Frances Diane Cheeseman
Feb 5, 2021
Frances Diane Cheeseman, 62, of Florence, SC, passed away Friday, February 5, 2021 after a 3 year battle with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. Born in Marion, SC, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Earl Christmas and Alice Christmas. She retired as a Financial Aid Advisor from Florence Darlington Technical College, a job she enjoyed so much because...
Mary Tuten Smith
Feb 4, 2021
Mary Tuten Smith, 89, passed away peacefully on February 4, 2021, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, South Carolina, after a brief illness.Born June 21, 1931, in Furman, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Sidney Lamar and Virginia Rosella DeLoach Tuten and the widow of Joseph Edsel “Ed” Smith, Sr. Mary devoted her life to her...
Catherine "Kay" Schweers
Feb 3, 2021
Catherine “Kay” Schweers, 82, died Wednesday February 3, 2021 at McLeod Regional Medical Center from a non-Covid related illness. She transitioned peacefully surrounded by her loving children. Due to Covid, no services are planned. “Momma Kay” as she was affectionately known to many, made her arrival into the world on December 19, 1938 in Boston, Massachusetts and was raised in...
Lorene Seigler Padgett
Jan 31, 2021
Lorene Seigler Padgett, 86, of Florence, SC, passed away on Sunday, January 31, 2021 Mrs. Padgett was born in Aiken, SC, a daughter of the late Bessie Edna Toole Seigler and Chester Marion Seigler.She retired in 1985 as an administrator with the Florence Country Club after nine years of employment.Mrs. Padgett was a long-time member of Florence Baptist Temple. In...
Linda O. Graves
Jan 29, 2021
Linda O. Graves, 70, of Timmonsville, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2021. Ms. Graves was born a daughter of the late Delores Whetstone Oates and Roy Raymond Oates. She was known by all of her friends as “Oatmeal”. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her brother, Jimmy Alan Oates. She is survived her husband, Harold Matthew...
Eben Dudley "Bucky" Godbold
Jan 27, 2021
Eben Dudley “Bucky” Godbold, 72, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Bucky was born in Florence, SC, a son of the late Earl Joseph Godbold, Sr., and Ruth Dudley Taylor Godbold. He earned two degrees from Clemson University, a B.S. in Agriculture in 1971 and a Masters in Agronomy in 1973. Throughout his life Bucky owned various businesses, all...
Barbara K. Coleman
Jan 27, 2021
Barbara K. Coleman, 91, of Camden, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021. Mrs. Coleman was born in Hanover, NH a daughter of the late Harley G. and Cornelia Bates Knights. She was preceded in death by her parents, and by her husband, James Wallace Coleman. Surviving are her son, David Marshall Coleman of Columbia, SC (Joyce Holmes Coleman); daughter,...
Mamie L. Keels
Jan 26, 2021
Mamie L. Keels, 64, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. She was born a daughter of the late Louise Kirby Langston and James L. Langston. Mrs. Keels is survived by her husband, Jimmy M. Keels; brother Jimmy Langston (Tama); and sisters, Debbie Ranck (Andy) and Linda Howell (Buck); step-son, Jim Keels (Sissy); step-daughter, Allison Partee (Jamie);...
Virginia Darnell Langley
Jan 25, 2021
Virginia Darnell Langley, 83, of Florence, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2021. Mrs. Langley was born in Lancaster, SC a daughter of the late William Edgar Farmer and Minnie Scott Farmer.She was a member of Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; brothers, Ernest, Edgar, Lynell, William, and Paul; and a sister, Violet Polson....
Ronald Lamar Stone
Jan 25, 2021
Ronald Lamar Stone, 68, of Pamplico, passed away on Monday, January 25, 2021, at his residence. Mr. Stone was born a son of the late Grace Anna Calcutt Stone and Waver Lamar Stone. He was a parts manager at a local car dealership and a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. Surviving are his brother, Russell “Rusty” Bradford Stone of...
Susan Gutshall Bennett
Jan 21, 2021
Susan “Susie” Gutshall Bennett followed country roads that began in Almost Heaven West Virginia on May 15, 1957, to the real Heaven on January 21, 2021, where we know she was welcomed by family and friends. She was the daughter of the late Louie Ellis and Ruth Riley Gutshall. She was a graduate of Elkins High School and held degrees...
Daniel Oscar Dimmery
Jan 20, 2021
Daniel Oscar Dimmery, 79, of Effingham, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. He was born a son of the late, Mamie Lee McDaniel Dimmery and Fred Harry Dimmery. He was the owner and operator of Plasti-Magic Enterprises for 30 years. Mr. Dimmery was a member of Dawsey United Methodist church. He was also a...
Dorothy "Maxine" Watford
Jan 20, 2021
Dorothy “Maxine” Watford, 91, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, January 20, 2021. Mrs. Watford was born in Live Oak, FL a daughter of the late Mack McCutcheon and Ruth Kennedy McCutcheon.She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church for over 59 years. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Heyward Watford; and sons, John Wayne Watford...
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;...
