Ruby Evans Mcalister
Apr 17, 2023
After numerous illnesses and hospitalizations, Ruby Evans McAlister went home to be with her Lord and Savior April 17, 2023. For the past 37 years she has made her home at the Bethea Retirement Community in Darlington, South Carolina where she enjoyed life and her community of friends. Born on August 4th, 1924, in Scranton South Carolina she was the...
Mary Jean Gregg Weatherly
Apr 16, 2023
Mary Jean Gregg Weatherly 95, of Effingham, SC, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2023. Mrs. Weatherly was born the daughter of the late Zola Ward Gregg and Charlie Gregg. She was the oldest living member of Effingham Presbyterian Church, a lifetime member of the Ladies Club #2, and the recipient of the Life Membership in the ARP Women’s Ministries....
Benny A Felts
Apr 16, 2023
Benny A. Felts, 86, of Florence, SC, passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2023. Mr. Felts was born the son of the late Lillian Irene Martin Felts and Otis Glenn Felts. He was a member of Florence Baptist Temple and loved his church and his pastor. There he participated in the operating of the sound system. He sang in the...
Clarence Oliver Smith
Apr 15, 2023
Clarence Oliver Smith, 79, of Pamplico, passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2023. Mr. Smith was born in Florence Co., SC a son of the late Louis Oliver Smith and Evelean Humphries Smith. He was a member of Lebanon Free Will Baptist Church. Clarence was a truck driver for Carter Logging Company, whose CB name was “Squeezer”. He was preceded...
Nichole P. Rotan
Apr 14, 2023
Nichole P. Rotan, 48, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, April 14, 2023. Mrs. Rotan was born in Florence County SC, the daughter of Ernest L. Powlesland and Euzelia “Zeke” Hudson Powlesland. She was a loving wife and mother, who had a love for animals. She graduated from South Florence High School and Florence Darlington Tech. She was an...
Harrison Grant Williams
Apr 12, 2023
Harrison Grant Williams, 6 months, gained his Heavenly wings on Wednesday, April 12, 2023. Harrison was born in Charleston, SC a son of Darren Jesse Williams and Lindsey McPherson Williams. Surviving are his parents; maternal grandparents, Kenneth McPherson and Valerie McPherson; paternal grandparents, Stanley Williams and Jessica Williams; great-grandparents, Ann Williams, Nelson and Nita Connelly, Patricia Martin, Ray and Bobbie...
Louise Gainey Parker
Apr 10, 2023
Louise Gainey Parker, 86, of Florence, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2023. Mrs. Parker was born in Florence County, SC a daughter of the late George Gainey and Essie Ferrell Gainey. She retired from La-Z-Boy after many years. She was preceded in death by her parents, and by her husband, Clyde Parker. Surviving are her sister-in-law, Carolyn Gainey; nieces...
Colon "Cb" Baxley, Jr.
Apr 7, 2023
Colon “CB” Baxley, Jr., 74, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, April 7, 2023. Mr. Baxley was born the son of the late Lula Elizabeth Brown Baxley and Colon Baxley, Sr. He was a member of the Kiwanis Club, the American Heart Association, Cooks for Christ and South Florence Baptist Church. He loved sports and hunting. He played basketball...
Margaret Ann Tilton Tyler
Apr 7, 2023
Margaret Ann Tilton Tyler, 69, passed away on Friday, April 7, 2023. Ms. Tyler was born the daughter of the late Alice Lena Mae Hart Tilton and Johnny Woodrow Tilton. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her brother, Roger Wayne Tilton, her fur babies, Lil Bit and Pepper, and her best friend’s husband, Wade Burleson. Ms. Tyler...
Kenneth Joseph Carr
Apr 6, 2023
Kenneth Joseph Carr, 68, of Florence, SC passed away on Thursday, April 6, 2023. Mr. Carr was born in Warwick, NY a son of Shirley Parmerter Carr and the late Norman Carr. He came from a family of firefighters and moved to SC in 1989 to become one and retired as Fire Marshal. He enjoyed riding motorcycles in his spare...
