DORETHA S. ALSTON

Funeral services for Doretha S. Alston will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday at Rafting Creek Baptist Church, 3860 S.C. 261 North, Rembert, with the Rev. Melvin Mack, pastor / officiant. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.

A public viewing will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the mortuary.

Doretha was born May 6, 1934, in Rembert. She was the widow of William "Bub" Alston and the daughter of the late Marion T. Sr. and Leola Miller Sanders.

Doretha was preceded in death by three sons, an infant boy child, Johnny Lee and Jack Kenneth Alston; one sister, Frances Loney; and four brothers, Edward, Harrill, Ernest and Luther (Skippy) Sanders.

Doretha departed this life on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Sumter.

She leaves to cherish her precious memories: her daughters, Claretha (Alexander) Herriott, Lola (Leslie) Davis and Jackie (Gregory) Barnes; 11 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; special sister-in-love, Evelyn Sanders; five sisters, Ruby Richardson, Martha Dennis, Louise (Melvin) Keith, Peggy (Donald) Perry and Polly (Robert) Dinkins; one brother, Marion (Josephine) Sanders Jr.; four additional sisters-in-love, Juanita Alston, Clara Pitts, Barbara (James) Houpe and Virginia (Julian) Brown; two aunts, Ruth D. Sanders and Queen Dennis; and a host of other relatives and friends.

The family is receiving friends at 3085 Lowder Road, Sumter.

Services entrusted to Whites Mortuary LLC.