Blanche Hunsucker Lewis
Apr 15, 2024
Blanche Hunsucker Lewis, 91, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, April 15, 2024. Mrs. Lewis was born the daughter of the late Leila Carabo and Robert Knox Hunsucker. She attended College Park Baptist Church and was very active when able to do so. She taught Sunday School and was a member of the choir. She also worked in the...
Linda Sharon Smith Kennedy
Apr 10, 2024
Sharon Kennedy, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on April 10, 2024, following an extended illness. Ms. Kennedy was born in Columbia, SC the daughter of Constance Summerford Windham and the late Lawrence Smith (Clara). Sharon’s life revolved around spending time with her beloved family and most of all, her grandchildren. Time...
Cheryl Dawn Mcgee Powell
Apr 9, 2024
Cheryl Dawn McGee Powell, 79, of Florence, SC, passed away peacefully at home April 9, 2024. Mrs. Powell was the youngest daughter of the late pastor Willard McGee and Dorothy McGee. She has been a member of Florence Baptist Temple since 1971. She was a homemaker and business owner for over 35 years. She is preceded in death by her...
James Thomas "Tommy" Gause
Apr 9, 2024
James Thomas “Tommy” Gause, 74, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Mr. Gause was born in Asheville, NC a son of the late Furman D. Gause and Frances V. Turner Gause. He was a veteran having served in the US Air Force, the owner and operator of a mortgage company, a painting business, and a member of...
Malvin Bryant Lawrence, Jr.
Apr 7, 2024
Malvin Bryant Lawrence, Jr. of Effingham, SC passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 7 after a brief illness. He was 80 years old. Bryant was a lifelong member of Elim Baptist Church and several years saw him not miss a single Sunday’s service. A quiet and jovial presence from the pews, he loved his church and church family and consistently...
Martha Jean "Jeannie" Fields Funderburk
Apr 4, 2024
Martha Jean “Jeannie” Fields Funderburk, 74, of Florence, SC passed away Thursday, April 4, 2024. Mrs. Funderburk was born in Florence, SC, the daughter of the Clarence Edwards Fields, Sr., and Doris Jean Copeland. She was a Christian. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Donald Roy Funderburk, and brother, Eddie Fields. Surviving is...
Sylvia J. Mccracken Pinkerman
Apr 4, 2024
Sylvia J. McCracken Pinkerman, 85, a resident of The Manor in Florence, South Carolina (formerly of Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania and Temperance, Michigan) passed away Thursday, April 4, 2024 at the McLeod Hospice House in Florence, South Carolina. She was born in Guthrie, Oklahoma on May 23, 1938 to the late Ethel Barnett and Mike Washington McCracken. She married her college sweetheart,...
Victoria Lynn Simmons-Lewis
Apr 2, 2024
Victoria Lynn Simmons-Lewis, 68, of Darlington, South Carolina, passed away the evening of Tuesday, April 2, 2024. She was born in Lenoir, North Carolina, the daughter of the late Roy Wayne Mitcham and Gladys Mitcham Yarborough. She follows her brothers Gwyn Mitcham and Glen Mitcham into heaven. She is survived by her husband John Lewis, her brother Gerald Mitcham, her...
Lynn Winfield Brown, Jr.
Apr 2, 2024
Lynn Winfield Brown Jr., a human rights advocate and educator, passed away peacefully on April 2, 2024 at the age of 71. A lifelong Florentine, Winfield was born in Florence, SC in 1952 to Lynn Winfield Brown and Helen Wells Creamer Brown. He was preceded in death by his parents, his beloved daughter-in-law, Melissa Legare Brown, and Nancy’s parents, Simon...
Ada Alma Smith Jones
Apr 1, 2024
Ada Alma Smith Jones, 84, of Pamplico, SC, passed away on Monday, April 1, 2024. She was born in Florence County, SC, the daughter of the late Lewis Oliver Smith and Evelean Humphries Smith. She was a former member of the V.F.W and attended Evergreen Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband,...
