Dorothy Gilroy Beverage
Feb 10, 2024
Dorothy Gilroy Beverage, 76, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2024. Mrs. Beverage was born the daughter of the late Julia Miller Gilroy and George Raymond Gilroy. She was a paralegal with Willcox Law Firm in Florence before retiring. She enjoyed reading, watching British Mysteries, and listening to country music. She loved her dogs and her family....
Betty Nalley Dugas
Feb 8, 2024
Betty Nalley Dugas, 93, of Florence passed away February 8,2024. Mrs. Dugas was born in Newberry, SC, a daughter of the late Edgar Leonard Nalley and Lois Murphy Nally. She was a schoolteacher and retired after many years with FCSD 1. She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands, William Benjamin Roberts, and Robert Alvin Dugas; and a...
Samuel A. "Chic" Player, Sr.
Feb 6, 2024
Samuel A. “Chic” Player, Sr., 84, of Irmo, SC passed away Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Mr. Player was born in Society Hill, SC, a son of the late Cameron Player and Beulah Miller Saleeby. After 38 years of loyal service, he retired from Stone Container as an Area Superintendent of Maintenance. He was a Veteran of the U. S. Army...
David Robert Ray, Sr.
Jan 30, 2024
David Robert Ray, Sr., 78, of Darlington, SC, passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. Mr. Ray was born the son of the late Lonnie E. Ray and Ocie Lee Durrance McCollum. He was a member of Lake Swamp Baptist Church and retired from Lowes. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. In addition to his parents, he...
Paula Gibbons Moore
Jan 27, 2024
Paula Gibbons Moore, 73, of Florence, SC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 27, 2024. Mrs. Moore was the daughter of the late Madeline Locklair Gibbons and Hugh Gibbons. She was a member of Liberty Chapel Church of Florence where she was very active with the Women’s Ministry, the youth and the choir. Mrs. Moore...
Lucille W. Hill
Jan 23, 2024
Lucille W. Hill, 93, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, in Little Elm, TX under the care of hospice. Mrs. Hill was born in Florence, SC, as the daughter of the late Thomas and Annie Lee White. She was a homemaker and business manager of Hill Roofing Company in Charleston for thirty-five years. Surviving are her children...
Willie Edward "Peavine" Touchberry, Sr.
Jan 19, 2024
Willie Edward “Peavine” Touchberry, Sr., 78, died Thursday, January 19, 2024 at a local hospital. Born in Effingham, he was the son of the late Joseph Rollin Touchberry, Sr. and Virginia Rhodes Touchberry. He was preceded in death by his siblings, J.R. Touchberry, Jr. and Evelyn T. Matthews, and his nephew, Chris Touchberry. Willie graduated from Southside High School in...
Bryant E. Welch
Jan 18, 2024
Bryant E. Welch, 83, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, January 18, 2024. Mr. Welch was the son of the late Friendly B. Welch and Bertie Mae Hutchinson Welch. Bryant served his country in the United States Air Force. Before his retirement, he was employed with Horne Ford in Florence, where he retired after thirty-nine years of service. He...
Alice Mitchell Newman
Jan 17, 2024
Mary Alice Mitchell Newman, 86, of Timmonsville, S.C., died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024, while in hospice care in Florence, SC. She was born April 26, 1937, in Taylorstown, Pa., a daughter of Brant and Mary Durigg Mitchell. She attended Taylorstown and Claysville schools and graduated from Claysville High School in 1955. She then attended Penn Commercial and worked as a...
Nancy Lee Cox Thomas
Jan 16, 2024
Nancy Lee Cox Thomas, wife of the late Howard Henry Thomas and a beloved mother and grandmother, passed away Jan. 16, 2024. She was 90. Mrs. Thomas was born Aug. 2, 1933, in Middleborough, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Ernest LeRoy Cox and Muriel Gwendolyn Gillis Cox. She attended schools in Boston and Pamplico, graduating from Pamplico High School...
