Pearson, Nancy Jones

NANCY JONES PEARSON, 67, of Florence, died Thursday, November 11, 2010 at her residence after a brave battle with cancer. Mrs. Pearson was born in Ware Shoals, SC a daughter of the late Horace Martin Jones and Carrie Lou Williamson Jones. She graduated from Ware Shoals High School in 1961, attended Anderson Junior College in 1964 and had been a member of Calvary Baptist Church since 1975. She retired as a self employed court reporter. Surviving are her husband of 44 years, William Alfred �Bill� Pearson of Florence; daughters, Amy P. (Bruce) Etheridge of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Mary Abigail �Abby� Pearson and her good friend, Cindy Trout, of Kalamazoo, MI; brothers, George M. Jones of Columbia, SC and Donald B. (Nell) Jones of Chester, SC; sister, Jan I. (Randy) Graham of Spartanburg, SC; grandchildren, Pierce and Emma Etheridge. Memorials/Donations can be mailed to either the McLeod Hospice of the Pee Dee, PO Box 100551, Florence, SC 29502, http://www.mcleodhealth.org/MRMC/hospice.cfm or to the American Cancer Society�s Hope Lodge in Charleston, SC, http://www5.cancer.org/docroot/subsite/hopelodge/SC_Charleston/cr_index.asp. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, November 13, 2010 at Calvary Baptist Church, Florence. Burial will be held at 4:00 PM Saturday at the Greenwood Memorial Gardens in Greenwood, SC directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. The family will receive friends 6 � 8 PM Friday in the Collins Family Life Center of Calvary Baptist Church in Florence and immediately following the service at the cemetery.