Peggy M. Merritt
Mar 24, 2023
Peggy M. Merritt, 80, of Effingham, SC passed away on Friday, March 24, 2023. Mrs. Merritt was born in Mullins, SC daughter of the late John and Herbert Mae Collins Marlowe. She was a member of Hebron Baptist Church and retired from Pee Dee Farm Credit and J.C. Penney. She was active as a Hospice volunteer, a volunteer for Cooks...
Clarence Randolph Heyward, Sr.
Mar 24, 2023
Mr. Clarence Randolph Heyward, Sr. passed on to his eternal reward with his Heavenly father March 24, 2023. Clarence was born April 4, 1941 in Florence, SC, the son of the late William Heyward and late Mamie Cross Heyward. Clarence was a self-taught man who worked very hard his entire life. He worked as a carpenter with James Arthur Perritt,...
Clifford Joseph Ginfrida, Jr.
Mar 22, 2023
Clifford Joseph Ginfrida Jr., 77, of Florence, SC, passed away on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. Mr. Ginfrida was born in Rahway, NJ, the son of the late Clifford Joseph Ginfrida Sr. and the late Anne Ayers. He was a loving husband to his wife of over 50 years, Maria Isabel Pedro Ginfrida, and was a loving father and grandfather to...
Lilly Ann Frierson Timmons Koenigsmann
Mar 19, 2023
Lilly Ann Frierson Timmons Koenigsmann, 73, of Honea Path, formerly of Florence, SC, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2023. Mrs. Koenigsmann was born in Florence, SC, a daughter of the late Sarah Jane and Jesse Frierson. She served as the pastors wife for 14 years and is a former member of Effingham Church of God. She retired from DSS...
Maxey E. Poston
Mar 18, 2023
Maxey E. Poston, 95, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, March 18, 2023. Mr. Poston was born in Florence, SC, the son of the late McCray Poston and Gussie Turner Poston. He was married to his loving wife, the late, Mary Gregg Poston, for 74 years and a member of First Baptist Church. In addition to his parents and...
Celia Mcduffie Hinds
Mar 17, 2023
Celia McDuffie Hinds, 82, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023. Mrs. Hinds was born in Florence, SC, to the late Edna Mae Wilde McDuffie and Kenneth Norman McDuffie, Sr. She was a charter member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and retired from the South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs. She loved the ocean,...
Sheila Renee Yarborough
Mar 17, 2023
Sheila Renee James Yarborough, 58, of Florence, passed away on Friday, March 17, 2023. Ms. Yarborough was born in Florence, SC a daughter of the late Henry Edward James, Sr. and Ella Mae Shumake James. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Roger Dale James, Terry Lee James, and Larry O’Dell James. Surviving are her sons, Travis (Angel...
John (Jack) Semmes Larkin
Mar 15, 2023
John (Jack) Semmes Larkin, 82, of Florence, SC, passed away on March 15, 2023. Jack was born in Memphis, TN, the son of the late James Semmes Larkin and Electra Wright Larkin. He was a retired Deacon of St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Hartsville, SC and was a Deacon at Good Shepard Catholic Church in Andover, NJ. He was a...
Jerry Yarborough, Sr.
Mar 14, 2023
Jerry Yarborough Sr., 77, of Timmonsville, SC, passed away on March 14, 2023. Mr. Yarborough was born in Sanford, NC, a son of the late Prentice Albert Yarborough, Sr. and Aileen Ruth Truelove Yarborough. He was a US Army veteran having served in Vietnam. He loved doing yardwork and gardening, fishing, watching boxing, and was the owner of Yarborough Auto...
Sadie Lou Buffkin
Mar 13, 2023
Sadie Lou Buffkin, 85, joined her Lord and Savior, Jesus on Monday, March 13, 2023 in her home. Born November 13, 1937 in Columbus County, NC she was the daughter of the late Hubert Frank Long and Annie Mae Stanley Long. Sadie was the widow of Everette M. Buffkin and a member of the Florence Bible Chapel, and had been...
