With deepest sorrow we at Henryhand Funeral Home regret to announce the passing of Louthaina Tisdale McBride, 84, widow of Deacon Arthur McBride Jr., formerly of Salters, SC, who passed away on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.

Obituary

Mrs. Louthaina T. McBride

Mrs. Louthaina T. McBride, daughter of the late Jacob and Lula Wilson Tisdale, was born November 22nd 1940 in Trio, S.C. She attended the Williamsburg County Public Schools. She was employed at the Sandcastle Hotel in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Louthaina was an active member of Vital Aging (Greeleyville, S.C.). At an early age, she accepted Christ as her personal Savior and became a member of Union Missionary Baptist Church No. 1 of Salters, S.C.

She was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Deacon Arthur McBride, Jr. on March 4, 1961. They were blessed with fifty years of marriage. During this union they were blessed with eight children.

Mrs. McBride was preceded in death by: her husband, Deacon Arthur McBride, Jr.; one son, Louis McBride and two great grandchildren, Sa'mya Emani McBride and Shanya Noel McBride; six siblings, Mr. Joseph Tisdale, Ms. Bertha Green, Ms. Louvenia Tisdale, Mr. Dan Tisdale, Mrs. Ola Mae Izzard and Mr. Lawrence Tisdale.

Those left to cherish her memories forever are: two loving daughters, Mrs. Deloris (Deacon Girard) Evans of Flintville, TN and Mrs. Jenette (Deacon Julius) Kelty of Pasadena, MD; five sons, Arthur Lee (Taneisha) McBride and Vernon McBride both of Salters SC, David McBride and Joe (Tonya) McBride both of Mt. Vernon, NY and Richard McBride of Edinburg, TX; four grandsons that she reared as her own, Daimen McBride, Leon (Ruschell) McBride and Brandon (Dhimitra) McBride all of Columbia, SC and Dominique McBride of Salters, SC; two brothers, Mr. Calvin Tisdale of Greensboro, NC and Mr. Leevan Tisdale of Kingstree, SC; four sisters, Mrs. Rebecca (Sam) Tisdale of Greeleyville, SC, Mrs. Alberta (Hayward) Tisdale and Mrs. Shirley Gibson all of Kingstree, SC and Pastor Ruth (Malcolm) McCain of Greensboro, NC; three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Everlina McBride, Ms. Pauline McClary and Ms. Rosa Williams all of Philadelphia, PA; three brothers-in-law, Deacon Freling (Theresa) Samuel of Salters, SC, Lemiah Samuels of Thomasville, NC and James Izzard of Greensboro, NC; twenty-one admiring grandchildren and twenty-eight great grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. In addition to her family, Mrs. McBride was profoundly supported by her dedicated caregivers, Ciera Kelty (granddaughter) and Ms. Janet Howe.

The family will be receiving friends and family at the home of her son, Richard McBride, 366 Union Church Road, Salters, SC, Monday and Tuesday, November 3rd & 4th, 2025 from 2:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M.

All arrangements and professional services have been entrusted to Henryhand Funeral Home of Kingstree, SC. 843-354-2292.