Christine Marcella Josey Dean, 93, of Moncks Corner, SC, former owner and operator of Pleasures and Treasures in Kingsland, Georgia and Cherished Treasures in Moncks Corner, died Monday morning at her residence, surrounded by her loving family.

Mrs. Dean’s funeral service will be 7:00 PM Thursday evening, January 11, 2024, in the Chapel of Dial-Murray Funeral Home, Moncks Corner. In lieu of flowers the family suggest memorials may be made to the St. Jude Childrens Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. The family will receive friends from 5:30 PM until the hour of service on Thursday at the funeral home. Interment will be held 10:00 AM Friday morning in the Beaufort National Cemetery.

Mrs. Dean was born April 26, 1930, in Sumter, SC, a daughter of Marion Henry Josey and Grace Bell McCloud Josey.  She was of the Baptist faith, enjoyed ceramics, baking, cake decorating, and shopping. She had a love for her dogs and birds, but her greatest love was for her family and spending time with them. Mrs. Dean was very active up until she reached the age of 91. She loved children and sharing the love of God with them and held bible study with them in “The Candy Store” she ran out of her garage where all the neighborhood children came and shopped for candy. Mrs. Dean was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers; two sisters; and a daughter in law, Patty Dean.

Surviving are her husband, Jimmy Lee Dean; two daughters, Melanee Daniels and her husband Ronnie of Moncks Corner, and Teresa Russell and her husband Glenn of Goose Creek; a son Jimmy Rex Dean of Columbia; eight grandchildren, April Dean Davis, Crissy Kolodziej and her husband Bobby, Leeann Wise, Ronnie Daniels, Matthew Dean, Hannah Dean, Rachel Bridges Buster, and Jeremy Dean; twenty great grandchildren; five great great grandchildren; and a nephew, Tommy Brunson and his wife Ann of Jamestown.