Thomas Stanley Vangorder
January 21, 2025
Thomas Stanley Vangorder, 73, of Effingham, SC, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2025. He was born in NY, the son of the late Stanley Vangorder and Cecilia Alerio Hawley. He enjoyed bowling and being a member of the Coin Club.
Surviving are a son, Mark Vangorder and his wife, April, sister, Theresa Foxworth and her husband,...
Virginia Gay Jackson
January 19, 2025
Virginia Gay Jackson, 75, of Florence, SC, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Sunday, January 19, 2025. She was born in Dillon, SC on June 29,1949, and was the daughter of the late Doris Rogers and Norman Hyatt. Gay was the wife of Larry Jackson. They met at Dillon High School in 1967...
Brigette Erna Fennell
January 17, 2025
Brigette Erna Fennell, of Florence, SC, passed away on January 17, 2025. She was born in Aschaffenburg, West Germany, a daughter of the late Kilian Franz Fath and Maria Frieda Noth Fath. She was a member of Peace Free Will Baptist Church and retired from the restaurant business. She enjoyed bowling, fishing and swimming.
She is preceded...
George Burton Smith
January 17, 2025
George Burton Smith, 85. of Florence, SC, passed away peacefully on Friday, January 17, 2025, after a short illness. George was born in Bradford, PA, a son of the late Mable Sterling Smith and George B. Smith, Sr. He served his country proudly in the US Marine Corps having trained in communications and was a member of the military...
Henry Phillip Jordan, Jr.
January 9, 2025
Henry Phillip Jordan, Jr., 41, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, January 9, 2025 at McLeod Hospital. He was born in Florence, the son of Barbara Tanner Jordan Anderson and the late Henry Phillip Jordan, Sr.
Henry was a graduate of West Florence High School Class of 2001. He was a scuba diver with the Shark...
Margaret Dukes Moore Shirlaw
January 5, 2025
Margaret Dukes (Moore) Shirlaw, 96, of Florence, SC, passed away on Sunday, January 5, 2025. She was born in Williamsburg County, SC, daughter of the late Doris and Ila McCants Dukes. In addition to her parents, she is also predeceased by her first husband, Harry M. Moore in 1980, her second husband, Ronald Shirlaw in 2017, her son, Steven...
Willie Joe Calcutt
January 1, 2025
Willie Joe Calcutt, 90, of Florence, SC, passed away on New Year's Day, 2025 at the McLeod Hospice House. Joe was born in Pamplico, SC, a son of the late Luther James and Thelma Collins Calcutt. He served his country in the US Army and was a retired rural mail carrier in the Florence and Pamplico areas. Joe loved...
James "Jim" Robert Vidt
December 31, 2024
James "Jim" Robert Vidt, 84, of Effingham, SC, passed away on Tuesday, December 31, 2024. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA, a son of the late William C. and Flora Fincke Vidt. He is also predeceased by his brother, Glenn Vidt. Jim was a member of Highland Park United Methodist Church and he founded the Cars & Coffee program...
David Wayne Bailey
December 19, 2024
David Wayne Bailey, 83, of Florence, SC, passed away on Thursday, December 19, 2024. He was the son of the late Savage and Elizabeth Winchester Bailey. Wayne was a graduate of McClenaghan High School. He served in the US Navy during the Cuban Missile Crisis and went on to serve in the National Guard. He retired after working as...
Dale L. Draper
December 6, 2024
Dale L. Draper, 87, of Florence, SC, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2024 at the Mcleod Hospice House after a long illness. He grew up in Grundy Center Iowa, a son of the late Fred J. Draper and Florence Bockes Draper. Dale graduated from Grundy Center HS in 1956 and Iowa State University in 1961 with a bachelor's...
Roger Ramthun
December 2, 2024
Roger Ramthun was born in Hart, Michigan on August 25, 1941 to Mary Alice Holden and Merlin Dukes. After Merlin was killed in WW 11 in the Battle of the Bulge, Mary Alice was remarried to Raymond Ramthun, who adopted Roger and his two sisters, Sharon and Scottie. They resided on the Ramthun farm with two half brothers and...
Don H. Smith
December 2, 2024
Don H. Smith, 76, of Florence, SC, passed away on Monday, December 2, 2024. He grew up in Florence, a son of the late Hoyt Vivian and Amy Wooster Smith. Don graduated from Francis Marion University with a bachelor's degree and served his country in the Army National Guard. He retired from the SC Department of Health and Environmental...
Margaret "Sissy" C. Spann
November 22, 2024
Margaret C. "Sissy" Spann, of Florence, SC, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 22, 2024, at the McLeod Hospice House. She was born in Florence, SC, a daughter of the late Cleyburn Daniel Carter and Helen Wiggins Rogers. Sissy is preceded in death in addition to her parents by a brother, C.F. "Sonny" Carter and a half sister, Kay...
Justin Wayne Hicks
November 19, 2024
Justin Wayne Hicks. 45, passed away on Tuesday. November 19, 2024. He was born on March 4, 1979, in Florence, SC to Sharon E. Miles and entered the world as surprise to his mother and his twin sister. He is preceded in death in addition to his mother, by a niece, Macie Catina Miller.
Justin was a...
Lisa Lamm Free
November 15, 2024
Lisa Lamm Free passed away peacefully on the morning of November 15, 2024, at her home, surrounded by her loving family, after a long illness. Born on October 14, 1957, in Rocky Mount, NC, she went on to live most of her life in Florence, SC. That is where she met her loving husband, Barry Phin Free, and where...
Carolyn Cecilia Gregory
November 10, 2024
Carolyn Cecilia Gregory passed over peacefully on November 10, 2024. Born in St. Louis, MO on July 14, 1939, she is preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Pauline Willey; sisters, Geri (Boomer) and Evelyn Mitchell; brothers, Harry Willey (Sonya) and James Willey (Jodi).
She is survived by daughter Debra Denison (Stewart); son, James Korynta; sisters,...
Harriett Ann Morrison
November 10, 2024
Harriett Ann Morrison, 79 of Darlington, SC, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 10, 2024, at her residence. Mrs. Morrison was born in Timmonsville, SC, a daughter of the late Harry and Mae Ella Morrell Moore. She is preceded in death by a grandchild, Barry Rabon.
Surviving are a daughter, Paige (Joey) Rabon of Florence; a son,...
Patty Helen Davis
November 4, 2024
Patty Helen Davis of Florence, passed away on Monday, November 4, 2024. She was born in Florence, a daughter of the late Doris "Cat" McCutcheon Davis and William M. Davis, Jr. In addition to her parents, Patty is predeceased by her husband, Wallie Avant.
Patty worked as a delivery driver for Case Used Parts. She loved to...
Peter Terence Whelan
November 3, 2024
Dr. Peter Terence Whelan, 77, died on Sunday, November 3, 2024, after a long illness.
Peter was born in Gloucestershire, England, in the shadow of Berkeley Castle, where—as Peter was fond of recounting—King Edward II was murdered, allegedly with a red-hot poker. As Peter's parents never tired of telling him—the passion for relating points of historical interest,...
Deanna "Dede" Reynolds Collins
November 1, 2024
Our beloved DeDe, went to be with our Lord and Savior on Friday, November 1, 2024. DeDe was a shining light, full of love, kindness, humor who had an adventurous spirit that never stopped. DeDe was born on November 24, 1967, in Florence, SC. the daughter of the Don A. Reynolds and late Doris Vereen Reynolds. After her education,...