Helen Brown Jessee

Great Falls Mrs. Helen Juanita Brown Jessee, 81, died Saturday, September 21, 2013, at White Oak Manor in Lancaster.A graveside service will be held at 4:00 PM on Sunday, September 22, 2013, at Greenlawn Cemetery with Rev. Marty Roberts officiating. The family will receive friends from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM on Sunday at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home, 26 Underwood Ave., Great Falls, SC. Mrs. Jessee was born June 4, 1932 in Kershaw County and was one of eleven children of the late Harmon Brown and Henrietta Arledge Brown.She attended the Kershaw Co. schools and worked in the Dime Store in her early years prior to her marriage to Leonard D. Jessee in August 1951.She was retired from J.P. Stevens and a member of Mitford Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Gail Jessee Yarbrough and husband Tim of Great Falls; three grandsons,Andy Yarbrough of Gallatin, Tennessee, Sean Carl Jessee of Great Falls, and Dustin Jessee Fort Mill; two granddaughters, Heather Jessee Wright of Fort Mill and Misty Jessee Horne of Texas; twelve great grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; three sisters, Henrietta Curley Taylor of Great Falls , Margaret B. Hall of Camden, and Betty B. Edwards of Spartanburg.She was preceded in death by her husband, Leonard Dal Jessee; two sons, Carl L. Jessee and Arnold Ray Jessee; one grandson, Lee Yarbrough; five brothers; and one sister. Memorials may be made to Greenlawn Cemetery, P.O. Box 191, Great Falls, SC 29055. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.dantzlerbakerfuneralhome.com.