Merael Elizabeth DeFreitas, 89, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, June 15, 2015. Ms. DeFreitas was born in Antigua, West Indies, a daughter of the late Norris Davis and Gladys DeFreitas. Surviving are her three daughters; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren; three brothers; a sister and twenty-three nieces and nephews. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 19, 2015, at Dawsey United Methodist Church.Burial will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. Please sign the tribute wall for Ms. DeFreitas at the obit section of www.stoudenmiredowling.com.