SARA STORY

September 28, 1912 – August 12, 2011 

ANDERSON, SC - Sara Elizabeth Brooks Story, age 98, of Anderson, wife of the late Lonnie Story, died Friday, August 12, 2011 at the Rainey Hospice House.

Born in Anderson County, SC on September 28, 1912, Mrs. Story was a daughter of the late Truman Brooks and Wynona Drake Brooks.  She retired as a seamstress with 

Bobby Dan Manufacturing Company.  She was a member of Toxaway United Methodist Church, where she was a former Sunday School Class teacher as long as her health permitted.  She was an avid quilter. 

Survivors include her children; Anita Deanhardt and her husband, Michael; Truman Story and his wife, Jean, all of Anderson and Selma Garrison and her husband, Paul of Taylors, SC; sister, Laura Kimbo of Anderson; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren.  

In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by brothers, Herman, Leslie, Aaron and Benson Brooks and sisters, Selma Jones, Faye Chandler, Margaret Williams and Linna Lalleron.

The Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, August 14, 2011 at 3:00 pm in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home officiated by the Reverend Kurt Stutler.  Interment will follow in Union Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery.

The family will be at the home of her son, Truman, 1900 Sheldon Drive, Anderson, SC and will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 1:30 pm until 2:30 pm. 

Memorials may be made to Toxaway United Methodist Church, 1212 E. Whitner Street, Anderson, SC 29624.