Mrs. Bertha Mae Basnight

Mrs. Bertha Mae Basnight, of 802 Havird Street, Newberry, South Carolina entered into eternal rest on Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital in Newberry, SC. She was born in Newberry County to the late Mr. Willie Smith and the late Mrs. Josephine Scurry Wallace. She was reared by her step father, Mr. Moses Wallace, Sr.

She was a member of Old Beaver Dam Baptist Church where she served on the Kitchen Committee. She was also a member of the Woman’s Home Aid Society and the Reeder- Glenn Chapter No. 460 Order of Eastern Star.

Those who celebrate her life and cherish precious and loving memories are her husband of the home, Fred Archie Basnight, Sr.; three sons, Ralph Wallace and Benjamin Basnight (Anita) both of Newberry, SC and Fred Basnight, Jr. of Lexington, SC; two daughters, Varna Mae Basnight of Clinton, SC and Christina Goodwin (Fred) of Pomaria, SC; 12 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; step father, Mr. Moses Wallace, Sr. of Newberry, SC; four brothers, Moses Wallace, Jr. of Joanna, SC, James Otis Wallace of Silverstreet, SC; Charles Wallace (Cynthia) of Newberry, SC and Henry Lee Wallace (Kee) of Greenville, SC; three sisters, Margaret Jones of Columbia, SC, Vanessa B Wallace of Newberry, SC and Martha Young of Greenville, SC; one uncle, June Burns of Hampton, Ohio; three aunts, Daisy Lee Scurry of Clinton, SC, Beatrice Burns of Hampton, Ohio and Vinnie Scurry of Clinton, SC; one great aunt, Hannah Suber of Newberry, SC; two sisters-in-law; three brothers-in-law; and nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services and burial will be conducted at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Old Beaver Dam Baptist Church, 3458 Beaver Dam Creek Road, Newberry, SC (viewing one hour prior to the service). 

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