Obituary of Emmie Windham Driggers

Emmie White Windham Driggers, 85, widow of Robert L. Windham and Euel M. Driggers, died Sunday, June 11, 2023, at a local nursing facility. Born in Kalamazoo, Mississippi, she was a daughter of the late Clarence A. White and Gladys Tolbert White Armentrout. Mrs. Driggers was a member of Lakewood Baptist Church. She was a former certified nursing assistant at NHC-Sumter. Surviving are four sons, Robert “Bobby” Windham (Julie), Gerald “Ray” Windham (Linda) and Louis “Eddie” Windham (Lori) all of Sumter, and Marion T. Windham (Amy) of Hemingway; 14 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers, John R. Clark and Clarence “Whitey” White, Jr. and a sister, Clara “Sis” Windham and a sister-in-law, Catherine Clark. Funeral services will be held at 11 A.M. Friday in the Chapel of the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home with Rev. Johnny McLeod officiating. Burial will be in the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 P.M. to 8 P.M. Thursday at the Elmore Hill McCreight Funeral Home and other times at 4215 Muriel Street, Sumter. The family would like to express their heartfelt thanks to the CNA’s, nurses, doctors and all of the entire staff at Sumter Health & Rehab. Facility. Memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation of SC, 508 Hampton Street, Suite 200, Columbia, SC 29201. 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.