Pearle Yvonne Shumpert Ethridge

Pearle Yvonne Shumpert Ethridge passed away on 12/9/2025, she was born at home in Lexington County, South Carolina on 2/8/1937.  She was the daughter of the late James Artist Shumpert and Blanche Roof Shumpert.  She was a homemaker, she loved being a wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt and friend.  Family was everything to her.  She was a hard working woman growing up on a farm and never lost her love for gardening or flowers.  She sold flowers to local forest and shrubbery at her home for years.  She enjoyed making floral arrangements, grapevine wreaths, and other crafts.

She was predeceased by her loving husband, Arthur Russell Ethridge; her daughter, Angela Laffoday; and her grandson, Jason Ethridge Laffoday; her siblings, Minnie Kireta, Marcella Jeffcoat, Barbara Ann Williamson, James W Shumpert, Joseph A Shumpert, Allen Jerry Singleton Shumpert, Elaine Dominguez, Emma  Napier and Bernice Ochoa as well as 4 infant brothers.

Surviving are her daughters, Melody Bailes (Joe) and Patricia Ethridge (Marvin); grandchildren, Russell Crowell (Cyreeta), Emily Cothran (Eric), Thomas Martin, Benjamin Lee Laffoday (Lisa), Ashley Escue (Caleb), and Katy Bailes (Bob); great grandchildren, Issaic Benitez, Donovan Crowell, Ryan Escue, RJ Flemming, Ethan Crowell, Roran Escue, Caiden Flemming as well as Bobby Morgan and Jude Morgan; her eldest sister, Dorothy  Blakey of Jonesboro, GA; several beloved nieces and nephews; and great-nieces and great- nephews.

A graveside will be held 1pm Friday, December 12, 2025 at the Shumpert Family Cemetery. Barr-Price Funeral Home and Crematorium, Lexington Chapel is assisting the family.

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