Jack A. Huffman
Oct 13, 2018
Jack Anderson Huffman, 87, of Effingham, SC, passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Huffman was born a son of the late Roy Anderson Huffman and Ida Virginia Brightwell Huffman.He was a purchasing agent with GE starting in Lynchburg, VA and retiring after 36 years of service in Florence, SC. Following that retirement, he established Photo...
Theresa A. Champy
Oct 13, 2018
Theresa A. Champy, 71, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, October 13, 2018 at McLeod Hospice House. Theresa was born a daughter of the late Lurene Miller Arant and Wilford P. Arant.She graduated from Bowman Academy and retired as secretary to the Captain of South Carolina Highway Patrol in Orangeburg.Theresa was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church...
John Hensley
Oct 11, 2018
John Hensley, 60, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, October 11, 2018. Mr. Hensley was born the son of Pat Parshley Hensley and Bill Hensley.He was a retired salesman with Terminix.Mr. Hensley was an avid NASCAR fan, with Dale Earhart, Sr. being his favorite driver, and he enjoyed fishing. He is predeceased by his wife, Barbara Hensley. In addition...
Charles "Chuck" Thomas Horton
Oct 9, 2018
Charles Thomas “Chuck” Horton, 44, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, October 9, 2018, from a battle with brain cancer. Chuck was born a son of Harold Eugene Horton, Sr. and the late Bonnie Lee Dixon Horton.He was a member of Hampton Masonic Lodge #204 and Omar Shrine Temple.Chuck was a devoted employee with Worthington Industries.He was a devoted father...
Lola Irene Mixon
Oct 8, 2018
Irene Skipper Mixon, 77, of Florence, SC passed away Monday, October 8, 2018. Irene was born in Florence, SC a daughter of the late Bose Skipper and Tommy Louise Adams Skipper Jeffords. She was a member of Palmetto Street Church of God. Irene was a loving mother, grandmother and mother-in-law. She was a witty and sassy woman who enjoyed life....
Lloyd E. Starr
Oct 8, 2018
Lloyd E. Starr, Sr., 87, of Florence, passed away on Monday, October 8, 2018, at Grand Strand Medical Center. Mr. Starr was born in Pikeville, Kentucky, a son of the late Noah Starr and Dolly Simmons Starr. He graduated from Francis Marion University with a degree in Childhood Education and was a member of Calvary Baptist Church.Mr. Starr was a...
Dena Elizabeth Tart
Oct 7, 2018
Dena Elizabeth Tart went to be with her Lord at her mother’s home surrounded by her mother and loving family on October 7, 2018. She was born in Florence, SC on December 17, 1969 and was the daughter of Elizabeth “Lib” Kirby Tart and the late Thomas I. Tart, who passed away on November 9, 2017. After graduating from Florence...
Anthony Allen Blackmon
Oct 7, 2018
Anthony Allen Blackmon, 51, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, October 7, 2018. Mr. Blackmon was born a son of Judith Yarborough Blackmon and Jutson A. Blackmon.He was a carpenter. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his son, Christian Ryan Blackmon; daughter, Amber Nicole Hooks; grandchildren, Liberty McKayla Hooks and Blayton Blackmon; a number of aunts and...
Robert "Bob" Gordon Harris
Oct 4, 2018
Robert Gordon “Bob” Harris, 77, of Timmonsville, SC, passed away on Thursday, October 4, 2018. Mr. Harris was born the son of the late Viola Alice McNeil and Fred Benjamin Harris. He was born in Raeford, North Carolina and grew up in Mt. Gilead, North Carolina. He was founder and owner of Harris Pest Control, Inc. Mr. Harris was an...
Norma J. Hoppel
Oct 4, 2018
Norma J. Hoppel, age 86, passed away at McLeod Hospice House on October 4, 2018 of a lingering illness. Arrangements will be announced by Stoudenmire-Dowling Funeral Home.
