Born in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late Major Augustus McCown and Eunice Jones McCown. She was also preceded in death by her four older brothers, Dean, Raymond, Kenneth, and Sam McCown; and one nephew, Stephen Thorne.
After some secretarial training in Atlanta, in 1947 Ethel came to Greenville to attend Bob Jones University in its first year after moving from Cleveland, Tennessee. When she graduated, she began as a secretary at Bob Jones Academy and then transitioned into teaching after her first year. Most of her 34 years with BJA, she taught junior English. In 1985 she became a research librarian at the university library. She retired in 1998 after 47 total years of service.
Ethel was born again at age 14, and as a university student she ministered in small churches. Later she served on mission teams in Hawaii for three summers, and she was one of two lead girls’ counselors the first three summers of the Wilds Christian camp. Wherever she was, she was interested in people, especially children.
Ethel is survived by her younger sister, Eunice McCown Thorne; her sister-in-law Jean McCown (Dean’s widow); seven nieces and nephews; and numerous grandnieces and grandnephews. She often visited with her sister Eunice and her niece Melanie Thorne, who still live in Anderson.
The family will receive friends on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 from 12:30 until 1:45 at Mackey Funerals and Cremations at Century Drive with the funeral service to follow at 2:00 in the funeral home chapel. Entombment will follow the service in the Serenity Mausoleum at Woodlawn Memorial Park.
Mackey Funerals and Cremations at Century Drive is assisting the McCown family.
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