Sudie Bairfoot Obituary

BAIRFOOT, Sudie EHRHARDT - Mrs. Sudie Mae Rentz Bairfoot, 71, of 1359 Mt. Pleasant Road, Ehrhardt, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at the Bamberg County Hospital. Funeral services will be held 11 am Saturday, December 13, at Mt. Pleasant Lutheran church with the Reverend Tim Bryson officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Bairfoot was born December 12, 1936, in Ehrhardt and was a daughter of the late Clifton Moody Rentz and Susan "Sudie" Rebecca Chassereau Rentz. She was raised by her aunt Lottie Rentz Zeigler. She was a lifelong member of Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church where she was active in the choir and WELCA, serving as president for many years. She was a master of crocheting and loved to travel. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Surviving are: her husband of 46 years, Emanuel J. "Jimmie" Bairfoot; children, George W. Bairfoot and his wife Melissa of Hampton and Pamela D. Bairfoot Parker and her fiancé Billy G. Howard of Ehrhardt; brothers, Herman W. Rentz and his wife Joyce of Gilbert, Heber C. Rentz and his wife Alma of Branchville and William F. Zeigler of Hampton; her twin sister, Sadie Rae Rentz Kearse and her husband Benjamin of Ehrhardt; grandchildren, Michael John Allen Bairfoot, George Julius LaValle Bairfoot and Billy G. Williams. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to: Mt. Pleasant Lutheran Church, 1173 Mt. Pleasant Road, Ehrhardt, SC 29081. The family will receive friends on Friday evening from 6 until 8 at THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOME, EHRHARDT-BAMBERG CHAPEL, 2515 Lowcountry Highway, Ehrhardt. 803.267.1971; www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.