Melissa Leigh “Missy” SUTTON^{[1, 2]}

1978 - 2004  (25 years)

• Name	Melissa Leigh “Missy” SUTTON  [3, 4, 5]
  Birth	6 Jun 1978	Georgetown, Georgetown County, South Carolina   [4, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Education	she was a 1996 graduate of Sumter High School, Sumter, South Carolina; and attended Central Carolina Technical College and Cossa Valley Technical College in Rome, Georgia-  [4]
  HIST	Melissa has the following cousins- Morgan Lowder, Bobby Sutton, Cory Sutton, Saylor Sutton, Forest Sutton and BJ Johnson- where do they go? jkh MELISSA LEIGH SUTTON Posted Thursday, May 20, 2004 8:00 pm Missy was born in Georgetown on June 6, 1978, the daughter of Cynthia Ridgeway Parker and Lendon Sutton. She was a 1996 graduate of Sumter High School and attended Central Carolina Technical College and Cossa Valley Technical College in Rome, Ga. She was planning on becoming a nurse. On May 19, 2004, she lost a violent battle against Hodgkin's Lymphoma under the loving care of the doctors and nurses in the 8 West Bone Marrow Transplant Unit of the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital in Charleston. She shared the constant prayers of the many churches in Sumter and across the nation and she was especially beloved by the church families of Friendship Baptist in Sumter and Snow Springs Baptist in Adairsville, Ga. She is survived by her mother of Sumter and father of Anderson; by two sons, Mikey Allen and Christian Sutton; her stepfather, Bruce Parker; and her brother Sean Sutton, all of the home; grandparents, Dot and Howard Lowder of Sumter, Franklin and Sally Ridgeway of Manning, Opal Sutton of Adairsville, Ga., and Helen Parker of Sumter; her aunts and uncles, Timmie and Donna Ridgeway of Sumter, Chip and Brandi Lowder of Sumter, Stan and Kim Sutton of Mt. Pleasant, and Tom and Julie Sutton of Irmo; cousins, Scott Ridgeway, Chase Ridgeway, Morgan Lowder, Bobby Sutton, Cory Sutton, Saylor Sutton, Forest Sutton and BJ Johnson; and a good friend, Jamey Collins. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Wyman Sutton and Woody Parker. Pallbearers will be Ron Parker, Ken Shmidt, Bill Coon, Mike Johnson, Steve Perritt and Rob McDonald. Honorary pallbearers will be Rick Avins, David Wright, Tony Friday, Dave McDuffie, Thomas Ragin, Gene Weatherford, Ricky Blackmon, Chip Lane, Hasting James, Jim Barrineau and Gray Shuler. Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Bobby Nance officiating. The family will receive friends at the home, 6 Sandalwood Lane. Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, to a scholarship fund that is being set up for Missy's children by the staff of Alice Drive Middle School, or to the Sumter County Genealogical Society, 219 W. Liberty St., Sumter, SC 29150. Missy was always in the hearts and prayers of the faculty and students of Alice Drive Middle School. Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of arrangements.  [4]
  Occupation	she was planning on becoming a nurse  [4]
  _UID	73C12BE23D994BA6909AA1B5636FFA9CF0F4
  Death	19 May 2004	Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina
  Burial	22 May 2004	Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina   [3, 4]
  	Emore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium, Sumter, South Carolina
  Person ID	I107620	Singleton and Related Families
  Last Modified	29 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Living
  Mother	Living
  Family ID	F74414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Michael “Mike” ALLEN
  _UID	70A138D5CA7242B2A3E9CD6B4F14F792FED8
  _UID	70A138D5CA7242B2A3E9CD6B4F14F792FED8
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F74415	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S24358] Helen G. Parker. [S25334] Howard D. Lowder Sr. [S3389] Melissa L. Sutton. [S3393] Melissa Leigh Sutton. [S15417] Franklin S. Ridgeway. [S2666] Dee Schmidt, Descendants of Frances Joanna (Fannie) Timmons. [S697] Judy Rogers, page 100.