Alvin Layfatte Sentell

Alvin Layfatte Sentell, 71, of 208 Hillcrest Drive, died Wednesday, Dec. 8, 2004, at Abbeville County Memorial Hospital.

Born in Westminster, he was the son of the late Freeman Layfatte and Ruby Smith Sentell. He was a United States Army veteran having served in the Korean War. He was a retired textile employee of Abbeville Mills with more than 35 years of service. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church.

Surviving are widow, Ruby DeVall Sentell of the home; daughters, Deborah S. Joyner of Tryon, N.C., and Patricia Richey Owens, Jeanette Templeton, Susan Whennen and Carolyn Johnson, all of Abbeville; sister, Velma Pressley of Williamston; 10 grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.

Services are at 11 a.m. Saturday at The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home, Abbeville by the Rev. Alvin Hodges; burial will be in Melrose Cemetery, Abbeville. The body is at the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday.

The family will be at the home.

Memorials may be made to South Side Baptist Church, 505 West Greenwood St., Abbeville, S.C. 29620.