Gloria Ellen Leedy Hartley

RIDGE SPRING - Gloria Ellen Leedy-Hartley departed this life, on July 25, 2011,at the age of 84, at the Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Gloria was born September 2, 1926, in Isiban, WV to the late Leonard Walter Leedy SR. and Myrtle Lee Rose-Leedy. Gloria was a devoted sister, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. Gloria is survived by her husband of 61 years, Philip Austin Hartley, who she met while both were serving in the Armed Forces; three daughters, Patricia Ann and husband James Messar, Batesburg, Mary Kathleen Pace and Richard J. Arrington, Batesburg, Christine and husband Arnold G. Bailey, Batesburg, daughter-in-law, Deborah Ann Hartley-Carver; a sister, Mary Alice and husband Steven Keith Horton; 10 grandchildren, Erich James Messar, David James Chalker-Hartley, Jerry Preston Hartley, John Travis Hartley and wife Jessica, Michael Alan Pace, Brandon John Bailey, Ben Hartley Bailey and wife Barbara, and Tracy Ellen Bailey; four great-grandchildren, Cheyenne Cecelia Hartley, Montana Rose Hartley, Dakota Austin Hartley, and Haley Nicole Bailey; sisters-in-law, Evelyn Hartley(Jim)Williams and Barbara Leedy. Gloria was preceded in death by a son, Jerry Philip Hartley. Gloria’s spirit and soul has now joined beloved family members in the house of her Father. Gloria has requested her body be cremated. A graveside memorial service will be held Saturday, July 30, 2011, at 11:00 am, in Batesburg, SC, at the Hartley Family Cemetery, on Kneece Mill Road. The Reverend Joseph Acord will officiate. The Family will receive guests, after the service, at the home of Christine and Arnold Bailey, located at 123 Hartley-Farm Road, which is located, across from the cemetery. The family would like to take this opportunity to thank the devoted and caring staff at Aiken Regional Medical Centers; ICU, for the wonderful care they provided to Gloria. The family would like memorials to be directed to the Savannah River Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 3694, Aiken, SC 29802 Mrs. Hartley's online guest book may be signed at www.shellhousefuneralhome.com SHELLHOUSE FUNERAL HOME, INC., 924 HAYNE AVE., AIKEN, SC To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Gloria Ellen Leedy Hartley, please visit our flower store.