Ryan Drake Buffkin

RYAN DRAKE BUFFKIN FLORENCE, SC Ryan Drake Buffkin passed away Sunday, October 25, 2015. Ryan was born in Florence, a son of Greg and Cathy Permenter Buffkin. He was a graduate ofThe Kings Academy and Florence-Darlington Technical College and was a welder. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Kathryn Boyd Buffkin, a daughter, Olivia Harper Buffkin, a sister, Whitney Buffkin (William Brad) Turner, nephew, Eli Turner, maternal grandparents, Virginia Peacock and Wallace Permenter, and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. O’Brien Buffkin. The Family will receive friends from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. on Friday, October 30, 2015, at the Church at Sandhurst. Funeral Services will follow at the church at 11:00 a.m.Burial, directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home, will follow at Mount Hope Cemetery. Memorial contributions are suggested to be made to Olivia Harper Buffkin Fund, c/o First Reliance Bank, 2170 West Palmetto Street, Florence, SC29501. Please sign the tribute wall for Mr. Buffkin at the obit section of www.stoudenmiredowling.com.