CAROLYN WADE SHORTER

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Carolyn Wade Shorter, 73, wife of Billy N. Shorter, Sr., died Friday, Dec. 7, 2018, at Palmetto Health Baptist.

Born Dec. 14, 1944, in Marion, Kentucky, she was a daughter of the late Leroy Wade and the late Christine Farley Wade. She was a member of Westside Baptist Church. She was a very loving wife, mother and grandmother.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years; a daughter, Kris Anne Steele of Sumter; two grandchildren, Jordan Gabriel Rock and Alyssa Grace Steele; daughter-in-law, Pam Shorter of Sumter; two sisters, Jane Tinsley (Bill) and Marilyn Baggette (Terry) all of KY; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by a son, Billy N. "Nick" Shorter, Jr.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Monday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Jim Tuggle officiating.

The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Monday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, 4217 Park Place Ct., Glen Allen, VA 23060-9979.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.