Obituary of Betty Miles Poole

ELGIN – Funeral services for Betty Miles Poole, 86, will be held on Monday at 11:00 a.m. at Blaney Baptist Church, with a visitation from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow the service in the church cemetery. Pastors Jacob Helsley, Philip Blankenship and Jimmy Hanf will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Blaney Baptist Church or Kershaw County Library.

    Mrs. Poole passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2018.  Born in Blaney, SC, on October 26, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Walter L. Miles and Lillie E. Owens Miles. She was the director of nursing at Kershaw County Memorial for many years. Mrs. Poole and her late husband, Freddie Rex Poole, Sr., ran Cajun Country in Lugoff after retirement. She enjoyed gardening and reading.

    Surviving are her children, Linda P. Melcher (Bernie) and Freddie Rex Poole, Jr.; granddaughter, April M. Meadows (Marlond); sister, Gloria Squires (Ellison). She was predeceased by her siblings, Doris Fulmer, Faye Duich, Buster Miles, Billy Miles, Emmadora Bilbo and Mildred Branham.

    The family would like to give special thanks to hospice and Tammy Barker.