Celebrating the life of
Grace Brown Nalley
Passed away on November 25, 2017
Grace Brown Nalley, resident of Savannah, GA since 1989, died Saturday, November 25, 2017 in North Charleston, SC while returning from a Thanksgiving trip. She was 79.
Born December 30, 1937 in Mullins, SC, she was raised at The Epworth Children’s Home in Columbia, SC. She was a 1955 graduate of Dreher High School in Columbia.
She worked for years for the South Carolina State Parks and Recreation Department, as a Secretary for Aranoff Real Estate, in Montgomery, AL, and as Principal Secretary in Dothan, AL. She performed many volunteer services, including four years as President of the Epworth CH Alumni Association, visiting Reader for the Republican Women Volunteers for Elementary Schools in Savannah, and volunteer for Mother’s Morning Out.
She raised three girls, the late Tricia Rast, of Cameron, SC; Jeanie Howland, of Durham, NC; and Alice Smith, of Columbia, SC. She had eight grandchildren, and fourteen great-grandchildren.
Grace was married to Harold Nalley, of Easley, SC, on August 16, 1975 in Easley, SC. They were married for forty-two years. They are devoted Christians and have attended Wilmington Island United Methodist Church for all twenty-eight years of their residence in Savannah. She loved to sing and was a member of the WIUMC Choir, as well as a member of the Thelma Welch Circle at WIUMC.
Visitation for Grace Nalley will begin at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Islands Chapel.
Funeral Service will follow at 11:00 a.m. with Pastor Rob Grotheer officiating.
Interment will be 11:00 a.m., Thursday, November 30, 2017 at the Fairview United Methodist Church Cemetery at 200 Church Road, Easley, SC.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in memory of Grace to Epworth Children’s Home, 2900 Millwood Ave, Columbia, SC 29205. God Rest Her Soul.
May the God of all comfort strengthen the Nalley family during these time of deep sorrow. God keeps those who have fallen asleep in death in His memory because they are precious in his eyes “Psalm 116:15” and “John 5:28,29”
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To the family: I am deeply sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences. May God comfort you during this time, proving to be a stronghold in your day of distress. -Nahum 1:7
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The last message registered in my husbands name but it was actually from me - Tammy Yarborough Rockefeller NOT from Bob Rockefeller
- Tammy Yarborough Rockefeller, Gilbert , Arizona
I spent a lot time in her home with Tricia back in our high school days. Love that Jeannie and Alice too. So so very sorry to hear this - my thoughts and prayers are with all of you. She was one special lady - like a second mom to me ... she passed away the same day my mother did but I lost my mom in 1985. Again my thoughts and prayers are with the family.
- Bob Rockefeller, Gilbert , Az
Mrs Grace was a beautiful lady inside and out. I am so very sorry for your loss. While Mrs. Grace is no longer with us in body, she will always be with us in our hearts and souls. I find peace in knowing that she and Trisha have been united once again. I can only imagine the reunion of those two! I so enjoyed our phone conversations over the years! Harold, you have stood with and beside Mrs. Grace through thick and thin! God Bless all of you, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. My deepest sympathies, Jan Spicher
- Jan Spicher, Summerville, SC
May the God of all comfort strengthen the Nalley family during these time of deep sorrow. God keeps those who have fallen asleep in death in His memory because they are precious in his eyes “Psalm 116:15” and “John 5:28,29”
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To the family: I am deeply sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences. May God comfort you during this time, proving to be a stronghold in your day of distress. -Nahum 1:7
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The last message registered in my husbands name but it was actually from me - Tammy Yarborough Rockefeller NOT from Bob Rockefeller
- Tammy Yarborough Rockefeller, Gilbert , Arizona
I spent a lot time in her home with Tricia back in our high school days. Love that Jeannie and Alice too. So so very sorry to hear this - my thoughts and prayers are with all of you. She was one special lady - like a second mom to me ... she passed away the same day my mother did but I lost my mom in 1985. Again my thoughts and prayers are with the family.
- Bob Rockefeller, Gilbert , Az
Mrs Grace was a beautiful lady inside and out. I am so very sorry for your loss. While Mrs. Grace is no longer with us in body, she will always be with us in our hearts and souls. I find peace in knowing that she and Trisha have been united once again. I can only imagine the reunion of those two! I so enjoyed our phone conversations over the years! Harold, you have stood with and beside Mrs. Grace through thick and thin! God Bless all of you, I will keep you in my thoughts and prayers. My deepest sympathies, Jan Spicher
- Jan Spicher, Summerville, SC
Services under the direction of:
Fox & Weeks Funeral Directors, Hodgson Chapel
912-352-7200
