Mary Lu Piersol

Mary Lu Piersol, 85, of Charleston, South Carolina, widow of Harold George Piersol, entered into eternal rest Friday, January 25, 2013. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, January 29, 2013 in the J. HENRY STUHR INC., WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL, 3360 Glenn McConnell Parkway at 2:00 pm. Interment, Live Oak Memorial Gardens . The family will receive friends Monday in Stuhr's West Ashley Chapel from 5:00 until 7:00 pm .

Mary Lu was born November 22, 1927 in Hardin County, Ohio, daughter of Albert Dewey Stokes and Martha Curtis Stokes. She was a homemaker. Mary Lu was a member of the Charleston Wayfarer's Camping Club as she enjoyed camping very much. She was a former Ward Secretary at Roper Hospital. She was a School Crossing Guard for Charleston County and enjoyed many years of singing in the St. Marks United Methodist Church Choir.

She is survived by Richard Allen Piersol ; Jackie P. Brinson (Rocky) both of Moncks Corner, SC; H. George Piersol II (Jan) of Silverstreet, SC; Phyllis P. Neel (Clark) of Newberry, SC; Philip Byron Piersol (Lori) of Kernersville, NC, and nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Mary Lu was predeceased by a grandson R.C. Neel IV.

Memorials may be made to St. Mark United Methodist Church 413 Geddes Ave. Charleston, SC 29407, or Omar Shrine Temple, 176 Patriot Point Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464.