“Little did we know, the day that God was going to call your name. In life we loved you dearly, in death we do the same. It broke our hearts to lose you but you didn’t go alone, for part of us went with you the day God called you home”.

On behalf of the management (Eddie and Jackie Nelson) and the support staff of Nelson’s Funeral Home, it is with heartfelt sympathy that we extend our condolences and gratitude to the family of Mrs.  Emma Squirewell Beaty (AKA Bessie Mae) 74, of Ridgeway, South Carolina. We announce her transitioning out of time into eternity on Tuesday, May 16, 2023.

Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 20, 2023, 1:00 p.m. at Lebanon Presbyterian Church, 667 US-21, Ridgeway, South Carolina.   Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

A public viewing will be held Friday, May 19, 2023, 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at Nelson's Funeral Home, 270 N. Dogwood Ave., Ridgeway, SC 29130