GREER, SC- Lura Boggs, born on April 20, 1945, passed away in her home on Saturday, March 3, 2018. Lura was the devoted daughter of William H. Sperry and Ruth G. Sperry, and she was married to the love of her life, Carroll B. “Rusty” Boggs, Jr. for 48 years, all who preceded her in death.
Lura was an accountant by trade and a Civitan by heart. She retired from the Spartanburg County Tax Office after serving as an accountant and business manager in multiple industries. While she used her accounting talents in her professional life, her ability to balance spreadsheets was often used in her role as Treasurer in many levels of the Civitan International organization. Until her untimely death, she held the office of Treasurer in the Greenville Civitan Club and Secretary/Treasurer in the South Carolina Civitan District. In her years of service to Civitan International, Lura held the position of Governor for the South Carolina District in 1993-94 and 2011-12. She was elected Region 2 Director of Civitan International from 2014-16. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church- Greenville.
Lura is survived by her two precious daughters and their husbands, Anne and Lou Lavely, and Victoria and Luke Brunson. She is also survived by her treasured grandsons: Andrew Lavely, Zachary Brunson, Benji Brunson, and Jonathan Brunson. She was preceded in death by her son, Anthony Carroll Boggs.
Services will be held at the Woodlawn Funeral Home and Cemetery at 1 Pine Knoll Drive, Greenville, SC 29609. Visitation will be Wednesday, March 7 from 5-7 PM. Funeral services will be in The Chapel at Woodlawn Funeral Home on Thursday, March 8 at 2 PM with internment to follow immediately in Woodlawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Lura’s name to Civitan International at http://civitan.org/giving-to-civitan/ under the Shropshire Fellow program.
