Blythewood: A funeral service for Lois Boney Rimer, of Blythewood, will be held on Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at 11:30 o'clock, at Sandy Level Baptist Church, 408 Blythewood Rd., Blythewood, with The Rev. Dr. Benjamin Newman officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends beginning at 10 o'clock on the day of the service in the fellowship hall.
Mrs. Rimer was born in Blythewood, SC on June 16, 1924, and was a daughter of the late Edward and Ada Boney. She worked with Stone Manufacturing Company for 35 years. She loved gardening, sharing her rewards with others. She was member of Sandy Level Baptist Church where she helped in the Nursery Division for years. She loved children, may her memory be an everlasting memory in the lives of those children, whom parents entrusted their children in her care. She was preceded in death by her late husband, Conder Thomas Rimer, Sr., a son Conder Thomas Rimer, Jr. two sisters, Ruby Carroll, Lucille Barnes, two brothers, Tallie Boney and Dick Boney.
Survivors include, daughters, Shirley Watts (William), Jane Fulmer (Daniel), and Ruth Hughes; five grandchildren, Michael A. Watts, Stephanie Fulmer Hollingsworth, Gregory Watts, Dana Fulmer, and James Rimer; five great-grandchildren, Courtney A. Watts, William M. Watts, Micah Hollingsworth, Danielle Hollingsworth, and Nicholas Rimer; a sister, Bernice Demers; and nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Heartstrings Hospice, 115 Blarney Dr., Columbia, SC 29223, or, The Alzheimer's Association, SC Chapter, Columbia Branch, 2999 Sunset Blvd, West Columbia, SC 29169, or The Sandy Level Family Life Center.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to Dr. William W. Stuck of Columbia Heart and the staff of Heartstrings Hospice for their compassionate care of Lois Rimer.