Peggy Vassar
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 11:46PM January 23, 1936 – January 8, 2010
Anderson, SC – Peggy Herring Vassar, age 73, wife of Donald Ellis Vassar, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2010, at her home.
Born January 23, 1936, in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late James Manning Herring and Collie Bobo Herring. She was a 1958 graduate of Girls High School and had attended Anderson College. She was retired from the Color Craft Corporation in Charlotte, NC. and was a member of Gethsemane Baptist Temple.
Survivors include her husband of the home; daughter; Laura Gaye Griffin; sons, Jeffery Vassar and his wife Lisa, Chris Vassar and his wife Penny 10 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren, all of Anderson, SC brother, Charles Fay Herring, of Hartwell GA; and a sister Ruby Herring Sharpe and her husband Jessie L. Sharpe; three lifetime friends, Betty Durst, Catherine “Cooky” Stevenson, and Patsy Cole.
She was preceded in death; by her parents; a daughter, Terry Vassar Williamson; and one brother, James Walker Herring.
The Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 on Monday, January 11, 2010, in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home conducted by Reverend Sam Duncan. Entombment will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Mausoleum.
The family will be at the home of Jeffery & Lisa Vassar, 205 Streams Way, Anderson, and will receive friends at The McDougald Funeral Home on Sunday, January 10, 2010 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials made to The Vista Hospice of Greenville, 15 Brendan Way, Greenville, SC, 29615.
A message of condolence may be sent to the family by visiting
www.mcdougaldfuneralhome.com
The McDougald Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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