Lora Mae Richardson

Lora M. Richardson Florence, SC Lora M. Richarson, 89, died Tuesday, April 19, 2011 in a local healthcare facility. Mrs. Richardson was born in Graham, Virginia, a daughter of the late Ocie N. Tolbert and Elzie W. Heldreth.She retired as a sales clerk from Leggetts after ten years of service and attended Florence Baptist Temple. She was preceded in death by her parents and her brother, Lawrence Levi Heldreth. Surviving are her 4 daughters, Katherine (Kitty) Ayers and Judith Lackey, both of Florence, SC, Romona (Cookie) Brown of Montgomery, Alabama, and Barbara (Princess) Brown of Princeton, WestVirginia; a son, Gerald W. Sproles of Burton, Michigan; a sister, Ocie Imogene (Jean) Turner of White Plains, Maryland; ten grandchildren; eighteen great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchild. Funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, April 22, 2011 at the Stoudenmire- Dowling Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at 2:00 p.m. Friday in the Pyerian Baptist Church Cemetery in Floydale, SC directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Friday from 10:00-11:00 a.m. at the Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Florence Baptist Temple Missions, 2308 South Irby Street, Florence, SC29505. Please sign the guest registry for Mrs. Richardson at the obit section of www.stoudenmiredowling.com