This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carroll, Farris, Rayfield, Anderson, Filyaw, Laughlin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/2134 Message Board Post: The Item Sumter, SC November 11, 2005 EVA 'GERT' F. CARROLL Eva Gertrude "Gert" Farris Carroll, 71, wife of Henry Ray Carroll, died Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005, at a local nursing facility. Born in Kings Mountain, N.C., she was a daughter of the late Walter Farris and the late Essie L. Rayfield Farris. She was a member of Hickory Road Baptist Church, where she served faithfully in many positions including, Sunday school teacher, choir member, choir director, pianist, WMU director and kindergarten teacher. She was retired from SAFE Federal Credit Union after 19 years of service. Survivors besides her husband of 52 years include two sons, Edwin C. Carroll and his wife, Judy, of York and Timothy R. Carroll and his wife, Debbie, of Sumter; two brothers, Paul R. Farris and his wife, Linda, and Wray D. Farris and his wife, Mary, all of Kings Mountain; two sisters, Gail Anderson of Winston Salem, N.C., and Annie A. "Mitt" Farris of Kings Mountain; five grandchildren, Lynette Filyaw and her husband, Jason, of New Zion, Brandon Laughlin, Bonnie Laughlin, Blake Laughlin and Barry Laughlin, all of Wichita, Kan.; and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Ted Farris and Calvin Farris. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Antioch Baptist Church, Blacksburg, with the Rev. Guy Langston and the Rev. Vernon Craig officiating. Burial will follow in the Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Barry Carroll, Bobby Barnes, Bruce Scudder, Wayne Earl, Kieth Carroll and John Cook. Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of Hickory Road Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. Memorials may be made to the Hickory Road Baptist Church Building Fund, 1245 Cherryvale Drive, Sumter, SC 29154, or to Hospice Care of the Tri-County, 1235 B. Wilson Hall Road, Sumter, SC 29150. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.