Mrs. Billie Sue Shippy McFadden, 80, of 409 Hetty Hill St., passed away Friday, July 12, in her home.

She was born in Cherokee County by the late Nathanial and Susie Hill Whittenburg and widow of David McFadden.

She was a member and missionary of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church.

In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her brother; El William Turner and four sisters; Gracie Mae Brannon, Maggie Whittenburg Littlejohn, Beatrice McClure, and Alice I. Whittenburg.

She leaves to cherish loving memories: her daughter, Ruby Shippy Davis of the home; two stepdaughters, Synetria Davis of Columbia, Daa’Iyah Plaskett (Ralph) of Raleigh, N.C.; five grandchildren, Donel Webster, Jada and Aiden Davis, Erin and Ethan Plaskett and a host of special nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.

The Funeral Service will be Thursday, July 18, at 2 p.m. in Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. C. A. Wallace officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

She will be in state in the church Thursday at 1 p.m.

The Gilmore Mortuary