Josie Clark Gaston

CHESTER Mrs. Josie Leon Clark Gaston, 96, died Monday, May 17, 2010 at her residence. The funeral service will be 3:00 PM Wednesday at First Baptist Church, Chester with Rev. Clay Waldrip officiating.Interment will be in Wilksburg Baptist Church Cemetery.The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM until 3:00 PM Wednesday at First Baptist Church. Born October 21, 1913 in Chester County, Mrs. Gaston was a daughter of the late Dan C. Clark and Lula Gregory Clark.She attended Wilksburg High School and was retired from Springs Industries as a weaver.She was a member ofFirst Baptist Church and a former member of Wilksburg Baptist Church. She is survived by one daughter, Faye Gaston Couch and her husband Bill of Chester; two grandchildren, Deryl Couch and his wife Andrea of Orlando, Florida and Melanie Cox and her husband Glenn of Inman, SC; three great grandchildren, Sydney Couch, Brooke Couch, Savannah Couch all of Orlando, Florida; four sisters, Maude Ruth Cranford and Florence Estes both of Chester, Margaret Jorgenson of Mt. Dora, FL and Willa Dean Longo of Brookings, Oregon. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church of Chester,PO Box 518, Chester, SC 29706. Online condolences to the family can be made at www.barronfuneralhome.com.