Nancy L Simuel

Nancy L. Simuel was born on May 24, 1950, in Eastover, SC, to the late Ruben Garrick Jr. and Pearl Lloyd-Garrick.  She passed away at the age of 67 on April 11, 2018 at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC.

Nancy attended Webber Elementary, W.A. Perry Middle School and Booker T. Washington High School. She received her Diploma from Richland County School District One. She was employed by the South Carolina Department of Mental Health until she became disabled and retired.

Nancy accepted Christ in her life at an early age at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Gadsden, SC. She later became a member of First Nazareth Baptist Church (Columbia, SC) where she served as an usher, dutifully showing her love for the Lord and support for her church and Pastor Scott. Nancy truly enjoyed worship, and her unique style of praising the Lord was guided by the words of her favorite passage of scripture: Psalms 100. She could be found in church each Sunday, making a joyful noise unto the Lord, serving him with gladness and singing with the kind of joy that was contagious to everyone around her.

Nancy enjoyed traveling with family and her longtime friend, Pat Johnson. Her travels included Mexico; Jamaica; Atlantic City, New Jersey; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Esau Simuel; her parents, Ruben (Pearl Garrick); her daughter, Talitha "Renee" Garrick; and her siblings, Delores Berry, Margaret Holmes and Elizabeth Marshall.

Those left to cherish her fond memories are her children: Bridget (Johnny) Williams, and Fernando "Lamont" Simuel. Her siblings: Seretha Mae Garrick-Wilson of Columbia, SC; Cecil (Harriett) Garrick, currently residing in Qatar; Ruben (Cynthia) Garrick, of Columbia, SC; Carlton Garrick McCray, of Madison, Georgia; and Ret. Lt. Colonel Albert Terrance Garrick, of Columbia, SC, her 9 grandchildren,11 great-grandchildren and 1 great-great-grandchild, and many nieces, nephews, cousins and other friends, all of whom will miss her dearly.

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