SUMMERTON — Earthy Lee Starks McCray, 83, of 1098 Goins Place in Summerton and widow of Abraham “Son” McCray, died Wednesday, March 26, 2014, at her home.
Born Sept. 26, 1930, in Summerton, she was a daughter of the late Pinkney Joe and Mamie Jones Starks. She was a member of and worshiped Jehovah at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Paxville. Earthy Lee Starks McCray attended the Briggs Chapel School and Scott's Branch High School in Summerton.
Survivors include her children, Colbert McCray, Zephaniah (Ruther) McCray, Wanda M. Billups, Jacqueline R. McCray, Miriam M. Whitely and Jeffery McCray, all of Summerton; a daughter-in-law, Patricia R. McCray of Summerville; five sisters, Dorothy Turner of Utica, N.Y., Josephine Oliver of Baltimore, Md., Tiny Mae Frank and Mazie B. Lemon, both of Miami, Fla., and Mamie G. Archer and Mattie (Clarence) Simms, both of New York, N.Y.; three brothers, Joe E. Starks of Miami, and Alphonso Starks and the Rev. Willie (Catherine) Starks, both of Summerton; 15 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren; and a devoted caregiver, Caroline House of Davis Station.
Memorial services for Earthy Lee Starks McCray will be held 3 p.m. today at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, U.S. 15 in Pinewood, with Brother James Simons providing discourse.
The procession will leave at 2:15 p.m. from the home of her brother and sister-in-law, the Rev. Willie and Catherine Starks, 3477 Wash Davis Road in Summerton.
The family will receive friends at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Zephaniah and Ruther McCray, 23 S. Church St. in Summerton, and at the home of her brother and sister-in-law, the Rev. Wilie and Catherine Starks, 3477 Wash Davis Road in Summerton.
These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.
