Jeffrey "Jeff" Wayne Collins
March 4, 2022
Jeffrey "Jeff" Wayne Collins, 55, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2022. He was born in Parkersburg, WV, a son of Betty Jane West Collins and the late Alvin Eugene Collins.
Jeff earned his BA at Marshall University as an undergrad and went on the earn a Master's Degree in Mathematics and Education from...
Michael Purvis
March 3, 2022
Michael Purvis, 65, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, March 3, 2022. He was born in Darlington, SC, a son of the late Mary and Wesley Purvis. He is also predeceased by a son, Timothy Ryan Purvis. Michael was a great husband and father. He enjoyed carpentry and was an avid motorcycle rider. He proudly rode with the...
Thomas "Tom" William Mcquade
February 24, 2022
Thomas "Tom" William McQuade, 86, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2022. He was born in New York, NY, a son of the late John and Agnes Krautwald McQuade. He is also predeceased by two sisters, Ann Katherine McQuade and Rosemary A. McQuade Jarvie.
Tom was a veteran, having served in the US Army...
Eugene Kelly Wayland
February 19, 2022
Eugene Kelly Wayland, 64, of Florence, SC, left this world and entered his heavenly home on Saturday, February 19, 2022. He was born in Charlotte, NC a son of the late Ernest Eugene Wayland and Mary Sue Kelly. Surviving is his foster mother, Mary Hoffmeyer, 2 sisters, Karen Anderson (Alex) and Kathy Jones (Jim) and several nieces and nephews. ...
Jamie Lee Meadows
February 12, 2022
Jamie Lee Meadows, 30, of Coward, SC, passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022. He was born in Florence, SC, a son of Gary Odell Meadows, Sr. and the late Tamra Lynn Smith Meadows. Jamie was a graduate of Wilson High School and worked for Dodson Pest Control. He enjoyed fishing, mud bogging and working on cars. He loved...
Melissa Davis Ellington
February 11, 2022
Melissa Davis Ellington, 44, of Columbia, SC, passed away on Friday, February 11, 2022. She was born in Florence, a daughter of the late Randall L. Davis and the late Kathryn Capps Hodge. Melissa was a graduate of South Florence High School, Class of 1996. She attended the University of South Carolina, graduating with her nursing degree and almost...
Gabriel John Batarseh
February 9, 2022
Gabriel John Batarseh, 89, of Florence, South Carolina, died Wednesday, February 9, 2022. Gabriel, the son of Hanna and Helaneh Batarseh, was born in Jaffa, Palestine, and grew up in the Batarseh ancestral home in Bethlehem and in Jerusalem.
He received his foundational education in French, English and Arabic at the College des Freres in Jerusalem until...
Frederick James Swearingen
February 8, 2022
Frederick James Swearingen, 72, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. He was born in Sonoma, CA, a son of the late Fred and Nellie Elston Swearingen. In addition to his parents, he is predeceased by a sister, Janice Marie Swearingen Menezes and his step-mother, Frances Swearingen.
Fred attended high school in Hawaii and...
Karl Christian Maria Kapfinger
February 7, 2022
Karl Christian Maria Kapfinger, 74, of Lynchburg, SC, passed away on Monday, February 7, 2022. He was born in Kufstein, Austria, the son of the late Karl Kapfinger and Maria Gasser. He is also predeceased by a step-son, Larry Wesley Matthews, Jr.
Karl served in the Austrian Army as a sharp shooter and competed in biathlons. He...
Temple Gardner Psillos
February 7, 2022
Temple Gardner Psillos, 60, of Florence, South Carolina, passed away on February 7, 2022.
She was born to parents Raymond Gardner and Jacqueline Eagerton Gardner, on September 11,1961 in Sumter, South Carolina.
Temple grew up in Florence and graduated from West Florence High School in 1979.
She went on to Florence Darlington Technical...
