Lois Gibbs Ford
Jan 20, 2021
Lois Gibbs Ford, 97, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021.She was the widow of the late John Billy Ford. Lois was the daughter of the late Bessie and Benjamin Gibbs of Timmonsville.She is survived by two children, Gerald (Gloria) Ford, and Shirley (Mike) Player, all of Florence; and a daughter-in-law, Dana Eskridge Ford of St. Marys, Georgia.She...
Patricia Gause Nettles
Jan 20, 2021
Patricia Gause Nettles, 70, of Timmonsville, SC, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. She was born a daughter of the late Frances V. Turner Gause and Furman D. Gause.She was a retired insurance claims analyst and was employed with Blue Cross Blue Shield for over 21 years.Mrs. Nettles attended Florence Baptist Temple. In addition to her parents, she is...
Thomas James Hewitt
Jan 19, 2021
Thomas James Hewitt, 84, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2021, of complications from surgery. He was born a son of the late Blanche Sellers Hewitt and Heyward Hewitt.He was a veteran of US Air Force and attended Amanda Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mr. Hewitt first retired from Union Carbide and then retired, after 28 years, as the owner/operator...
Marlene Myers Evans
Jan 18, 2021
Marlene Myers Evans, 59, of Florence, passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021. Mrs. Evans was born in Dillon, SC, daughter of the late Margaret Myers Harrell.She was a member of Friendship United Methodist Church, where she served as Director of Children’s Ministries for 20+ years, served as Vice-President of the United Methodist Women, was a member of the church...
Daniel "Danny" Winters
Jan 18, 2021
Daniel "Danny" Winters, Sr., 62, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 18, 2021, at McLeod Hospice House. Danny was born in Riverhead, NY, on June 16, 1958 to “Gil” and MaryAnne Winters.His family moved to Belleview, FL, in 1979. His career as a truck driver began at a young age working for his father.He loved his father, children, dogs and...
Wanda Powers Brown
Jan 17, 2021
Wanda Powers Brown, 80, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021. Mrs. Brown was born in Live Oak, FL a daughter of the late Dewey W. Powers and Pearl Hyman Powers. She was an elder at Westminster Presbyterian Church for many years and retired from Koppers Industries as Personnel Manager.She loved her church and her church family. She...
Maude Johnson Cannon
Jan 17, 2021
Maude Johnson Cannon, 90, of Columbia, SC, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021. Mrs. Cannon was born a daughter of the late Clyde Estelle Fowler Johnson and Garman Argile Johnson.She was a member of Mt. Horeb Lutheran Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husbands, Jess Linder and Fred Cannon; brother, Garman Johnson;...
J. Laverne Ard
Jan 16, 2021
J. Laverne Ard, 85, of Pamplico, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Mr. Ard was born a son of the late Gertrude Hughes Ard and J. Samuel Ard. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his brother, Jimmy Ard;sister, Janice Ard Clark; and step-daughter, Michelle Hanna. He is survived by...
Larry Russell Abbott
Jan 16, 2021
Larry Russell Abbott, 68, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, January 16, 2021. Mr. Abbott was born on February 1, 1952, a son of the late Carrie Opal Gause Abbott and James Raymond Abbott, Sr.He was a devoted Christian and a member of First Free Will Baptist Church. He was a mill technician with Domtar Paper. Mr. Abbott was a...
George Nathan Hucks
Jan 14, 2021
George Nathan Hucks, 83, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, January 14, 2021. Mr. Hucks was born in Marion Co., SC a son of the late Joseph Wilbert Hucks and Effie Elwood Cribb Hucks.He was a US Army veteran and retired from Cameron and Barkley as an electrical wholesale salesman.He was a 51 year member of Greenwood Baptist Church and...
Wayne Lee Johnson
Jan 13, 2021
Wayne Lee Johnson, 82, of Florence, SC, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021. Mr. Johnson was born a son of the late Rachail Constant Johnson and Leroy Johnson.He was a retired truck driver after working with the City of Florence for ten years.He was a volunteer working at the front desk with the Leatherman Senior Center and a member...
William "Billy" Eugene Hampton
Jan 12, 2021
William “Billy” Eugene Hampton, Sr., 82, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Mr. Hampton was born a son of the late Clyde Wilma Johnson Hampton and Clyde Franklin Hampton.He was a member of the Army National Guard and a retired supervisor with Koppers Wood Treatment after 43 years of employment.Mr. Hampton was a member of Immanuel Baptist...
Miriam Roberta Alexander
Jan 12, 2021
Miriam Roberta Alexander, 81, of Scranton, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Mrs. Alexander was born a daughter of the late Thelma Carlene Lee Matthews and John Clayton Matthews.She was a retired Department Manager from Walmart after 25 plus years of employment.She was a member at Friendfield Pentecostal Holiness Church where she was a Sunday School Secretary and loved...
Diane Evans Weatherford
Jan 12, 2021
Diane Evans Weatherford, 69, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. Mrs. Weatherford was born a daughter of the late Nettie Matthews Evans and Clinton Alexander Evans.She was a retired respiratory therapist and had worked with Florence General Hospital for twenty-five years and with American Health Services for five years. Mrs. Weatherford was a member of Amanda Pentecostal...
William Joseph Blanchard
Jan 11, 2021
William Joseph Blanchard, Sr., 88, of Effingham, SC passed away on Monday, January 11, 2021. Mr. Blanchard was born in Fords, NJ, a son of the late Julius Osher Blanchard and Alma Karen Wedel Blanchard. He was the youngest and last surviving of eleven siblings. While still in high school, Bill knew he wanted to be a draftsman, and excelled...
Katie Thompson Nikolakakos
Jan 10, 2021
Katie Thompson Nikolakakos, 75, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, January 10, 2021. Mrs. Nikolakakos was born a daughter of the late Lou Addie Williams Thompson and George Washington Thompson.She was the co-owner and operator of Francis Marion Restaurant in Marion for 35 years.She most recently attended Paran Pentecostal Holiness Church in Lake City, SC, but was a member of...
Amber Renee Srutkowski
Jan 9, 2021
Amber Renee Srutkowski, 31, of North Charleston, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021. Mrs. Srutkowski was born in Florence, SC a daughter of Robert E. Kirven, Jr. and Dawn Myers Smith.She received her BA in Criminal Justice from Limestone College and her BA in Biology from Francis Marion University.She was employed with a doggie daycare, loved animals and volunteered...
Jessie Florence Thompson Curry
Jan 9, 2021
Jessie Florence Thompson Curry, 88, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, January 9, 2021. Ms. Curry was born in Bennettsville, SC a daughter of the late Thomas Luther Thompson, Sr. and Ione Doreen Reardon Thompson. She attended Gospel Temple Worship Center and Immanuel Baptist Church. “Jessie, better known as “Momma, Grandma, and Granny” devoted her life to her children and...
Rose Marie Perkins
Jan 7, 2021
Rose Marie Perkins, 76, of Florence, SC passed away on Thursday, January 7, 2021. Mrs. Perkins was born in Florence, SC a daughter of the late James Woodrow McCracken and Lillian Gladys Collins McCracken.She retired from Cardell Carter Automotive and was a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church.Family and faith were everything to Rose Marie.She was an especially staunch...
Naomi H. Schmitt
Jan 6, 2021
Naomi H. Schmitt, 62, of Effingham, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2021. Mrs. Schmitt was born a daughter of the late Nellie Wheeler Crosby. She was a registered nurse and worked for 40 years at Carolinas/MUSC.She was a faithful member of Abundant Life Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brother, Carl R....