Patsy Hooks Floyd
Mar 24, 2024
Patsy Hooks Floyd, 85, of Florence, SC passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Mrs. Floyd was born in Nichols, SC a daughter of the late Walter Jesse Hooks and Lucy Ellen Page Hooks. She was a member of South Florence Baptist Church and retired as a jeweler. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Luther Henry...
Daniel (Dan) John Corkery
Mar 24, 2024
Daniel (Dan) John Corkery, 93, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home surrounded by loving family and friends on March 24, 2024. He was born in Mt. Holly, New Jersey on August 28, 1930, 3 minutes after his identical twin brother, John (Jack) Daniel to Anna Marie and Charles Patrick Corkery. Dan lived a full and vibrant life, from...
Glaspy "Mack" Parker
Mar 24, 2024
Glaspy “Mack” Parker, 87, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024. Mr. Parker was born in Florence, SC, a son of the late Otto I. Parker and Leila Mae Pate Parker. He was a lifelong member of Liberty Chapel Church of Florence and a member of Woodmen of the World for over 50 years. Mack retired from Koppers...
Olga Poulos Keretses
Mar 23, 2024
Olga Poulos Keretses, 91 of Florence, SC died March 23, 2024, after a brief illness. Born March 12, 1933, in Klafsion, Evrytania Greece, she was the daughter of the late John George Poulos and Anastasia (Fragakis) Poulos. Olga, along with her mother and siblings, enjoyed a wonderful, peaceful life in their village in the mountains of south-central Greece until World...
Ralph Grover Bellamy
Mar 22, 2024
Ralph Grover Bellamy, 79, of Florence, SC passed away March 21, 2024. Mr. Bellamy was born in Raleigh, NC, the son of the late Grover Martin Bellamy and Alice Maude Farmer Bellamy. He was a member of Church of God of Prophecy and retired after 50 years as owner/operator of his own truck. In addition to his parents, he was...
Alice Carolyn Soles
Mar 20, 2024
Alice Carolyn Soles, 80, of Florence, SC passed away on March 20, 2024. Mrs. Soles was born in Marion, SC a daughter of the late Sammie Soles and Pauline Treadway Soles. She had worked for many years with Electro-Motive Manufacturing, with A & P Grocery, Piggly Wiggly, as well as clerked at Bingo Truck Stop. She had attended Grace Baptist...
William "Sam" Burt Pierce, Jr.
Mar 19, 2024
William “Sam” Burt Pierce, Jr., 82, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2024. Mr. Pierce was born the son of the late Marie Blackmon Pierce and William Burt Pierce. He was a retired truck driver and was a former member of Emmanuel Baptist Church. Surviving are his daughter, Elizabeth Marie (Sammy) Windham of Lamar, SC; brothers, Peter...
Clarence Russell Owens
Mar 14, 2024
Clarence Russell Owens, 58, of Florence, SC, passed away March 14, 2024, surrounded by his family at the McLeod Hospice House. Mr. Owens was the son of the late Clarence William Owens and Elva Rhames Clark. He was a member of Liberty Chapel Church of Florence and was employed with Nucor Steel for 25 years. He was a member of...
Jarrott "Ted" Vause, Jr.
Mar 13, 2024
Jarrott “Ted” Vause, Jr., 93, of Timmonsville, SC, passed away on Wednesday, March 13, 2024. Mr. Vause was born the son of the late Bessie Hicks Vause and Jarrott T. Vause, Sr. He was a graduate of Elim-Oak Grove High School, attended Wingate College, and served in the U.S. Air Force, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He was the...
Mary Louise Claussen Mcintyre
Mar 13, 2024
Ms. Mary Louise Claussen McIntyre of Florence, SC passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in Colorado with her devoted nephew and his wife by her side. She was soon to be 99 years of age. Born in August of 1925 and raised in Claussen, South Carolina—a country town named after her Great Grandfather, Johann Christian Heinrich Claussen, Grandfather,...
