Ludie Mae Grant

Ludie Mae Grant, 84, of Abbeville, died Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in Seneca, SC to the late Hoyt and Ida Mae Taylor Gibson. Ms. Grant retired from the Jockey Textile Plant and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church. She was a faithful and loving mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be missed by all. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, Dale Grant, and a brother, Melvin Gibson. Surviving Ms. Grant are her two sons, Larry W. Grant and his wife Brenda and Donnie H. Grant and his wife Kathy all of Abbeville; a daughter, Jan Johnson and her husband Benny of Abbeville; a brother, Herman Gibson of W. Columbia; a sister, Lois Barker of Tullahoma, TN; four step-brothers, Taddeus Gibson, Dan Gibson, Marshall Gibson, Olin Gibson and Allen Gibson; a step-sister, Emily Bolin; ten grandchildren; and twenty-three great-grandchildren. The family will receive friends from 3:00PM to 4:30PM Thursday, July 24, 2008 at Harris Funeral Home. Funeral Services will follow at 5:00PM in the funeral home chapel. The family is at the home of Donnie & Kathy Grant, 43 Deer Hollow Rd., Abbeville. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to the SC Alzheimer's Association, Greenwood Chapter, 332 Main St-Ste 400A Greenwood, SC 29649 OR to the Hospice of South Carolina, Abbeville Office, 103 W. Pickens St., Abbeville, SC 29620. Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.harrisfuneral.com HARRIS FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES is assisting the Grant family.