Ruth Lemacks Frampton

Mrs. Ruth Mixson Lemacks Frampton, 81, of Charleston Highway near Walterboro, entered into her eternal rest Tuesday morning, January 8, 2013, at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. She was twice married, first to the late Mr. James Earl Lemacks who died in 1994, and was secondly married to Mr. Herbert Washington Frampton in 2001.

Funeral services will be conducted 11 o’clock Friday morning, January 11, 2013, from The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Chapel, Walterboro. Interment will follow in Pine Grove Baptist Churchyard, 99 Pine Grove Road, Walterboro.

Born July 26, 1931, a native of Hampton County, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Wyman Mixson and the late Alma Ulmer Mixson. She resided in Hampton County before making Colleton County her home for the past sixty-two years. She was a Charter member of Academy Road Baptist Church in Walterboro where she was active in many aspects of the church’s work. At her church, she had worked in the Children’s nursery and was a member of the Choir and Women’s Missionary Union. For many years, she conducted the song services at Oakwood Nursing Center in Walterboro.

Surviving in addition to her husband, Herbert are: a daughter, Donna Sumner and her husband Tim; three sons, Gerald Lemacks and his wife Debbie, Wendell Lemacks and his wife Charlene, all of Walterboro, and JaDon Lemacks and Samantha of Yemassee; and four sisters, her twin – Betty Heape of Cummings, Rita Bridges of Hampton, Margaret Mixson of Hampton, and Annie Lou Mixson of Sheldon. There are eight grandchildren, Jeremy Lemacks and his wife Cathy, Katrina Drew and her husband Jesse, Jarred Sumner and his wife Heather, Eric Sumner and his wife Erin, Bryan Lemacks and his wife Emily, Ryan “Gator” Lemacks and Victoria, Nikki Varnadoe and her husband D.J., and Dustin Lemacks and Megan; and nine great grandchildren as well as her faithful caregiver, Margie Lincoln that also survive.

Flowers will be accepted or for those that wish, the family has respectfully requested that memorial contributions be directed in her memory to the following: Great Swamp Baptist Church, 3396 Hendersonville Highway, Walterboro, South Carolina 29488; or to, Grace Advent Christian Church, 398 Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro, South Carolina 29488.

For those that desire, memorial messages and thoughts of condolence as well as memorable recollections of Mrs. Ruth may be shared with the family by visiting our online registry at: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com.
Family and friends are invited to call from 6 o’clock until 8 o’clock this Thursday evening at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408.

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