Eva Irene "Irene" Kneece  (Business Vocation and Bearcat Yearbook Advisor)
Birth:     Apr. 18, 1923
Batesburg
Lexington County
South Carolina, USA
Death:     May 10, 2009
Batesburg
Lexington County
South Carolina, USA

At the Generations assisted living and senior community in Batesburg. She was a former resident of Rock Hill.

The only daughter of the late Eugene Clifford & Frances L. Clark Kneece, she was also preceded in death by her brothers, Marion Kneece, Wallace Kneece, & Herbert Kneece, Sr., all of Batesburg, Everette "Red" Kneece. Sumter, & Arthur C. Kneece, Ridge Spring.

Ms. Kneece earned her B.S. degree at Winthrop University, where she was a member of the Omega Delta Kappa, and had served as its president and vice president. She received her master's degree at the University of South Carolina.

Ms. Kneece taught a a number of South Carolina schools, during her 43-year career at the Rock Hill High School, Rock Hill Career Development Center, and York Technical College, where she had served on its Advisory Board of both the York Technical College and Rock Hill Development Center.

Her memberships included the National Education Association, the South Carolina Education Association, the National Business Education Association, and the South Carolina Business Education, where she had served as president, vice president, and in other capacities.

She was a featured Master Gardener and member of the Town and Country Garden Club; a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, where she had served as historian and president. She was also a member of the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill and was active as a teacher, and participated in other church activities.

Survivors include her nephew, Herbert E. (Ann) Kneece, Jr., Batesburg; niece, Elaine K. (Clark) DuBose, Ridge Spring; sister-in-law, Helen R. Kneece, Ridge Spring; great-nephews, Brad E. (Melissa) Kneece, Lexington, and their children, Jackson & Audrey Kneece; three great-nieces, NiCole (Mike) Zurenko, Greenville, Alysia D. (Steelman) Ketchum, Columbia, and their children, Steelman, Anna, & Mae, and Dr. Amanda DuBose, Ridge Spring.

Graveside services were conducted on Tuesday, May 12, 209; Rev. John Kneece presided. Arrangements were by the Milton She