Roger "Eddie" Touchberry
December 27, 2014
Effingham, SC Roger E. "Eddie" Touchberry, 65, of Effingham, SC, died on Saturday, December 27, 2014, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. He was born in Florence, the son of the late W.C. and Mack Evitt Touchberry. Roger is predeceased by his wife, Jeanette "Tinky" Doughty Touchberry and his son, Chadwick Ryan Touchberry. He is survived by his wife,...
June Johnston Taylor
December 21, 2014
Florence, SC June Johnston Taylor, 77, of Florence, SC, died on Sunday, December 21, 2014, at McLeod Hospice House. She was born in Dale, SC, a daughter of the late James David and Lucille Nix Johnston. June was a graduate of Myrtle Beach High School and was crowned the 1953 Jr. Miss Myrtle Beach. She was a substitute teacher...
Betty J. Ezzell
December 19, 2014
Betty J. Ezzell, 79, of Florence, SC, died on Friday, December 19, 2014, at Pee Dee Gardens in Florence. She was born in Anderson, SC, a daughter of the late Maggie B. Rowland Sisk and William W. Sisk. She is predeceased by, in addition to her parents, her husband, Paul Ezzell, as well as four brothers and four sisters....
Rilla Godbold Messick
December 16, 2014
Florence, SC Rilla Godbold Messick, 91, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at The Heritage Nursing Home, where she had been a resident since 2004. She was born in Marion County to the late Blake and Lola Bell Perritt Godbold. Rilla is predeceased by, in addition to her parents, her husband, Ellison Wilroy Messick, Sr.; brothers, Earl Godbold,...
Troy Laverne Watford
December 15, 2014
Florence, SC Troy L. Watford, Jr., 68, of Florence, SC, died on Monday, December 15, 2014. He was born in Florence, SC, a son of the late Annie Mae Sports Watford and Troy L. Watford, Sr. He is predeceased by, in addition to his parents, two brothers, Gene Watford and William Cox, and a sister, Frances Kimrey. Troy was...
Thomas F O'Grady
December 14, 2014
Florence, SC Thomas F. O'Grady, 94, of Florence, SC, died on Sunday, December 14, 2014, at Carolinas Hospital System. Born in New York City, NY, he was a son of the late Joseph and Olive MacKay O'Grady. Thomas is predeceased by, in addition to his parents, his wife of 28 years, Elizabeth Buckner O'Grady, and his brother, John O'Grady....
Charles Edwin Goff
December 11, 2014
Florence, SC Charles Edwin Goff, 91, of Florence, SC, died on Thursday, December 11, 2014, at McLeod Hospice House. He was born in Burnt House, WVA, a son of the late Simon Draper and Eva Lora Law Goff. Charles is predeceased by his wife of 62 years, Shirlee Jean Goff and his daughter, Sherrie Goff Barrett. At age 19,...
Delmar J C Jordan
December 10, 2014
Florence, SC Delmar "J' "C" Jordan, 98, of Florence, SC, died on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at a local healthcare facility. Born in Albemarle, NC, he was a son of the late James R. and Laura Elizabeth Harris Jordan. Mr. Jordan graduated from New London High School and went on to graduate from Pfeiffer Junior College in Charlotte, NC,...
Theresa V. "Terry" Anderson
December 6, 2014
Theresa V. "Terry" Anderson, 98, of Florence, passed away on Saturday, December 6, 2014 in a local health care facility. Terry was born in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of the late William and Theresa Streible Vaupel. As a young lady she worked as a bookkeeper in New York. She met her husband and they married in 1939. She was...
Jesse Dean Morgan
December 3, 2014
Florence, SC Jesse Dean Morgan, 95, of the Methodist Manor of Florence, SC, went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Wednesday, December 3, 2014, at McLeod Hospital. Mr. Morgan was born in the Hannah Community of Florence County, the 3rd of 4 children to the late Gordon William and Idean Poston Morgan. They were a...
