Lillie C. Lampkin

Lillie Canty Lampkin entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, July 31, 2007, at Hopewell Healthcare, Sumter.

Born Sept. 6, 1911 in Rimini, she was one of five children born to the late Peter Canty and Julia Nelson Canty.

She was educated in the public schools of Clarendon County. At an early age, she joined Antioch Union Methodist Episcopal Church in Rimini and served faithfully in the church until she met and married Solomon Lampkin, who preceded her in death. After marriage, they moved to Baltimore and joined Fountain Baptist Church, where she was a member of the usher board. In 1975, she moved back home and reconnected with Antioch UME Church, where she was a member of the Stewardess Board no. 1, missionary society and former superintendent of Sunday school, class leader and member of the senior choir.

She leaves to cherish her loving and fond memories, four nephews, John H. Bennett, Frank Bennett of Buffalo, N.Y., J.W. Canty of Chatman, N.C., and James Canty of Charlotte, N.C.; four nieces, Julia T. Lang of Pinewood, Alberta Canty of East Orange, N.J., Sarah Terrance of Buffalo, N.Y., and Queen Ester Bellmen of Virginia Beach, Va., adopted daughter, Eloise Dubose Canty of Pinewood; godson, David Dubose of New York City; goddaughter, Louvenia J. Dinkins of Sumter; one stepdaughter, Alberta Lampkin Middleton of St. Stephens; three sisters-in-law, Ida Mae Canty of Chapman, N.C., Viola Johnson of Georgetown and Omega Phipps of Philadelphia, Pa.; one brother-in-law, Vanier (Mabel) Lampkin of St. Stephens; and a host of other relatives and friends.

In addition to her parents and husband, Lillie Canty Lampkin was preceded in death by two brothers, Peter Canty and Sammy Canty, and two sisters, Mary Holmes and Sarah Bennett.

Funeral services were held on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, at Anti-och UME Church with the Rev. Jonathan Smith, pastor, Elder Jackie L. Holland and the Revs. Bertha Smith, Harold Conyers and Leroy Green, assisting.

Burial followed in the Spring Grove Cemetery, Pinewood.

Community Funeral Home was in charge of these arrangements.