July 24, 1928 – November 6, 2010
Anderson, SC- Wilma Trotter Williamson Whitaker, age 82, of 2005 E. Calhoun Street, died Saturday, November 6, 2010, at the Rainey Hospice House.
Born in Elizabethton, TN to the late Earl Thomas Trotter and Cassie Josephine Anderson Trotter, Wilma had worked at Riverside Toxaway Mill, Helton’s Cloth Shop and Factory Close-Out. She was a member of Whitefield Baptist Church.
Survivors include her daughter, Deborah Hawkins and her husband Michael, of Williamston, SC; a brother, Jerry Lee Trotter, of Anderson, SC; a sister, Earlene Trotter Evans of Anderson, SC; two grandchildren, Jennifer Schronce and her husband Scott and Jonathan Hawkins; one great-granddaughter, Megan Schronce; and her faithful dog, “Charlie B”.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her first husband, Lamar Williamson; her second husband, William Whitaker; her son, Thomas Lamar Williamson; two brothers, Grady and Clyde Trotter; and a sister, Marie Cummings.
The Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 3:30 p.m. in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home with the Rev. Dr. Ron Fousek and Rev. Jimmy Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.
The family will be at the residence and will receive friends at the funeral home prior to the service on Sunday from 1:30 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621.
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.