Mrs. Virginia Ruth Brown Blocker

September 7, 1949 - December 12, 2018

Great Falls Mrs. Virginia Ruth Brown Blocker, 69, died Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at her home. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Saturday, December 15, 2018, at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Dr. Marty Roberts officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM on Saturday at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home, 26 Underwood Ave., Great Falls, SC. Mrs. Blocker was born September 7, 1949 in Lancaster, SC and was a daughter of the late Jesse Barnes Brown and Olga Byars Brown. She attended the schools of Chester County and formerly employed with Chester Sportswear and later Cinderella Knitting. Mrs. Blocker was a member of Great Falls Nazarene Church. She is survived by one daughter, Melissa Hood of Great Falls; two grandchildren, Nicholas and Addison Hood of Great Falls; three sisters, Joanne Sistare (Jasper) of Lancaster, Betty Morrison (Harvey) of Richburg and Dorothy Crouch (Johnny) of Summerville; and numerous nieces and nephews. Mrs. Blocker was preceded in death by four brother, J.B. Brown, Jr., Leo Brown, Pete Brown and Paul Brown; and a sister, Callie Brown. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society, Relay for Life, c/o Christy Wilburn, 173 Columbia St., Chester, SC 29706. Please indicate on your check wo the memorial is for. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.