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Glenn Bailey Williamson

April 29, 2021 Columbus County News Obituaries Comments Off

October 27, 1950 ~ April 24, 2021 (age 70)

Glenn Bailey Williamson, age 70 of Evergreen, entered into the joys of the Lord, our Father, on Saturday, April 24, 2021 at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC, with family by his side. Bailey was born on October 27, 1950, in Columbus County, to the late Branton Bailey “Jim” Williamson & Phyllis Ree Ivey Williamson.

Funeral services were held Tuesday, April 27, 2021 at Cedar Grove Baptist Church with Reverend Jeff Stocks Officiating.

Worthington Funeral Home

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