WINNSBORO – Funeral services for Mavis Wheeler Anthony “Scrip,” 94, will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2014 at Trinity United Methodist Church, conducted by the Rev. Cathy Jamison-Ogg. Burial will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the church sanctuary.
Born in Kanawha County, West Virginia, Mrs. Anthony was the daughter of the late Roscoe Nicholas and Susie Elizabeth Wheeler.
Mrs. Anthony is survived by her two loving daughters, Sally Anthony Davis (Bob) of Hopkins, S.C. and Elizabeth Gale “Gigi” Thompson (Steve) of Simponville, S.C.; one sister, Marjorie Sue Pratt of Ridgeway, S.C.; two grandchildren, Lane A. Funke (Ryan) and Gale Marie Thompson; and three great-grandchildren, Ellie, Reese and Will. In addition to her parents and husband, Elmer A. Anthony, Mrs. Anthony is preceded in death by one brother, R. N. Wheeler Jr.
Mrs. Anthony (nicknamed Scrip as a child after the coal mining company’s currency where her father worked) was raised in Kayford, W.Va., the oldest of three children. She met and married her husband of 62 years (Elmer A. “Tony” Anthony, who passed away in 2005) at their alma mater, Marshall College in Huntington, W. Va. They were staunch fans of the Thundering Herd, avid golfers and world travelers. Scrip taught in S.C. public schools for over 25 years, beginning in Myrtle Beach and then in Columbia. The Anthonys moved to Ridgeway, S.C. in the early 1970s where Scrip was active with the Fairfield County Home Demonstration Club, the Ridgeway Garden Club and the Columbia Country Club Ladies’ Golf Association. She was a faithful member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Blythewood. She cherished her daughters Sally and Gigi immensely, but nothing compared to her love for granddaughters Lane and Gale and her three great grandchildren. The family wishes to thank all the Kiddos and Corkys at Life Care Center.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent in Scrip’s memory to Trinity United Methodist Church’s Building Fund, P.O. Box 864, Blythewood, S.C. 29016.
Pope Funeral Home is assisting the Anthony family.
Online condolences can be sent to the Anthony family at www.popefuneralhomesc.com.
