Wilma Jeraldine Martin Bradway Peine
Jan 4, 2024
Wilma Jeraldine Martin Bradway Peine, 99, of Florence, SC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 4, 2024. Mrs. Peine was born in Bonne Terre, MO, the daughter of the late Ernest Frandy Martin and Eva Mae Essmyer Martin. She served as a volunteer at the Carolinas Hospital. Mrs. Peine attended Trinity Presbyterian Church. She was employed...
Kenneth Ray Crawford
Jan 3, 2024
Kenneth Ray Crawford,75, of Florence, SC passed away on January 3, 2024. Mr. Crawford was born on January 5, 1948, to the late Daniel Kelly and Azalee Hyatt Crawford. He attended Anderson College on a baseball scholarship and went on to coach youth baseball at Tara Village for many years. He retired last September after many years in the insurance...
Edward Siler
Jan 2, 2024
Edward Siler, 89, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024. Mr. Siler was born in Piqua, Ohio, a son of the late Elwood Siler and Lulu Wagner Saunders. He was a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Barbara Siler; brothers, Jim and Jack Siler; sister, Shirley Niswonger. Surviving...
Irene C. Knight
Dec 30, 2023
Irene C. Knight, 91, of Effingham, SC, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at McLeod Hospice House. Mrs. Knight was born the daughter of the late Maude Smith Carraway and Duff Carraway. She was a member of Effingham Presbyterian Church and retired from J. C. Penney. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband...
George Ivan Petrotta
Dec 30, 2023
George Petrotta, 78, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2023, at McLeod Hospice House. Mr. Petrotta was born in Rochester, New York, a son of the late George Petrotta and Genevieve Triano Petrotta. He was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his wife, Avis Simmons Petrotta; son,...
Michael Barnett Timms
Dec 29, 2023
Michael “Mike” Barnett Timms, 76, of Florence passed away on December 29, 2023, at McLeod Regional Medical Center following a long season of declining health. Mike was born in Aiken, SC, on December 22, 1947, the middle son of the late Jesse C. Timms, Jr. and Dorothy Shirley Timms. After graduating from Aiken High School, Mike resided for many years...
Catherine Ann Avent Medlin
Dec 28, 2023
Catherine Ann Avent Medlin entered into eternal rest on December 28, 2023, at the Presbyterian Home of Florence. She is survived by her daughters, Robin (Schley) Jones of Darlington, and Cathy (Jim) Gill of Rock Hill, and son, Bobby (Tammy) Medlin of Charleston. She also leaves behind her six much loved grandchildren, and two great granddaughters. Catherine Ann was predeceased...
Sandra Williams Hickey
Dec 26, 2023
Sandra Williams Hickey, 74, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, December 26, 2023. Mrs. Hickey was born in Charlotte, NC, a daughter of the late Jack Newton Williams and Mary Elizabeth Jenkins Williams. She was an active member of Bethany United Methodist Church in Summerville, was involved in Kairos Prison Ministry for 14 years with her late husband. She also...
Nancy Baxley Weatherford
Dec 19, 2023
Nancy Baxley Weatherford, 74, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2023. Mrs. Weatherford was born in Georgetown, SC, a daughter of the late Luvenia Douglas Baxley and John C. Baxley. She was a longtime bookkeeper, working for over 40 years at Piggly Wiggly. She was a member of Midway Baptist Church. Mrs. Weatherford was a loving Mama and...
Leonard Calvin King
Dec 18, 2023
Leonard Calvin King, 74, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, December 18, 2023. Mr. King was the son of the late Alice Ruth King and Roy Lee Tolley, he was also adopted by grandparents John Kyle King and Tola Aldridge King. He was a veteran of the US Navy and a member of Florence Baptist Temple. Mr. King was...
Calvin Boone Orr Jr.
