Elsie Sanderson Hilton

Elsie Sanderson Hilton, 72, wife of Robert Arthur Hilton, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, at Roper Hospital in Charleston.

Born May 19, 1938, in Loris, she was the daughter of the late James Lewis and Alma McQueen Sanderson. She was of the Baptist faith.

Surviving, in addition to her husband of Summerton, are a son, Edward L. (Debra) Hilton of Belleville, Ill.; two daughters, Sharon D. (Bud) Esposito of Charleston, and Kellie M. (Keith) Bell of Neeses; a brother, Lloyd Sanderson of Summerton; two sisters, Lois Watson of Graham, N.C., and Patricia Fowler of Burlington, N.C.; seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 11a.m., Thursday, Aug. 19, 2010, in the chapel of Stephens Funeral Home in Manning, with the Rev. Michael Murdoch officiating. Burial will follow at 2:00 p.m. Thursday in Live Oak Memorial Gardens in Charleston.

    The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Stephens Funeral Home in Manning.

    Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,
Memphis, TN 38105.

    Stephens Funeral Home and Crematory, 304 N. Church Street, Manning, is in charge of arrangements.