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S. Mama Shealy

May 31, 2008

Obituary

Celia Snipes Mama Shealy 87 of 20977 US Highway 76 Newberry widow of Rev. W. D. Pop Shealy Jr. died Saturday May 31 2008 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mrs. Shealy was born on December 16 1919 in Cordsville SC to the late Willie Eugene and Leila Irene Garris Snipes. She was co-founder of Boys Farm Inc. where she served as Treasurer and Consultant and was the mother to over 400 boys from areas of the western hemisphere. She was a member of First Southern Methodist Church of Greenville.Mrs. Shealy is survived by a daughter C. Louise Shealy Kerr of Greenville; a son Walter Dixon Shealy III and wife Jean of Newberry; sisters and brothers-in-law Henrietta and Woody Killingsworth of Charleston and Willette and Tommy Foy of Columbia; a brother and sister-in-law Jimmy G. and Ruth Snipes of Charleston; four grandchildren Johnny Kerr Clayton Vance Kerr Walter Dixon Shealy IV and William Russell Shealy; a great granddaughter Kaley Kerr; loved one John R. Kerr of Greenville; and the boys and men whose lives she touched while at Boys Farm. She was predeceased by brothers Phillip Charles Snipes and William Eugene Snipes Visitation will be on Monday from 6 to 7:30 P.M. at Whitaker Funeral Home Newberry.Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday at Boys Farm Inc. 6655 SC Hwy 34-121 Newberry by Rev. David Clark and Rev. Eddie Bledsoe.Gravesides services were conducted at 4:00 P.M. Tuesday at Graceland Cemetery 4814 White Horse Rd Greenville.Memorials may be made to Boys Farm Inc. P.O. Box 713 Newberry SC 29108.Pallbearers were grandsons.Honorary pallbearers were members of the Board of Directors of Boys Farm Inc.Messages to the family may be sent via email to notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com Whitaker Funeral Home Newberry is assisting the family.
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