Ollie Mae (Hutto) Nettles

Ollie Mae Nettles, 95, of Orangeburg passed away on Tuesday, June 1, 2021, after a brief illness.

Funeral services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, June 5, 2021, at Thompson Funeral Home Chapel, 1012 Whitman Street, Orangeburg.  Rev. Lois Helms will be officiating.  Burial will follow at Smoak Cemetery in Cordova.

The family will receive friends from 10:00-11:00 A.M. on Saturday, June 5, 2021, prior to the funeral service.

Honored to serve as pallbearers are Travis Chavis, Aubrey Smith, Ryan Smoak, Clarence Hall, Ronnie Weeks and Kevin Proveaux.

Mrs. Nettles was born on June 10, 1925, in Orangeburg.  She was the daughter of the late L.M. Hutto and the late Maybell Stillinger Hutto.  Mrs. Nettles was a member of St. John United Methodist Church in Orangeburg.  She was the widow of Tom D. Smoak and Tommy Nettles.  She was also predeceased by a son, David L. Smoak; step-daughter, Azalee Kuck and  three brothers and two sisters.

Survivors include her children, Janie Wisher (Tarzan), Tommy Smoak, Blenda Chavis, Wanda Kittrell (Ricky); grandchildren, Aubrey Smith (Kaye), Karen Berry, Angie Lee (Nick), Christy Lawley, Lisa Proveaux (Kevin), Ryan Smoak (Dana), Jonie Hall (Clarence), Travis Chavis (Courtney), Tina Ott (Chris), Jamie Wisher; seventeen great-grandchildren; seven great-great grandchildren; sister, Geneva Baldwin and a number of nieces and nephews.

Friends may call or come by the residence of Tommy Smoak.

Memorials may be made to St. John United Methodist Church C/O Lisa Nettles at P.O. Box 2131 Orangeburg, S.C. 29115.