DATELINE: Cheraw, SC
DECEASED: Grace "Granny" Collins Wallace, age 88, died Tuesday, December 8, 2015.
FUNERAL SERVICE: 3:00 PM, Sunday, December 13, 2015 at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Cheraw, SC
INTERMENT: will follow in the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery
VISITATION: 5:00 7:00 P.M. Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home
HISTORY: Grace "Granny" Collins Wallace was born in Ruby, SC on July 27, 1927 and was a daughter of the late William Thomas (Tom) and Lydia Jane Sellers Collins.
She dearly loved her Lord Jesus Christ and her family, and tirelessly served them until her health failed.
Grace was a retired seamstress, having worked at Egmont, Sacony and Piney Plains in Cheraw, and Sacony in Chesterfield. She and her husband Boyd ran the Cheraw Auction Barn for several years. She was an active member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church where she had served as Sunday School teacher, prayer meeting leader, a member of the choir, WMU and Fellowship Committee. She was affectionately known as "Granny", "Doctor Grace" and "Amazing".
She was predeceased by her parents above, husband Boyd Wallace, son Darrell Wallace, brothers Oscar, Carl, Jim, Lee, Bobby and Jack Collins; sisters Rhoda Munn, Lydia Thomas and Beatrice Blackmon
She is survived by her Children: Rev. Dennis (Gennie) Wallace of Irmo/Cheraw, SC, Rev. Donald (Mary) Wallace Sr. of Chesterfield, SC, Sue (Billy) Driggers of Effingham, SC and Jeanette (Andy) Linton of Cheraw, SC.
Grandchildren: Billy (Crystal) Wallace, Rev. Donald (Kem) Wallace Jr, John (Deborah Williams) Wallace, Rev. Scott (Michelle) Wallace, Tracy (Robin) Wallace, Nathan (Anne) Wallace, Gracyn (Keith) Harpe-Sprouse, Jason (Maria) Wallace, Beth (Eric) Minshew, Graham (Brittany) Harpe and Brad Linton
Step grandchild Darren (Becky) Driggers
Great-Grandchildren: Tyler Wallace, Joanna Wallace, Morgan Wallace, Jeremy Wallace, Hannah Harpe, Amy Wallace, Jacob Wallace, Nick Wallace, Trent Wallace, Abby Wallace, Emily Wallace, Rachel Wallace, Tripp Wallace, Hailea Linton, Olivia Wallace, Collin Minshew, Seth Minshew, Chance Wallace, Bella Linton, Brylie Harpe, Troy Wallace, Wyatt Wallace, Kamden Minshew and Saylor Harpe
Step-Great-Grandchildren Ashley (Mckenzie) Huggins, Brandi (Chris) Dalthorp and Megan Kiewiet
Step Great-Great-Grandchildren Destiny Faile, Rylie and Lily Huggins
Brothers: Thomas, Carson (Mary), Larry and Terry (Gail) Collins
Sisters: Huldah (Bill) Thomas, Mary Crawford, Katie Blackmon, Margie (Asia) Hodge and Clara (Wayne) Conyers
The family wants to especially thank Hospice of Chesterfield County, Drs. Joe and Shaw Newsom and their staff at McLeod Cheraw Family Medicine for ministering to her.
Memorials may be made to Pleasant Hill Baptist Church and Hospice of Chesterfield County.
Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield, SC (www.mrcfuneralhome.com) is serving the Wallace Family.
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