COLUMBIA - A funeral service for Nellie Mae Smoak Easterling, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, November 16, 2020 at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, with burial following in Greenlawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 1:45 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.
Mrs. Easterling passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020. Born in Cope, S.C. on May 19, 1924, she was a daughter of the late William Rufus Smoak and Mary Eva Ashe Smoak. She grew up in Epworth Children’s Home and was a member of New Testament Baptist Church.
Surviving are her sister, Josie Welch McLeod; grandchildren, Melanie Frick and Michael Glasgow (Patty); great-grandchildren, Alisha Easterling, Austin Easterling, Hailey Frick, Havyn Frick, James Insamrong, and Jasmine Glasgow; great-great-grandchildren, Skyler, Landyn and Elana Kelly; and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Lairy B. Easterling; her son, Lairy B Easterling, Jr.; her siblings, Anna Lou Graham, Hazel Busby, Blanche Piper, George Lester Smoak, Francis Rufus Smoak, and Edweena Mildred Smoak.
Memorials may be made to Epworth Children’s Home, 2900 Millwood Ave, Columbia, SC 29205.
Memories may be shared at www.dunbarfunerals.com.
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