South Carolina State University offers condolences to the family of Mrs. Ethel Margaret Richburg, an SC State alumna who died Thursday, April 14, 2022, at age 109

Mrs. Richburg enjoyed a 40-year career as an elementary school teacher in Clarendon and Berkeley counties. SC State Interim President Alexander Conyers was among first grade pupils in Manning, South Carolina, and he was able visit with her on the occasion of her 109 ^thbirthday last September.

Mrs. Richburg earned her bachelor’s degree from SC State as a nontraditional student in 1950 and master’s degree in 1957, the same year her daughter received her undergraduate degree.

In 1994, she was inducted into the Clarendon County Education Hall of Fame.

Mrs. Richburg also worked the polls for every election for two decades.

SC State Interim President Alexander Conyers visits with his first grade teacher, Mrs. Ethel Richburg, an SC State alumna, on her 109 ^thbirthday in September.

When she turned 100 in 2012, she was presented with the key to the city in Manning.

Funeral services were incomplete. Serving Mrs. Richburg’s family isFleming & DeLaineFuneral Home and Chapel of Manning.