Adrienne Billups, 70, widow of Willie Edward Billups, died Saturday, May 3, 2014, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning.
Born Aug. 9, 1943, in Brooklyn, N.Y., she was a daughter of Ethel Conyers. She was raised by her maternal grandmother, Ella Turner, and her beloved aunt, Marie Turner. She attended Brooklyn schools, and was employed by the New York Housing Authority until her retirement.
Survivors include a son, Michael Kevin (Desiree Starr) Billups of Walden, N.Y.; a daughter, Michelle Kara Billups of the home; a brother, Jimmy Conyers of Brooklyn; three brothers-in-law, John (Mable) Billups of Manning, Lawrence (Rita) Billups Jr. of Hampton, Va., and James (Fran) Billups of Roosevelt, N.Y.; four additional sisters-in-law, Dorothy Mack of Buffalo, N.Y., Juanita Nelson and Eula Billups, both of Penllyn, Pa., and Viola Billups of Manning; and three grandchildren, De’Adrianne Billups and Demia Billups, both of Walden, and Isiah Kevyn Billups of the home.
Celebratory services for Mrs. Billups will be held 3 p.m. Saturday at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, 2571 Joseph Lemon and Dingle Road in the Jordan community of Clarendon County with the Rev. Sam Livingston Sr. officiating and the Rev. O’Donald Dingle, Minister Eloise Jackson, Elder James O. Robinson and Evangelist Shirley Waiters assisting.
The family will receive friends at the home of her sister-in-law, Viola Billups, 8021 S.C. 260 in Jordan.
These services have been entrusted to Samuels Funeral Home LLC of Manning.
