Mrs. Rebecca Willis Starkey

COLUMBIA A memorial service for Rebecca “Becky” Ruth Willis Starkey, 73, will be held at 4pm Saturday, July 24, 2021, at Union United Methodist Church, Irmo. The family will receive friends from 3:00-4:00pm at the church prior to the service. Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, is assisting the family.

Mrs. Starkey died peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. Born in Lexington, Kentucky, she was a daughter of the late John Joe and Frances Claypool Willis. She was a graduate of University of Louisville and received her master’s degree at Eastern Kentucky University. She taught math at Chapin High and Irmo Middle School before she retired in 1996. She was a member of Union United Methodist Church and the Joy Class. She loved to read, play sudoku, and cheer on the Georgia Bulldogs. She was predeceased by her husband, LTC David LeRoy Starkey and her sister Alice Carolyn Howard. Surviving are her two children: daughter, Sarah Starkey Harmon (Jesse) of Leesville, SC and son, Joshua Cameron Starkey (Rachael) of Charlotte, NC; grandchildren: Georgia Grace, Graham, Grady, and Gaines Harmon, Ruth and Nora Starkey; her brother John Cameron Willis (Gerry) and sister Susan Willis Davis, both of Louisville, KY and lots of nephews and a niece.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Crossover Athletics PO Box 2515 Lexington, SC 29071, or online at crossoverathletics.org.