Cecilia Usry Smith
Mar 9, 2017
Cecilia Usry Smith died Thursday, March 9, 2017. She was born in Savannah, Georgia on August 6, 1955 to the late Margie W. Strand and John C. Usry. Cecilia graduated from the Medical University of South Carolina with a Master of Science in Nursing. Her love of nursing was evident in the joy she felt helping others. She is survived...
Holly Louise Heniford
Mar 4, 2017
Holly Louise Heniford, 56, of Effingham, SC, passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Ms. Heniford was born in Florence, SC, a daughter of the late Byron Eldrew Heniford and Jacquelyn Burbage Pettigrew Heniford. Surviving are her sons, Erikk Alexander Steen and Zachary Tyler Steen; her brother, Frederick Walter Martin, her sisters, Donna Heniford Cox and Suzanne Heniford Bateman and...
William Duke Fields
Mar 4, 2017
William Duke Fields, 75, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2017. Mr. Fields was born in Barnwell, SC, a son of the late Clarence Fields and Tencher Duke. He was a graduate of the Barnwell School System.He was a train conductor with AmTrak Railroad and loved his job.Mr. Fields was an avid golfer and loved to shag....
William Franklin Hudson
Mar 3, 2017
William Franklin Hudson, 78, of Florence, SC passed away on Friday, March 3, 2017. Mr. Hudson was born in Lewes, Delaware, a son of the late Joseph Wilmot Hudson and Sarah Anna Hastings Hudson.He was a truck driver. Surviving are his sister, Anne Edwards of Oregon, OH; brother, Gene L. Hudson of Toledo, OH; three nephews, Gene L. Hudson, Jr.,...
Susan Warren Turner
Mar 2, 2017
Susan Warren Turner, 61, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Ms. Turner was born in Charleston, SC a daughter of the late Arthur Leo Warren and Dorothy Cart Warren.She was a bank teller for Wells Fargo Bank for many years and a longtime member of the First Baptist Church in Florence. She was preceded in death by...
Eloris Herlene Lee King
Mar 2, 2017
Eloris Herlene Lee King, 92, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Ms. King was born in Florence, SC, a daughter of the late William Pinckney Lee and Bessie Lola Young.She was a sales associate at Roses and retired after 30 years of service.Ms. King was known to an abundance of nieces and nephews as “Aunt Loke”....
Lynne Hyatt Morgan
Mar 2, 2017
Lynne Hyatt Morgan, 61, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2017. Mrs. Morgan was born in Spartanburg, SC, daughter of the late Nancy Cox Hyatt.She attended the Florence Baptist Temple and was a loving wife and mother.Her dogs, Bentley and Darcy, were her babies. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Anita Leonard Cox and her parents....
Nancy J. Mcduffie
Feb 28, 2017
Miss. Nancy J. McDuffie, 78, died February 28, 2017.She was born October 13, 1938, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth N. McDuffie of Florence, SC.She attended Florence schools and graduated from McClenaghan and graduated from the University of South Carolina. She was an avid Gamecock fan.She was a charter member of Saint Paul United Methodist Church of Florence....
Betty Mae Gardner
Feb 27, 2017
BETTY GARDNER FLORENCE, SC Betty Gardner, of Florence, SC, formerly of Homestead, FL, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017. Ms. Gardner was born in Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late Raymond Edward Culver and Frances Johnson Culver.She was past president of Unit 43 and past district president of the American Legion Women’s Auxiliary. In addition to her parents, she...
David Herbert Epps
Feb 27, 2017
DAVID HERBERT EPPS FLORENCE, SC DAVID HERBERT EPPS, 52, of Florence, passed away on Monday, February 27, 2017. Mr. Epps was born on June 23, 1964 in Manning, SC a son of Vivian Ardis Epps and the late William James Epps, Sr.He graduated from Francis Marion University with a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration and was the owner and operator...
Willie "Bill" Alton Summerford
Feb 26, 2017
Willie “Bill” Alton Summerford, 89, of Florence, SC, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Sunday, February 26, 2017. Mr. Summerford was born in Clio, SC, a son of the late Wally Randolph Summerford and Lula Summerford.He was a farmer and a veteran of the United States Army, having served in the Korean War as a paratrooper with the 187th...
Hubert Mcfarlan Gainey
Feb 25, 2017
HUBERT McFARLAN GAINEY Hartsville, SC Hubert McFarlan Gainey, 68, of Hartsville, SC passed away on Saturday, February 25, 2017. Mr. Gainey was born in Florence, SC a son of the late Robert Lee Gainey and Julia Amanda Munn Gainey.He retired from Nucor Steel after 34 years and was a loving husband, father and grandfather.He had the open heart policy; anyone...
Patricia Anne Odom
Feb 21, 2017
Patricia "Anne" Odom 72 passed away on Tuesday Feb. 21, 2017 at her home. She was born on Sept. 22, 1944.She was the daughter of Carlton J. Odom, Sr. & Schadie D Odom of Florence & Darlington, S.C. She was preceded in death by her Parents & Brother Frank.She is survived by 3 Brothers, Jake (Bev), Herman (Dianne) all of...
Elvera Ruth Hadfield
Feb 20, 2017
Elvera Ruth Hadfield, 78, of Florence, SC, passed away on February 20, 2017. Ms. Hadfield was born in McKean County, PA a daughter of the late Clyde Leon Jenkins and Mabel Elizabeth Lemon.She was a retired cook from PePe Pizzeria in Kane, PA.She was a member of the Abundant Life Fellowship and the Eagles Women’s Auxiliary. She was preceded in...
Edward Duke Mcleod
Feb 20, 2017
Edward Duke McLeod, 56, of Pamplico, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2017. The family is being assisted by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.
Ilena Fountain Rogers
Feb 16, 2017
Ilena Fountain Rogers, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, of Florence, SC, passed away on February 16, 2017, after an illness. Mrs. Rogers was born in Lake City, South Carolina, a daughter of the late Lee Coy Fountain and Hatha Powell Fountain of Florence, SC. She was a member of The Assembly Church. She enjoyed sewing, cooking and spending time with...
Beulah Ann Lawrence
Feb 16, 2017
BEULAH ANN LAWRENCE GREER, SC Beulah Ann Lawrence, 84, of Greer, SC, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017. Mrs. Lawrence was born in Fayette Co., WV the daughter of the late Charles H. Marty and Mary Sharp Marty.She retired from customer service for Wal-Mart and attended Bridge Way Church on Greenville, SC.She loved to sing and worship God and...
Erma Ruth Arrington
Feb 15, 2017
Erma Ruth Rogers Arrington, 90, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, February 15, 2017. Mrs. Arrington was born in Rocky Mount, NC, a daughter of the late Phillip Henry Rogers and Sudie Arnold Rogers.She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church for fifty-eight years.Mrs. Arrington retired from Sears. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her...
Vencil Stanley Jelovchan
Feb 14, 2017
Vencil Stanley Jelovchan, 69, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, February 14, 2017. Mr. Jelovchan was born in Pittsburgh, PA, a son of the late Vencil S. Jelovchan, Sr. and Regina Kozusko. Mr. Jelovchan played professional baseball for the New York Yankees minor league from 1965 -1967. Following his baseball career, he joined the United States Marine Corps and...
Edith Eaddy Lambert
Feb 13, 2017
Edith Eaddy Lambert, 90, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, February 13, 2017. Mrs. Lambert was born in Hannah, SC, a daughter of the late Curtis Lee Eaddy and Emma Maybelle Poston Eaddy.As a child growing up in Hannah, she picked cotton, cropped tobacco and performed many other farming chores.She played basketball for Hannah School as a guard for...
