Ray Edward Amerson (1930 - 2008)

Born 20 May 1930 in Sumter, Sumter, South Carolina, United States

Ancestors

Died 1 Feb 2008 at age 77 in Summerton, Clarendon, South Carolina, United States

Biography

Ray was born in 1930. He passed away in 2008.

• Ray Edward Amerson, 77, husband of Betty Eargle Amerson, died Friday, February 1, 2008.

Born in Sumter County, he was a son of the late Henry Lever Amerson and the late Cora Lea Winkles Amerson.

Mr. Amerson was a graduate of Edmunds High School and owner of The Typewriter Shop until his retirement in 1982. He and his wife, Betty, owned Kiddie Korner Kare in Manning and Amerson's Child Care and Development Center in Florence. He was a past member of the Sumter Jaycees and past member and officer of Sumter Elk's Lodge No. 255. Ray was a former member of First Church of God in Sumter and became a member of Santee Baptist Church after his retirement.

He was a U.S. Air Force veteran.

Surviving are his wife, formerly of Sumter; a son, Jody Edward Amerson of Summerton; three daughters, Jean Sepich and husband, Jerry, of Hoffman Estates, III, Joan Amerson of Columbia and Jenny Adams and husband, Tom, of Atlanta, Ga.; a sister, Thelma Geddings of Sumter; a grandchild, Kirk Weaver of Columbia; three great-grandchildren, Jade, Maddison and Denver Houchin, and their father, Jay Houchin, all of Kentucky; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mr. Amerson was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Crystal Thompson Houchin.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/139720018/ray-edward-amerson: accessed 06 September 2022), memorial page for Ray Edward Amerson (20 May 1930–1 Feb 2008), Find a Grave Memorial ID 139720018, citing Sumter Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina, USA; Maintained by Remember me (contributor 47418257) .