Madison Estes

Madison Estes

Madison Estes HICKORY GROVE Madison Franklin Estes, 89, passed away Monday, January 23, 2012. The funeral will be at 3:00 P.M. on Thursday, January 26, 2012 at Salem Presbyterian Church in Gaffney. The Rev. Toby Pope and the Rev. Scott Hill will be officiating. Burial will be at Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery. Madison was the son of the late Jeff and Jessie Pridmore Estes and was a life long member of Salem Presbyterian Church where he served as a deacon and treasurer for 55 years. Madison was employed by the American Kennel Club, Wilkerson Oil Company, the State Highway Department where he retired after 24 years, the Bush N Vine, and also coached pony league baseball. He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Annette Garner Estes, four daughters, Dianne Williams (Sterling) of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Myra Berry (Robert) of Port St. Lucie, FL, Lori Estes of Rock Hill, SC, and Jill Bowers (Bill) of Olathe, KS, two sisters, Jeanette Richardson and Sara Beamguard, both of Rock Hill, SC, sister-in-law, Betty Estes of Gaffney, SC, and a son-in-law Thomas Thomson (Jill), nine grandchildren, one great-grandchild, and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a daughter Kathy Estes Thomson and a son, Madison Douglas Estes, two brothers, J.W. Fowler and Harold "Bubba" Estes of Gaffney, and one sister-in-law, Lounette Fowler. Visitation will be from 6-8 PM at Bratton Funeral Home on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Memorials may be made to Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery Association, Attn: Nancy Price, 1907 Hickory Grove Road, Gaffney, SC 29340 or Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Carolinas Chapter, Charlotte Office, 7506 East Independence Blvd., Suite 120, Charlotte, NC 28227 Online condolences for the family may be made at www.brattonfuneralhome.com. Bratton Funeral Home in York is serving the Estes family.