Mrs. Ruth Porter Faircloth, age 82, passed away Saturday, September 26, 2015 at her home following an illness. Mrs. Faircloth was born on June 8, 1933 in Loris, SC, a daughter of the late Mr. Gardner Bryant Porter and the late Mrs. Mary Stella Lee Porter. Mrs. Faircloth retired from Escod Industries, was a longtime member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church and was proud to say she had been a Christian for over 60 years. 

Survivors include her three sons, Ralph Faircloth and wife, Kathy, Mitchell Faircloth and girlfriend, Maria and David Faircloth and wife, Stephanie all of Loris, SC; fifteen loving grandchildren; seventeen loving great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren and her sister-in-law, Cecilia Porter of Brooksville, FL.

In addition to her parents, Mrs. Faircloth was predeceased by her husband, Thurmon Dossie Faircloth; her four brothers, Jessie, Eddie, Willie and Herman Porter and her five sisters, Gladys Hinson, Mabel P. Cook, Eva Mae Porter, Retha Kincaid and Lillie Mae Porter. 

Funeral services will be 11:00 AM, on Tuesday, September 29, 2015 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Pastor Donnie Graham and Reverend Wendell Ray officiating. Committal services will follow at Carter Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, September 28, 2015 from 6 until 8 PM at Hardwick Funeral Home. Please sign Mrs. Faircloth’s online guestbook at hardwickfuneralhome.com or call Hardwick Funeral Home at 843-756-7001 for further information.