EUTAWVILLE - Elizabeth "Beth" Kirby Connolly, 61, of Eutawville, died Friday, March 20, 2014 at her home. A graveside service will be 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Holly Hill Cemetery with Rev. Marshall Locke officiating. The family will receive friends after the service at the cemetery. Beth was born in Holly Hill, the daughter of Mary Pendarvis Kirby and the late Samuel Tilton Kirby, Jr. A graduate of Holly Hill Academy, she attended Furman University and was a graduate of Charleston Southern University. Beth was a former teacher at St. James Middle School and was preceded in death by a brother, Samuel T. Kirby, III. She was the widow of James Patrick Connolly. Surviving are her mother of Eutawville; sister-in-law, Holly Freeze Kirby of Elloree; and nieces, Ann Hollingsworth Kirby and Mary Pendarvis Kirby. Memorials may be made to Avinger Funeral Home, PO Box 203, Holly Hill, SC 29059 to assist with burial expenses,