Anne Byrd McKellar
Services for Anne Byrd McKellar will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First Baptist Church of Ninety Six with the Rev. Chuck Sprouse and the Rev. Woody Oliver officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Honorary escort will be Debbie Babb, Ann Coker, Paige Crowell, Debbie Gardner, Beth Gray, Cindy Hughes and Nancy May. The family will receive friends at the cemetery immediately following the committal service. The family is at the home, 307 Pullham Road. Memorials may be made to HospiceCare of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29646 or to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 1741, Greenwood, SC 29648.
Anne Byrd McKellar, 53, of 307 Pullham Road, wife of Donald B. Donny McKellar, Jr., died Friday, July 27, 2007 at Waccamaw Community Hospital, Murrells Inlet. Born in Rock Hill, she was the daughter of Margaret Tucker Byrd and the late William R. Byrd. She was a graduate of Rock Hill High School and Winthrop College. Anne was a dedicated teacher of special education for 28 years, retiring in 2005 from Pinecrest Elementary School, where she taught for the last 15 years of her career. Her selfless dedication to teaching was evident as she nurtured the lives and spirits of hundreds of children, receiving the Teacher of the Year Award at Pinecrest on two different occasions. Anne was a member of First Baptist Church of Ninety Six. Surviving is her husband of the home; her mother of Ninety Six; a daughter, Erica Hill of Greenwood; a son, Brett Hart of Greenwood; two brothers, Bobby Byrd of Mt. Pleasant and Bill Byrd of Texas and two grandchildren, Haylee Hill and Nathan Hill; nieces and nephews.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.harleyfuneralhome.com. Harley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.