Joan Welch Hedrick, 80, wife of Walter R. Hedrick, died Thursday, August 30, 2018, at her home in Sumter.

Born in Sumter, S.C., she was the daughter of the late John Howard Welch and the late Eva Nesbitt Welch. Mrs. Hedrick was a member of First Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Carol H. Ardis (Wendell Ardis) of Sumter and Brenda H. Huggins (Marion E. Huggins) of Lynchburg; three grandchildren, Ashley A. Ferguson (Chase M. Ferguson), Brittany H. Lowder (Raleigh Lowder), and Austin C. Huggins; and a great-granddaughter, Laney Ann Lowder.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers, James H. Welch, Charles E. Welch, and John R. Welch; and four sisters, Lillie Mae Felder, Orie Elizabeth Welch, Ruby Watts, and Iva Nell Bradham.

Funeral services will be held at 4 P.M. Sunday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Paul Howell and the Rev. James McElveen officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Austin Huggins, Luke Miles, Steve Felder, Lynn Felder, Ricky Webster, and Todd Welch.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 4 P.M. Sunday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at 1345 Walcora Dr., Sumter.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to First Pentecostal Holiness Church, 2609 McCrays Mill Rd., Sumter, SC 29154.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.

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