Marian Lewis Noakley

Marian Lewis Noakely, 84, of Fairview, died Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at the CarePartners Solace Center. A native of Hemingway, SC, she was a daughter of the late M. Allen and Bertha Askins Lewis. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Col. Don H. Noakley. Mrs. Noakley was a graduate of Hemingway High School, class of 1950. She graduated from the SC Baptist Hospital School of Nursing in 1953, and also attended the University of South Carolina, where she lived in Columbia for a number of years. She was a member and Sunday school teacher at Shandon Baptist Church. Mrs. Noakley moved to Fairview in 1982 and was a member of First Baptist Church of Asheville for several years. Surviving are her daughter, Rebecca Averett and husband Rick; son, Dr. Simms Hunter Rentz, Sr. and wife Audrey; 6 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; and nieces Debbie Garland, Jerrianne Peele, and Patty Biggerstaff. Graveside services for Mrs. Noakley will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday at the Garden of Devotion Cemetery in Johnsonville, SC, with Pastor Larry Zaky of First Baptist Church Hemingway officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Michael J. Fox Foundation, PO Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014. Groce Funeral Home on Patton Ave. is assisting the family.