Patricia Abercrombie

Mrs. Patricia Gail Abercrombie, affectionately known by many as Patty, age 54, of 209 Tabby Creek Circle, Summerville, entered into her state of eternal rest Tuesday morning, August 31, 2010, at her residence following a three year battle with Lou Gehrigs Disease and under the care of Lutheran Hospice.



Funeral services will be conducted at 11 oclock Thursday morning, September 2, 2010, from Bethel United Methodist Church Ruffin Charge, 16147 Lowcountry Highway, Ruffin. Interment will follow in the churchyard.



Mrs. Abercrombie was born February 6, 1956, in Colleton County and was a daughter of the late William Royden Hudson, Sr. and the late Ruth Givens Hudson Busch. Throughout her career she remained dedicated to her work. She was a graduate of the Baptist College in Charleston where she received her degree from their School of Nursing in 1979. She began her career as a Registered Nurse at Roper Hospital, having worked there from 1979 until 1996, and then transferred to Home Health as Registered Nurse Patient Care Coordinator having worked for them until her time of disability in 2008. She also worked for Pronetics Healthcare as an infusion therapy nurse for close to ten years. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church Ruffin Charge and was a former member of the American Nurses Association. As strong as her work ethic was her love and her devotion to her family was just as strong; and she will always be remembered for the love she possessed for her children and grandchildren.



Surviving are: her husband of thirty-six years: Mr. Robert Henry Buddy Abercrombie; a son, Chris Abercrombie and his wife Melissa of Summerville; a daughter, Dr. Charity McDowell and her husband Lynn of Goose Creek; two brothers, Royden Hudson, Jr. and his wife Patty of Walterboro and Alphie Marion Hudson and his wife Carolyn of the Hudson Mill Community; and a sister, Cheryl Hudson Smyly and her husband Timmy of Ruffin. There are four grandchildren, Ashlynn and Kyle McDowell; and Emma and Matthew Abercrombie; as well as her father-in-law, The Reverend J. B. Abercrombie of Waterloo. She was preceded in death by a son, Jonathon Matthew Abercrombie who died in 2003.



Flowers will be accepted, or for those that wish, the family has respectfully requested that memorial contributions be directed in her memory to: The ALS Association South Carolina Chapter, 1064 Gardner Road, Suite 101, North Charleston, South Carolina 29407.



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



Family and friends are invited to call from 6:00 until 8:00 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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