Ella Mae Smith Thomas
May 22, 2017
Ella Mae Smith Thomas, 87, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, May 22, 2017. Mrs. Thomas was born in Effingham, SC, a daughter of the late Allene Smith and Carl Smith. She was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church and the American Legion. She worked in the school cafeteria for Florence District One and Maranatha Christian School....
Dr. E. Conyers O'Bryan
May 21, 2017
Dr. E. Conyers O'Bryan, Jr., 82, of Florence, South Carolina, died Sunday, May 21, 2017 in Charleston, SC. His funeral service will be held Thursday, May 25, 2017 in the First Presbyterian Church of Florence, SC, at 4:00 pm; interment with military honors will be private.The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall immediately following the service.Arrangements by...
Raymond Christopher "Big Chris" Eason
May 21, 2017
Raymond Christopher “Big Chris” Eason Jr. died on the evening of May 21, 2017 in Florence, SC due to an illness. He was 71. Mr. Eason was born on December 29, 1945 in Goldsboro, NC to the parents of Ray and Elsie Eason. He attended McClenaghan High School and graduated in 1964. He married Diane Burrows in 1965. The Eason’s...
Joyce Lewis Simkins
May 20, 2017
Joyce Lewis Simkins, 79, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Ms. Simkins was born in Florence, SC a daughter of the late Tom Lewis and Ruby Hatchell Lewis.She was a graduate of McClenaghan High School where she was a majorette, ran track and played softball and basketball and a graduate of Florence Commercial College.She was an office...
Lelia Faye Poston Mcknight
May 20, 2017
Lelia Poston McKnight, 60, of Effingham, SC, passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017. Mrs. McKnight was born in Hemingway, SC, a daughter of the late Ludie Poston and Ozelee Poston.She was a retired textile worker.In her retirement she enjoyed spending time with her friends and family. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers,...
Burnie Clayton Floyd
May 20, 2017
Burnie Clayton Floyd, Jr of Nichols and North Myrtle Beach, SC passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017 in Florence, SC. He was the devoted son of the late Burnie C Floyd, Sr and Mamie Daniel Floyd of Nichols, SC and “the big brother” of Betty McDaniel Hedgpeth. He was a proud graduate of and athlete for the Lake View...
Timothy Paul Vivian
May 18, 2017
Dr. T. Paul Vivian passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2017, after an illness at the McLeod Hospice House, Florence, South Carolina.Born November 17, 1949, in Mitchell, South Dakota, he was the son of the late Everett Howard Vivian and Allene Sharp Vivian.A life-long educator, Dr. Vivian was a graduate of The University of Georgia, received his Master’s in Education...
Johnny Roland Brown
May 17, 2017
JOHNNY ROLAND BROWN, age 73, died at his home in Pamplico on Wednesday, May 17, 2017 after an illness. Roland was originally from Sycamore, SC. After graduating from Allendale-Fairfax High School, he received a track scholarship from the University of South Carolina, where he was a pole-vaulter. He broke the school record – clearing 13’6”, and ended his career with...
Elizabeth Flud Drayton
May 16, 2017
Elizabeth Flud Drayton, 50, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Mrs. Drayton was born in Florence, SC, a daughter of Rosabelle Barr Flud and William A. Flud.She graduated from Florence-Darlington Technical College and worked as an administrative assistant with Healthsouth for eighteen years.Mrs. Drayton was a former member of Grace Baptist Church and a current member...
Katherine Lucille Hardin
May 16, 2017
Katherine Lucille Milner Hardin, 98, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Mrs. Hardin was born in Williamstown, KY, a daughter of the late James Lawson Milner and Lennie Liddle Milner.She was a Licensed Practical Nurse in the northern Kentucky area with St. Elizabeth Hospital in Covington, KY.She was a member of Florence Baptist Temple. In addition...
