Michael Leroy Tarte
May 31, 2020
Michael Leroy Tarte, 73, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, May 31, 2020. Mr. Tarte was born in Moncks Corner, SC a son of the late James Enos Tarte, Sr. and Elizabeth Eugenia Goodman Tarte.He retired from the SC National Guard, Company B Med, 163rd Spt Bn, Darlington, SC. He was preceded in death by his brother Stephen Tarte, and...
Kyle Allen Best
May 30, 2020
Kyle Allen Best, 11, of Effingham, SC, passed away on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Kyle was born a son of Lisa Stokes Best and Bobby John Best, Jr.He was a rising seventh grader at Southside Middle School. He is preceded in death by his maternal grandmother, Jean Hyman Stokes. In addition to his parents, Kyle is survived by his brother,...
Marvin W. Lynch
May 29, 2020
Marvin W. Lynch, Sr., 85, of Florence, made the transition from earth to his home in heaven on Friday, May 29, 2020. Mr. Lynch was born in Pamplico, SC on July 25, 1934. a son of the late Evie Coleman Lynch and Hoyt Lynch.He retired June 30, 1995, from Francis Marion University where he held the position of Director of...
Edward A. Garand
May 28, 2020
Edward Adjutor Garand, of Florence, passed away peacefully at his home, Thursday, May 28, 2020, after a short illness. He was 88. He was born in Montpelier, Vermont on March 2, 1932, the son of Henri and Irma Garand. After graduating from St. Michael’s High School in 1949, he was a seminarian for a year and later worked briefly as...
Maxie Dean Yarborough
May 28, 2020
Maxie Dean Yarborough, Sr., 77, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020. Mr. Yarborough was born a son of the late Daisy Burrows and Talmedge Yarborough.He graduated from McClenaghan High School and was a receiving supervisor with Wellman Industries until retiring due to disability.He also served in the Army National Guard and was a member of Unity Baptist...
Richard Barry Christopher
May 28, 2020
Richard Barry Christopher, 73, of Timmonsville, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020.A Memorial Service will be held at a later date.Family is being assisted by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home
Gail S. Grice
May 28, 2020
Gail Sanderson Grice, 71, of Florence, SC, passed away at home surrounded by family after a hard-fought battle with cancer on Thursday May 28, 2020. Known to all as sweet and cheerful, Ms. Grice was born November 20, 1948 in Apalachicola, Fl to the late Paul and Bessie Allen Sanderson. Her family moved to Mullins, SC, where she spent her...
Betty Carolyn Joyner
May 26, 2020
Betty Carolyn Joyner, 84, of Florence, SC passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Mrs. Joyner was born in Florence Co., SC a daughter of the late William Herbert Jeffords and Elizabeth Keith Jeffords Cox.She retired from Turner Manufacturing as a Supervisor of Shipping and was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents;...
James D. Edwards
May 26, 2020
James D. Edwards, 87, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, May 26, 2020. Mr. Edwards was born in Pamplico, SC a son of the late Robert Lewis Edwards and Cecil Bellflower Edwards.He worked for Electrolux for 27 years before opening House of Vacuums, Now Edwards Vacuum Center. He was a member of South Florence Baptist Church and was a former...
Russell D. Dozier
May 24, 2020
Russell D. Dozier, 65, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, May 24, 2020. Mr. Dozier was born in Florence, SC a son of the late Jesse Ludy Dozier and Itaska Kirby Dozier.He was the operations manager for Crown Beverages and a member of Unity Baptist Church.He enjoyed hunting, and watching hockey, baseball, and racing. He was preceded in death by...
Paul Edwin "Ed" Eleazer
May 23, 2020
Paul Edwin “Ed” Eleazer, Jr., 69, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020. Ed was born in Anderson, South Carolina to Edna Lovett Eleazer and the late Paul Edwin Eleazer, Sr. He grew up in various parts of central Florida and eventually moved to Australia to teach high school English, retaining a special fondness for these areas throughout his life....
Wilson Truesdale Outlaw
May 22, 2020
Wilson Truesdale Outlaw, III, 50, of Lamar, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020. Mr. Outlaw was born in Lanham, MD a son of the late Wilson Truesdale Outlaw, Jr. and Martha Campbell Outlaw.He was a 1988 graduate from Batesburg-Leesville High School and a Warehouse Transporter for the Tucker Center in Columbia. He was preceded in death by his parents;...
Tommy Constantinos Cholkas
May 22, 2020
Tommy Constantinos Cholkas, 53, of Florence, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020. Tommy was born a son of Voula Koutsoupias Cholkas and John C. Cholkas.He was a member of the Transfiguration of Our Savior Greek Orthodox Church.He graduated from West Florence High School and attended the University of South Carolina and graduated from Francis Marion University.He trained and worked...
Ronald Douglas Gibbs
May 22, 2020
Ronald Douglas Gibbs, 73, of Florence, passed away on Friday, May 22, 2020, at his residence, surrounded by his family. Mr. Gibbs was born a son of the late Hilda Barbour Gibbs and Forrest Douglas Gibbs.He was a member of the USMC Reserves and a graduate of Virginia Polytechnical Institute (Virginia Tech).Mr. Gibbs was a retired Nuclear Engineer and had...
Thomas Louis Housand
May 21, 2020
Thomas Louis Housand, 67, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2020. Mr. Housand was born in Mullins, SC a son of the late Dayton Louis Housand and Mildred Juanita Patterson.He was a volunteer Fireman and was on the Fire Brigade at Fibers and Wellman where he worked many years prior to their closing.He then went to Dixie Cup...
Polly Howle
May 20, 2020
Polly Carolyn Tedder Howle was escorted by the angels from her earthly castle to her Heavenly castle during the early morning hours of May 20, 2020.She was born on March 1, 1935 in the small community of Sardis, S.C., the youngest of ten siblings. She graduated from McClenaghan High School in 1952. On February 2, 1957, she married her Knight-in-Shining-Armor,...
Rosamond Rollins Coleman
May 19, 2020
Mrs. Rosamond Rollins Coleman, 68, of Florence, SC died on May 19, 2020, in MUSC-Florence after a long illness. She was born in Lake City, SC, a daughter of the late James Herbert and Sara Hagan Rollins.She is survived by her husband, William W. Coleman, Jr., of 48 years. Mrs. Coleman was a graduate of Lake City High School. She...
Richard Michael Shattles
May 19, 2020
Richard Michael Shattles, 63, of Bishopville, SC, passed away on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Mr. Shattles was born a son of the late Sue McGee Shattles and Claude Shattles. .He graduated from West Florence High School.He worked for Fiber Industries for ten years before becoming disabled.Mr. Shattles loved the Lord, the beach and fishing. He is survived by his sisters,...
Annette H. Langley
May 18, 2020
Annette H. Langley, 75, of Florence, joined her Lord and Family in Heaven on Monday, May 18, 2020 surrounded by family that loved her dearly. Our beloved “Aunt Net” was the daughter of the late John Pete and Louise Orvin Hagin and the loving wife of the late Ed Ronald Langley.Mrs. Langley graduated from Kingstree High School in 1963 and...
Gwendolyn Westberry Collins
May 17, 2020
Gwendolyn Westberry Collins, 85, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 17, 2020, at Bethea Retirement Community. A resident of Florence, South Carolina, for over fifty years, Gwen was born on June 10, 1934, in Jesup, Georgia, to the late Hilda Durden and W. Bryant Westberry. Gwen was a bank teller, a preschool teacher, and a realtor in Florence for over...
