Wilma Ward Dupre
Jul 24, 2018
Wilma Ward DuPre, 102, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. Mrs. DuPre was born a daughter of the late John Wilmer Ward and Nancy Carter Ward.She was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Bennettsville, SC, where she taught Sunday School.She graduated from McClenaghan High School in Florence.She worked with Railway Express, Florence Morning News,...
Thelma Irene Dewitt Hutchinson
Jul 23, 2018
Thelma Irene Dewitt Hutchinson, 87, of Florence, passed away on Monday, July 23, 2018. Mrs. Hutchinson was born a daughter of the late Mattie Haynes Dewitt and Ernest Oliver Dewitt.She was a member of Truth Chapel Pentecostal Holiness Church. She is survived by her husband, William A. Hutchinson; son, William L. Hutchinson of Florence; twin daughters, Brenda Kaye Hutchinson and...
William Eugene Kelehear
Jul 23, 2018
William Eugene Kelehear, Sr., 71, of Florence, passed away on Monday, July 23, 2018. Mr. Kelehear was born in Charleston, SC a son of the Late Seaborn Bill Kelehear and Hazel Evelyn McRae Kelehear.He was a US Marine Corps veteran, a police officer for the Charleston County Police Department and a retired truck driver having worked for Jones Brothers Trucking....
Margaret Hyman Carroway
Jul 23, 2018
Margaret Hyman Carroway, 66, of Florence, SC went home to be with the Lord, Monday, July 23, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. Margaret was born in Florence County, SC the daughter of Genell Matthews Hyman and the late Hoyt LeGrande Hyman. She was a member of Florence Baptist Temple, the Kent Kendall Sunday School Class and the Gloria...
Cynthia Summerford Severance
Jul 21, 2018
Cynthia S. Severance was called to her Heavenly Home, Saturday, July 21, 2018. Cynthia was born December 29, 1924, in Florence, SC, a daughter of Curtis K. Summerford and Daisy Carter Summerford.She was the widow of Bill Severance.Cynthia is survived by a daughter, Donna S. Hernandez; a son, Kent R. Severance; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Our Cynthia will be...
Bobby Bennett Lee
Jul 12, 2018
Bobby Bennett Lee, Sr., 82, of Timmonsville, SC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, July 12, 2018. Mr. Lee was born in Florence, a son of the late Elbert Lee and Myrtie Lee. He attended Florence County Schools and Horry-Georgetown Technical College.Mr. Lee was a veteran of the US Army.He was the market manager at...
William Trellis Carter
Jul 9, 2018
William Trellis Carter, 85, of Timmonsville, passed away on Monday, July 9, 2018. Mr. Carter was born a son of the late William Colon and Katie Chandler Carter of Lamar, SC.He was a veteran of the US Air Force, having served during the Korean War.Mr. Carter was a member of Southside Baptist Church for fifty years and had worked with...
Myrtis Wise Turner Leach
Jul 9, 2018
Myrtis Wise Turner Leach, 98, of Florence, passed away on Monday, July 9, 2018. She was one of thirteen children born to the late Henry C. Wise and Eliza Ann Poston Wise. She attended Hannah schools. Mrs. Leach was a member of Tabernacle United Methodist Church. Mrs. Leach is preceded in death by her husband, James Emerson Leach, Sr.; grandson,...
Carol Ruth Schroeppel
Jul 9, 2018
Carol Ruth Peterson Schroeppel, 88, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, July 9, 2018, at McLeod Hospice House. Born June 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois, Carol was the daughter of the late Robert Charles and Ruth Erickson Peterson.She was an office manager in the medical field and was a member of Bethany Bible Chapel.Carol was loved by everyone because...
Raleigh David Tarte
Jul 7, 2018
Raleigh David Tarte, 74, of Effingham, passed away on Saturday, July 7, 2018. Mr. Tarte was born a son of the late Raleigh Douglas Tarte and Alda Mae Kirby Tarte.He was a retired operator from General Electric.Mr. Tarte attended Vision Assembly in Darlington. He is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Betty Lawhon Tarte; son, Michael Tarte (Rebecca)...
