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...
Barbara Lee Keisler
Dec 12, 2021
Barbara Lee Keisler, 80, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2021. She was born in Florence County, SC, a daughter of the late Loyd and Ella P. Lee.She graduated from J. C. Lynch High School and Carolina College of Commerce.Mrs. Keisler retired from Florence School District One as Payroll Bookkeeper after 21 years.She was a member of St....
Frances P. Anglin
Dec 12, 2021
Frances P. Anglin, age 91, died Sunday, December 12, 2021, in Mt. Pleasant, SC where she had happily resided for the last six years after moving from her home of 52 years in Florence, SC. Frances was born on February 12, 1930, to Franklin and Hessie Smithey in N Wilkesboro, NC. She is preceded in death by her husband of...
Bennett "Benny" Springs
Dec 12, 2021
Bennett Springs, 62, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2021. Mr. Springs was born in Denville Township, New Jersey, a son of the late Galen and Bonnie Ivey Springs.He was a member of Southern Roots band and was nicknamed, “Guitar Slinger”.He loved music, playing guitar, and Nascar.He also loved to hunt deer, and fishing. He was preceded in...
Charmon G. "Chuck" Haines
Dec 12, 2021
Charmon G. “Chuck” Haines, III, 62, of Pamplico, passed away on Sunday, December 12, 2021. He was born in Florence, SC a son of Alice Hampton Haines and the late Charmon G. “Tom” Haines, Jr. Chuck’s interest in public service came from watching his father and others strive to provide better fire and rescue services to the citizens of Pamplico...
Donald Ray Altman
Dec 7, 2021
Donald Ray Altman, 83, of Florence, SC, entered eternal rest on December 7, 2021 after a brief illness. Donald was born to the late Edward Altman and Susan Rogers in Pamplico, SC. Donald lived a life of service which began in the Air Force, continued at Sherwin William’s, and concluded doing lawn maintenance for many faithful customers. Donald is survived...
John James Parker
Dec 7, 2021
John James Parker, 27, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. John James was born the son of Christine Elizabeth Kelley Parker and James Carl Parker, Jr.He worked in construction as an iron worker. John James knew how to be friend. And if he was your friend, he was a SOLID stick by you through thick and...
Buddy Hewitt
Dec 6, 2021
Buddy Hewitt passed away December 6, 2021. Southern W. (Buddy) Hewitt, Jr. of Florence, SC was 83.He was preceded in death by his parents Southern Hewitt, Sr. and Susie Baker Hewitt, two brothers Jimmy Hewitt and Roger Hewitt, a son Wade Turner and daughter Tammy Turner Derrick, all of Florence. He is survived by his wife Janet Isgett Hewitt, a...
Connie Diane Collins
Dec 4, 2021
Connie Diane Collins, 73, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, December 4, 2021. Ms. Collins was the daughter of the late Myrtle Hattie Parker Collins and Ernest Allen Collins, Sr.She had worked as a cashier at Miller’s M System and Tyson Grocery. Ms. Collins is survived by her brother, Ernest Allen Collins, Jr. (Brenda) of Florence and friend, Elton...
Ulyss Sinkler "U.S." Brunson
Dec 3, 2021
Ulyss Sinkler “U.S.” Brunson, Jr., 90, of Florence, passed away on Friday, December 3, 2021. Mr. Brunson was born in Florence, SC a son of the late Ulyss S. Brunson and Corrie Hogge Brunson.He was a charter member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and a member of Calvary Baptist Church.He retired from CSX after 42 years and was a...
Polly Mcgee Tilton
Dec 2, 2021
Polly McGee Tilton, 81, of Florence, passed away at home on Thursday, December 2, 2021. Mrs. Tilton was born in Coward, SC a daughter of the late Leroy and Dorothy Louise McKnight McGee.She retired from Sara Lee Hosiery. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Loyis Robert Tilton; son, Robert Keith Tilton; daughter, Lynn T. Simpson; brothers, Billy,...
James W. Matthews
Nov 29, 2021
James W. Matthews, 82, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021. Mr. Matthews was the son of the late Mary Elizabeth Howard Matthews and James Cleveland Matthews. He was a member of the Florence Shag Club and an avid Gamecock fan. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his brother, James “Matt” Matthews; sister, Shirley...
Elma Howard Stidman
Nov 29, 2021
Elma Howard Stidham, 82, of Florence, passed away on Monday, November 29, 2021. Mrs. Stidham was born in Florence, SC, a daughter of the late Florence Poston Howard and Samuel “Sammy” Howard.She was a member of Hillside Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Samuel Tearence Stidham; brother, S. J....
Edward Keith Snowden
Nov 27, 2021
Edward Keith Snowden, 78, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, November 27, 2021. Mr. Snowden was born in Hemingway, SC a son of the late Thomas M. Snowden, Sr. and Elizabeth Bryant Hicks.He was a charter member of Indiantown Presbyterian and later a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church and was a US Marine Corps veteran having served during the Vietnam...
William Gantt Sawyer
Nov 25, 2021
William Gantt Sawyer (Bill), 93, died on Thursday, November 25, 2021 at McLeod Hospice House in Florence, South Carolina. Bill was born on August 3, 1928 to William Purvis Sawyer and Ruby Gantt Sawyer in Ridge Spring, South Carolina where he enjoyed a childhood that inspired many wonderful family stories of working in a peach packing facility and a funeral...
Judith Matz Crawford
Nov 25, 2021
Judith Matz Crawford 5.27.1944 - 11.25.2021 Judy was born in the Bronx but raised in Highland Falls, NY where her love of horses developed. She did not let being an amputee stop her from anything, let alone becoming a nearly professional level rider. Judy later started working for North Star Bank, which went on to become Fleet Bank and finally...
George Jim Nikolakakos
Nov 24, 2021
George Jim Nikolakakos, 49, of Florence, SC passed away on Wednesday, November 24, 2021. George was born in Florence, SC, a son of the late Demetre “Jim” Nikolakakos and Katie Thompson Nikolakakos.He was a graduate of West Florence High School and Limestone University.George was an Aircraft Armament System Specialist for 9 years in the US Air Force.During his time in...
