Funeral services to honor Mrs. Chastain’s life will be 2:00 PM Monday in the Liberty Mortuary Chapel. Burial will be at Westview Cemetery. Visitation will be Sunday evening from 4:00 until 6:00 PM at the mortuary.
Elayne Merck Chastain, 66, of 507 Greentree Drive, passed away Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Liberty she was a daughter of the late Joseph W. and Mary Juanita Gaines Merck.
She was a 1964 graduate of Liberty High School and retired from Dayco. She loved camping, hunting, and football and was a member of Calumet Baptist Church.
Surviving are her husband, Jimmy Chastain of the home; two sons, Shane Chastain of Pickens, and Jody Chastain of West Columbia; a sister, Darlene Houck of Columbia; one granddaughter, Ashlyn Chastain.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Preston Merck.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the National Kidney Foundation, 508 Hampton Street, Suite 200, Columbia SC 29201.
The family will be at the home. Memorial messages may be sent to the family by visiting www.libertymortuary.com Liberty Mortuary is handling arrangements.