CHAPIN - Funeral service for Nancy Barbee Whiteside, 68, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Friday, October 23, 2015, at Lake Murray Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall following the service. Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, is assisting the family. Mrs. Whiteside died Tuesday, October 20, 2015. Born in Shelby, N.C., she was a daughter of Dorcas Cornwell Barbee and the late Benjamin Franklin Barbee. A graduate of East Tennessee State University, she worked in social services in the Rape Crisis Center in Greenville for many years and more than 20 years as volunteer coordinator at Lexington-Richland Alcohol Drug Abuse Council (LRADAC). She was an avid reader, outdoors woman and sailor. She loved horses, mountain biking and kayaking. She was a founding member of OWLS – Outrageous Wilderness Ladies Society, which was one of her greatest passions. A skilled hiker, she traveled most of the Appalachian Trail in the southern states. She was a talented artist who enjoyed painting, basket-making and pottery and was well-known for her clay angels. Her love of the outdoors was shared with her daughter and grandson. She and her daughter traveled the world together. She was a member of Lake Murray Presbyterian Church and took mission trips to Honduras. She donated time and money to an orphanage in Africa and supported a child for 20 years. She was a member of Zonta, Sisters in Service and the University of S.C. International Students Program. Surviving are her daughter, Summer Whiteside Settle of Beaufort; grandson, Rowland Thomas Settle; her mother of Shelby, N.C.; brother, Franklin Barbee (Janice) of Shelby; sister, Betsy Boatwright (Steve) of Shelby; numerous nieces and nephews; and her dog, Olivia. She was predeceased by her husband, Thomas Newton Whiteside. Memorials may be made to Hope House, 269 Calhoun Street, Charleston, SC 29401.
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