Faces of Relay: Shelley Rebekah Richburg

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Cancer survivor Shelley Rebekah Richburg was interviewed during 2015 Clarendon County Relay for Life. We are rerunning this blurb today in preparation of tonight's Relay for Life.

Shelley Rebekah Richburg, 23, of Manning, was diagnosed with leukemia in February 2015.

The day that she found out was the last day of her mother's radiation treatments for endometrial cancer. Linda Richburg was diagnosed in August 2014 and finished chemotherapy and radiation.

The Richburgs have always been supportive of Clarendon County Relay for Life, but now the event has new meaning for the family.

"To have this kind of support, it's hard to really say what that means to you," Shelley said in 2015. "I can't imagine going through this without this kind of support.

Clarendon County Relay for Life will be held 6 p.m. to midnight today at Manning High School's Ramsey Stadium. Survivors like Richburg and caregivers are asked to come out and celebrate life and also remember those who lost their battles with various forms of cancer. A luminary ceremony will be held at 9:30 p.m. where names of cancer survivors and those to be remembered will be read aloud over the stadium's loudspeaker.