Gloria Jean Floyd
Mar 12, 2023
Ms. Gloria Jean Alford Floyd, age 80, passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2023, at McLeod Hospice House surrounded by her loving family. Born in Lumberton, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Hopkin Alford and Ina McDaniel Jones. She retired after 30 plus years of dedicated service from Kens Corner 2 (former Chase Oil BP), at the...
Arthur Charles Pack
Mar 12, 2023
Arthur Charles Pack, 93, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, March 12, 2023. Mr. Pack was born in Florence, SC a son of the late Arthur Harvin Pack and Mary Rebeca Avin Pack. He was a veteran of the US Army having served in the Korean Conflict. He retired after 35 years with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad and was an...
Ellin Groh Gutierrez-Mason
Mar 8, 2023
Ellin (Lee) Groh Gutierrez-Mason passed away on March 8, 2023, at her home in Florence, South Carolina. Ellin was born on May 5, 1944, in Rochester, New York, and was raised in Geneva, New York, graduating from DeSales High School in 1962. My mom was whip-smart, intellectually curious, cared for people less fortunate, and a true artist. My mom taught...
Julie Amber Kemmerlin
Mar 7, 2023
Julie Amber Kemmerlin passed away peacefully on March 7th. She was the daughter of Mrs. Amber D. Padgett (Cornell) and the late J. Samuel Kemmerlin (Sammy). She was born on March 25, 1970, in Florence and lived in Florence all of her life. Growing up, Julie was an avid softball player. She was nicknamed “Jules” by teammates and traveled in...
Derry Jones Lowery
Mar 6, 2023
Derry Jones Lowery, age 65, entered his heavenly home on March 6th, 2023 after a long fought illness. Born October 20th, 1957 in Marlboro County, SC, he was the son of Rosa Mae Jones Webster. He was a member of Peace Freewill Baptist in Florence, SC where he had many good, caring friends. Mr. Lowery had a long career at...
Robert Allen Lewis, Sr.
Mar 4, 2023
Robert Allen Lewis, Sr., 81, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, March 4, 2023. Mr. Lewis was born in Horry County, a son of the late Clancy Edward Lewis, Sr. and Mildred Mintz Lewis. He attended Pisgah United Methodist Church and served in the SC Air National Guard. Robert had been a homebuilder for over 50 years and was former...
William D. Pierce
Mar 3, 2023
William D. Pierce, 89, of Florence, SC passed away on Friday, March 3, 2023. Mr. Pierce was born in Florence Co., SC, a son of the late John Ivey Pierce and Clara Bell Langston Pierce. He was a veteran of the US Navy, retired from USPS after 33 years and loved to fish. He was preceded in death by his...
Jonelle Harrelson
Mar 2, 2023
Jonelle Harrelson, 80, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, March 2, 2023. Mrs. Harrelson was born in Mullins, SC, the daughter of the late Edward Pickens Johnson and Beatrice Johnson. She was very active at Northgate Baptist Church and passionate about the senior citizens. She loved playing the piano and singing gospel hymns. She was always smiling and loved spending...
Jack Clarence Zeigler, Sr.
Feb 28, 2023
Jack Clarence Zeigler Sr., 88, of Florence SC passed away on February 28, 2023. Mr. Zeigler (Jack) was born in Richmond County, NC a son of the late Lee Roy Zeigler and Ploma Newell Zeigler. He was married for 59 years to his loving, late wife, Ludean W. Zeigler. Hard-working, resourceful, and multi-talented, Jack started working at age 14 when...
Carlos Wayne Raines
Feb 28, 2023
Carlos Wayne Raines was born on December 29, 1948, in Florence, SC. He was the son of William Raines and Marie Broach Raines. He fell asleep in death on February 28, 2023, after an illness. After graduating high school, he served in the Air Force for 4 years. Part of this time was in Vietnam during the Vietnam war. After...
