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Recent Obituaries in Florence, SC
Browse recent obituaries and death notices for the Florence, South Carolina area. Each tribute honors a life lived and reflects the diverse traditions, cultures, and stories that shape our community.
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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...
Dorothy Faye Mcelveen Lee
May 16, 2020
Dorothy Faye McElveen Lee, 89, of Effingham, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Mrs. Lee was born in Florence Co., SC a daughter of the late John Carlton McElveen and Carrie Powell McElveen.She was a Restaurant Manager at Rose’s in Hartsville and retired in 1992.She was a member of Palmetto Street Church of God where she had been a...
Richard Edward Hohenberger
May 16, 2020
Richard Edward Hohenberger, 70, of Conway, SC passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Mr. Hohenberger was born in Holyoke, Mass. a son of the late Henry Hohenberger and Florence Coleman Hohenberger. Surviving are his wife, Jean Hohenberger; son, Richard P. (Kate Provencal) Hohenberger of Concord, NH; daughter, Jill (Lee) Janssen of Mount Pleasant, SC; grandson, Jake Janssen of Mount...
Faith Elizabeth Boss Rogers
May 16, 2020
Faith Elizabeth Boss Rogers, 37, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Faith was born in Chicago Heights, IL, the daughter of George Daniel Boss, III and Carol Besler Boss on March 18, 1983.Her family relocated and she grew up in Florence, graduating from West Florence High School. Faith and Daniel were married in 2007 at Lamb’s Chapel...
Thomas Allen Dowling
May 16, 2020
Thomas Allen Dowling, Sr., 76, of Timmonsville, went home to his Lord and Savior on Saturday, May 16, 2020. Mr. Dowling was born in Darlington Co., SC a son of the late Laurin P. Dowling and Orilla Truluck Dowling.He was a U.S. Navy veteran having served on the USS Enterprise during the Vietnam War, was owner and operator of Tadco...
Sara Adaline Snyder Mullinix
May 10, 2020
Sara was born in a farm house on Unity Road in New Middletown, OH on August 10, 1928.She was received into God’s hands to be with her wonderful husband, Don Mullinix, on May 10, 2020.She passed away peacefully living in her daughter and son-in-law’s home in Florence, South Carolina.Don passed away in August of 2007. As a child she enjoyed...
Raymond R. Dickey
May 7, 2020
Raymond R. Dickey, 88, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, May 7, 2020.Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Ray L. Gray
May 6, 2020
Ray L. Gray, 77, of Florence, SC passed away on Wednesday, May 6, 2020. Mr. Gray was born in Florence, SC a son of the late James Dudley Gray and Lenease Coker Gray.He was a graduate of Lake City High School and Francis Marion University.He was a member of Ebenezer Baptist Church where he was a member of the Light...
Louise James Amerson
May 5, 2020
Louise James Amerson, 76, of Florence, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Mrs. Amerson was born a daughter of the late Dorothy Harrell James and Charles Preston James.She was a member of Palmetto Street Church of God, enjoyed music and was a part of a family gospel group known as Crossroad Ministries...
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