Daphine Yvonne Ballard McAbee

November 23, 1939 - January 20, 2022

Chester, SC: Daphine Yvonne Ballard McAbee, 82, died Thursday January 20 ,2022 at her home. A funeral service will be held 11:00 AM Monday January 24, 2022 at Barron Funeral Home with Reverend Scott Vaughn officiating. The family will receive friends also Monday from 10:00 AM until 11:00 am at Barron Funeral Home. Burial will be held in Chester Memorial Gardens. Mrs. McAbee was born in Chester, SC on November 23, 1939 and was a daughter of the late Ernest Ballard and Marjorie Ernestine Kearney Ballard. She was a graduate of Chester High School and also Business School College of Commerce in Rock Hill, SC. Yvonne was retired from Springs Industries as a clerk. She was a member of Saluda Street Church of God. She loved camping, making crafts and playing Bingo. Yvonne was a loving wife, sister, mother , grandmother and great-grandmother In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband of fifty-eight years, David Thomas McAbee,III and her grandson Scott Lee Jeanes She is survived by three daughters, Anita Jeanes (Dennis), Rhonda Smith (Gary) and Kimberly Starnes all of Chester, SC; eight grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren; her brother, Ernest Ballard (Debbie) of Charleston, SC, her sister, Cheryl Stepp of Chester, SC and several nieces and nephews. Memorials may be made to American Cancer Society/Relay for Life Chester County LDHGJR PO Box 2438 Kennesaw, GA 30156 (please designate whom the memorial is for on your check) Online condolences may be made to the family at www.barronfuneralhome.com.