Cecil Lee Bearden

Cecil L. Bearden

WOODRUFF- Cecil Lee Bearden, 79, of 112 S. Anderson Circle passed away Saturday, July 28, 2018 at his residence.

  A native of Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Ralph and Maggie Gwinn Bearden.  He was a member of Crestview Baptist Church and had attended Selma Baptist Church.  He was a retired  installer with GTE, a member of Bethel Masonic Lodge #112 and was a board member with Woodruff Roebuck Water District for 42 years. He shared his musical talent with many friends and loved to travel and play bluegrass music with Cecil Bearden and Friends Bluegrass Gospel Group.

  Surviving are his daughter, Tracie (Mitch) Taylor of Woodruff; two sons, Lee (Margie) Bearden of Bremen, Kentucky and Shane (Kaven) Bearden of Piedmont; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.  He was predeceased by a brother, Clarence Furman "C.F." Bearden.

  Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. at Selma Baptist Church by Mrs. Pat Taylor, Rev. Fred Quidley, Mr. Joey Werner, Mr. Milton Smith and Mr. Tony Littlefield.  Interment will follow in Greenhaven Memorial Gardens.

  Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at Lanford-Gwinn Mortuary.

  The family is at the residence.

                                                                                                Lanford-Gwinn Mortuary

                                                                                                Woodruff