Saturday October 26th 2019
Learn the benefits of ordering with us Obituaries & Tributes Immediate Need 515 Miller Rd Sumter, SC 29150 803-775-7500 Click here for Maps & Directions Sara Juanita Avin (Shelley) Friday, July 22nd, 1949 – Saturday, October 26th, 2019 Recommend this to your friends. Select Message Funeral Details Memory Wall Photos & Videos Send Flowers Guaranteed hand delivery by a local florist Obituary Print Sara Juanita Avin, 70, wife of Richard Wayne Avin, passed away Saturday, October 26, 2019, at her home. Born in Conway, she was a daughter of the late Dalton Shelley and the late Viola Shelley Baker. She was a member of Wedgefield Baptist Church. Mrs. Avin was the former owner of Juanita’s Beauty Salon and was employed for many years at Parker Auto Supply. She was formerly a member of the Red Hat Society and served as a volunteer English teacher at the Sumter Literacy Center. She earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interdisciplinary studies from the University of South Carolina in 2011. Survivors include her husband of 52 years; three children, Carol Avin Sims (Tod), Bryan Wayne Avin (Heather), and Emily Avin Bartlette (Mark) all of Sumter; seven grandchildren, Hunter Sims, Ridge Sims, Summer Sims, Bryndan Avin, Isabella Avin, Noah Campbell, and Natalie Bartlette; and a great-grandchild, Oliver Schafer. She was preceded in death by a brother, Dennis Shelley. Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Tuesday at Wedgefield Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Goff officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Hunter Sims, Ridge Sims, Brice Helms, Bryndan Avin, Grant Goff, and Mike Reinegger. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 P.M. Tuesday at Wedgefield Baptist Church and other times at the home, 308 Rogers Ave. Memorials may be made to the Wedgefield Home for Kids, P.O. Box 265, Wedgefield, SC 29169. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements. Read Less To send flowers in memory of Sara Juanita Avin (Shelley), please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store. Service Details Print Visitation Service Interment Subscribe to Updates Please select one… In the event that there is an error in the information presented, please contact the funeral home by clicking here.
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Death notice for the town of: Sumter, state: South Carolina