Ruby Lynch Evans
Dec 17, 2019
Ruby Lynch Evans, 78, of Effingham, passed away on Tuesday, December 17, 2019. Ms. Evans was born the daughter of the late Celia Connor Lynch and Leo Lynch.She loved fishing and planting flowers.She especially loved spending time with her grandkids and great-grandkids In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Billy Evans; daughter, Patricia Evans;...
Jerry Lee Eckhardt
Dec 16, 2019
Jerry Lee Eckhardt, husband of Rhonda Gregg Eckhardt, died on Monday, December 16, 2019 at the age of 78 in Florence. Born in Anderson, Indiana, to Carl and Wilma Eckhardt, he became a math teacher and real estate broker in Indiana and SC.He was also a member of Trinity Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He is preceded in death by his parents;...
Janice Threadgill Frye
Dec 15, 2019
Janice Threadgill Frye, 68, of Timmonsville, passed away on Sunday, December 15, 2019. Ms. Frye was born a daughter of the Evander S. “Van” Threadgill and the late Evelea Hicks Threadgill.She was the owner and operator of Pee Dee Driver’s Training School. In addition to her mother, she is preceded in death by her son, Andy Frye. Ms. Frye is...
Martha "Marty" Thornberry Bickett
Dec 14, 2019
Martha "Marty" Thornberry Bickett, 90, wife of the late Joseph Bickett, passed away on Saturday, December 14, 2019.Marty was born on December 24, 1928 in Vine Grove, Kentucky, the daughter of the late Hugh Thornberry and Mary Letitia Hamilton Thornberry.She was a resident of Florence and a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church for 60 years, where she was involved...
Ann Bird Goebel
Dec 13, 2019
Gordon Ann Cutter Bird Goebel, 69, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, December 13, 2019. Ms. Goebel was born in Florence, SC, a daughter of the late Ervin Gordon Cutter and Mary Alma Hicks Cutter.She was a member of Central United Methodist Church, a member of the Florence Shag Club, and a former member of the Forget Me Not...
Ellen Chavis Siebert
Dec 12, 2019
Ellen Chavis Siebert, 77, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, December 12, 2019. Ms. Seibert was born in Rockingham, NC a daughter of the late James Chavis and Lillian Johnson Chavis.She loved participating in activities at Honorage Nursing Center.Her favorite activity was coloring, she never met a stranger, and she loved giving hugs.She was the best mother her daughter could...
Danny Zack Gerald
Dec 8, 2019
Danny Zack Gerald, 66, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019. Mr. Gerald was born in Florence, SCa son of the late Wilbur Zack Gerald and June Rogers Gerald.He retired from CSX Railroad as an Engineer and loved the Gamecocks. Surviving are his sons, Brandon (Kasey) Gerald and Patrick Gerald, and grandchildren, Kelcey Gerald and Carley Gerald. Memorials...
Tamra "Tammy" Turner Derrick
Dec 6, 2019
Tamra “Tammy” Turner Derrick, 56, of Florence, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019. Mrs. Derrick was born the daughter of Janet Hewitt and Southern “Buddy” Hewitt and the late Ronald Turner. She had worked as an optical assistant with Eye Care of Florence and as a bookkeeper with Godbold Construction.Mrs. Derrick attended Newspring Church. In addition to her father,...
Maryellen Garrett Dunn
Dec 6, 2019
Maryellen Garrett Dunn, 95, of Florence, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2019. Mrs. Dunn was born the daughter of the late Clifford Florence Stiffler Garrett and Loren Bryan Garrett.She was a faithful member of Faith Presbyterian Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Lyman Hershell Dunn, Jr. and two brothers, James Orville...
Jean Marie Cutler
Dec 5, 2019
Jean Marie Cutler, 73, of Florence, South Carolina, passed away on December 5, 2019 from ALS, Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Jean was born Nov.21, 1946 in Minneapolis, MN, graduated from the Southwest High School in Minneapolis, and obtained a BS degree from the University of Minnesota in 1968. Jean met her future husband, Kendall (Ken) Cutler, while at the University and...
