Gloria Bhagchandani

Mrs. Gloria Lyons Bhagchandani, age 68, of 107 Chestnut Court in Summerville, entered into her state of eternal rest on Saturday afternoon, October 17, 2009, following a brief illness at her home. She was the widow of Mr. Ramesh Dayaram Bhagchandani.



The Relatives and friends are invited to attend her funeral services which will be conducted at 2 oclock Wednesday afternoon, October 21, 2009, from The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Chapel, Walterboro with The Reverend Bobby Lee Burdette officiating. Interment will follow in the family plot at Hagan Cemetery in the Buckhead Community of Colleton County near Smoaks. Following the Rite of Committal at the cemetery, there will be a reception held in Mrs. Bhagchandanis memory at Berea Advent Christian Church fellowship hall, 76 Christian Drive, Smoaks, South Carolina.



Mrs. Bhagchandani was born April 18, 1941 in Colleton County, South Carolina and was a daughter of the late Walter Dewey Lyons and the late Harriett Susie Myers Lyons. She had a strong work ethic and like the values she instilled into her children, worked very hard to provide the best she could for her family. She was the retired owner of the Country Store and Antiques in Summerville, a company she successfully operated for many years, and was also the retired co-owner of the Sears franchise on the Bells Highway in Walterboro, a business she operated alongside her late husband for nearly ten years until their retirement. Her childhood church, where her membership still remains, was Berea Advent Christian Church and she had also attended Salem Baptist Church in Summerville. Mrs. Gloria possessed an avid love of reading, but her most notable joy in life was spending every moment she could with her grandchildren and family.



Surviving are: her two daughters, Karen Strickland of Moncks Corner and Ceci Pefley and her husband John of Goose Creek; three brothers, Howard Lyons of Bamberg, Bobby D. Lyons of Ruffin, and Walter M. Lyons of Ruffin; and three sisters, Lenora Folk of Bamberg, Emmie Sue Hodges of Walterboro, and Nancy Smith of Ruffin. There are three grandchildren, Gavin Pefley, Morgan Pefley, and Molly Pefley that also survive.



Flowers will be accepted, or for those that wish, the family has respectfully requested that friends make a charitable donation in her memory to: The American Heart Association, National Center, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75231; or donate at: www.americanheart.org.



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 this Monday evening at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408.

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