Willie Preston “Bill” Ragin, 58, husband of Dorothy Gaymon Ragin, died Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center in Sumter.
Born Feb. 5, 1956, he was a son of Lena Riley Ragin and the late George Ragin. He attended Sumter County public schools, and was a member of Antioch UME Church. He was employed at Williams Furniture and Interlake in Sumter, and later at Federal Mogul in Summerton.
Survivors besides his wife of the home and his mother of Pinewood include four sons, Jontay Gaymon, Willie L. (Stacy) Gaymon, Keith T. Gaymon and Nicholas Ragin; two daughters, Sabrina Ragin and Kayla Ragin; a brother, Joe Nathan (Delores) Bennett Jr.; five sisters, Phronie Ragin, Anniliza Ragin, Susie Ragin, the Rev. Daisy (Randolph) Pringle and Carolina (Roger) Richardson; five brothers-in-law, Preston Gaymon, Joe Louis Gaymon, Freddie Gaymon, William (Cynthia) Gaymon and Henry Thomas Gaymon; three sisters-in-law, Alice Gaymon, Mary Ann (Curtis) Shannon and Maggie Bennett; 10 grandchildren; and a number of other close relatives and friends.
Funeral Services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Antioch UME Church in Pinewood, with the Rev. Barry Gadsden, pastor, officiating. The final resting place will be Antioch Memorial Gardens in Pinewood.
Mr. Ragin will be placed in the church one hour prior to the service.
The family will receive friends at the home, 2628 Elliott Road in Pinewood, and at the home of his mother, Lena Riley Ragin, 1224 White & Rivers Road in Rimini.
Online condolences may be sent to www.dysonshomeforfunerals.com.
