Fairlyn J. Kysar
Jun 27, 2020
Fairlyn J Kysar, of Florence, SC, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, June 27, 2020 at McLeod Hospice House. Fairlyn retired from General Electric 30 years ago and was a member of Southside Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her parents, Lyman and Flonnie Kiker, as well as her 7 siblings. She is survived by her two daughters,...
James E. Rice
Jun 26, 2020
James E. Rice, 75, of Florence, went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 26, 2020 after a lengthy illness. Mr. Rice was born in Lumberton, NC on August 16, 1944 to the late Elmer Durham Rice and Dorothy Louise Humphrey Rice Oliver.He graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a BS degree in Marketing and Advertising.Jim worked for Eastern...
William Meadors "Bill" Stricklin
Jun 25, 2020
William Meadors “Bill” Stricklin, 76, of Florence, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, June 25, 2020. Mr. Stricklin was born on January 26, 1944 in Wilmington, DE, son of the late Malcolm McCaskill Stricklin and Meadors Lunn Stricklin.He graduated from McClenaghan High School in Florence, SC after transferring from Eastmore High School in Columbus, Ohio...
Terry Wilson Stewart
Jun 24, 2020
Terry Wilson Stewart, Sr., 76, of Effingham, passed away on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at McLeod Regional Medical Center surrounded by his family. Mr. Stewart was born the son of the late Lurleen Fowler Baker and Dewey Wilson Stewart.He was a member of Sand Hill Free Will Baptist Church and retired from Wellman Industries (formerly Fiber Industries). In addition to...
Joleen Grooms Watford
Jun 23, 2020
Joleen Grooms Watford, 80, of Alvation, KY, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Mrs. Watford was born in Florence, SC a daughter of the late Lonnie Grooms and Aileen Miles Grooms. Joleen Watford lived a full life and brought joy to everyone she met. She was a loving mother and grandmother to her own family and filled that role...
Phyllis Vaciana Thomas Scott
Jun 23, 2020
Phyllis Vaciana Thomas Scott, 91, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Ms. Scott was born a daughter of the late Roslyn Estella Wilson Thomas and Jeremiah Thomas. She had worked in food service at a local hospital in Jamaica, WI. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Herbert Scott; brothers, Henry...
Allen Lee Mize
Jun 22, 2020
Allen Lee Mize, 52, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, June 22, 2020. Allen Mize was born a son of the late Betty Ray Hierholzer Mize and Charles Henry Mize.He is a 1990 graduate of Texas A&M University with a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy Business. He was Chief Operating Officer of McCall Farms and a member of St....
Judith Ann Jordan
Jun 20, 2020
Judith Ann Jordan, 79, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, June 20, 2020. Mrs. Jordan was born in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, a daughter of the late John Milton Woolston and Mary Ann Lawton Woolston.She was a loving wife and homemaker.She was raised in the Episcopal faith and had been attending All Saints Church since moving to Florence. In addition to her...
Helen Corneal Aldridge
Jun 17, 2020
Helen Corneal Aldridge, 91, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, June 17, 2020. Mrs. Aldridge was born in Rockwood, TN, a daughter of the late Charles Fritts and Ursula Gertrude Bearden Fritts.She was a member of Mizpah Baptist Church.She taught the GA’s and Sunday School, and was an avid reader of Christian Romance Novels.She was the owner and operator of...
Mary Martha Meridth
Jun 16, 2020
Mary Martha Meridth passed away Tuesday, June 16th, 2020, at a local hospital after a brief illness. Martha was born in Marion County on March 17, 1954. She was the only daughter of Bishop Meridth and Mary Alice Sawyer Meridth. She grew up in Johnsonville, SC and graduated from Johnsonville High in 1972. She worked as a secretary at Tupperware...
