MARION — Retta O. Gales passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2009 in Summerton after an extended illness. Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 am, Friday, January 9, at Rose Hill Cemetery. Rev. Joe Long will lead the service. Area friends and family may visit the family at Richardson Funeral Home, one hour prior to the service from 10-11:00 am. Mrs. Gales, 92, lived in Marion until 1990 when she moved to Virginia to live with her daughter and son-in-law. Mrs. Gales was the widow of Archie Paul Gales, daughter of the late Aggie Baker and John Thomas Owens of Marion, SC. She was preceded in death by her brother, John Delean Owens; a sister, Aggie Lenora Dumpy Hahn, and baby brother Marvin Thomas Owens. Mrs. Gales is survived by her sister, Ruth Caroline Cormack of Manning, SC; son, Archie Thomas Gales and his wife, Kathy of Manning; and daughter, Loretta Gwinn and her husband James, of Dumfries, VA: 4 grandchildren: Beverly Furtick of Springfield, SC, Barbara Gwinn of Valdosta, GA, Lisa Gales and Thomas Gales of Manning, SC; and six great-grandchildren. **************New year...new news. Be the first to know what is making headlines. (http://www.aol.com/?ncid=emlcntaolcom00000026)