McCrery Weeks (NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C.)

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. - Funeral services for Mrs. Beatrice McCrery Weeks, 96, of Fairfield Avenue, North Augusta, SC who entered into rest June 21, 2008 will be conducted Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock from the Posey Funeral Chapel. Dr. T. Joseph Lusk and Dr. John M. Younginer, Jr. officiating. Interment in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Weeks was a native of Greenwood County, SC having made North Augusta her home for the past 70 years. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church, the Matthews Bible Class, the Minnie Padgett Circle and the Sheffield Club. Mrs. Weeks was a School Teacher and taught in Bradley, SC, Bath Elementary, North Augusta Elementary and Hammond Hill Elementary. She received the Jesse C. Lynch Memorial American Legion Post #71 Teacher of the Year Award and was the wife of the late Mr. Belton E. Weeks, Jr. She was the daughter of James Harvey McCrery, Jr. and Lillie Hinton McCrery of Bradley, SC. Her paternal grandparents were James Harvey McCrery, Sr. and Selma Teresa Rich McCrery of Bradley. Maternal grandparents were JeHugh Jermiah Hinton and Margaret Jane Edwards Hinton of Greenwood. She was preceded in death by her brother David McCrery, High Point, NC and her sisters, Theresa McCrery McKenzie, Shirley, SC, Kathleen McCrery Boazman, Greenwood, SC and Gertrude (Pete) McCrery Hollbrok of Gadsden, AL. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Belton and Cindy Weeks, North Augusta; a daughter and son-in-law, Judy and Bob Todd, Fayetteville, Georgia; three grandchildren, Rob Todd, Eric Todd and Meredith Weeks; four great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Rob Todd, Eric Todd, Alex Todd, Evan Todd, Kevin Leopard and Charles Weeks. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday evening from 6 to 8. Memorials may be made to the Grace United Methodist Church Building Fund, 639 Georgia Avenue, North Augusta, South Carolina 29841. Posey Funeral Directors of North Augusta in charge of arrangements (803-278-1181). Visit the registry online at www.poseyfuneralhome.com . Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com

The Augusta Chronicle-June 23, 2008