Ethel Rountree Obituary

ROUNTREE, Ethel Lee Ethel Lee Rountree, 93, of Summerville, widow of Henry Rountree, died Sunday, February 17, 2008 at her daughter's residence. Funeral Service will be held Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 11 o'clock at James A. Dyal Funeral Home Chapel, Summerville. Burial will follow in Plantation Memorial Gardens, Monks Corner. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 until 8 o'clock Wednesday evening. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Winyah Hospice, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Ste. 212, North Charleston, SC 29405 or Summerville Family Worship Center, 407 North Magnolia Street, Summerville, SC 29483. Mrs. Rountree was born November 5, 1914 in Charleston County, daughter of the late William Pinckney Johnson and Annie Martha Wyndham Johnson. She attended schools of berkeley county. She enjoyed crafts and yard sales. She was a homemaker and a member of Summerville Family Worship Center. Surviving are, five daughters and five sons, Virginia Louise White of Aiken, Willie Lee Moore of Summerville, Cleo Welch and his wife Betty of Darlington, Beatrice Campbell of Summerville, Desseree Weatherford of North Charleston, Freddie Welch and his wife Thelma of Oliverhurst, California, Nathaniel Tanny Welch and his wife Pat of Goose Creek, Ponnie Welch and his wife Fern of Martinsburg, Virginia, Alton Welch and his wife Carolyn of Strasburg, Colorado and Rose Rita Marie Welch of Erving, Texas; 31 grandchildren, 49 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren. A memorial message may be written to the family by visiting our website at www.jamesdyal.com ARRANGEMENTS BY JAMES A. DYAL FUNERAL HOME, 303 SOUTH MAIN STREET, SUMMERVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.