William Epps Obituary

EPPS, JR., William KINGSTREE - William Booth (Billy) Epps, Jr., 85, of the Cedar Swamp Community, died Sunday, February 6, 2005 in a Kingstree hospital. Mr. Epps was born September 22, 1919 in Williamsburg County, a son of the late William Booth Epps, Sr. and Mrs. Ruth Phillips Epps. He was a graduate of Kingstree High School and was an Army veteran of WW II, having served in the 5th Army, 176th Field Artillery in North Africa and Italy, and was awarded the Legion of Merit. He was a member and Deacon of Cedar Grove Baptist Church and was a farmer, raising livestock and row crops. Mr. Epps was an avid horseman and a longtime member of the Cedar Swamp Lancing Association. He was preceded in death by his brother, Thomas Edwin Epps. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Hazel Brown Epps of Kingstree; daughter, Ruth E. (Steve) Brown of Kingstree; grandson, William Epps (Nichole) Godwin of Kingstree. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday in the Williamsburg Funeral Home Chapel, with burial in Kingstree Memorial Gardens. Memorials may be made to Connie Maxwell Children's Home, P.O. Box 1178, Greenwood, SC 29646; Tidelands Hospice, 2591 North Fraser Street, Georgetown, SC 29442; or to Cedar Grove Baptist Church, 3905 Big Woods Road, Kingstree, SC 29556. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.