Danny Ray Blakley
Oct 3, 2018
Danny Ray Blakley, 56, of Florence, passed away on Wednesday, October 3, 2018. Mr. Blakley was born the son of Jessie Mae Blakley.He was a house painter by trade. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his brother, Joe Kenneth “Kenny” Pickett of Timmonsville; sister, Gloria Ann Hopkins of Florence; nephew, Thomas Michael Hopkins of Florence; aunt, Lender...
Janice Dubose Pigate
Oct 2, 2018
Janice Dubose Pigate, 75, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, October 2, 2018, surrounded by her family. Mrs. Pigate was born a daughter of the late Sydney Luther Dubose and Lillian Ham Dubose.She was a retired school teacher from Florence School District #1. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband, Vernon Durant Pigate. Mrs. Pigate is...
Flossie Rebecca Zigler
Oct 1, 2018
Flossie Rebecca Zigler, 94, of Florence, passed away Monday, October 1, 2018, in a Florence nursing home after an illness. Mrs. Zigler was born in Pamplico, a daughter of the late Charmon and Tula Hannah Haines. She had lived in Pierre, S.D. for over 30 years. She had retired from the Easter Seal Society in Pierre. She had been a...
Marvin "Ed" Holloman
Sep 29, 2018
Marvin “Ed” Holloman was born on 11/27/1931 and passed away on 9/29/2018.He grew up in Florence, South Carolina and entered the U.S. Air Force in 1951. He retired from Overnight Transportation after 34 years of service.He recently drove for Atkinson Brothers and loved to travel.Mr. Holloman formerly was part owner of Huddle House in Hartsville, Darlington, Sumter and Florence.He also...
William "Bill" Oliver Peace
Sep 28, 2018
William “Bill” Oliver Peace, 83, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018. Mr. Peace was born the son of the late Robert Peace and Dollie Mae Denby Peace.He was a veteran of the US Air Force and a retired manager from Kmart.Mr. Peace was a member of Peace Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased...
Donald Eugene Gibbs
Sep 28, 2018
Donald Eugene Gibbs, 83, of Florence, passed away on Friday, September 28, 2018. Mr. Gibbs was born in Pamplico, SC, a son of the late Wilburn J. Gibbs and Helen Elizabeth Cox Gibbs.He was a US Army veteran having served during the Korean Conflict and a graduate of Carolina College of Commerce.He was employed for 30 plus years at Stephenson...
Bonnie Black Ruedinger
Sep 27, 2018
Bonnie Black Ruedinger, 62, of Florence, passed away on Thursday, September 27, 2018. Mrs. Ruedinger was born the daughter of the late Dorothy Thomas Black and Bernard Black.She graduated from Columbia College and received her Master’s Degree from Francis Marion University.She was a teacher with Florence School District #1 for 40 years, touching and influencing many young peoples’ lives. Mrs....
Beverly Myers Carnes
Sep 24, 2018
Beverly Adrienne Myers Carnes, 76, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, September 24, 2018, surrounded by her family. Beverly, daughter of the late Mildred Summerford Myers and Richard Adrian Myers, was a giving, loving and caring mother and grandmother.She was employed by McLeod Regional Medical Center in the Postpartum Unit and Newborn Nursery for thirty-five years and was a...
Jerry Ann Beard
Sep 24, 2018
Jerry Ann Beard, 67, of Florence, passed away on Monday, September 24, 2018. Ms. Beard was born a daughter of the late Cora Bowden Beard and Charles “Alvie” H. Beard.She was a graduate of Cedar Grove High School, Cedar Grove, WV.She worked with Kanawha Banking & Trust, West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles and West Virginia National Guard in Charleston,...
Mary Shirley Sebastian
Sep 23, 2018
Mary Shirley Cardinali Sebastian, 77, of Florence, died on Sunday, September 23, 2018. Everyone knew her by the name of Shirley, born on May 24, 1941, in Webster, Massachusetts, graduated from Bartlett High School in 1959 and Addison Gilbert Hospital School of Nursing in Gloucester, Massachusetts.She entered the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman for three years. After completion of...
