Agnes Boatwright Stamper

December 6, 2017

Mrs. Agnes Boatwright Stamper, 92, died Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at College Pines Nursing Home in Valdese. The family will receive friends from 2 until 2:45 p.m., Monday, December 11 2017, in the sanctuary of St. John’s United Methodist Church at 130 Tom Hall Street in Fort Mill, S.C. The funeral will follow at 3 p.m., with the Rev. Karen Radcliffe officiating. Burial will be at Unity Cemetery. Born in Jefferson, S.C., Mrs. Stamper was one of ten children born to the late William Garfield Boatwright and Daisy Lela Sullivan Boatwright. She was a dormitory “house mother” at Winthrop University for many years. Mrs. Stamper was a devoted member of St. John’s United Methodist Church in Fort Mill where she had been a youth Sunday school teacher, a leader of the M.Y.F., member of the Dorcas Sunday School Class and a member of a circle group. She enjoyed socializing and never met a stranger. On Sundays, she was a member of an after church lunch group and also went shopping and had lunch with her sisters and friends every Tuesday. She enjoyed reading, crafts, travel, casual conversation, and, most importantly, spending time with her family. She was widowed by the late Fred Washington Stamper, Jr. in 1989. Surviving are her son, Dennis Stamper and his wife, Shawn of Hickory, N.C.; her daughter, Gayle Slagle (d. William) of Rock Hill; her brother, Lee Roy “Bo” Boatwright of Arlington, Virginia; two sisters, Sylvia Strait (Bill) of Rock Hill and Shirley Ghent (Ed) of Matthews, N.C.; seven grandchildren, Brittany Pigford, Jason Stamper, Adam Stamper, Hannah Propst, Claire Stamper, Caleb Stamper and Sadie Stamper; and five great-grandchildren, Dustin, Madison, Nathan, Eli and Evan. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by her son Timothy Stamper in 2012. Memorials may be made to St. John’s U.M.C., P.O. Box 1298, Fort Mill, SC 29716; or to the Winthrop University Foundation, 302 Tillman Hall, Rock Hill, SC 29733.