Gladys Mcclam Vause
November 29, 2014
TIMMONSVILLE, S.C. Gladys McClam Vause, 86, of Timmonsville, S.C., died Saturday, November 29, 2014 at her residence. She was born in Florence, S.C., daughter of the late Mottie M. and Ella Miles McClam. Mrs. Gladys was a member of Bethany Free Will Baptist Church where she was a member of the Grainger Circle. She loved working in her yard...
Jerry L. "Buddy" Dewitt
November 27, 2014
Jerry L. "Buddy" DeWitt, 79, of Pamplico, S.C., passed away peacefully on Thursday, November 27, 2014 at Heritage Home of Florence after a long illness. Buddy was born in Pamplico, S.C. a son of the late Foster Leviticus and Ruby Taylor DeWitt. He was a member of Pamplico Pentecostal Holiness Church and was a loving husband and father. He...
Dorothy "Dot" Price Floyd
November 26, 2014
Florence, SC Dorothy "Dot" Price Floyd, 80, of Florence, SC, died on Wednesday, November 26, 2014, at Pee Dee Gardens in Florence. She was born in Rocky Mount, NC, a daughter of the late Daniel Webster and Mary Alice Browning Price. Dot graduated from Rocky Mount Senior High, where she was the captain of the girls' basketball team and...
Joanne Ayers Anthony
November 26, 2014
JoAnne Ayers Anthony, 72, of Florence, died Wednesday, November 26, 2014 at McLeod Hospice House. She was born January 29, 1942 in Winston Salem, NC, a daughter of the late Jake and Gladys Gwyn Ayers. She retired from General Electric. She is preceded in death in addition to her parents by a son, Richard Dale Wiles. Surviving are her...
Melody Oates Stanley
November 25, 2014
Florence, SC Melody Oates Stanley, 52, of Florence, SC, died on Tuesday, November 25, 2014, at her residence after an illness. Melody was born in Florence, the daughter of the late Preston Heyward Oates and Nancy Fay Evans Eason. Melody is predeceased by her father; her son, Preston Stanley and a step-son, David Stanley, step-brother, Brad Tindall Oates. She...
Olin K. Mcdaniel
November 20, 2014
Olin K. McDaniel, Jr, 89, of Florence, SC passed away Thursday, November, 20, 2014, at a local hospital after an illness. Olin was the son of the late Olin K. McDaniel, Sr. and Madeline Truesdale McDaniel. After living his early childhood in Pageland, SC, they moved to Beaufort, SC in 1934 where he graduated from high school in 1941....
Joyce Ann Cagle
November 13, 2014
Joyce Ann Cagle, 68, of Effingham, S.C., died Thursday, November 13, 2014 at McLeod Hospice House after an illness. She was born in Horry County, a daughter of the late Herman A. and Lola Canady Grice. Joyce was a devoted wife and loving mother. She loved gardening, bird watching and crocheting. She is predeceased by her parents, a daughter,...
Barbara Baugh Aycock
November 13, 2014
Barbara Baugh Aycock, 82 of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, November 13, 2014 at the Methodist Manor after an illness. Mrs. Aycock was born in Raleigh, NC, a daughter of the late Robert Arthur Baugh and Levy Russell Wall. She is preceded in death in addition to her parents by her husband, James A. Aycock, Sr. Surviving are...
Christy Leigh Graham
November 12, 2014
Florence, SC Christy Leigh Graham, 37, of Florence, SC, died on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, at Carolinas Hospital. She was born in Florence, a daughter of Diana and Wayne Graham. Christy is survived by her parents; her daughter, Cameron Morris and her son, Jesse Morris, both of Florence; a sister, Amanda Graham of Florence. The family will receive friends...
Farid I. Haurani
November 11, 2014
Dr. Farid I. Haurani, 86, of Florence, SC, passed away on Tuesday, November 11, 2014, at the Methodist Manor. Dr. Haurani was born in 1928 in Palestine, a son of the late Dr. Iskander and Olinda Njeim Haurani. He was a hematologist at Cardeza Foundation at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. Dr, Haurani directed the Jefferson branch of...