Peggy G. DesChamps, 72, ran law office for 40 years
February 1, 2024
Peggy Gleaton DesChamps, 72, of Murrells Inlet died Jan. 26 surrounded by her family after valiantly fighting metastatic breast cancer for over eight years. She was 72.
She was born Dec. 7, 1951, in Orangeburg, the daughter of Jetter Gleaton and the late Walter Herman Gleaton. Mrs. DesChamps was an accomplished business and community leader who ran a law office in administrative and paralegal capacities for over 40 years.
She always took time for her family and her Lord, spending time each day at the cross on the inlet in thanks and prayer, her family said.
In addition to her mother, she is survived by her husband of 44 years, William DesChamps; her children, Leah Paige Sandifer (Scotty) and William “Trey” DesChamps (Sarah); five grandchildren, Courtney Sandifer, Bryan Sandifer, Caroline Sandifer, Rhett DesChamps and Kathleen DesChamps; her great grandchildren, Eden, Emory, Hailyn and Theo; her sisters, Barbara Fanning (Simon), Lynell Fogle (Leon), Wanda White and Jackie Crim (Larry); and numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her father, her brother, Walter Herman Gleaton Jr., and another sister, Jerene Geiger, died before her.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. today at Belin Memorial United Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the church, 4182 Highway 17 Business, Murrells Inlet SC 29576; the Duke Cancer Center, 300 W. Morgan Street, Suite 1000, Durham NC 27701 (gifts.duke.edu) or The Little White Chapel, Murrells Inlet Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 418, Murrells Inlet, SC 29576.
Her family thanked the doctors, nurses and staff at Tidelands and Ardent Hospice.
