Obituary of Betty Joyce Boan

CAMDEN – Funeral service for Betty Joyce Boan, 72, will be held on Monday at 1:00 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home.  The family will receive friends on Sunday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will follow the service in the Marshall church cemetery.

Ms. Boan passed away on Friday, October 18, 2019.  Born in Camden, SC, she was the daughter of the late Luther Theodore Pate and Sally Corrine Gladden Pate. She had a passion for collecting memorabilia, antiques, magazines, and pictures of all her family. Betty was independent and had an entrepreneurial spirit. She enjoyed reading her Bible and spending time with grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Betty had a tremendous heart who loved her son and family completely. She selflessly cared for her mother after her father passed away and will be sorely missed.

Surviving is her son, Sean (Carol) Kelly; grandchildren, Necole Stives (Jon), Hope Kelly, AnnMarie Branham (Nathan), Dakota Powell (Chris) and Rebecca Kelly; great-grandchildren, Brittney, Ariel, Summer, Vivian, Ashleigh, Lauren, Ashton and McKinley; sisters, Jeannette Frazier, Dorothy Beasley (Steve) and Becky Boone (Ralph). She was predeceased by her brother, Kenneth Penny Pate.