July 31, 1919 – July 6, 2011
                
ANDERSON, SC - Daisy Billings Minyard, age 91, of Anderson, wife of the late Frank Minyard, died Wednesday, July 6, 2011 at the Rainey Hospice House.

Born in Toccoa, GA on July 31, 1919, Mrs. Minyard was a daughter of the late Rev. James Oscar Billings and Elizabeth Fitzgerald Billings.  She was a charter member of the Loyal Order of Moose Ladies Auxiliary and former member of the V.F.W. Post #5996 Ladies Auxiliary. She was of the Holiness Faith.

Survivors include her son, Jack Minyard; daughters, Linda Bridges McCoy, Jane Sears Robinson and Diane Simpson Surls; 16 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren, all of Anderson.  Also surviving are four special nieces, Dolly Clay, Juanita Baldwin, Betty Freeman and Alice Morgan.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was predeceased by a son, Kenneth “PeeWee” Minyard; daughter, Jo Ann Standridge Hayes; brother, Larkin Billings and sisters, Nell Morgan and Iola Richey and grandson, Kenny Dale Minyard.

The Funeral Service will be held on Sunday, July 10, 2011 at 2:30 pm in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home officiated by the Reverend Sam Duncan.  Interment will follow in New Silver Brook Cemetery.

The family will be at the home of her daughter, Jane Robinson, 202 Windemere Way, Anderson, SC and will receive friends at the funeral home on Saturday, July 9, 2011 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm.

Flowers are optional.  Memorials may be made to SC Alzheimer’s Association, 4124 Clemson Blvd., Suite L, Anderson, SC 29621 or Hospice of the Upstate, 1835 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621.