BOISEY JAMES BRISTOW

Boisey James Bristow, 76, dies Sunday, May 4, 2008, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by Young & Young Funeral Home of Hartsville. The family will receive friends at 115 S. Eighth Street, Hartsville.

GIBSON ZIMMERMAN

SOCIETY HILL — Gibson Zimmerman, 89, died Sunday, May 4, 2008, at McLeod Regional Medical Center. Arrangements will be announced by Young & Young Funeral Home of Hartsville. The family will receive friends at 7333 Highway 52 South, Society Hill.

CHRISTINE RIVERS BROOKS

Graveside services for Christine Rivers Brooks, 74, widow of Billy Brooks, will be held at 2 p.m. today, May 7, 2008, in Darlington Memory Gardens directed by Norton Funeral Home.

Mrs. Brooks died Monday, May 5. She was born in Hartsville a daughter of the late Ross and Mary Davidson Rivers. She was a charter member of North Hartsville Baptist Church. She and her late husband Billy, owned and operated Brooks Lawn & Garden for more than 30 years.

Surviving are grandchildren, Billy and Zim Brooks of Hartsville, Crystal Hodge of Darlington; daughter-in-law, Cheryl Brooks of Hartsville; great-grandchildren Ariana, Briana, Caleb, Delaney Hodge of Darlington, Billy Brooks II, Dakota Brooks of Hartsville. She was preceded in death by sons Ronnie and Donnie Brooks; brothers, Kenny, Charles, Ernest and Lorraine Rivers. www.nortonfh.net

SUE SMITH

Funeral services for Peggy “Sue” Adams Smith, 46, will be held at 4 p.m. today, May 7, 2008, at Antioch Baptist Church. The Rev. John Helms will officiate with burial in Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is serving the family. Memorials may be made to the Antioch Baptist Church, 1121 Bethlehem Road, Hartsville, SC 29550.  

Mrs. Smith died Sunday, May 4. Born in Darlington, she was a daughter of Louise Langston Adams and the late Willard Adams. She was a member of Antioch Baptist Church where she worked in the nursery on Sunday and Wednesday. She was an owner of Top Quality Lawn Care LLC, worked at Quiet Brook Produce, Uncle Bert’s Produce and PIM Farms for many years. She loved pets, kids, and was a devoted wife and mother. 

Surviving are her husband of 28 years, Derrick Smith of Hartsville; son, Reagan Smith of Hartsville; daughters, Kristen Smith of Hartsville, Jarrett Smith of Hartsville; sisters and brothers-in-law, Pat Blackmon of Darlington, Joyce and Gary Jones of Darlington, Jeanne and Von Tolson of Lamar, Faye Dixon of Darlington, Denise Poole of Dovesville; brothers and sister-in-law, Richard and Lou Adams of Dovesville, Danny Adams of Dovesville; mother-in-law, Amelia Smith of Hartsville; special friend, Debbie Vazquez of Hartsville. She was preceded in death by her father, Willard Adams, and her sister, Gail Griggs.

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PAULINE JENKINS

Funeral services for Pauline Denny Jenkins, 92, will be held at 3 p.m. today, May 7, 2008, at the First Presbyterian Church with burial in Magnolia Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Jeri Parris Perkins will officiate. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is in charge.  Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 213 W. Home Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550 or to a charity of your choice.

Pauline, the daughter of the late John Gabriel and Mary Eliza Jones Denny and the wife of the late Thomas Daniel Jenkins, was born in Hartsville on Sept. 4, 1915. She was a lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church, graduated from Coker College, helped her father in and later managed Denny Brothers Jewelry Store, and taught in Darlington County Schools. For many years she was a Pilot Club member and hospital volunteer, and for all of her years she wanted to be a true friend to those she met. 

She was predeceased by her husband and by her brother Charles Edward Denny.  Surviving are many relatives blessed by her life; among these are her sister-in-law, Rue Denny; nieces and nephews, Mary Esther Denny, Pat and Jerry Burkett, John and Neita Denny, Joy and Randy Seif, Jackie Ray and Phil Anderson.

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