Obituary of Sara Anne Warren Connelly

Indian Trail, NC Sara Anne “Billy” Warren Connelly, 94, widow of Frank Connelly, died Sunday, November 29, 2015, in Matthews, NC. Born August 27, 1921, in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Rob and Sadie Warren. Mrs. Connelly attended the University of South Carolina and graduated from the University North Carolina-Chapel Hill with a degree in mathematics. She was employed at Shaw Field and by the NACA at Langley Air Force Base. She also taught math at the University of Alabama while Frank finished his engineering degree. She raised her children in New Jersey and Delaware and later taught math at Delaware Tech. Billy and Frank retired to Valdese, NC where they lived for twenty-two years. She spent her last ten years living in Indian Trail, NC with her daughter and son-in-law. Surviving are one daughter, Cam and husband Bob; one son, Rob and wife Lynn; three granddaughters, Sharon, Katie and husband Chad and Lindsay; one great-granddaughter, Emma and many loved nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a son, Mike; and her siblings, Virginia, Bob and Julia. Funeral Services will be held at 2:30 P.M. Saturday at the Church of the Holy Comforter with the Rev. David M. Dubay officiating. The family will receive friends in the Parish Hall following the service. Private burial will be held in the Sumter Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, 1420 E. 7th Street, Charlotte, NC 28204. On-line condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad Street, Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements (803) 775-9386.