Gloria Smoak Haynie
July 27, 1946 — October 31, 2015
Ms. Gloria Smoak Haynie, 69, of Red Bank Road, Walterboro, entered into rest Saturday morning, October 31, 2015, at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, November 4, 2015, from the graveside at Pleasant Grove Baptist Churchyard, 7345 Jefferies Highway, Walterboro.
Born July 27, 1946, in Colleton County, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Furman Marion Smoak and the late Anna DeLoach Smoak. She was a graduate of Palmer Business College and was a retired bookkeeper from Rhodes Oil Company in Walterboro where she worked faithfully for many years. Following her retirement, she worked as a data processor for Jackson Hughes, Albert Lucas, and Thurston Hiers at Self-Serve, Inc. She was raised in the family church, Canaan Baptist Church at Canadys. Gloria was truly a lady of style, taste, and love. She loved her family and others dearly, and had a great passion for animals. Her love for animals provided for many over the years a rescue and loving home and a life that they may not have otherwise known. She also had a special passion with taking care of the family farm.
Surviving are: three sisters, Susan Smoak Gourley of Morristown, Tennessee, Cynthia Smoak Williams of Concord, North Carolina, and Janet Smoak Jordan of Jacksonville, Florida; an uncle, The Honorable Gerald Smoak. She is also survived by a niece, Lara O’Shields; and three nephews, Russell Williams, Charlton Williams, and Christopher Jordan; as well as a host of loving cousins.
Flowers will be accepted, or for those that desire, memorial contributions may be directed in her memory to: Charleston Animal Society, 2455 Remount Road, North Charleston, South Carolina 29406.
Family and friends are invited to call during her visitation Tuesday evening from 6 o’clock until 8 o’clock at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro; 843.538.5408. Visit the registry online at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.