Elinor Fallaw “Mickey” Price Walkup, 89, of West Columbia passed away Wednesday October 25, 2017. Born in West Columbia, the daughter of the late Dr. W.H. Price and Lou Belle Fallaw Price. Mickey was a member of Brookland United Methodist Church, the couples for Christ Sunday school class, the Kate Williams Circle and the Young at Heart. She was a 1945 graduate of Brookland-Cayce High School, a 1949 graduate of the University of South Carolina and received a Master’s degree in Library Science. Mickey taught school in Saluda, Lamar, Timmonsville and at
Airport High
as a media specialist.
Mickey is survived by her daughters, Jamie (Stuart) Holcombe and Lynn (Warren) Snoddy; son, Allan Hicks; stepson, Mike (Patti) Walkup; grandchildren, Matthew (Brandi) Holcombe, Wesley Holcombe, Haley Hicks, Kalynn Hicks, Alaina Hicks, McCord Snoddy, Madalyn Snoddy; step-grandchildren Shannon and Caroline Walkup; and great grandchildren, Price and Burke Holcombe. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wallace Walkup, stepson, Ken Walkup, sisters and brothers in-law, Elaine and Earle Williams, Sarah and HA Dixon, Anne and Bob Mooneyhan, and brothers in-law Warren and William Walkup. She is survived by sisters in-law Alice and Dot Walkup. Mickey is survived by many loved ones in both the Price and the Hicks family. She was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt and friend who will be dearly missed.
A funeral service will be held
Friday October 27, 2017
at Brookland United Methodist
at 3:00 pm
. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial follows at Celestial Memorial Gardens. Memorials can be made to Brookland United Methodist.