Mary Elizabeth Allen Denham
Jan 16, 2024
Mary Elizabeth “Libby” Denham,79, of Florence, SC passed away January 16, 2024. Mrs. Denham was the daughter of the late Lenward James and Mary Lee Allen. She graduated from McClenaghan Highschool and was a member of High Hill Baptist Church in Darlington, SC. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband Oscar Larry Denham; sons,...
William Charles Kendrick
Jan 16, 2024
William Charles “Billy” Kendrick, Sr., 75, of Effingham, SC passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. Mr. Kendrick was born in Columbia, SC a son of the late Broadus C. Kendrick and Janie H. Kendrick. He was owner of Kendrick Reconditioning and Detailing until his retirement and was a member of Peace Free Will Baptist Church. He enjoyed Nascar and...
Minnie Richardson Dudley
Jan 15, 2024
Minnie Richardson Dudley, 83, of Florence, passed away on Monday, January 15, 2024. Minnie was born in Horry County, SC a daughter of the late Seals Marion Richardson and Leila Mae Martin Richardson. She was a home health nurse for 30 years having retired from SC DHEC in 2002 and was an active member of Mizpah Baptist Church, where she...
Ina Jean Gough
Jan 13, 2024
Ina Jean Gough, 76, of Florence, SC, passed away January 13, 2024. Ina is the daughter of the late John L. Turner Sr and Willena Arnette Turner. She loved arts and crafts, so much so that she was featured in the SHE magazine for her skilled crafts. She was NASCAR’s #1 fan and was broadcast as such on TV. She...
Tracie Broach Taylor
Jan 12, 2024
Tracie Broach Taylor, 52, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, January 12, 2024. Mrs. Taylor was born the daughter of Ranerson Broach and the late Margaret Hardee Broach Preston. She was a graduate of South Florence High School, Class of 88 and received a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Francis Marion University. She was the owner of Blissful Possibilities...
Frederick R. Saunders, Sr.
Jan 9, 2024
Frederick R. Saunders, Sr. (Freddie) Freddie Saunders, 86, of Florence, South Carolina, died peacefully on January 9, 2024, at the McLeod Health Hospice Care. Freddie was born in Sumter, South Carolina, on May 24, 1937, to the late Carl Frasier Saunders, Sr., and Martha Gardner Saunders. He is survived by his brothers, Carl Frasier Saunders, Jr. and Jimmy Saunders, and...
Barbara Coker Allen
Jan 9, 2024
Barbara Coker Allen, 74, of Florence, SC, was born July 15, 1949, passed away January 9, 2024. She is the daughter of the late John H. Coker and Clara M. Coker. Mrs. Allen was married to her loving husband for 24 years. She was also a member of Gospel Temple for 20 years. She was employed by McLeod Medical Center...
H.W. Turner
Jan 9, 2024
H. W. Turner, Sr., 92, of Effingham, passed away Tuesday, January 09, 2024. Mr. Turner was born in Florence County, SC to the late Hugh W. Turner and Jennie Pridgen Turner. He was married for 70 years to his lifelong best friend, Daisy Eloise Morris Turner. Mr. Turner worked hard all his life. He was a great example for his...
Alice Kay Hampton Haines
Jan 8, 2024
Alice Kay Hampton Haines, 88, of Pamplico, SC, passed away on Monday, January 8, 2024. She was born October 30, 1935, in Davidson, NC, to the late George and Alva Howard Hampton. She was a graduate of North Mecklenburg High School and Cabarrus Hospital School of Xray Technology. She came to Florence to work at McLeod Infirmary and later worked...
Carolyn Stone Culberson
Jan 8, 2024
Carolyn Stone Culberson, 69, of Mount Pleasant, SC, passed away January 8, 2024. She was born the daughter of the late Jackson Carter Stone and Mary Poston Stone. Mrs. Culberson loved Charleston and the beach. She was a very intellectual woman. She was strong-willed, social and a loving person who made the most of life. She also loved movies, books,...
