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Mrs. Betty Joyce Smith Metcalf, 88, of York, SC, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2024, at home.
Funeral service will be 4:00 p.m. Saturday, May 18, 2024, at Oakdale Presbyterian Church, 12585 W. Highway 55, Clover, SC with the Rev. Den Parker officiating. The family will receive friends 1 hour before the service at the Church.
Graveside service will be 1:00 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2024, in Gaston Memorial Park, Gastonia, NC with Mr. Steve Black officiating.
Mrs. Metcalf was born in 1936 in Cleveland County, NC to the late Leonard Alvin and Sarah Hazel Moore Smith. She was a faithful member of Oakdale Presbyterian Church, the office manager for Gaston Urological Association, a leader for the USS Maddox Association, and a beloved matriarch and friend to many.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Leonard A. Smith, Jr.
Survivors are her husband, Clyde Billy Metcalf; daughter Darlene M. Gardiner and her husband Gary of York, SC; son Mick Metcalf and his wife Alicia of Iron Station, NC; brother Rodney A. Smith of Whitsett, NC; sister Glenda Mae Newell of Westwood, MA; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Oakdale Presbyterian Church, 12585 W. Highway 55, Clover, SC 29710.
M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover, SC is serving the family of Mrs. Metcalf.
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