Shirley J Broach
Apr 5, 2023
Shirley J. Broach, of Florence, passed away Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Mrs. Broach was born in Conway, SC to the late Joe Gibson Cooke and Daisy Lee Reynolds Cooke. She, along with her husband, was the owner and operator of National Business Machines, and was a faithful member of Peace Free Will Baptist Church. She was an avid reader who...
William Byers Greer, Jr.
Apr 4, 2023
William Byers Greer, Jr, 63, of Florence, South Carolina, passed away on April 4, 2023. Born in Union, South Carolina on December 9, 1959, Byers was the son of the late William Byers and Nancy Meador Greer. In addition to his parents, he was also predeceased by his stepparents, Carolyn Ouzts Greer Mayhew and Richard Lewis Mayhew. After graduating from...
Johnny Liston Ivey
Apr 4, 2023
Johnny Liston Ivey, 71, of Effingham, SC found his peace in the arms of God Tuesday, April 4, 2023. He bravely fought a long and difficult battle with cancer and its complications, compliments of Vietnam Agent Orange. He was the soulmate, heartbeat, and God’s gift to his wife, Karel Morris Ivey of over 51 blessed years. Johnny had two children...
Karl Noah Hyman, Jr.
Apr 3, 2023
Karl Noah Hyman, Jr, (69) of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, April 3, 2023. Mr. Hyman was born in Florence, SC, a son of the late Karl Noah Hyman, Sr. and Mary O’Connor. He attended Florence-Darlington TEC where he earned his Marketing Degree and a Certificate in Business Administration. He worked for Tri-Care in Florence as a record payment...
Arbie Hugh Powell
Apr 2, 2023
Arbie Hugh Powell, of Florence, S.C. passed away on April 2, 2023. He was the son of Vesper Powell Sr. and Maebelle Powell. He enjoyed carpentry and serving our country in the United States Army Reserve for 37 years. He is preceded in death by his parents; his son, Arbie Hugh Powell Jr.; granddaughter, Ella Elizabeth Powell; brother, Vesper Powell...
Nell Mccoy Loflin Yochum
Apr 1, 2023
Mrs. Nell McCoy Loflin Yochum, 96, of Florence, S.C., died Saturday, April 1, 2023. Funeral services will be held at All Saints’ Anglican Church, Florence, S.C.at 2:00 PM on Friday, April 7, 2023 with burial to follow in Mount Hope Cemetery directed by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. Born in Thomasville, N.C., on February 28, 1927, Mrs. Yochum was the daughter of...
Jerry Miller Hood, Jr.
Mar 31, 2023
Jerry Miller Hood, Jr., 58, of Florence, passed away on Friday, March 31, 2023. Mr. Hood was born in Charleston, SC a son of the late Jerry Miller Hood and Eddie Mae Powell Hood. He was a carpenter by trade. He was preceded in death by his parents and by a sister, Natalie Michelle Hood. Surviving are his wife, Billie...
James Wilfred Cole
Mar 26, 2023
James W. Cole, known to most as “Jim,” died peacefully on March 27, 2023, after a brief, but brave, battle with lung cancer. Jim was born on March 4, 1947 to Pauline Young and Rupert Cole in Jeffersonville, Vermont. He grew up nearby in North Hyde Park with Polly, her husband Dick Alexander, and his younger sisters, Sandra, Sharon, and...
Lanny Rhett Gregory, Sr.
Mar 25, 2023
Lanny Rhett Gregory, Sr., 83, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, March 25, 2023. Mr. Gregory was born the son of the late Annie Grace Clyburn Gregory and Thomas Jefferson Gregory, Sr. He received an Associate Degree from Midlands Technical College. He retired from CP& L (now Duke Energy) as a Communication Specialist. He was forced into retirement due...
Mary Louise Smith Barrow
Mar 24, 2023
Mary Louise Smith Barrow, 92, of Florence, passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023. Mrs. Barrow was born in Florence County, SC a daughter of the late Cader Smith and Louise Hudson Smith. She was former national president of the AMVETS Auxiliary and was instrumental, along with Strom Thurmond, getting the Carillon Bell installed at Florence National Cemetery in 1987....
