Obituary of Edwina T. Cagle

Edwina Bennett Thrasher Cagle, 94, died Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, at a local nursing facility. Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, she was a daughter of the late Emmett and Alma Savell Bennett. Mrs. Cagle was a member of New Salem Baptist Church and was a retired secretary with Pinecrest State School in Pineville, Louisiana. She was a dedicated Christian who served her Lord, Jesus Christ, for many years beside her first husband, the Rev. Thrasher. The couple pastored several churches in Louisiana until they retired to South Carolina. She was twice married, first to the late the Rev. Hubert Arthur Thrasher and then to the late L. Craig Cagle. Surviving is one daughter, Bronwyn Thrasher Rabon of Sumter; one grandson, Jonathan Claude Rabon (Crystal); three great-grandchildren, Rebecca Ann Rabon, Justin C. Rabon and Jacob T. Rabon; her former son-in-law, Claude Rabon Jr.; and a close family friend, Dana Lewis. She was predeceased by a sister, Betty B. Humphries. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Monday in the chapel of Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with the Rev. Kevin Massey and the Rev. Jonathan Rabon officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 to 3 p.m. Monday at Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at the home of her daughter, 907 Lamorak St. Memorials may be made to New Salem Baptist Church, 2500 W. Oakland Ave., Sumter, SC 29154. Online condolences may be sent to www.sumterfunerals.com Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home & Crematory, 221 Broad St., Sumter, is in charge of the arrangements, (803) 775-9386.