Audrey Phyllis Ridgewell Paschal

Audrey Phyllis Ridgewell Paschal, 91, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, wife of the late Gilliam Robert Paschal, Jr. died peacefully on Thursday, September 8, 2016. Her Funeral Service will be held Monday, September 19, 2016 in the Rodenberg Chapel (Franke at Seaside), 1600 Franke Drive at 2:00 pm. Inurnment will follow at 4:00 pm at Mepkin Abbey Columbarium. The family will receive friends Monday from 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm in Rodenberg Chapel (Franke at Seaside). Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC. MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL.

Audrey was born December 13, 1924 in Saffron Walden, England , daughter of the late Arthur Thomas Ridgewell and the late Nellie Badcock Ridgewell. Audrey met the love of her life, Robert Paschal, Christmas of 1942 when the Ridgewell family invited Robert and two other Americans soldiers for Christmas Dinner. The soldiers were serving in World War II in the Army Air Corp and were stationed in Saffron Walden. The mayor of Saffron Walden had asked local families to include soldiers far from family and home. Robert and Audrey were married on October 20, 1945 in Saffron Walden. Audrey became one of the 70,000 plus GI Brides and arrived in Sanford, North Carolina in April of 1946. Audrey, an only child, was embraced by the Paschal family and Robert's seven siblings. Audrey was the manager of the S&H Greenstamp Stores in Raleigh, NC and then in Durham, NC for several years.

Audrey is survived by her daughter, Yolanda Paschal Payne and her husband Lindsay, of Mount Pleasant, SC; her grandson, Bradford Lindsay Payne and his wife, Anne Magill and two great granddaughters, Merritt and Riley, all of Huger, SC; brothers-in-law, Rev. Dr. John Paschal and his wife, Connie of Indian Trail, NC, Carl Paschal and Carroll Johnson of Kenly, NC, and Jim Paschal and wife, Cathy, of Sanford, NC; sister-in-law, Betty Paschal of Sanford, NC.

The family would like to express appreciation to Dr. Gretchen Meyer, the Roper St. Francis Hospice and staff of Franke at Seaside for their care and support.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Mepkin Abbey, 1098 Mepkin Abbey Road, Moncks Corner, SC 29461, Lutheran Homes of S.C. Foundation, 300 Ministry Drive, Irmo, SC 29063 or Roper-St. Francis Hospice, 1483 Tobias Gadson Blvd., Suite 208A, Charleston, SC 29407.