Lois Jackson Summerford
Jul 22, 2020
Lois Jackson Summerford, 90, of Florence, SC passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. Mrs. Summerford was born in Green Sea, SC a daughter of the late Aubrey Jackson and Tressie Todd Jackson.She was a 2nd grade teacher and a bookkeeper for Summerford Farms.She was a member of Pisgah United Methodist Church, where she was a member of the Asbury...
Cindy Clark Gainey
Jul 21, 2020
Cindy Clark Gainey passed away on July 21, 2020. She was born in Florence SC to the late James David Clark and Sallie Mae Lowery Clark. In addition to her parents, Cindy was predeceased by her sisters Virginia Clark Hudson, and Barbara Clark Smith and brother-in-law, Ric Floyd. Ms. Gainey is survived by her daughters Ashlee (Aaron) Galloway and Alexa...
Meredith Ashley Kidd
Jul 20, 2020
Meredith Ashley Kidd, 32, of Clemson, formerly of Florence, passed away on Monday, July 20, 2020. Ms. Kidd was born a daughter of Angela Arnette Kidd and Sidney Leon Kidd.She enjoyed music, reading, crossword puzzles, and crime and medical TV dramas.She had a love for all animals. She is preceded in death by her brother, Colin Kidd and her grandmother,...
Mary Cantrell Neal
Jul 18, 2020
Mary Cantrell Neal, 92, of Florence, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 18, 2020. Mrs. Neal was born in Simpsonville, SC, the daughter of the late Kate Hinton Cantrell and Harold Banks Cantrell.She was a retired service clerk from Fiber Industries, a member of Leatherman Senior Citizens Association and a member of Dawsey United...
Carolyn Dawson Skipper
Jul 18, 2020
Carolyn Dawson Skipper, 99, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, July 18, 2020. Mrs. Skipper was born the daughter of the late Carrie Mae Plowden and John Carlton Dawson.She retired as a manager of a local Merle Norman Cosmetics store after working there for 35 years.She was a member of New Testament Church at Parkland. In addition to her parents,...
Clyde Roland David
Jul 15, 2020
Clyde Roland David, 97, of Myrtle Beach, SC, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 after a long illness. Mr. David was born in Florence, SC a son of the late Thomas Roland David and Carrie Lee Barfield.He was a US Army veteran of World War II, had worked for and retired from Atlantic Coastline Railroad, and was a member...
Carolyn Davis Thompkins
Jul 14, 2020
Carolyn Davis Thompkins, 67, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Mrs. Thompkins was born a daughter of the late Dorothy Hicks Davis and Charlie Walker Davis. She was a member of Mizpah Baptist Church and loved being a caretaker for others. She is survived by her husband, Samuel “Sammy” Thompkins; sons, Charlie Davis Thompkins (Stephanie Rose) and...
Elwood Milligan
Jul 14, 2020
Elwood Milligan, 81, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, July 14, 2020. Mr. Milligan was born in Loris, SC, the son of the late Lida Martin Milligan and Worley Milligan. He was retired from the United States Postal Service and was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church of Florence. He enjoyed fishing and collecting old tractors. In addition...
Isabella Lucille Cribb Cox
Jul 8, 2020
Isabella Lucille Cribb Cox, infant daughter of Rusty Lee Cox and Susan Elizabeth Cribb, of Florence, SC, gained her angel’s wings on July 8, 2020. She is survived by brothers, Hunter Lee Cox and Dallas Noah Mincey; sister, Madison Nicole Cox; paternal grandmother, Arla M. Phillips; paternal grandfather, Russell L. Cox; maternal grandfather, Richard W. Cribb, Jr.Her family loved her...
Elijah Halsey Thomas
Jul 8, 2020
Elijah Halsey Thomas passed away peacefully July 8th, 2020.He was born in 1928 in Lake City, S.C. son of the late Cora Eugenia Cook and Ira Tillman Thomas. He is preceded in death by his wife Audrine Baxley in 2014 who he greatly missed. They were both members of Calvary Baptist Church in Florence.He lived an exemplary Christian life setting...
William Howard "Bill" Corey
Jul 7, 2020
William Howard “Bill” Corey, 88, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. Mr. Corey was born in Buffalo, NY a son of the late Charles Clement Corey and Mary Kassak Corey.He retired from American Airlines as an aircraft mechanic.He was a US Air Force veteran and was a member of Hoffmeyer Road Baptist Church. He was preceded in...
Danny Wayne Cox
Jul 5, 2020
Danny Wayne Cox, 60, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020. Mr. Cox was born in Mullins, SC a son of the late Douglas Wayne Cox and Mary Elizabeth Church Cox.His greatest pleasure was spending time with his family, and he enjoyed classic rock, and fishing. He was preceded in death by his parents, and by a granddaughter,...
Danny Joe Jones
Jul 5, 2020
Danny Joe Jones, 75, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020, at McLeod Hospice House after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Jones was born the son of the late Ruth Creel Jones and S. J. Jones.He served with theNational Guard and retired as the Facilities Director at Florence Baptist Temple, where he was also a member. Mr....
Margaret Perry Driggers
Jul 5, 2020
Margaret Perry Driggers, 59, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, July 5, 2020. Mrs. Driggers was born in Florence Co., SC a daughter of the late Leon Perry and Louise Cox Perry.She was a member of First Free Will Baptist Church and worked in the health care field. She was preceded in death by her parents and by two sons,...
Kathy Smith Sims
Jul 1, 2020
Kathy Smith Sims, 62, of Darlington, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Kathy was born a daughter of the late Sarah Griggs Smith and James “Jimmy” Smith of Ruby, SC.She was the Director of Nursing of the Heart and Vascular Institute at McLeod Regional Medical Center Heart and had been employed with McLeod for 30 years.Kathy loved her family,...
Francis Freeman Richardson
Jul 1, 2020
Francis Freeman Richardson, 98, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Mr. Richardson was born a son of the late Ina Wertz Richardson and Benjamin Fred Richardson.He was a US Army Air Corps Veteran, having served in WWII in the Pacific with the 5th Airforce.Mr. Richardson was member of Highland Park United Methodist Church and Florence Optimist Club....
Edaphell Bernice Hyman Gibbs
Jul 1, 2020
Edaphell Bernice Hyman Gibbs, 89, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Mrs. Gibbs was born May 1, 1931, in the Pamplico area of South Carolina during a far more gentle time in our land. Neighbors were all quick to offer help in difficult times. Sundays were set aside for Church Worship, followed by dinners home prepared and frequently attended...
Lois Redford Parrott
Jun 30, 2020
Lois Redford Parrott, 97, of Florence, formerly of Sumter, SC, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Mrs. Parrott was born the daughter of the late Gertrude Knight Redford and Benjamin Harrison Redford.She was graduated from Spartanburg Methodist College and Columbia College.She was employed with South Carolina Methodist Conference as Conference Director of Youth, taught in the Sumter School System...
Jonathan "Jon" Christopher Maddrix
Jun 28, 2020
Some of Jon's favorite verses were Psalm 139:13-16 You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex.Your workmanship is marvelous - How well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in...
Walter Wendell Merritt
Jun 27, 2020
Walter Wendell Merritt, 79, of Effingham, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020. Mr. Merritt was born in Marion, SC a son of the late Walter Mace Merritt and Lena Hinds Merritt.He retired from DuPont after 32 years.He was a member of Hebron Baptist Church, was active in Cooks for Christ, president of the WOW Lodge #52, and a member...
