Gerline Freeman Boggs

Mrs. Gerline Freeman Boggs New Ellenton, SC—Funeral Services for Mrs. Gerline Freeman Boggs, 80, of Jefferson Street, New Ellenton, SC, who entered into rest March 12, 2008, will be conducted Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Stephen D. Posey Funeral Home. Rev. Dennis Johnson officiating. Interment in Sunset Memory Gardens. Mrs. Boggs was a native of McComb, Mississippi, having made New Ellenton her home for the past 58 years. She was a founding member of the New Ellenton First Church of the Nazarene where she devoted her life in service to others. She was an accomplished musician and as a young girl played to dobro in many local talent contests in her hometown of McComb, Mississippi, often winning cash prizes to help support her family during the depression. Cooking and serving others was her passion and she was well known for her homemade biscuits and chicken and dumplins. Mrs. Boggs was the wife of the late Floyd M. Boggs, mother of the late William M. Boggs, Sr. and Brenda Boggs and grandmother of the late Benjamin Boggs. She was the daughter of the late Richard G. and Martha Freeman and sister of the late Mary Freeman. Surviors include a daughter and son-in-law, Mary & John L. Mixon, III, Augusta; son and daughter-in-law, Bobby & Shirley Boggs, Sr., North Augusta; a brother, Richard G. Freeman, Athens, GA; ten grandchildren, Tanya Boggs Willey, Kimbereley Rogers, Kari Jeffcoat, Justin Boggs, Stacey Chafin, John L. Mixon, IV, Bobby Boggs, Jr., Richard Oliver Mixon, William M. Boggs, Jr. and Bridget Boggs; and six great-grandchildren. Pallbeares will be Dewey Walling, Mike Merriett, David Lankford, Gary Odom, Randall Odom and Jerome “Buddy” Key. The family will receive friends at the funeral home this Thursday evening from 6 to 8. The family will be at the residence of Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Boggs, 215 Swallow Lake Road, North Augusta, SC. Memorials may be made to The Brenda Boggs “Kids to Camp Fund” c/o Midland Valley First Church of The Nazarene, 3526 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Clearwater, SC 29822. Stephen D. Posey Funeral Home of North Augusta in charge of arrangements (803-278-1181). Visit the registry online at www.poseyfuneralhome.com

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Gerline Freeman Boggs

December 19, 1927 - March 12, 2008