Richard James Bryant
Dec 5, 2019
Richard James Bryant, 72, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019. Mr. Bryant was born the son of the late Daisy Estelle Register Bryant and William Harvey Bryant. He was a self-employed long distance truck driver. In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by his step-daughter, Donna Kaye Lamb; sister, Willie Jean Bryant, and brother,...
Argene Yeatts Dowdy
Dec 5, 2019
Argene Yeatts Dowdy, 87, of Florence, SC passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2019. Mrs. Dowdy was born in Altavista, VA, a daughter of the late Leslie Raymond Yeatts and Viola Cilla Yeatts.She was formerly employed at the Belk store in Darlington and had attended Cornerstone Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Gail Guess; brother,...
Dorothy E. Dunn
Dec 4, 2019
Dorothy E. Dunn, 91, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, December 4, 2019. She was born on September 25, 1928, to the late James and Agnes Edgington in Worthington, PA.Mrs. Dunn married the love of her life, Charles P. Dunn, on June 25, 1950.She retired from AT&T and loved to play bingo and spend time with her family. Mrs. Dunn...
James "Jimmy" Richard Thomas
Dec 3, 2019
James "Jimmy" Richard Thomas, III, 46, of Rock Hill, SC passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. He was born in Florence, SC a son of James Richard Thomas, Jr. and Diane Kelly Turney.He was self- employed and volunteered with the Clover High School Robotics Class.He was a member of the NRA and started the “Warriors for Christ” Facebook page....
Addie Virginia Blanchard
Dec 3, 2019
Addie Virginia Blanchard, 76, of Effingham, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at McLeod Hospice House surrounded by her family. Mrs. Blanchard was born a daughter of the late Maebell Turner Powell and Vesper Powell, Sr.She received her Associate Degree from Columbia College and had worked for Southern Bell for seventeen years. Mrs. Blanchard and her first husband, Sam...
Kathleen "Kay" Elizabeth O'Hara
Dec 2, 2019
Kathleen “Kay” Elizabeth Bednar O’Hara, 80, of Florence, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2019. Mrs. O’Hara was born a daughter of the late Francis Janes Bednar and Louis Bednar.She was a retired bookkeeper with the Florence Housing Authority. She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James Joseph O’Hara and her sister, Patricia Bednar. Mrs. O’Hara is...
Johnny Eldredge Moseley
Nov 29, 2019
Johnny Eldredge Moseley, 82, of Florence, passed away on Friday, November 29, 2019. Mr. Moseley, also known as “Big John”, was born in Camden, SC a son of the late Eldredge Moseley and Ruby Lee Brown Moseley.He was a member of the Air National Guard, a member of Evergreen Baptist Church, was a 3rd Degree Mason, and he was an...
Sheila Faye Johnson
Nov 27, 2019
Sheila Faye Johnson, 47, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. Mrs. Johnson was born a daughter of the late Roberta Jean Coleman Hyatt and J. C. Hyatt. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her brother, Ronnie Hollingsworth. She is survived by her husband, Michael “Tex” Todd Johnson; sons, Jonathan Tiller (Katie) of...
Kathryn Elizabeth Morris
Nov 26, 2019
Kathryn Elizabeth Hoffman Morris, 91, passed away on Tuesday, November 26, 2019. Mrs. Morris was born the daughter of the late Lila Jane Morrison Hoffman and Dewey Hoffman. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband, Clarence Mitchell Morris, Jr.; son, Dennis M. Morris; and brother, James Hoffman. Mrs. Morris is survived by her sons,...
Barbara J. Kaylor
Nov 24, 2019
Barbara J. Kaylor, 74, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, November 24, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Kaylor was born the daughter of the late Maggie Field Bryant and William Bryant.She received her Master’s Degree from the University of South Carolina and worked as a public school teacher until her retirement from Florence School District #1. Mrs. Kaylor was a...
