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....
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...