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Latongia Kenyetta "Tinka"
Pepper
1977 - 2018
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Obituary for Latongia Kenyetta "Tinka" Pepper

Latongia Kenyetta "Tinka" Pepper
Mrs. Latongia Kenyetta “Tinka” Pepper, 41, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, departed this life on Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Greenville Health System. She was a daughter of Elvis and Shirley Carter Groce.

Latongia earned a Bachelors Degree in Physics and a Masters Degree in Information Technology. She was a dedicated employee as the Curator of Physical Science at the Roper Mountain Science Center.

She was a member of the Reedy River Missionary Baptist Church, where she served as a deaconess, a Children’s Church Advisor and a Vacation Bible School Teacher.

She was preceded in death by her grandparents, Lucile Keith, George Carter, Jr., and Lillie Groce; great-grandparents, Gussie M. and Randall Glover; and an aunt, Juanita Storey.

Left to treasure her life here on earth are her husband, Marcus C. Pepper of the home; parents, Elvis and Shirley Groce of Greenville; two daughters, Caitlyn Pepper and Camille Pepper, both of Simpsonville; one son, Christopher Groce of Simpsonville; two sisters, Shavada (Darrell) Lee of Fountain Inn and Tywana M. Groce (Dominic Mellette) of Greenwood; six aunts, Brenda F. Jackson, Lisa Carter and Barbara D. Garrett, all of Talledega, AL and Linda F. Pearson, Mary N. Rock and Racheal Carter, all of Lincoln, AL; five uncles, Willie B. Carter, Richard Groce and Bobby Pearson, all of Lincoln, AL and John E. Carter and Greg Jackson, both of Talladega, AL; father-and mother-in-law, Rev. Grover and Margaret Pepper; two sisters-in-law, Charmaine (Stacy) Byrd of Mauldin and Frinnie (Eric) Hyler of Wilmington, NC; and a host of other relatives and friends.





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