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Conway, SC - Frances "Fran" Elisabeth Pegues Burroughs, 80, of Conway, passed away peacefully at Grand Strand Medical Center in Myrtle Beach, SC, on Saturday, October 19, 2024, with her loving children by her side after having suffered a massive stroke earlier in the week. She was born a daughter of Victor René Pegues and Elisabeth Hamer Pegues on January 2, 1944, in McColl, SC, in the home of her maternal grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Hamer. She spent her childhood at Spring Hill (Pegues Place), the ancestral Pegues family home in upper Marlboro County. After matriculating at public schools in Cheraw and Monroe, NC, Fran graduated from high school and junior college at Saint Mary's School (1961 and 1963) in Raleigh, NC. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Education from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC, in 1965. She was a member of the Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority. Upon graduation from Chapel Hill, she taught 10th grade English for one year in Florence before moving to Columbia and working with the Richland County Department of Public Welfare (DPW). She then moved to Bennettsville and worked for the Marlboro County DPW for several years before relocating to Conway where she was employed with the Social Security Administration. In Conway, she was introduced to her future husband, Henry B. (Cuffy) Burroughs, Jr. by his aunt, Mary Elizabeth Bell. They married on November 13, 1976, in Bennettsville and celebrated 32 years of marriage prior to Cuffy's death in 2009. Fran faithfully supported her husband and children in endeavors ranging from family businesses to school activities. She was a member of the board at Waccamaw Academy in Conway. She and her family were founding members of Westminster Presbyterian Church ARP of Conway where she assisted her husband as treasurer for many years. She also enjoyed keeping the Church's infant nursery during worship. Additionally, Fran was a member of the Ivy Garden Club, the Wednesday Morning Bridge Club, the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, and St. David's Society. She was also a founding member of the "Kingston Junior League". She enjoyed gardening, traveling, genealogy, local history, and was an avid reader. She used her creative and managerial talents to help organize community theater productions, school plays, and later, elaborate pranks on fellow "Kingston Junior League" members. She and her family created many fond memories at their beach cottage, "Windfall", at Pawleys Island. She was beloved for her quick wit and mischievous sense of humor. Surviving are a son, Henry Buck Burroughs, III (Julie) of Brandon, FL; a daughter, Victoria McNeill Burroughs of North Charleston; a grandson, Henry Buck "Hank" Burroughs, IV of Brandon, FL; a niece, Elisabeth Kinney McNiel (Danny) of Bennettsville; great nephews and niece, Robert Leland McNiel, III (Emma) of Chattanooga, TN, Margaret Jane McNiel of Pawleys Island, and William Light Kinney McNiel of Bennettsville; and great-great nephew and niece, Robert Leland McNiel, IV and Rose Catherine McNiel, of Chattanooga, TN; and numerous Hamer and Pegues cousins and close friends. In addition to her parents and husband, she was predeceased by her sister and brother-in-law, Margaret (Peggy) Pegues Kinney and William (Bill) Light Kinney Jr., and nephew, William Light Kinney III. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday, October 27, 2024, at Lakeside Cemetery with Rev. Peter Foxx officiating. The family will receive friends at the cemetery after the service. Memorials may be sent to Westminster Presbyterian Church ARP, 1619 Park View Road, Conway, SC 29526 or to Elisabeth K. McNiel, 937 East Main Street, Bennettsville, SC 29512 for the care and maintenance of the Pegues Family Cemetery. Online condolences may be offered at goldfinchfuneralhome.com. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.

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Frances Elisabeth Burroughs

January 2, 1944 - October 19, 2024