Mrs. Olivia Beasley Baker

September 8, 1938 - June 19, 2017

Graveside services for Mrs. Olivia Vernell Beasley Baker, 78, who died peacefully on Monday, June 19, 2017, will be held at 11 o'clock on Thursday, June 21, 2017, at Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. Jim Chandler will officiate and the family will be receiving friends from 6:00 until 8:00 pm on Wednesday at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home. Memorials may be made in her honor to Bethany Baptist Church, c/o Mr. Fred Sandy, 2600 Raccoon Road, Mayesville, SC, 29104. Mrs. Baker, the widow of Gordon Arlis Baker, was born in Lee County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Herbert Lewis Beasley and Etta Harris Beasley. She graduated from Lynchburg High School. She worked for many years in Grady Brown's Antique Store on Main Street in Bishopville, SC. She was a member of Bethany Baptist Church where she sang in the choir and worked faithfully in her church. After the death of her husband, her son, Peter, lived with her and took care of her in her home in Elliott, SC. She most recently lived with her daughter in Pamplico, SC until going to Commander Nursing Home. She is survived by her son, Peter Gaskins of Pamplico, SC; daughter, Lisa Gaskins Harmon of Pamplico, SC; sisters, Mary (Richard) Watford of Bishopville, SC, Anna Moseley of Sumter, SC; grandchildren, Billy Harmon, Brian (April) Harmon, Beau Harmon, Tobi Harmon; her first and only great-grandchild, Jace Harmon; sisters-in-law, Joyce Corbett of Camden, SC, Patricia (William Boyd) James of Gastonia, NC, Sarah (Ronnie) Mims of Sumter, SC; several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her brothers, Lewis (Judy) Beasley of Nederland, TX, George (Dora Jean) Beasley of Bishopville, SC.