Lemaster Glenn Cain
February 6, 2022
Lemaster Glenn Cain, 72, of Pamplico, passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022 at his residence. He was born in Lake City, SC, a son of the late Lemaster Gussie Cain and Mary Cockfield Cain. In addition to his parents, he is also predeceased by two brothers, Edward Cain and Deland Cain.
Mr. Cain served proudly served...
Charles Hoyt Kirby Iii
February 4, 2022
Charles Hoyt Kirby, III, "Bill", 76, died on Friday, February 4, 2022. Bill was born September 20, 1945, in Hickory, NC. He was a son of the late Charles Hoyt Kirby, Jr. and the late Gladys Williams Kirby. In addition to his parents, Bill was preceded in death by a son-in-law, Todd Chappell.
Bill was a graduate...
Emery Carr Daughtry
February 1, 2022
Emery Carr Daughtry of Charlotte, NC and Florence, SC passed away suddenly on February 1, 2022. Emery was born on February 5, 1976 in Florence, SC, the son of Dr. Curtiss Wilson Daughtry and Flora Anne Williams.
Having grown up in Florence and graduating from James F. Byrnes Academy, Emery attended Clemson University where he graduated in...
Ernest Frederick Strauss
February 1, 2022
Ernest "Ernie" Frederick Strauss, 75, of Florence, SC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 1, 2022, to be with the Lord after a hard fought battle with cancer. He was born in Stuttgart, Germany, a son of the late Ernest Frederick and Lizzette Kuhn Strauss. He is also predeceased by a son, Adam Barlowe.
Ernie received his...
Rose Marie Calcutt
January 30, 2022
Rose Marie Calcutt, 83, of Florence, SC, passed away on Sunday, January 30, 2022. She was born in Florence, a daughter of the late Robert and Allie Baxley Taylor. In addition to her parents, she is also predeceased by three brothers, Brantley Taylor, Barney Taylor and Gary Taylor; two sisters, Dessie Cox and Lucille Bryant; and one grandson, Sean...
Shirley Jean Blackmon
January 28, 2022
Cameron, MO- Shirley Jean Blackmon, 86, of Cameron, passed away January 28, 2022. Shirley was born March 7, 1935 to William D. and Julia (Barr) Dees in Florence South Carolina.
Shirley married Alfred W. Blackmon Sr. She worked as a school teacher. Shirley and Al lived in Savannah, GA and retired from Al's career with the railroad...
Curtis Wayne Graham, Sr.
January 28, 2022
Curtis Wayne Graham, Sr., 73, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, January 28, 2022 in the McLeod Hospice House. He was born in Marion, SC, a son of the late Wallace and Fleetie James Graham. He is also predeceased by his wife, Nancy Faircloth Graham, who passed away on Wednesday, his siblings, Cathy Sue G. Guzman, Ernestine Caulder,...
Nancy Faircloth Graham
January 26, 2022
Nancy Faircloth Graham, 77, of Florence, SC, passed away on Wednesday, January 26, 2022 in the McLeod Hospice House. She was born in Dillon, SC, a daughter of the late Bobby and Carrie Mercer Faircloth. She is also predeceased by three siblings, Bobby Faircloth, Jr., Kathleen Harris and Elease Hewitt; and a son-in-law, Doug McElveen.
Nancy earned...
Anthony Peter Insalaco
January 24, 2022
Anthony Peter Insalaco, 95, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022. He was born in Willimantic, CT, a son of the late Maria and Vincenzo Insalaco. Anthony was a veteran of the US Navy and served in the Pacific Theater. After service to his country, he worked at Electro-Motive in Willimantic Connecticut and in South Carolina...
Joan Keelan Connolly
January 14, 2022
Joan Keelan Connolly, 82, of Darlington, SC, formerly of Waltham, MA, passed away on Friday, January 14, 2022. She was born in Boston, MA, a daughter of the late John and Helen Beath Keelan. She is also predeceased by her husband of 54 years, Paul Connolly and a brother, John Keelan.
Mrs. Connolly was a graduate of...