Funeral services for Mrs. Bernice Rogers McBride, 81, will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 28, 2017 at First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Dr. Dan Sansbury will officiate with a private inurnment in the church prayer garden. The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 27, 2017 at Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 213 W. Home Ave., Hartsville, SC 29550; American Cancer Society, Attention: Darlington County, 950 48th Ave. North, Suite 101, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577; or to a charity of one’s choice.
Mrs. McBride died peacefully on Tuesday, January 24, 2017. She was born in the community of Floydale in Dillon County to the late Archie Burn and Kathleen Wethington Rogers on May 16, 1935. She graduated from Latta High School and attended the University of South Carolina where she met Gordon McBride and later married him in 1958. She enjoyed supporting his endeavors and being by his side in his work as an attorney and as Solicitor. She was a loyal member of First Presbyterian Church and longtime member of the choir. She was very involved in the church Kindergarten and the Hartsville Soup Kitchen. She worked for West Oil Company for 27 years.
Together they had three sons, Clifford Carlisle McBride of Florence, SC; Roger Bruce McBride of Hartsville, SC, and Burns Gordon McBride of Florence, SC. They always shared the love and support of these sons and were very proud of them. She is also survived by her sister, Catherine Beaver of Dillon, SC; brother, James “Jimmy” Rogers of Greenville, SC; granddaughter, Jessica McBride Thompson of North Charleston, SC.
Bernice was preceded in death by her parents, Archie and Kathleen Rogers; sister, Margaret R. Crumpler; brother, Carlisle Rogers.
Online condolences can be given at www.bpafuneralhome.com.
