LATTA — Mrs. Virginia S. Cottingham, 77, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006, at Carolinas Hospital System in Florence. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Kannadays Funeral Home in Dillon. The funeral will be 3 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Latta Baptist Church, with burial at Greenlawn Cemetery, directed by Kannadays Funeral Home of Dillon. Mrs. Cottingham was born Nov. 5, 1928, in Dillon, a daughter of the late Egbert Lamar and Eva Mae Webster Smith. She was the widow of Royce A. Cottingham. She was a member of Latta Baptist Church, and was the teacher of Harriett Dew Sunday School Class and taught Sunday school at the Pines Nursing Home for many years. She was retired from the Dillon County Health Department Office of Vital Records. Mrs. Cottingham loved her husband, children, grandchildren and church family. Surviving are her sons, Royce A. (Eva Jo) Cottingham Jr. of Dillon and Thomas Glenn (Debbie) Cottingham of Marion; daughters, Cheryl C. (Bill) Stubbs and Beverly C. (Russell) Richardson, both of Florence, Kristie C. (Steve) Zander and Virginia C. (Mickey) Moody, both of Dillon, and Jeanna C. (Stan) Harrell of Timmonsville; sister, Mary (Ernie) Watts of Dillon; 19 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to Latta Baptist Church or Gideons International.