Virginia Pressley

Princeton – Virginia Catherine Kirby Pressley, 86, of 628 W. Ridgeway Rd., Honea Path, widow of Truman Eugene Pressley died Tuesday, January 01, 2008 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Born in Greenville County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Clarence and Mary Catherine Traynham Kirby. She was a member of Columbia Baptist Church and was retired from Swirl Manufacturing Co. of Pelzer.

Surviving are one daughter, Eugenia P. Ashley and husband J.C. of Simpsonville, three grandchildren, Susan Sports, Randall Ashley, and Mandy Vinson all of Honea Path, six great-grandchildren, Ashley Sports, Alivia Sports, Gracie Ashley, Christian Ashley, Katie Vinson, and Abby Vinson, and one great-great-grandchild, Jamey Lynn Walker. She was the last member of her immediate family and was pre-deceased by four brothers, Elbert, Charlie, David, and Clayton Kirby and three sisters, Ellen Reeves, Mary Lou Chapman, and Arygl Kirby.

Funeral services will be held at 2 P.M. Friday at Columbia Baptist Church with Rev. Dale Hart and Rev. Greg Gambrell officiating. Burial will follow in Greenville Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 P.M. Thursday at Pruitt Funeral Home. The body will be placed in the church at 1 P.M. Friday. The family is at the home of a granddaughter, Susan Sports, 624 W. Ridgeway Rd., Honea Path.

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