Colleen Kent Plowden

Colleen Kent Plowden, 84, widow of James Covert Plowden, Jr., passed away on Feb. 5, 2008, in Hospice of Charleston.

Born Sept. 26, 1923, in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Samuel Kent and the late Alma Ruth Shumaker Kent Pendergast. A graduate of Edmunds High School, she was a charter member of New Covenant Presbyterian Church, where she worked as church secretary until her retirement in 1995.

Surviving are a son, James C. Plowden III of Charleston; granddaughter, Laura Kent Plowden of Charleston; and a large circle of loving friends.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008, in New Covenant Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. Charles C. Tyler officiating.

Burial followed in Manning Cemetery.

Deacons served as pallbearers.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Charleston, 3870 Leeds Avenue, Suite 101, N. Charleston, S.C. 29405.

Stephens Funeral Home and Crematory of Manning was in charge of the arrangements.