Jacqueline Eugenia Mercier
Jun 16, 2020
Jacqueline Eugenia Mercier went to be with the Lord on Tuesday June 16, 2020 at a local hospital. Mrs. Mercier was born in Great Falls, SC on December 25, 1928, a daughter of the late Edward Ralph Baker and Lida Vanlandingham Baker.“Jackie”, as she was called, was a cosmetologist who, after graduating from cosmetology school, moved to Florence and worked...
Sheryl Kelley Green
Jun 16, 2020
Sheryl Kelley Green, 62, of Florence, SC, passed quietly in her sleep and entered paradise withJesus on Wednesday, June 16, 2020. Mrs. Green was born a daughter of Bobbie Jean Shelton Kelley-Plemmons (Gene) and the late James “Jimmy” Thomas Kelley. She was a member of COED-VI Sunday School Class and a member of SWATT at Hoffmeyer Road Baptist Church and...
Rhonda Gail Compton
Jun 16, 2020
Rhonda Gail Compton, 70, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2020. Ms. Compton was born a daughter of the late Mavin Poston McKissick and Carlyle McKissick. She is survived by her sons, Andrew Wade Gregory, Robert Glenn Adams and Michael Lane Compton; daughter, Rechelle Glenda Adams; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and brother, Barry McKissick. A Memorial Service...
Ronald Glenn Sasso
Jun 15, 2020
Ronald Glenn Sasso, 73, of Florence, passed away on Monday, June 15, 2020. He was born in Farmington, PA a son of the late Isaiah Sasso and Beverly Richardson Sasso.He was a long distance truck driver with CF and Yellow Freight for over 30 years.He was a member of the Florence Baptist Temple where he was an invaluable leader in...
Linda Spearman Mcleod
Jun 15, 2020
Linda Spearman McLeod, 80, of Florence, passed away on Monday, June 15, 2020. Mrs. McLeod was born in Anderson County, SC a daughter of the late JC Spearman and Gladys Bagwell Spearman.She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Mrs. McLeod who loved children dearly, served many years as a preschool teacher and director of after-school care. She was preceded...
Francisco Romero Hernandez
Jun 14, 2020
Francisco Romero Hernandez, 77, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020. Mr. Hernandez was born in El Salvador a son of the late Julio Romero and Cecilia Hernandez Romero.He was a retired car salesman and attended the Iglesia de Dios Nueva Vida. Surviving are his wife, Ana E. Romero of Florence; son, Wilfredo Romero and his wife, Denise,...
Jackie Ray Poston
Jun 14, 2020
Jackie Ray Poston, 56, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, June 14, 2020. Mr. Poston was born in Florence, SC a son of the late James Jackson “Jackie” Poston, the late Leona Dimery Evans, and his step-mother who raised him, Margaret Poston Holden.He was a self-employed handyman and landscaper. He was preceded in death by his parents and by a...
Terry Wilson Stewart
Jun 13, 2020
Terry Wilson Stewart, Jr., 54, of Effingham, SC passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2020. Mr. Stewart was born in Augusta, GA a son of Terry Wilson Stewart, Sr. and the late Wanda Annette Eaddy Stewart.He was a carpenter and attended Sand Hill Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are his father of Effingham; daughter, Jessica Stewart Strickland of Scranton; grandchildren,...
Theresa Moore Blackwell
Jun 12, 2020
Theresa Moore Blackwell, 71, of Timmonsville, passed away on Friday, June 12, 2020. Mrs. Blackwell was born in Burlington, NC a daughter of the late Cecil Moore and Florence Jones.She was a member of Mizpah Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Loren Fred Blackwell, Jr., parents, and sister, Patty Starling. Surviving are her sons, Bryan (Angela)...
Judith "Jo" Baltenbach Via
Jun 10, 2020
Judith “Jo” Baltenbach Via, 73, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. Mrs. Via was born in Kent, Ohio, a daughter of the late Joseph Baltenbach and Betty Hall Baltenbach.She worked for the University of Virginia for 27 years and helped create and start the first film festival known as the Virginia Film Festival.She loved cooking, playing cards,...
