ONeal, Lou

Funeral services for Lou Ella Watford O’Neal, 88, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. The Rev. Jerry Gainey and the Rev. Steve Winburn will officiate with burial in the church cemetery. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is serving the family. The family will receive friends Tuesday, May 17, 2011 from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. O’Neal, widow of Jessie O‘Neal, died Monday, May 16, 2011. Born in Florence Co., SC, she was a daughter of the late Judge and Leola Brandom Watford. She was a member of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church. Surviving are her sons, Ronnie O’Neal of Patrick, SC, Malcolm (Ann) O’Neal of Quinby, SC; daughters, Annie Belle (Curtis) Wilson of Hartsville, SC, Margie (Dale) Freeman of Hartsville, SC, Patricia (Donnie) Shoemake of Darlington, SC, Carolyn (Mike) Jacobs of Hartsville, SC, Linda Faye Grantham of Patrick, SC; 11 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandson. She was preceded in death by her sons, Leon O’Neal, J. W. O’Neal, and her grandson, Wendell Freeman.