Mary Lou Breland

Mrs. Mary Lou Breland, 83, of Field Creek Road, Ruffin, entered into rest Saturday afternoon, December 21, 2013, at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro. She was the loving wife of the late Mr. William Dan “Junior” Breland, Jr.

Funeral services will be conducted 2 o’clock Monday afternoon, December 23, 2013, from The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Chapel, Walterboro. Interment will follow in Breland Cemetery, Lowcountry Highway, Ruffin.

Born June 30, 1930, a native of Lodge, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Adam Brantley Fisk and the late Viola McMillian Fisk Caldwell. She was a faithful member of Bethel United Methodist Church, Ruffin Charge. She will be fondly remembered as a loving mother and devoted housewife. She worked in her beloved yards diligently to always keep them magnificent and well maintained.

Surviving are: three daughters, Mary Alice Breland Sherry and her husband Jim of Ruffin, Judy Breland Page and her husband Terry of Simpsonville, and Bonnie Breland Rizer Miller and her husband David of Ruffin; two brothers, Derrell Fisk of Lodge and Gordon Fisk of Florence; and a sister, Beverly Sterner of Columbia. There are five grandchildren, Patricia Halloran and her husband Chip, Robby Sherry and his wife Virginia, Scott Rizer and his wife Scarlett, Kelly Page, and Amanda Rizer Lyons and her husband Marion; as well as ten great grandchildren.

Flowers will be accepted, or for those that so desire, the family has suggested that memorial contributions be directed in her memory to the following: Bethel United Methodist Church – Ruffin Charge, care of Carolyn Breland, 573 Spencer Drive, Ruffin, South Carolina 29475; or to: Epworth Children’s Home, 2900 Millwood Avenue, Columbia, South Carolina 29205.

For those that wish, memorial messages and thoughts of condolence as well as memories of Mrs. Breland may be sent to the family at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.

Family and friends are invited to call prior to the funeral ceremony Monday afternoon beginning at 12:30 in THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408.

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