Mary Kathleen Nation

Mary Kathleen Nation, 91, of Abbeville, died Sunday, February 15, 2009 at the Abbeville Nursing Home. She was born in McCormick County to the late Thomas and Sallie O. Carroll. Following her parent's death, at a young age, she was raised by the late Mr. and Mrs. George Williams. Mrs. Nation was twice married first to the late Rev. John Davison Overcash and then to the late Walter B. Nation. She retired from the Milliken - Abbeville Plant and was a longtime member of the Congregational Holiness Church in Abbeville. In addition to her parents, foster parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by two step-sons, James and Leroy Nation. Surviving Mrs. Nation are her four step-children, Jack Nation and his wife Jean, Walter "Bud" Nation and his wife Olive, Mary Taylor and Patricia Williamson, ten step-grandchildren and numerous step-great-grandchildren and extended family and friends. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 from 2:00PM to 3:00PM at Harris Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 3:30PM in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens with the Rev. Tye Sorrow officiating. The family respectfully request memorial contributions, in memory of Mrs. Nation, be sent to the Congregational Holiness Church, 201 Perry 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 Nation family.