Boggan Haney
May 15, 2017
Boggan Haney, 57, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, May 15, 2017. Mr. Haney was born in Florence, SC, a son of the late Boggan Haney and Ruby Powers Haney. He attended Lebanon Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Milton Laverne “Red” Haney. Surviving are his partner, Leesa...
Sarah Frances Davis
May 13, 2017
Sarah Frances Floyd Davis, 84, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, May 13, 2017. Mrs. Davis was born in Jordanville, SC, a daughter of the late George Robert Floyd and Flossie Madane Tyler Floyd. She formerly attended Dawsey United Methodist Church and was a member of the UMW of Dawsey United Methodist Church.Mrs. Davis was a member of Southside...
Lavada Louise Manley
May 12, 2017
LaVada Louise Bryant Manley LaVada Manley, 96, died on Friday, May 12, 2017. She was born in Pratt, KS on April 21, 1921, the eldest of six children born to William Preston Bryant and Gussie Marie Kelley Bryant.She married Maurice Emerson “Mauri” Manley on January 29, 1939.She worked as a telephone operator during WWII while her husband was stationed in...
Mary Hilliard Howle
May 7, 2017
MARY LOUISE HILLIARD HOWLE SUMMERVILLE, SC Mary Louise Hilliard Howle, 86, of Summerville, SC passed away on Sunday, May 7, 2017. Mrs. Howle was born in Florence, SC a daughter of the late Tom Rogers Hilliard and Mabel Floried Simmons Hilliard.She was a Contract Sales person for Sears for over 30 years, a founding member of Quinby United Methodist Church...
Dock Allen Benson
May 6, 2017
DOCK ALLEN BENSON, JR. FLORENCE, SC Dock Allen Benson, Jr., 82, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2017. Mr. Benson was born in Marion, SC a son of the late Dock Allen Benson, Sr. and Racy Long Benson.He was a member of the Army National Guard and a member of the First United Methodist Church in Marion.He worked...
Darryl Lane Porter
May 4, 2017
Darryl Lane Porter, 53, of Darlington passed away on Thursday, May 4, 2017. Darryl was born on June 21, 1963 in Charlotte, NC a son of the late Herman Willard Porter and Phyllis Allen Porter.He previously worked at McLeod Regional Medical Center and at the Hartsville Oil Mill. Darryl is survived by his brothers, Wesley Porter and Jason Porter both...
Elena Marie Collins Lynch
May 1, 2017
ELENA MARIE COLLINS LYNCH Effingham, SC Elena Marie Collins Lynch, 77, of Effingham, passed away on Monday, May 1, 2017. Mrs. Lynch was born on June 13, 1939 in Effingham, SC a daughter of the late James “Jim” Collins and Addie Collins.She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband, Willard Ashby Lynch. Surviving...
John "Jd" Douglas Collins
Apr 30, 2017
John Douglas “JD” Collins, 73, of Coward, SC, passed away on Sunday, April 30, 2017. Mr. Collins was born in Coward, SC, a son of the late Douglas Collins and Ollie McAllister Collins. He was a veteran of the Army National Guard and was a self-employed carpenter.Mr. Collins was a lifelong Clemson fan and an antique car enthusiast. In addition...
Gwen Darwin Mcclam Sawyer
Apr 27, 2017
FLORENCE, SC Gwen Darwin McClam Sawyer, 60, of Florence, SC passed away Thursday, April 27, 2017. Gwen was born in Florence County, SC a daughter of the late Esley Thomas McClam and Dora Matthews Henderson. She was a member of Florence Baptist Temple. Mrs. Sawyer retired from J.C. Penney. She had a servant’s heart and was a loving wife, mother...
Lois Mcpherson Galloway
Apr 27, 2017
Lois McPherson Galloway, 85, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, April 27, 2017. Mrs. Galloway was born in Florence County, SC, a daughter of the late James Arthur McPherson and Chellie Kirven McPherson.She graduated from McClenaghan High School, and was employed with Southern Bell for ten years and retired in 1992 from South Carolina Department of Social Services after...