Dec 16, 2023
Calvin Boone Orr Jr., 62, of Florence, SC passed away late Saturday, December 16, 2023. Cal was born on December 29th, 1960, to the late Calvin Boone Orr Sr. and Dr. Theodosia Gailey Orr. He grew up in Columbia, SC attending Hammond Academy and later the University of South Carolina where he received his Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy in...
Shawn Allen Campbell
Dec 14, 2023
Shawn Allen Campbell, 36, of Florence, SC passed away December 14, 2023. He was born in Manning, SC, the son of Kelvin Wade Campbell and Donna Gail Driggers. He is preceded in death by his paternal grandparents and maternal grandfather. Surviving are his parents; stepmother, Kimberly; girlfriend, Christian Skipper; maternal grandmother, Julie Spear; 3 aunts; 3 uncles; and 16 cousins....
Vivian Gray Christenbury
Dec 11, 2023
Vivian Gray Christenbury, 81, cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, who touched the lives of all who knew her entered eternal glory on December 11, 2023, surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with cancer. Born on July 25, 1942, in Concord, NC, she was the daughter of the late Hurley Lee Gray Sr. and Stella Mae Gray. She...
Willie Ann Holmes Kelly
Dec 11, 2023
Willie Ann Holmes Kelly, 91, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023. Mrs. Kelly was born in Red Bluff, SC, the daughter of the late Daniel Iverson Holmes and Prudence Iola Todd Holmes. She was a member at Ridgecrest Baptist Church. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Otis T, Kelly Sr.; and her...
Geraldine Crosby Player
Dec 11, 2023
Geraldine Crosby Player, 78, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023. Mrs. Player was born the daughter of the late Mary McAlister Crosby and John W. Crosby. She was a Certified Nursing Assistant and worked in private duty nursing. She was a member of Church of God of Prophecy where she was an adult Sunday School teacher...
Thomas "Tj" James Johnson
Dec 11, 2023
Thomas James Johnson was born on November 7, 1946 in Williamsburg County, South Carolina to the late Walter and Martha Johnson. Sadly, his father died when Thomas, (who was affectionately known as TJ), was 8 years old and his mother died when he was 15 years old. Thankfully, his mother’s sister, Daisy, and her husband, George McCray, took him in...
Michael Douglas Miller
Dec 10, 2023
Michael Douglas Miller, 28, of Charleston, SC, passed away on December 10, 2023. Michael was born in Marion, SC a son of the late Douglas “Doug” McRae Miller and Lucretia Herring Miller. He was preceded in death by his parents; maternal grandfather, Jimmy D. Herring, Sr.; paternal grandfather, Randy Miller; uncle, Jimmy D. Herring, Jr.; and cousin, Justin Michael Herring....
Dr. Regina Elizabeth Yanson
Dec 9, 2023
Regina Elizabeth Yanson, PhD, 44, of Florence, passed away at home surrounded by family and friends on Saturday, December 9, 2023 after a brief illness. Dr. Yanson was born in New Hartford, New York a daughter of the late Jerome Cosentino and Mary Lou Beard Cosentino. A professor at Francis Marion University for twelve years, she was deeply devoted to...
Danny Mitchell Coker
Dec 9, 2023
Danny Mitchell Coker, 69, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023. Mr. Coker was born in Florence, SC a son of the late Laurie Cecil Coker and Mellie Mae “Polly” Graham. He was adopted at the age of 4 and raised by L.J. and Dolly Coker. He was a veteran of the US Navy and worked as a...
Corrine White
Dec 9, 2023
Ms. Corrine White was born March 3, 1941 in Florence, SC. She was the daughter of Mr. Samuel Clayton White and Mrs. Girlener Grant White. She leaves to mourn her passing her children, Adrienne Bennett and Julius Bennett, Jr.; her grandchildren, Courtney Ebony Bennett, Joshua G. Bennett, Robert Hewitt, and Kai Bennett-Smith; and a host of great grandchildren, nieces, nephews,...
