Jenny Bedenbaugh

Jeannine Ballentine “Jenny” Bedenbaugh, 85, of Prosperity, died Friday, November 28, 2014 at Providence Hospital.

Born on March 2, 1929 in Chapin, she was a daughter of the late William Arthur and Clara Cumalander Ballentine. She was a 1950 graduate of Winthrop College and was owner of Bedenbaugh Realty and Development Company. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and was the current a member of the Newberry County Transportation Committee. She was a member of the Prosperity Literary Sorosis, and was made an lifetime honorary member in May of this year. Mrs. Bedenbaugh was a past president of the South Carolina Seedsmen Association and the Newberry County Business and Professional Women.

She is survived by her husband, Earle Joiner Bedenbaugh; daughters, Jean Bedenbaugh of Prosperity, Jan Blackwell and her husband, Larry of Lancaster, and Lisa Sulka and her husband, John of Bluffton; a son, Charles Bedenbaugh of Prosperity; a sister, Miriam Leaphart of Prosperity; grandchildren, Heather (Jim) Blackwell Storey, Brannon, Haley and Michael Sulka and Alex Bedenbaugh; sister-in-law, Bertha Ballentine Ariail; brother-in-law, David Bedenbaugh and many loving nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by grandsons, Matthew Blackwell and Will Bedenbaugh, a sister, Thelma Lee and brothers, Robert Ballentine and Furman Ballentine.

Funeral services will be held at Monday, December 1, 2014, at 1:00 pm at Grace Lutheran Church by the Rev. Michael Price. Burial will follow in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Sunday from 5:00- 7:00 pm at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Grace Lutheran Church Scholarship Fund, PO Box 188, Prosperity, SC 29127, The Matt Blackwell Foundation, PO Box 188, Lancaster, SC 29721 or The Will Power Foundation, PO Box 839, Prosperity, SC 29127.

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