Bernice Sligh Obituary

SLIGH, Bernice COLUMBIA - Graveside service for Bernice Haselden Sligh, 96, will be held Monday, February 16, 2009 at 1 p.m. in Elmwood Cemetery. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family. Mrs. Sligh, wife of Hugh Lee Sligh, died Saturday, February 14, 2009, after a brief illness. She was born in Florence, to Clarence Fred and Annie Powell Haselden April 25, 1912. She treasured her young years on Coit Street with her siblings Charles, Jay, and Alton Haselden. After high school, she received a business degree from WCUNC in Greensboro, NC and returned home to work in the law firm of Lucas and Co. She married Hugh Lee Sligh, a dashing executive twelve years her senior. Hugh was an avid outdoorsman and always high gun. She quickly became an expert at preparing dove, duck, quail and bream. After moving to Columbia, she joined Shandon Baptist Church where Hugh's parents were one of the twelve charter member couples. She was a dedicated member for fifty-six years. She built three houses: Madison Ave in Florence, Adger Rd in Columbia and Pawley's Island. She knew how to make these nurturing homes with priceless memories. Known to many as Bunny, she endeared herself to all who knew her with her deep interest in, and love of others. She was always the most requested chaperone by her daughters' friends for dances and house parties. She said that she drove an old car because when it broke down, she met the nicest people. These encounters would always produce lifelong friendships. She was a loving mother to Anne and Lucille. But the highlight of her life was her five grandchildren, Caroline, Willis, Lee, Childs and Brooks. Surviving are daughters, Anne Sligh Tigner of Charleston and Lucille Sligh Cantey (Mrs. James W. Cantey, Jr.) of Columbia; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. The family would like to thank her caregivers, Carol Evanson and Gwen Dunn. Memorials may be made to Shandon Baptist Church or the Humane Society, 121 Humane Ln., Columbia, SC 29209 Please sign online guest book at www.dunbarfunerals.com. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.