Helen Collins Sweat
August 20, 2020
Helen Collins Sweat, 79, of Florence, formerly of Charleston SC, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2020. She was born in Florence, a daughter of the late Willard E. and Virlie Collins Collins. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband, Bobby Sweat, and two children, Don Christmas and Kathy Marie Leath.
Helen was...
Gwendolyn Glass Yerkey
August 20, 2020
Gwendolyn Glass Yerkey, 79, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, August 20, 2020. She was born in Canonsburg, PA, a daughter of the late James and Marjorie Hufford Glass. In addition to her parents, she is predeceased by her husband of 52 years, Gerald Marion Yerkey.
Mrs. Yerkey was a homemaker and also drove the FSD1...
Katherine Ann Harrison
August 19, 2020
Katherine Ann Harrison, 89, passed away peacefully in Florence, SC at the McLeod Hospice House. She was born in Brookline, MA, the daughter of the late George and Katherine Lundy Connelly. Mrs. Harrison was predeceased in addition to her parents by her husband, Arthur F Harrison, and infant granddaughter, Fiona Giblin. She attended Faulkner Hospital Nursing School and Emmanuel...
Billie Robertson Finklea
August 18, 2020
Billie Robertson Finklea, 89, of Florence went home to be with the Lord on August 18, 2020 at McLeod Hospice House.
Mrs. Finklea, daughter of James W. and Claudia (Witherspoon) Robertson, was born in rural Sumter, SC on April 16, 1931. She graduated from McClenaghan High School in 1949 and was part of the Yellow Jacket Yearbook...
William Terrell Miller, Sr.
August 16, 2020
William Terrell Miller, Sr., 82, of Florence, SC, passed away on Sunday, August 16, 2020 at his residence. Cain Calcutt Funeral Home is honored to serve the Miller Family.
Dan Lee Miller
August 16, 2020
Dan L. Miller, 73, passed away peacefully August 16th, 2020 at MUSC in Florence, SC. He was born March 25, 1947, the son of the late Ned and Gertrude Lundy Miller of Florence, SC.
Dan graduated from South Florence High School, Class of 1965. Following graduation, he went to work with Bellsouth/AT&T and would later retire from...
Christopher Michael Labbe
August 15, 2020
Christopher Michael Labbe, 42, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, August 15, 2020 at the McLeod Regional Hospital. Christopher was born in Pawtucket, RI, a son of Pauline Rosemarie Allard Fowler and the late Patrick Labbe. He was a 1996 graduate of Dillon High School and served his country in the US Navy. Christopher was an avid computer...
John Marion Carraway
August 12, 2020
John Marion Carraway, 70, of Florence, SC, passed away on Wednesday, August 12, 2020. He was born in Florence, a son of the late Elizabeth Carraway Farmer. He is also predeceased by his step-father, Johnnie Farmer, and his brother, James Wiggins.
He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church for many years and later became a member...
Bernard Miles Shick
August 7, 2020
Bernard Miles Shick, 87, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, August 7, 2020 at McLeod Regional Medical Center. Mr. Shick was born in Mayport, PA, a son of the late Frank A. and Ruth A. Marshall Shick. He was a US Navy Veteran having served during the Korean War. He retired from the Metropolitan Police Department of the...
Josie Althea Bergeron
August 6, 2020
Josie Althea Bergeron, age 88, passed away peacefully on August 6, 2020, after a brief illness. Josie went by the nickname "Dodie", a name given to her by her father. Josie was born on November 29, 1931, in Henniker, New Hampshire, the daughter of John Francis "Pete" Davison and his wife Marion Henrietta Clark Davison. She was raised on...
Meredith Rampey Williams
August 4, 2020
Meredith Rampey Williams, 67, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, August 4, 2020. He was born in Florence County, a son of the late Marion H. Williams, Jr. and the late Imogene Payne Williams.
Mr. Williams graduated from Southside High School and attended Francis Marion University. He was formerly employed with Southern Bell for many years...
George Henry Gagne
August 1, 2020
George Henry Gagne, 82, of Florence, SC, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 1, 2020. He was born on April 12, 1938, in Quebec City, P.Q. Canada. The youngest of twelve children he was preceded in death by his parents George Laurier Henry Gagne and Bernadette Bouchard Gagne.
He graduated from St. Patrick's High...
Joyce Anne Webb
July 28, 2020
Joyce Anne Webb, 94, of Florence, SC, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 28, 2020. She was a resident of Southland Health Care Center, and recently McLeod Hospice House. She was born on June 3, 1926, in Boston, MA, to the late Captain Herbert W. Whitney and the late Grace (Crosby) Whitney. Mrs. Webb was preceded...
Allan George Johnson
July 26, 2020
Allan George Johnson entered eternal rest on July 26, 2020 at McLeod Hospice House in Florence, South Carolina.
The fourth of six children born on August 4, 1923, in the parish of St. Mary Jamaica, West Indies; Middlesex County.
He was preceded in death by his wife Mary L. Johnson, parents, Mabel Duffus and Issac...
Megan Amanda Mckenzie
July 22, 2020
On December 15, 1993, Megan Amanda McKenzie was delivered by the angels to Charles and Mary Lee McKenzie. On July 22, 2020, the angels came and took her home.
She was a 2012 high school graduate of South Florence High and received her cosmetology degree from Virginia College. She worked as a tax preparer for HR Block...
Diego Jose De Jesus-Vega
July 7, 2020
Diego Jose De Jesus-Vega, 98, of Bishopville, SC, passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. He was born in Coamo, Puerto Rico, a son of the late Juana Vega and Juan De Dios De Jesus.
He is a veteran of WWII, serving in the US Army where he played the trumpet...
Lloyd Lee Jones, Jr.
July 6, 2020
Lloyd Lee Jones, Jr., 68, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, July 6, 2020, at MUSC in Charleston. He was born in Kingstree, SC, a son of the late Hilda Ella Turner Jones and Lloyd Lee Jones, Sr.
Mr. Jones was retired after 25 years at DuPont and also a retired dispatcher for Florence County. He...
Jon Maxwell "Max" Perry
July 1, 2020
Jon Maxwell "Max" Perry, 84, of Florence, SC, passed away on Wednesday, July 1, 2020. He was born in Florence County, a son of the late Volena Perry. Max was a member of Tabernacle United Methodist Church in Pamplico and was retired after 41 years working with Wellman Industries in Johnsonville. He loved working in his yard.
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Thelma Steele Lowe
June 30, 2020
Thelma Steele Lowe, 75, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. Cain Calcutt Funeral Home is honored to serve the Lowe family.
William Henry Coleman
June 27, 2020
William Henry Coleman, 76, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, June 27, 2020, at McLeod Hospice House after battling MDS cancer for five years. He was born on August 14, 1943, in Dillon county to the late Daniel Lyde Coleman and the late Lura Dean Wallace Coleman. He is also predeceased by two brothers; Daniel Lyde "DL" Coleman,...