Audrey Mae Abrams Prosser
Oct 1, 2015
Audrey Mae Abrams Prosser, 85, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, October 1, 2015 at her residence after an illness. Ms. Prosser was born in Lake City, SC, a daughter of the late Bennie and Paracornelia Powell Abrams. She worked at Electromotives until its closing and at Krispy Kreme. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in...
Alfred Joseph Debney
Sep 28, 2015
Pamplico, SC Alfred Joseph Debney, 79, of Pamplico, SC, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 28, 2015, at his home. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, a son of the late Joseph R. Debney and Francis McKee Debney Clifton. He is preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Jim Debney, and a sister, Joan Debney. Al served his...
Charles Edward Morse
Sep 27, 2015
Charles Edward Morse, 78, of Florence, passed away on Sunday, September 27, 2015 at the McLeod Hospice House. Mr. Morse was born in Dover, NJ, a son of the late James and Mary Rosella Dabbs Morse. He worked in Morris Plains, NJ with the Mennen Co., now Colgate-Palmolive Co., for twenty-two years until moving to Florence, where he owned...
Sandra Ann Conrad
Sep 25, 2015
Sandra Ann Conrad, 62, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, September 25, 2015 at Carolinas Hospital System after a brief illness. Ms. Conrad was born in Allentown, PA, a daughter of the late Earl and Joyce Ruppert O'Brien. She was preceded in death by the love of her life, Terry Lee Conrad who passed in2013. Surviving are her...
Molly Elizabeth Nolan
Sep 21, 2015
Molly Elizabeth Nolan, 55, of Florence, SC, died on Monday, September 21, 2015, at McLeod Hospice House. She was born in Dayton, Ohio, a daughter of the late Fred Earl and Charlotte Blanche Pennington Baum. Molly worked at SERVPRO in Florence for a number of years and enjoyed her job and her fellow employees. Molly was a Christian and...
Gary Miles Stegall
Sep 16, 2015
After an extended illness in South Carolina hospitals, Dr. Gary Stegall, 63, passed away on September 16, 2015. Dr. Stegall received his PHD, Doctorate of Music and Arts from the University of Maryland in Piano and Organ Performance. Dr. Stegall is known and highly regarded both as a soloist and a chamber musician with performances throughout North America, South...
James Edward Pate
Sep 12, 2015
James Edward Pate, 76 of Scranton, passed away on Saturday, September 12, 2015 at his residence. Mr. Pate was born in Florence, SC, a son of the late James and Elsie Mae Lee Pate. He was a man of God who was formerly a member of the Church of God of Prophecy and most recent a member of the...
Earl Christmas
Sep 10, 2015
Reverend Earl Christmas, who was 80 and a resident of Florence, SC, died on Thursday, September 10, 2015, at Carolinas Hospital System after a short illness. Born in Marion, SC, he was the son of Robert and Nettie Christmas. He was a recently retired pastor of Florence Free Will Baptist Church and a former pastor of Loris Church of...
Eva Jobe Greer
Sep 6, 2015
Our dear mother, Eva Jobe Greer, went home to the arms of her Lord and Savior on Sunday, September 6, 2015 at the age of 101 years! She was born in Avery County, North Carolina on July 17, 1914, the daughter of the late D. K. Jobe and Nell Ashley Jobe. She was especially proud of her family's illustrious...
Carole Anne Ellsworth
Aug 25, 2015
Carole Anne Ellsworth, 75, of Florence, SC, died on Tuesday, August 25, 2015, at her residence after an illness. She was born in Gorham, Maine, the daughter the late Elmer William and Grace Vantassel Little. She is survived by her daughter, Karen Ellsworth of Florence; her son, Michael (Nicole) Ellsworth of Nassau, Bahamas; three grandchildren, Katie, Labe and Andrew,...
