ANNETTE CANTY
Annette Canty was born on Jan. 7, 1957, in Sumter, to Thomasina Canty McLeod and Theodore Portee.
She was preceded in death by her grandparents, John and Nola Williams Canty Sr. and Simon and Rosa Mickens Portee; sister, Brenda Portee; and three brothers, Michael McLeod, Michael Portee and Frank Canty.
She departed this life on Tuesday, July 3, 2018, at Palmetto Health Tuomey.
Annette leaves to cherish her memory: two daughters, Marsha (Levern Bradley) Billups and Tamika (Larry Brown) Billups; her parents Thomasina McLeod and Theodore Portee; stepson, Howard Wright; five grandchildren, Tyrell Billups, Tyrig Billups, Tyshay Billups, Tykia Billups and Tykeem Billups; 11 great-grandchildren; uncle; aunt; nine sisters, Jeanette (Frady) Wright, Queenie Canty, Margaret (Fred) Thompson, Nola McLeod, Barbara Portee, Shelia Portee, Melody Portee, Kathryn Holman and Francine McLeod; five brothers, Ronnie (Janice) Portee, Dedric Canty, Darryl Portee, Bryant (Termines) Portee and Theodore (Ernestine) Portee; and a host of extended family members and friends who mourn her loss.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at Beulah UME Church, 2380 S. St. Paul Church Road, Sumter, with the Rev. Jonathan Smith, pastor, and Pastor Joann Murrill officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.
A public viewing will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. today at the mortuary.
Messages of hope can be left at www.whitesmortuary.net.
The family is receiving friends at 969 Cherryvale Drive, Sumter.
Services are entrusted to Whites Mortuary LLC Sumter.