Obituary for Donna Jean Atkinson
Sumter, SC
Donna Jean Atkinson, 74, wife of James W. Atkinson, died Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at Prisma Health Tuomey.
Born September 19, 1947, in Cincinnati, OH, she was a daughter of the late Dewitt Griffis and the late Oneida Coffee Griffis. She was a member of Alice Drive Baptist Church and served as a volunteer at the hospital and in the jail ministry.
Survivors include her husband of 47 years; four children, James Paul Wiechering (Kimberly Hope) of Sumter, John Louis Wiechering of Pittsburg, PA, Mark William Atkinson (Amanda Danielle) of Greenville, SC and Catherine Atkinson; grandchildren, Brittnie Korrine Buff, James Scott Wiechering, Brice Matthew Wiechering, Liam James Atkinson, and Dustin Bauer; great-grandchildren, Karson Buff, Easton Buff, Landon Buff, and Waylon Buff; and siblings, Brenda Bunch, Gary Griffis, Susan Young, Melodie Griffis, Melinda Weber, Sheila Gilkeson, and Timothy Griffis.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Terry Griffis and Wendell Griffis.
A funeral service will be held at 2 P.M. Monday at Alice Drive Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Clay Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 P.M. Monday at Alice Drive Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Rd., Sumter, SC 29150.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.
Donna Jean Atkinson, 74, wife of James W. Atkinson, died Wednesday, April 20, 2022, at Prisma Health Tuomey.
Born September 19, 1947, in Cincinnati, OH, she was a daughter of the late Dewitt Griffis and the late Oneida Coffee Griffis. She was a member of Alice Drive Baptist Church and served as a volunteer at the hospital and in the jail ministry.
Survivors include her husband of 47 years; four children, James Paul Wiechering (Kimberly Hope) of Sumter, John Louis Wiechering of Pittsburg, PA, Mark William Atkinson (Amanda Danielle) of Greenville, SC and Catherine Atkinson; grandchildren, Brittnie Korrine Buff, James Scott Wiechering, Brice Matthew Wiechering, Liam James Atkinson, and Dustin Bauer; great-grandchildren, Karson Buff, Easton Buff, Landon Buff, and Waylon Buff; and siblings, Brenda Bunch, Gary Griffis, Susan Young, Melodie Griffis, Melinda Weber, Sheila Gilkeson, and Timothy Griffis.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Terry Griffis and Wendell Griffis.
A funeral service will be held at 2 P.M. Monday at Alice Drive Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Clay Smith officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 P.M. Monday at Alice Drive Baptist Church.
Memorials may be made to Alice Drive Baptist Church, 1305 Loring Mill Rd., Sumter, SC 29150.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.