Mrs. Ora Mae Denton Boykin Tobias

September 2, 1918 - February 13, 2017

Funeral services for Mrs. Ora Mae Denton Boykin Tobias, 98, will be held at 3 o'clock on Wednesday, February 15, 2017, in The Chapel of Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home. Pastor Tim Lee and The Rev. Julian Ford will officiate with burial to follow at St. Andrew Church of God Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 pm on Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the St. Andrew Church of God Missions Fund, or The Church of God of Darlington Missions Fund. Mrs. Tobias, the widow of Halton Bert Boykin and Robert Tobias, died peacefully on Monday, February 13, 2017. Born in Kershaw County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Herman Baum Denton and John Dallas Bradley Denton. Mrs. Tobias was employed by B.C. Moore & Sons's for many years where she worked in the piece goods department. She was a talented seamstress and enjoyed sharing her talent with her many customers. She enjoyed gardening, especially her fruit-bearing plants, and spoiled many with her blackberry jam. She is survived by her sisters, Thelma Denton Ford of Charleston, SC, Betty Denton Langston of Dalzell, SC, Nancy Denton McLeod of Sumter, SC; daughter-in-law, Carolyn W. Boykin of Nichols, SC; granddaughters, Sonja Boykin (Donald) Stamey of Bishopville, SC, Kim Boykin Shirley of Bishopville, SC; great-grandchildren, Craig Elmore (Dawn) Nesbit, Brian Granville Shirley, Claudia Greer Shirley; great-great-grandchildren, Kayla McCutchen, Caroline McCutchen, Ansley Grace Nesbit, Blakely Grace Shirley. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sons, Bert Anthony Boykin, James Halton Boykin; brothers, Ralph Denton, Herman Baum Denton Jr.; sisters, Billie Denton Morgan, Ruby Lee Denton.