Margaret Smith Burley

Burley, 93, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 4, 2018

at Heyward Street United Methodist Church, with burial in

Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends

from 9:30 until 11:00 a.m. prior to the service at the church.

Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the

family.

Mrs. Burley passed away Sunday, July 29, 2018. Born in

Tallahassee, Florida on January 13, 1925, she was a daughter

of the late George Henson Smith and Bunita Morrow Smith.

Following the early death of her parents, Margaret was reared

by her grandmother Mary Frances “Fanny” Smith and aunt

Estelle Smith. She was a member of Heyward Street United

Methodist Church and the Friendship Sunday School Class, and

was also an active member of the United Methodist Women.

Margaret retired in 1987 from the University of South Carolina

Geography Department as an administrative assistant. She

enjoyed gardening and walking and was very passionate about

recycling, using her walks to help keep the Shandon community

clean and manicured. She was an accomplished seamstress who

assisted interior decorators in designing and sewing. Most

important of all her accomplishments in life was her family. She

would drop anything to assist her husband or children if they

were in need.

Surviving are her daughter, Martha B. Donehue (Tom); sons,

C. Carroll Burley, Jr. (Jennifer), Rev. John D. Burley (Gayle) and

George S. Burley (Anne); seven grandchildren; and fourteen

great-grandchildren.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband

of 65 years, Charles Carroll Burley, Sr., sisters Mamie Morrow Smith

Anderson and Doris Browning Raines, brothers George H. Smith and

G. Everett Browning, grandmother Mary Frances ”Fanny” Smith and

aunt Estelle Smith. Memorials may be made to Heyward Street United

Methodist Church, 2501 Heyward Street, Columbia, SC 29205.

Memories may be shared at www.dunbarfunerals.com.