Sylvia Elmira (Young) Jeter

Sylvia Elmira Young Jeter, 89, of 410 West Henrietta Street, Union, SC passed away Tuesday afternoon, March 31, 2020 at her residence.  A native of Union County, SC, she was the widow of Robert "Bowleg" Jeter, Sr., and the daughter of the late Alexander Young and Alice Shell Young.  She was a member of     Antioch AME Church.  She attended the public schools of Union County and was a homemaker.  In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by two sons, James A. Jeter and Harold Jeter, Sr.; one brother, Lonnie Young; and two sisters, Christine Giles and Sarah Gregory.  She is survived by five sons, Robert (Sherry) Jeter of Kings Mountain, NC, Aubrey Jeter of Gaffney, SC, Clarence Jeter of Gaffney, SC, Kenneth Lee (Rhonda) Jeter of Jonesville, SC, and Kelvin Jeter of Albuquerque, NM; six daughters, Rosalind Doggette of Union, SC, Andrena (Larry) Jennings of Columbia, SC, Betty Ann Jeter of Union, SC, Barbara Jeter of Roebuck, SC, Jacqueline (Shun) Goforth of Boiling Springs, SC, and Cleverland Jeter of Gaffney, SC; daughter-in-law, Barbara Taylor Jeter of Roebuck, SC; twenty-nine grandchildren; and a host of great-grandchildren; one brother, John W. “Pong Pong” Young, Sr. of Union, SC; one brother-in-law, Clint Gregory, Sr. of Union, SC; and a host of nieces, nephews, and cousins.  Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Saturday, April 4,  2020 at Community Mortuary Chapel with burial in the Antioch AME Church Cemetery. Community Mortuary of Union, 361 Meansville Road, Union, SC is serving the family.

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