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Mary Blume McMurray Bruce

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Mary Blume McMurray Bruce REEVESVILLE, SC - Mary Blume McMurray Bruce, 88, widow of Newton Brooks Bruce, of 1625 Flatwoods Road, Reevesville died May 10, 2014 in the Vibra Hospital of Charleston in Mt. Pleasant. Graveside funeral services will be held 3 P.M. Monday in the Reevesville Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Scott Cannon officiating. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the church recreation hall. Mary was born May 5, 1926 in St. George a daughter of the late Lee Dawson Blume and Mary Gavin Harper Blume She was a graduate of St. George High School and was a retired employee of Dorchester County Health Department and she was a member of Reevesville Baptist Church. Surviving are a daughter Virginia Bruce Carroll, Ladson; sons, Floyd Dallas (Sonny) McMurray, Jr., Kingsland, GA, Darryl Bruce McMurray, Columbia; Grandsons, Jason Robert (Trisha) Hartley, Aiken and Benjamin Lee Risher of Ft. Lauderdale, FL. She was predeceased by a daughter, Miriam M. Bradford, and siblings, Lee Dawson Blume, Jr., Marguerite B. Rickborn, Holcombe Harper Blume, and Mercedes B. Gay. Memorials may be made to Reevesville Baptist Church, 400 Rigby Street, Reevesville, SC 29471. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston

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Published by Charleston Post & Courier from May 10 to May 11, 2014.

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May 16, 2014

My thoughts and prayers are with family and friends of Mary. May she rest in peace.

Belinda

Betty Jo Metts

May 12, 2014

Ginny as your Mom called you. I am so sorry, I will never forger when we were young going on vacations with you. Most of all them taking us to see Donnie Osmond! Your parents were always so pleasant and nice to me. And she had you on the same day as me!

Annie Kea Baxley

May 11, 2014

Virginia, I am so sorry to learn of your Mom's passing. God be with you during this time.

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