Mary Lou Bingham Welch Bruner
September 10, 2017
Mary loved children – everyone's children. When hers were growing up the neighborhood kids would all come to her with their worries and joys because she would listen intently to their stories. They all wanted her to be their mother and she spent her lifetime living that ideal. As adults, her children would tease her when she was ill...
Tom J. Schmidt
September 5, 2017
Tom J. Schmidt, 69, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, Cain Calcutt-Stephens Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Barbara Duke Boswell
September 5, 2017
Barbara Duke Boswell, 70, of Florence, passed away on Tuesday, September 5, 2017. Cain Calcutt-Stephens Funeral home is assisting the family.
Bette June Ellis Reinhard
September 2, 2017
Bette June Ellis Reinhard, 92, of Florence, S.C., passed away Saturday, September 2, 2017 at McLeod Hospice House. She was born in Buffalo, New York, daughter of the late Harrison and Gladys Frizelle Ellis. Bette June was a devoted wife of the late Roland G. Reinhard. She was a mother and caretaker of four children for 68 years. She...
Richard Weatherford
September 1, 2017
Richard Weatherford, 85, passed away Friday, September 1, 2017 at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Please sign online registry.
Rev. James Wesley Potter
August 31, 2017
Rev. James Wesley Potter, 79, passed away Aug. 31, 2017. Mr. Potter was founding pastor of Christian Assembly Church and schools in Florence, SC. He also served pastorates in North Carolina and Baltimore, MD. Mr. Potter served as Bishop of the Mid-Atlantic Conference for thirteen years. He is survived by his wife of 59 years Peggy Flowers Potter, and...
Caroline Hathcock Mills
August 30, 2017
Mrs. Caroline Mills, the daughter of the late Robert Lee Hathcock and Margaret Elizabeth Rogers, was born September 20, 1937 in Edgewater, New Jersey. She attended the public schools of Bergen County, NJ and Darlington County, SC and was a graduate of the Certified Nursing Assistant program through Florence Darlington Technical College. She was a dedicated member of St....
Valerie Lenore Potts Snelson
August 21, 2017
Valerie Lenore Potts Snelson, 73, of Florence, passed away on Monday, August 21, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Snelson was born in Palo Alto, CA, a daughter of the late Edward Cornelius and Joan Glover Potts. In addition to her parents she is preceded in death by her husband, James Charles Snelson. Surviving are three children, Tracie Renee Snelson...
Florence Juergens Powell
August 14, 2017
Florence E. Powell, 92, of Darlington, SC, passed away on Monday, August 14, 2017. She was born in Chicago, IL., daughter of the late Robert E. Juergens and Alice Marie Muther Juergens. She is also predeceased by her husband of 56 years, Kirke M. Powell. She grew up in Chicago, then moved with her family to Los Angeles, CA...
Mildred Ulm Dean
August 5, 2017
Mildred Ulm Dean, 87, of Florence, S.C., died Saturday, August 5, 2017 at McLeod Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at a later date
Terry Darice Burkett
August 5, 2017
Terry Derice Ray Burkett, 62, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, August 5, 2017. She was born in Florence County, the daughter of the late Freddie Ray and Betty Courtney Cornett. She is also predeceased by a nephew, Ryan Stevenson. Darice was a graduate of Francis Marion College and was a Teacher's Assistant at Delmae Elementary School. She...
Billy Don Black
August 5, 2017
Billy Don Black, 77, of Florence, S.C., passed away peacefully at his residence on Saturday, August 5, 2017. He was born in Arab, Alabama, son of the late Clifton Cleo and Mary Leo Whisenant Black. He is survived by his wife, Linda Benson Black of Florence, S.C.; three sons, Neil C. Black (Deborah) of West Grove, PA; Alan C....
Richard Sumner
August 3, 2017
Richard Sumner, 74 of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, August 3, 2017, at McLeod Hospice House. He was born in Bennington, Vermont, a son of the late Cora Russell Jones Sumner and Lawrence "Larry" Sumner. He is also predeceased by his wife, Beatrice Wells Sumner.
Ubie Garland Jenkins
August 1, 2017
Ubie Garland Jenkins, 62, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tueaday, August 1, 2017. He was born in Florence, a son of the late Josephine Spivey Jenkins and Lester L. Jenkins. He is also predeceased by his wife, Patricia R. Jenkins, his son, Ricky Jenkins, and two brothers, Paul E. Jenkins and Harold L. Jenkins. He was employed as...
William Donald "Bill" Decker
July 29, 2017
William "Bill" Donald Decker, 89, of Florence, SC, passed away on Saturday, July 29, 2017. He was born in Shiloh, PA, a son of the late Milton Andrew Decker and Esther Metzel Decker. He is predeceased by, in addition to his parents, three brothers, Milton Mitzel Decker, Ray Ellis Decker and Milton Andrew Decker, and a grandchild, Andrew David...
Leonard Dale Williams
July 28, 2017
Leonard Dale Williams, 81, of Florence, formerly of Morgantown, WVA, passed away on Friday, July 28, 2017 at the McLeod Regional Medical Center. Cain Calcutt-Stephens Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Eileen West
July 27, 2017
Eileen West, 80, of Darlington, SC, passed away on Thursday, July 27, 2017, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and worked for the US Postal Service as a Postal Clerk. Cain Calcutt-Stephens Funeral Home is assisting the family.
Wade Hampton Walters, Iii
July 14, 2017
Wade Hampton Walters, III, 72, of Florence, passed away on Friday, July 14, 2017 at the McLeod Hospice House. Mr. Walters was born in Hartsville, SC, a son of the late Wade Hampton Walters, II and Gladys Goodale Walters. He served his country in the US Air Force during the Vietnam Era and retired from Fiber Industries after working...
Rufus Lee Brown
July 9, 2017
A Memorial Service Honoring the Life of Rufus Lee Brown will be held Friday, July 14, 2017. Rufus Lee Brown was born on September 12, 1932 in Raleigh, NC. He was the son of the late Charles and Julia Trice Brown. He passed away on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at Carolinas Hospital System. He was the loving husband of...
Catherine Wentz Lawhon
July 9, 2017
Catherine Wentz Lawhon, 61, of Florence, S.C., died Sunday, July 9, 2017 at her residence. She was born in Charlotte, N.C., daughter of Peggy Kerns Wentz and the late James Paul Wentz. She is survived by her mother, Peggy Kerns Wentz; her husband, Wilton R. "Randy" Lawhon, Jr. of Florence, S.C.; one son, Wilton R. "Randy" Lawhon, III of...
