JUDITH TERRY

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Judith Terry, age 67, died on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2018, at her residence.

Born in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Robert Clifton Terry Sr. and Mary Jennings Terry. Judith received her undergraduate degree from Lander University and her Master's Degree in Education from USC Aiken. She taught for five years in the Edgefield County Schools and then for 23 years at Wilder Elementary School. Judith was an active member of St. James Lutheran Church and was a devout Christian, who had a passion for studying God's word. She loved her family and friends and had a passion for animals. She will be dearly missed by all who knew her.

Surviving are one sister, Diane Terry and her husband, Ben Manley, of Charlotte, North Carolina; one sister-in-law, Macy Terry of Sumter; three nieces, Sara Terry Bryan and her husband, Frederick, of Greenville, Helen Terry Dawkins and her husband, Stephen, of Cayce and Elizabeth Jennings Terry of Columbia; two great-nieces, Olivia and River Ann Dawkins; and two great-nephews, John Bryan and Robert Dawkins.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Robert Clifton Terry Jr.

A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at St. James Lutheran Church with the Rev. Keith Getz officiating. Interment will follow at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Frederick Bryan, Mark Campbell, Stephen Dawkins, Davis Hook Jr., Whit Jordan and Ben Manley.

The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Wednesday from 1 to 2 p.m. at St. James Lutheran Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. James Lutheran Church, Memorial Fund, 1137 Alice Drive, Sumter, SC 29150 or the Sumter SPCA, 1140 S. Guignard Drive, Sumter, SC 29150.

You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family's guest book.

The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.