Mrs. Helen Watford Lloyd - October 20, 2010

Bishopville, SC
October 24, 2010


Mrs. Helen Watford Lloyd 88, of Hillcrest Circle, Bishopville, entered the presence of God for eternity on Wednesday evening, October 20, 2010, at the Oakbrook Health and Rehab Center in Summerville. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, Mr. William Curtis Lloyd.

Funeral services will be conducted at 12 noon Saturday, October 23, 2010, from Welch Creek Baptist Church, 536 Welch Creek Road, Walterboro, with The Reverend James Baker officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Mrs. Lloyd was the first child born to the late Lonnie E. Watford and the late Gracie Tallon Watford of Darlington County. She was a retired licensed practical nurse having retired from Briggs Nursing Center in Summerton. Mrs. Lloyd was totally dedicated to those she loved and was a giver with a servant’s attitude. Her entire life, she helped raise many other’s children and was affectionately known to many as “Aunt Helen”. Her cooking was the absolute best and that was her passion, to feed all well. 

Surviving are: her three children, Queenie Louise Jones of Orlando, Florida, Harold Wayne Rucker, Sr. and his wife Cindy of Bishopville, and Curtis Russell Lloyd and his wife Karen of Summerville; and two brothers, Lonnie E. Watford, Jr. and his wife Colleen of Camden and Francis Watford and his wife Diane of Sumter. There are five grandchildren, Rick Jones, Annette Claudy, Wayne Rucker, Rusty Lloyd, and Will Lloyd; as well as four great grandchildren, Corey Jones, Kyle Claudy, Ryan Claudy, and Tyler Claudy that also survive; as well as a neighbor and one she loved as her own, Judy Jones and her husband Herman and family of Bishopville. She was preceded in death by four brothers, Earl Watford, Harold Watford, James Levan Watford, and Leroy Watford; two sisters, Joann Watford McAllister and Vera Watford Schaffer; and a son-in-law, Edward Jones. 

Flowers will be accepted, or for those that wish, the family has respectfully requested that memorial contributions be directed in her memory to: Welch Creek Baptist Church, for use with their cemetery fund, 536 Welch Creek Road, Walterboro, South Carolina 29488. 

For those that so desire, memorial messages and thoughts of condolence as well as memories of Mrs. Lloyd may be shared with the family by visiting: www.briceherndonfuneralhome.com. 

Family and friends are invited to call prior to the services Saturday morning beginning at 11 o’clock at Welch Creek Baptist Church. 

Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408.