Ruby Gayle Clinton Whisonant

ROCK HILL - Ms. Ruby Gayle Clinton Whisonant, 68, passed away Wednesday, August 20, 2008, in Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill.

Funeral services will be 1:00 p.m. Friday, August 22, 2008, at Greene Funeral Home, Northwest Chapel, with Dr. Jerry Sosebee and Rev. Lewis Vehaun officiating. Burial will follow in Laurelwood Cemetery.

Born in Rock Hill, SC, Ms. Whisonant was a daughter of the late Buford Clinton and the late Hazel Brantley Clinton. She was a member of Northside Baptist Church and was financial secretary and taught Sunday school for many years at Emmanuel Baptist Church. She retired from the York County Sheriff’s Department as a detention officer. Following her retirement, she worked as a receptionist at Westminster Towers.

Ms. Whisonant is survived by her son, Daniel Eric Whisonant, her brother, Thomas Clinton of Myrtle Beach; her sisters, Mable C. Wylie of Rock Hill, and Ruth C. Hinson of Columbia.

The family will receive friends 6:00 until 7:30 p.m. Thursday, August 21, 2008, at Greene Funeral Home, Northwest Chapel, 2133 Ebenezer Road, Rock Hill, SC 29732.

Memorials may be made to Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., S.C. Chapter, P.O. Box 1427, Easley, SC 29641-1427, or Windsor United Methodist Church, 9500 Windsor Lake Blvd., Columbia, SC 2922, or Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House, P.O. Box 993, Rock Hill, SC 29731.