Hilda Craven Talbert

Bennettsville Mrs. Hilda Craven Talbert, age 90, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 11, 2016, surrounded by her loving family, at Scotland Memorial Hospital in Laurinburg, North Carolina. Born in Stanly County, North Carolina, on August 15, 1926, she was the daughter of the late James Lonnie Craven and Bessie Russell Craven. She was a lifelong member of Thomas Memorial Baptist Church where she faithfully sang in the church choir.Her church family was part of her true family throughout her life, and her faith was as natural to her as breathing. Mrs. Hilda grew up in Mount Gilead, North Carolina and later moved to Albemarle, North Carolina where she met her late husband, Max Carl Talbert. In 1952, they moved to Bennettsville, South Carolina. She was a devoted housewife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend to many. She was a very generous and loving person who was always concerned about the well being of others. She will be remembered by her family as “the best mother in the world”. Her family, church family, and singing in the church choir, were of the most important things in her life and she took great pride caring for her family and her home. She leaves to cherish her memory, two loving daughters, Lana Talbert Fortson and her husband Robert Knox Fortson of Conway, South Carolina and Carol Talbert McLean and her husband William Vincent McLean of Spartanburg, South Carolina; her five grandchildren who adored their Tin, Kellah Fortson Webster and her husband Howard David Webster of Conway, South Carolina, Bryn Fortson Ginn and her husband Robert Bret Ginn of Frisco, Texas, Robert Gage Fortson of Conway, South Carolina, Courtney McLean Hoskyns and her husband Louis Charles Hoskyns, III of Spartanburg, South Carolina and Piper McLean Holmes and her husband Michael Christopher Holmes of Spartanburg, South Carolina; her twelve great-grandchildren who adored her, Nicholas Ian Webster, Robert Bret Ginn, Jr., Lana Craven Ginn, Lilly Chaplin Ginn, Robert Gage Fortson, Jr., Cicely Grace Fortson, Hannah Guy Smith, Laney Carroll Smith, Caroline Harris Smith, McLean Elizabeth Holmes, William Michael Holmes and Vincent Griggs Holmes. A funeral service celebrating the life she lived will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Thursday, September 15, 2016 at Thomas Memorial Baptist Church. The family will receive friends in the church parlor from 10:00 -11:00 A.M. prior to the service. A committal service will follow at 4:00 P.M. at Hillcrest Cemetery in Conway, South Carolina. Mrs. Talbert was preceded in death by her parents listed above; by a brother, James Russell Craven; and by four sisters, Thelma Wilhoit Morton, Mary Nell Wilhoit Mauldin, Helen Wilhoit Talbert and Margaret Rose Wilhoit Talbert. Although she faced many challenges and obstacles in her journey through life, she faced them with grace and beauty. She leaves a legacy of faith and love that will be forever carried on in the hearts of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The Talbert Family will forever be grateful to the caregivers who demonstrated such love and compassion in taking care of Mrs. Hilda. Memorials may be made to: Thomas Memorial Baptist Church, 308 West Main Street, Bennettsville, South Carolina 29512. Please sign the online guestbook@www.burroughscooperfh.com

Hilda Craven Talbert

August 15, 1926 - September 11, 2016