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Evelyn Rutland Obituary

RUTLAND, Evelyn NEESES, S.C. - Mrs. Evelyn Myers Rutland, 82, of Todd Creek Road, Neeses, passed away Friday evening, November 30, 2007. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 3, 2007, at THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL in Orangeburg. Rev. Church Wells will officiate. Burial in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Orangeburg. Arrangements by THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME, INC., in Orangeburg. Surviving are one daughter and son-in-law, Jane R. (Kenny) Sanford of Neeses, S.C.; two sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth (Sharon) Rutland of Oak Hill, Va., and Jerry (Lisa) Rutland and Walnut, Calif.; brother-in-law, Earl Mackey of Summerville; four brothers and sisters-in-law, Charles (Betty) Myers of North Charleston, Ray (Clarice) Myers of Paris, Tenn.; Herbert (Evelyn) Myers sand Freddie (Peggy) Myers both of Summerville; seven grandchildren; one great-great-grandson and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at her residence, 1164 Todd Creek Road, Neeses, S.C., and Thompson Funeral Home, Inc., in Orangeburg. Visitation will be 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Sunday at the THOMPSON FUNERAL HOME, INC., in Orangeburg. Memorials may be made to Two Mile Swamp Baptist Church, 1066 Bonnette Road, Cope, S.C. 29038 or to Spina Bifida Association, 4590 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 250, Washington, D.C. 20007, or to Hospice Care of Tri County, 1681 Chestnut Street, Orangeburg, S.C. 29115-3327. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.

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Published by Charleston Post & Courier on Dec. 2, 2007.

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