Emily Jean Marsh
Aug 20, 2015
Emily Jean Marsh of Lamar, SC, passed away Thursday, August 20, 2015 at McLeod Hospice House. Jean Marsh was born in Camden, S.C. on September 9, 1939 and was one of ten children born to Mary Jackson Ray and George Neil Ray. Her childhood was spent in Camden, culminating in her graduation from high school in 1957. Jean was...
Myrtle Elizabeth Reid Brown
Aug 17, 2015
Florence, SC Myrtle Elizabeth Reid Brown, 95, of Florence, SC, died on Monday, August 17, 2015. She was born in Florence, SC, a daughter of the late Frank Reid and Wilhelmina Brown. She was also preceded in death by her husband, John Joseph Brown, Sr.; a daughter, Gheri Daniels; three brothers, James Richardson, Edward Hamlin and Henry Hamlin; and...
Jo Ann Barnhizer West Abrell
Aug 14, 2015
Jo Ann Abrell of Florence, South Carolina, passed away on August 14, 2015. She was born May 1, 1926, in Franklin, Indiana, the only child of Muriel Lash and Joseph Barnhizer. She was a graduate of Wiley High School in Terre Haute, Indiana and graduated from Indiana University in 1948. She taught English at both the junior high and...
Betty Hamer Lewis
Aug 10, 2015
Betty Hamer Lewis, 86, of Florence, SC, died on Monday, August 10, 2015, at McLeod Hospice House. She was born in Dillon, SC, a daughter of the late Leroy Dewitt Hamer and Marie Thompson Hamer. She is also predeceased by her husband, Percy Lewis, Jr, who passed away in 1996. Betty was one of the founding members of College...
Norman D Derringer
Aug 9, 2015
Norman Derringer, 87, of Florence, SC, died on Sunday, August 9, 2015, at Carolinas Hospital System. He was born in Tampa, Florida, a son of the late Edward and Nellie Hustwick Derringer. He is also predeceased by his first wife, Helen G. Derringer. Norman was an ordained Baptist minister and was a member of Hopewell Presbyterian Church where he...
Ruby Friar Nance
Aug 3, 2015
Ruby Friar Nance, 88, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, August 3, 2015, at her residence. Ruby was born in Timmonsville, SC, the daughter of the late Huey and Anna Morris Friar. In addition to her parents, Ruby was preceded in death by her husband of 65 years, Mr. Claude E. Nance, whom passed away in 2012; 6...
Shirley Mae Dudemaine
Jul 29, 2015
Shirley Mae Dudemaine, 85, of Florence, SC, died on Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at McLeod Hospice House. She was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Herbert and Bernice Collins Frank. Shirley attended First Free Will Baptist Church in Florence and loved her church family. She loved the beach and spending time in the summers there with...
Faye Hanna Avin
Jul 28, 2015
Faye Hanna Avin, 68, of Florence, died on Tuesday, July 28, 2015, at McLeod Regional Medical Center. Faye was born in Florence County, SC, the daughter of the late Mary Hanna and her adopted parents, the late Keith and Gladys Vause. Faye was retired from DuPont of Florence. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister and a great...
Velva Jean Powell
Jul 23, 2015
EFFINGHAM, S.C. -- Velva Jean Powell, 59, of Effingham, SC, died on Thursday, July 23, 21015, at Regency Hospital in Florence. She was born in Florence, SC, a daughter of the late William Eugene and V. Jeannine Montrose Powell. She is survived by her son, Eric Powell of Florence; one sister, Renee Powell and one brother, William Powell, both...
Charles "Chuck" Franklin Holley
Jul 16, 2015
Charles "Chuck" Franklin Holley, 50, of Florence, SC, died on Thursday, July 16, 2015, at McLeod Hospital. Born in Montgomery, Alabama, he was the son of Elsie Beal Biddle and the late Charles Ellis Holley. Chuck is survived by his mother, Elsie Biddle; his sister, Melinda (Phil Pearson) Brown of Oklahoma City, OK; his step-sister, Michelle Polgar of PA;...