A longtime public servant and Hampton County Clerk of Court passed away last week at the age of 93.
Helen Virginia Gooding Youmans, of Shaw Drive in Hampton, died early Wednesday morning, Feb. 17, in the Hampton Regional Medical Center.
Youmans was born in the Miley Community of Hampton County on August 18, 1922, a daughter of the late Dowdy Lloyd “Doc” Gooding and Jessie Lee Freeman Gooding. She had served as Deputy Clerk of Court from 1948 through 1972 and served as Clerk of Court for Hampton County from 1973 through 1992, retiring after 44 years of service.
Youmans was a member of the Sandy Run Baptist Church, and was the widow of Cary Lee Youmans.
Surviving is one daughter: Karen Youmans Couch and husband Neil of Alexandria, Virginia; grandsons: Jonathan Neil Couch and Christopher Lee Couch; and two great grandchildren: Caoilainn Anne Couch and Kaylee Lynn Canfield-Couch.
Funeral services were held last Friday in the Sandy Run Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Paul Reid, with burial in the Hampton Cemetery.
The family suggests that memorials may be sent to Sandy Run Baptist Church, 2100 Sandy Run Road, Hampton SC 29924.