George H. Metts, "Poppy", age 77, of 119 James Road, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville.
He was born in Little Mountain, and was a son of the late Callie Bembridge and Ara Cannon Metts.
He was retired from Greenwood Mills, was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church, was a veteran of World War II, served in the European Theater and was awarded a Bronze Star.
Surviving are his wife, Marcie O'Shields Metts, of the home; three daughters and their husbands, Sylvia M. Williams, Kathy and Jimmy Beach, and Carolyn and Scott Wessel, all of Joanna; grandchildren, Meredith Casteel of Durham, N.C., Michele Knighton, Laney Miller, Annie Lambert, Jonathan Wessel, Randy Wessel, and Tiffany Wessel, all of Joanna; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Knighton, Heather Knighton, Cassidy Miller, and Joshua Miller, all of Joanna; one sister, Mrs. Bernice Turner, of Newberry; two brothers, Charles Metts of Chapin, and Tommie Lee Metts of Little Mountain.
He was predeceased by three brothers, Haskell, Voight and Claude Metts; and a son-in-law, Seth Williams.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at Gray Funeral Home Chapel, with burial at Pinelawn Memory Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Epworth United Methodist Church, Magnolia St., Joanna, SC 29351; or a charity of one's choice. — Gray Funeral Home, Clinton.
Published in The Greenville News: 05-24-2001
He was born in Little Mountain, and was a son of the late Callie Bembridge and Ara Cannon Metts.
He was retired from Greenwood Mills, was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church, was a veteran of World War II, served in the European Theater and was awarded a Bronze Star.
Surviving are his wife, Marcie O'Shields Metts, of the home; three daughters and their husbands, Sylvia M. Williams, Kathy and Jimmy Beach, and Carolyn and Scott Wessel, all of Joanna; grandchildren, Meredith Casteel of Durham, N.C., Michele Knighton, Laney Miller, Annie Lambert, Jonathan Wessel, Randy Wessel, and Tiffany Wessel, all of Joanna; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Knighton, Heather Knighton, Cassidy Miller, and Joshua Miller, all of Joanna; one sister, Mrs. Bernice Turner, of Newberry; two brothers, Charles Metts of Chapin, and Tommie Lee Metts of Little Mountain.
He was predeceased by three brothers, Haskell, Voight and Claude Metts; and a son-in-law, Seth Williams.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at Gray Funeral Home Chapel, with burial at Pinelawn Memory Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Epworth United Methodist Church, Magnolia St., Joanna, SC 29351; or a charity of one's choice. — Gray Funeral Home, Clinton.
Published in The Greenville News: 05-24-2001
George H. Metts, "Poppy", age 77, of 119 James Road, died Tuesday, May 22, 2001, at Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville.
He was born in Little Mountain, and was a son of the late Callie Bembridge and Ara Cannon Metts.
He was retired from Greenwood Mills, was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church, was a veteran of World War II, served in the European Theater and was awarded a Bronze Star.
Surviving are his wife, Marcie O'Shields Metts, of the home; three daughters and their husbands, Sylvia M. Williams, Kathy and Jimmy Beach, and Carolyn and Scott Wessel, all of Joanna; grandchildren, Meredith Casteel of Durham, N.C., Michele Knighton, Laney Miller, Annie Lambert, Jonathan Wessel, Randy Wessel, and Tiffany Wessel, all of Joanna; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Knighton, Heather Knighton, Cassidy Miller, and Joshua Miller, all of Joanna; one sister, Mrs. Bernice Turner, of Newberry; two brothers, Charles Metts of Chapin, and Tommie Lee Metts of Little Mountain.
He was predeceased by three brothers, Haskell, Voight and Claude Metts; and a son-in-law, Seth Williams.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at Gray Funeral Home Chapel, with burial at Pinelawn Memory Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Epworth United Methodist Church, Magnolia St., Joanna, SC 29351; or a charity of one's choice. — Gray Funeral Home, Clinton.
Published in The Greenville News: 05-24-2001
He was born in Little Mountain, and was a son of the late Callie Bembridge and Ara Cannon Metts.
He was retired from Greenwood Mills, was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church, was a veteran of World War II, served in the European Theater and was awarded a Bronze Star.
Surviving are his wife, Marcie O'Shields Metts, of the home; three daughters and their husbands, Sylvia M. Williams, Kathy and Jimmy Beach, and Carolyn and Scott Wessel, all of Joanna; grandchildren, Meredith Casteel of Durham, N.C., Michele Knighton, Laney Miller, Annie Lambert, Jonathan Wessel, Randy Wessel, and Tiffany Wessel, all of Joanna; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Knighton, Heather Knighton, Cassidy Miller, and Joshua Miller, all of Joanna; one sister, Mrs. Bernice Turner, of Newberry; two brothers, Charles Metts of Chapin, and Tommie Lee Metts of Little Mountain.
He was predeceased by three brothers, Haskell, Voight and Claude Metts; and a son-in-law, Seth Williams.
Funeral services will be conducted today at 11 a.m. at Gray Funeral Home Chapel, with burial at Pinelawn Memory Gardens.
Memorials may be made to Epworth United Methodist Church, Magnolia St., Joanna, SC 29351; or a charity of one's choice. — Gray Funeral Home, Clinton.
Published in The Greenville News: 05-24-2001
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