Kathryn Elmore

(BISHOPVILLE) Kathryn B. Elmore was born on October 3, 1928, in Lee County to Ida Victoria and Henry Brown.  She died on January 12, 2010, in her Bishopville home following a brief battle with cancer. 

She was the widow of the late Troy Lee Elmore and is survived by children Kitty Joyner, Jenni Brown, and Troy Lee (Chuck) Elmore, Jr. of Bishopville, Terri Stokes of Newberry, Lisa Farmer of Lugoff, and Jill Farmer of Hartsville; sisters Ila Mae Cappell and Eunice Cappell, both of Bishopville; thirteen grandchildren; and sixteen great-grandchildren.  Sisters Edith Miller and Louise Rogers of Bishopville and two brothers, Norman Brown and Wilburn Brown of Bishopville, preceded her in death.

Professionally, she was retired from the Campbell Soup Company, where she worked for 19 years. 

She was a writer of poetry, a reader of the scriptures, an insatiable traveler, and a prolific dreamer.  A lover of books and learning, she returned to high school at the age of forty-five and received her diploma, having previously chosen to get married at the age of 16 and raise a family. She counted her family as her greatest accomplishment. 

She was a lifelong member of Brown Town Primitive Baptist Church, located in Lee County.  Throughout her life, she lived by her own favorite guiding principle from God’s word: Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.   Her reward is now in heaven.

A celebration of her life will be held on Friday, January 15, at 2 p.m. at Norton Funeral Home Chapel in Bishopville, followed by graveside services at Cedar Creek Baptist Church. Visitation will be Thursday 6-8 pm at the Funeral Home.  In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made in her honor to Tri-County Hospice and Brown Town Primitive Baptist Church.