Juanita "Pete" Smith McCraken's Obituary
Mrs. Juanita Elizabeth Smith McCracken, passed away after an extended illness on January 2, 2007. Pete, as she was affectionally known by her friends, and family was born May 19, 1929, a daughter of the late Andrew Smith and Elizabeth Turk Smith, in Greenville SC. She finished school in Greenville before moving to Charleston for a career at the Charleston Navel Shipyard. On August 29, 1958, she married Theodore Roosevelt McCracken in Branchville. Ted passed away in September 2001. Pete was a long time member of the women's Republican Association, and a loyal Clemson Tiger fan. She is survived by two sons, T. Arden McCracken and his wife Sandy of Huston TX, and J. Barry McCracken and wife Joyce of Virginia Beach Virginia, three grandchildren, Kelly McCracken Barnhill and husband John of Austin TX, Kasey McCracken of Portland Oregon, and Scott McCracken of Virginia Beach VA., four great grandchildren, Cecilia and Fletcher Barnhill of Austin TX, and Griffin and Arden Jourda of Portland Oregon, one brother, Allister Smith and his wife Helen of Greenville, SC, and one sister, Patricia Gano and her husband Peter of Winona Lake Indiana, and a number of well loved nieces and nephews. The family would like to thank Diane Hughes for all of her love, care, and generous support of Pete over the past few years. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday January 6, 2007 at 2:00 P.M. at the Ott Funeral Home in Branchville with burial in the Ott Cemetery in Branchville. The Family will receive friends Friday from 6 to 8 P.M. at the Ott Funeral Home, and friends may also call at the residents. Memorials may be made to the SC Commission For The Blind, attn: Jackie Keisler, P.O. box 2467 Columbia SC 29202 or the charity of ones choice.
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