brothers; Clyde and Roger Brownlee; and a sister Jackie Polland.

Flowers will be accepted or for those that wish, the family has respectfully requested that memorial donations be made in her memory to the following: Odyssey Hospice, 3870 Leeds Avenue, Suite 109, North Charleston, SC, 29405; or to Meals on Wheels, C/O Colleton County Council on Aging, 39 Senior Avenue, Walterboro, SC, 29488.

Memorial messages and thoughts may be left for the family as a condolence by visiting: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.

Family and friends are invited to call from 6:00 until 8:00 Monday evening at THE HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, (843) 538-5408.

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