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...
Freddie Wailen Watts
Jun 27, 2018
Freddie Wailen Watts, 71, of Florence, SC, passed away on Wednesday, June 27, 2018. Mr. Watts was born the son of the late Ralph Wailen Watts and Jewel Maralyn Israel Watts.He graduated from Florence Darlington Technical College and worked with Vulcraft for twenty-five years. Mr. Watts later opened his own company, Carolina Steel Services, from which he retired.He was a...
Billy Eugene Weatherford
Jun 26, 2018
Billy Eugene Weatherford, 67, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, June 26, 2018. Mr. Weatherford was born a son of the late J. C. Weatherford and Doris Shaw Weatherford. He is survived by six brothers and sisters, Jack Weatherford (Diane), Robbie (Kay) Weatherford, Margaret Ann Gainey, Janice Poston, Judy Shelly and Rita Pattillo; and a large extended family. In addition...
Jerry Ray Harvey
Jun 25, 2018
Jerry Ray Harvey, born 22 minutes after his identical twin Gerry Jay, on April 26, 1958 in Wahiawa, Oahu, was taken to his eternal heavenly home on June 25, 2018. His sparkling blue eyes lit up his face like a Christmas tree and his enthusiasm for life was apparent. Jerry was a doer, a hard-worker with determination to provide well...
Leroy Delbert Hoppel
Jun 24, 2018
Leroy Delbert Hoppel, 88, of Florence, SC passed away on Sunday, June 24, 2018. Mr. Hoppel was born on November 16, 1929 in East Liverpool, Ohio, a son of the late Lillian Smith Hoppel and Chester Hoppel.He was a graduate of East Liverpool High School in 1947, where he had been a member of the All Boy Band and attended...
Emma Elizabeth Baxter Stover
Jun 23, 2018
Emma Elizabeth Baxter Stover, 81, of Florence, formerly of Blowing Rock, NC, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2018. Mrs. Stover was born a daughter of the late Hollis Ogle Baxter and Claire Janette Royster Baxter.She was married to her high school sweetheart, Richard Douglas Stover, for 60 years.Mrs. Stover was a graduate of Gastonia High School and Meredith College.She...
Wayne Arthur Andrews
Jun 22, 2018
Wayne Arthur Andrews, Sr., 81, of Effingham, passed away on Friday, June 22, 2018. Mr. Andrews was born in Darlington, SC a son of the late James Roland Andrews and Wilma Maude Davis Andrews.He was a retired Terminal Director for Yellow Freight Lines and a member of the Teamsters Union. He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife,...
John Lee Mcintyre
Jun 22, 2018
John Lee McIntyre, 68, passed away on Friday, June 22, 2018. At his request, there will be no services. The family is being assisted by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home. Please sign the tribute wall for the family at www.stoudenmiredowling.com.
Nick J. Mathes
Jun 21, 2018
Nick John Mathes, 88, of Florence passed away Thursday morning, June 21st at Carolinas Hospital in Florence, SC.Mr. Mathes was preceded in death by his parents, John and Maria Mathes, and his granddaughter, Christina Huggins. Mr. Mathes was born on November 25, 1929 in Klapsi, Greece and immigrated to the United States in 1946, where he resided in Winston-Salem, NC...
Betty Singletary Jones
Jun 19, 2018
Betty Singletary Jones, 81, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Mrs. Jones was born a daughter of the late Douglas O. Singletary and Lillie Stewart Singletary. She was a member of College Park Baptist Church as well as a member of Order of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the Nile. Mrs. Jones was a retired registered...