Margaret Lawhon Wilkes
Jul 5, 2018
Margaret Lawhon Wilkes, 61, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, July 5, 2018. Mrs. Wilkes was born a daughter of H. W. Turner, Sr. and Daisy Eloise Morris Turner.She retired as co/owner and operator of A. M. Cars. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Exley Arvle Wilkes; former husband, Billy Lawhon; son, Billy Keith Lawhon...
Alma Faye Williams Floyd
Jul 4, 2018
Alma Faye Williams Floyd, 81, of Coward, passed away on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. Mrs. Floyd was born a daughter of the late Auley Monroe Williams and Della Smith Williams.She retired from La-Z-Boy Furniture after thirty-three years and from Kress Store for twenty-five years.Mrs. Floyd was a member of Bethsaida United Methodist Church. Mrs. Floyd is survived by her daughters,...
Herman Borey Broach
Jul 4, 2018
Herman Borey Broach, 83, of Hartsville, SC, passed away on Wednesday, July 4, 2018. Mr. Broach was born a son of the late Ernest Borey Broach and Ella Mae Hatchell Broach. He was a veteran of the US Army and a retired Sonoco truck driver of forty-one years. Mr. Broach was a member of Darlington Pentecostal Holiness Church as well...
Donald Wayne Wilmont
Jul 3, 2018
Donald Wayne Wilmont, 66, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2018.Arrangements are being handled by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.
Dorothea Evelyn Fore Bryant
Jul 3, 2018
Dorothea Evelyn Fore Bryant died on July 3, 2018, peacefully at the Hospice House in Florence, SC. Evelyn was 99 years old, and born in Florence, SC on April 30, 1919 to Austin Homer Fore and Harriett Hensilee Parham Fore.She was the second child of ten children and the last remaining of her immediate family. Evelyn met and married Monroe...
Naginbhai Patel
Jul 3, 2018
Naginbhai Patel, 75, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, July 3, 2018. Mr. Patel was born in India, a son of the late Raojibhai Patel and Maniben Patel. Surviving are his wife, Manjulaben Patel; son, Yagneshkumar Patel; daughters, Binitaben Patel and Sarikaben Patel; grandchildren, Ronak, Rima, Dipan and Bhargavi Patel; great-grandchild, Kennedy Patel. Funeral services will be held at 11:00...
Nancy Vinesett Ellis
Jul 2, 2018
Angels stood to greet Nancy Vinesett Ellis on July 2, 2018. Nancy was born in Charlotte, NC on August 15, 1940. She was a daughter of L.T. and Bertha Vinesett. She graduated from West Mecklenburg High School in Charlotte. She met the love of her life, Bobby Ellis, during junior high school. Her husband became the most blessed guy in...
Margaret Rose Taylor Hammond
Jul 2, 2018
Margaret Rose Taylor Hammond, 80, of Florence, passed away on Monday, July 2, 2018. Mrs. Hammond was born a daughter of the late Fred Robert Taylor and Ethel Pearl Harmon Taylor.She was a kindergarten teacher with South Side Free Will Baptist Church in Darlington.She received her Associate Degree in “Biblical Theology and Ministry” from ISOM Bible College at the age...
Charles Rufus Williams
Jul 1, 2018
Charles Rufus Williams, Jr., 78, of Florence, passed away. Mr. Williams was born a son of the late Charles R. Williams, Sr. and Mary Lou Poston Ard.He was a retired carpenter. He is survived by his daughter, Sherry Edmonds (Bobby) and one grandchild, Justin Edmonds. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by his wife, Lavonne Poston Williams; brothers,...
Gertrude "Trudie" Funderburk
Jun 29, 2018
Gertrude “Trudie” Funderburk, of Evergreen, South Carolina, went to be with her Lord on Friday, 29 June 2018; she was 92 years old.She passed peacefully in Pfafftown, North Carolina, in the home of her daughter, where she had resided for the past twelve years. Born in Pageland, South Carolina, Trudie lived most of her life in the Evergreen community of...
