Edna Grace Hardin Pyritz

Edna Grace Hardin Pyritz, 83, widow of Kenneth Pyritz, first married to the late Hoke F. Hardin,  died Sunday, July 11, 2010, in Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning.

Born March 24, 1927, in Marion, she was a daughter of the late Rembert Collins and the late Eva Mae Collins Collins. She was a retired inspector for Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Division in Columbia. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Columbia, and attended Good Shepherd Baptist Church and New Covenant Presbyterian Church, both of Manning.

She is survived by three daughters, Patricia (Larry) Gallman of Manning, Debra (Ron) Baker of Spartanburg, and Denise (Tim) Benken of Florida;  a sister, Miriam Bennett of High Point, NC; seven grandchildren and nine great- grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Gloria Jean Hardin.

Graveside services are 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, 2010, in Greenlawn Memorial Park in Columbia with the Rev. James Salter officiating . Pallbearers will be Larry Gallman, James Bacon, Robert Bacon, Ira Bacon, Tim Benken, Everett Goff, and Ronald Johnson.

Visitation was Tuesday evening at Stephens Funeral Home in Manning.

Memorials may be made to the Free Will Baptist Home for Children, P.O. Box 229, Turbeville, SC 29162, or to Camp Longridge, P.O.  Box 220, Ridgeway, SC 29130.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory was in charge of arrangements.