Harry Mae Doe Priester
02/08/1958 - 06/14/2019
Services will be held Thursday, June 20, 11 AM, at St. Mark Missonary Baptist Church, Rev. Barney Glover, Officiating. Interment will follow in the Virgin Mary Baptist Church Cemetery.
Calling Hours will be held Wednesday, June 19, 4:00 P.M. - 7:00 P.M. at M.F. Riley's Memorial Chapel.
Family and friends are gathering at 2190 Bluff Road, Allendale, South Carolina.
Please remember to keep the Doe and Priester Family lifted up in prayer doing this most difficult time.
~Obituary~
"The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life of whom shall I be afraid?"
Mrs. Harry Mae Doe Priester was born in Allendale County, South Carolina on February 8, 1958. She was the daughter of the late Fannie Mae Doe and John McGraw Sr. She was also loved and nurtured by Ms. Essie M. McGraw.
At an early age in life, Ms. Harry Mae Doe Priester became a baptized member of Magdalene Christian Church, and she later joined Virgin Mary Baptist Church. She served faithfully until her health began to decline.
Ms. Priester was educated in the public school system of Allendale County, South Carolina.
In addition to being a loving sister, she was employed with ARA Vending Company. She also was an entrepreneur. Harry Mae started her own landscaping business because she enjoyed doing yard work, and she was an investor. She never met a stranger. She enjoyed entertaining and she lived a jovial lifestyle. She had a heart of gold for children, and her love for others was displayed in her ability to care for family members and others as well.
Harry Mae is preceded in death by her parents and beloved step-mother, and one sister-in-law; Teresa Washington.
On Friday, June 14, 2019 at her residence in Allendale, South Carolina, Our Heavenly Father called our beloved Ms. Harry Mae Doe Priester to rest from her extended illness.
To cherish loving memories are: (4) Sisters; Marie (James) Reese, Angela D. Youmans, both of Allendale, South Carolina, JoAnn M. (Matthew) Wroten and Josie McGraw, both of Greenville, South Carolina; (3) Brothers: Charles L. Washington, Greenville, South Carolina, Phillip E. Doe, Allendale, South Carolina and John (Elaine) McGraw Jr, Snellville, Georgia; (4) Aunts; Ms. mary "Nudda" Seabrook, Allendale, South Carolina, Mrs. Emma Johnson, Savannah, Georgia, Ms. Arlene Walker, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and Mrs. Willa McGraw, Carlisle, Pennsylvania; (1) Godson: Tryvarious S. Loadholt, Allendale, South Carolina; A host of friends, cousins, nieces, and nephews.
"A SERVICE ABOVE SELF"
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