Jerome E. Register
Jan 3, 2022
Jerome E. Register, 87, of Florence, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, January 3, 2021 Mr. Register was born a son of the late Annie Quick Register and William Ernest Register.He was a veteran of the US Air Force and a longtime member of First Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon.Mr. Register retired...
Bryan Kelly Collins
Jan 3, 2022
Bryan Kelly Collins, 45, of Florence, passed away on Monday, January 3, 2022. Mr. Collins was born in Florence, SC a son of Kenneth A. Collins and Judy Pulley Collins.He was a graduate of Florence Darlington Technical College with an Associate Degree in Civil Engineering Technology and from Francis Marion University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering...
Lynda Craven Steele
Jan 3, 2022
Lynda Craven Steele, 75, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, January 3, 2022. Mrs. Steele was born the daughter of the late Mellie Hall Craven and Charlie Revere Craven.She enjoyed the Florence Little Theater and liked to travel and attend sporting events with her grandchildren.Mrs. Steele loved being “Mimi” and beach music. In addition to her parents, she is...
Katie Lee Rogers Corey
Dec 30, 2021
Katie Lee Rogers Corey, 88, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, December 30. 2021. Mrs. Corey was born in Alcolu, SC, a daughter of the late Estelle Braxton Rogers and Jimmy Rogers.She was a member of Hoffmeyer Road Baptist Church. Mrs. Corey loved gardening and cooking and loved making friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband,...
Charles "Clay" Ball
Dec 28, 2021
Charles “Clay” Ball, 47, of Florence, passed from this life into the waiting arms of our precious Lord at home in the early morning of Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Clay was born in Little Rock, Arkansas to Ray and Terry Ball.He graduated from Catholic High School and attended the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.While attending college, he met the love...
Hilda M. Schatz
Dec 28, 2021
Hilda M. Schatz, 85, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, December 28, 2021. Mrs. Schatz was born the daughter of the late Jewell McCrackin Mullis and Emmett Bardeau Mullis.She worked at the Career Center with Florence School District 1 as a bookkeeper for 40 plus years and retired when she was 77.She was a previous member of Cross and...
Vickie Lorraine Thomas Chaney
Dec 27, 2021
Vickie Lorraine Thomas Chaney, A.K.A. Momma, Kiki, Ms. Vickie passed away at MUSC Charleston on December 27th, 2021 at the age of 63. She was born in Fayetteville N.C. to Larry and Margie Thomas on December 20th , 1958. Vickie married Cliff Chaney in the sizzling summer of 1979. They moved to Florence S.C. to raise a family and to...
Virginia Faye Walker Bruccoleri
Dec 27, 2021
Virginia Faye Walker Bruccoleri, 75, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, December 27, 2021. Mrs. Bruccoleri was the daughter of the late Georgia Hamm Walker and William Angus Walker. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her sisters, Maxine “Bunny” Hutchins, Rebecca “Cookie” Carlton, and Maye “Poochie” Louis. Mrs. Bruccoleri is survived by her husband, Joseph A....
Julie Bazen Kelley
Dec 25, 2021
Julie Bazen Kelley, 45, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, December 25, 2021. Mrs. Kelley was born in Florence, SC a daughter of William “Bill” Bazen and Jacqueline “Jackie” Young Bazen.She was a graduate of Florence Christian School Class of 1994 and was a member of Prospect United Methodist Church.Julie worked in housekeeping at the Presbyterian Community, where she was...
Peter George Becker
Dec 23, 2021
Peter George Becker, Jr., age 97, of Florence, SC, entered eternal rest on Thursday, December 23, 2021. Mr. Becker was born in 1924 in Ridgewood, NY and was the son of the late Peter George Becker, Sr. and Kathryn Becker.He was a WWII veteran serving in both France and Germany. He was preceded in death by his wife of 64...
Denise Phillips Dozier
Dec 23, 2021
Denise Phillips Dozier, 67, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, December 23, 2021. She was born the daughter of the late Lester Dale Phillips and Doris McLean. She worked at old Delmae for many years and was a member of the Community Free Will Baptist. Mrs. Dozier is predeceased by her parents along with her brothers, Ronnie Phillips, James Phillips;...
Betty Lois Muckenfuss
Dec 21, 2021
Betty Lois Rogers Muckenfuss, 76, of Ash, NC, passed away on Tuesday, December 21, 2021. She was born the daughter of the late George and Pauline Rogers. She loved classic country music, spending time with her family, watching squirrels, and flower gardening. She also enjoyed motorcycle rides and camping with her husband. Mrs. Muckenfuss is predeceased by her parents along...
Jharna Dutta
Dec 21, 2021
Jharna Dutta was born in a beautiful little place called Bagnan in West Bengal, India in 1940. As a teenage girl she loved to help her father in his agriculture business. She married Pranabananda Dutta, a civil engineer, at the age of 19 and shortly thereafter moved to Ranchi, Bihar (Jharkhand). There, she raised her two children until 1991 when...
Nora Foxworth Poston
Dec 20, 2021
Nora Foxworth Poston, 84, of Florence, SC, died Monday, December 20, 2021, at home. She was born October 19, 1937, a daughter of the late William Penn Foxworth and Zilphia Evans Foxworth.Mrs. Poston was a retired dispatcher from the Florence County Sheriff Department 911 Dispatch Office. Survivors include her daughter, Vanessa “Misty” Chavis, and grandson, Jeffrey Tyndall. She was preceded...
Eva Ann Rogers
Dec 19, 2021
Eva Ann Rogers, 83, of Summerton, SC passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2021. Ms. Rogers was born in Marion County, SC a daughter of the late Hannibel Wiggins and Creesie Cooper Wiggins.She retired from G.E. Medical. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Jack W. Rogers, Sr.; son, Jack W. Rogers, Jr.; and all of her 9...
Betty Mccumber Odiorne
Dec 18, 2021
Betty McCumber Odiorne, 75, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021. Ms. Odiorne was the daughter of the late Margaret Catherine McCumber and Elwyn Flemen McCumber.She was a graduate of Beauty School and worked as a cosmetologist for over forty years with Upper Cuts Hair Salon. Ms. Odiorne was a member of Southside Baptist Church. In addition to...
Ernest Lore Pennell
Dec 18, 2021
Ernest Lore Pennell, 82, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, December 18, 2021. Mr. Pennell was born the son of the late Elvia Underdown Pennell and Walter Ralph Pennell. He was a veteran of the US Navy was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his wife, Barbara Ann Helms Pennell; a grandson;...
Shirley Gassaway
Dec 15, 2021
Shirley Gassaway, 77, of Pamplico, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Mrs. Gassaway was born in Middletown, Ohio a daughter of the late Darley Spencer and Estella Osbourne Spencer.She was a CNA at Hopewell Nursing Home in Sumter and a member of The Well Pentecostal Holiness Church in Pamplico. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Lester...
Lois Annelle Orphan
Dec 15, 2021
Lois Annelle Orphan, 75, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, December 15, 2021. Mrs. Orphan was born in Kershaw Co., SC a daughter of the late Sing Lonnie Hinson and Mae Nell Colvin Hinson.She was a nurse technician for McLeod and retired after 25 years and had been a charter member of Delta Zeta Sorority.She was a member of the...
Walter Kenneth Mclendon
Dec 13, 2021
Retired Florence Police Department Sergeant Walter Kenneth McLendon passed away Monday December 13, 2021. Ken was a United States Air Force Veteran, honorably serving his country from 1966 to 1970. Ken then joined the Florence Police Department where he served the citizens of the city of Florence faithfully until his retirement in 1991. Ken then re-joined the Florence Police Department...
