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Mary Threatt Williams

Mary Threatt Williams

Apr 25, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Mary Loneze Threatt Williams, age 80, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at White Oak Manor. She was born March 30, 1938 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Lawson Clarence Threatt and Ada Starnes Threatt and was the wife of Lonnie Hazard Williams. Mrs. Williams was a homemaker but also enjoyed being a Mary...

Mark Andrew Horton

Mark Andrew Horton

Apr 23, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Mark Andrew Horton, age 60, passed away Monday, April 23, 2018 at his home. He was born July 25, 1957 in Lancaster, a son of the late Jack Horton and Betty Joyce Neal Horton and was the husband of the late Tammy Kinsey Horton. Mark was a hard worker and was very dedicated to his...

Charles Edward Wilson

Charles Edward Wilson

Apr 23, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Charles Edward Wilson, age 81, passed away Monday, April 23, 2018 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born November 22, 1936 in Indian Land, a son of the late Hugh Barr Wilson, Sr. and Eula Viola Griffin Wilson and was the husband of Lucille Goins Wilson. Mr. Wilson loved being outdoors, gardening and fishing. He...

Woodrow "Woody" Williams

Woodrow "Woody" Williams

Apr 22, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Woodrow Grady Woody Williams, age 98, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2018 at his home. He was born June 4, 1919 in Lancaster, a son of the late Wesley Jasper Williams and Ada Rodgers Williams and was the husband of Louise Barnes Williams. Mr. Williams was a 66-year member of the Plumbers and Steam Fitters...

Ray Miller Knight

Ray Miller Knight

Apr 18, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Ray Miller Knight, age 73, passed away Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at his home. He was born November 12, 1944 in Lancaster, a son of the late Otis Miller Knight and Virginia Starnes Knight. Ray loved riding and taking care of his horses and enjoyed raising chickens. He was a loving father and a member...

Sue Smith Heath

Sue Smith Heath

Apr 17, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Ms. Sue Smith Heath, age 60, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at her home. She was born December 11, 1957 in Monroe, NC, a daughter of the late Eugene Hammond Smith and Anna Laura Anderson Smith. Sue was a graduate of Southeastern Beauty School and was the owner of University Hair Center. She loved fishing,...

Claire M Quinton

Claire M Quinton

Apr 13, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Claire Marie Rondeau Quinton, age 74, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at her home. She was born August 16, 1943 in Lowell, MA, the daughter of the late Victor Roland Rondeau and Loretta Martineau Rondeau and was the wife of the late Russell Gordon Quinton. Mrs. Quinton retired from the Lancaster County School District....

Irene Crawford Yongue

Irene Crawford Yongue

Apr 13, 2018

FORT LAWN, SC ~ Mrs. Irene Crawford Yongue, 94, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born July 3, 1923 in Fort Lawn, a daughter of the late John Oates Crawford and Maurice Gardner Crawford and was the wife of the late Paul Gladney Yongue. She loved gardening, sewing, crocheting and baking. She enjoyed...

Mary F Maguire

Mary F Maguire

Apr 9, 2018

TEGA CAY, SC ~ Mrs. Mary Faulkner Maguire, 90, formerly of Lancaster, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018. She was born February 21, 1928 in Augusta, Maine, a daughter of the late Robert Faulkner and Laura Lewis Faulkner and was the wife of the late Leo Richard Maguire. Mary graduated from Endicott College. She worked in radio for several...

Bertha Ferguson Tharpe

Bertha Ferguson Tharpe

Apr 9, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Bertha Ferguson Tharpe, age 78, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018. She was born March 22, 1940 in Winnsboro, SC, a daughter of the late Irby Loy Koon and Pauline Rebecca Bunch. Her father died at an early age and she was raised by Pauline and Cecil Hammons, the man she knew as Daddy. Bertha...

Julie Ann Iadonisi

Julie Ann Iadonisi

Apr 5, 2018

INDIAN LAND, SC ~ Mrs. Guliette Julie Ann Iadonisi, age 87, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018 at White Oak Manor-Waxhaw. She was born October 27, 1930 in New Haven, CT. Mrs. Iadonisi was a Cosmetologist. Mrs. Iadonisi is survived by her husband of 69 years, Mario Iadonisi; a son, Daniel Iadonisi; two daughters, Judith Pawlowicz and her husband,...

John Patrick Howard

John Patrick Howard

Apr 3, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mayor John Patrick Howard, age 67, passed away April 3, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center after a battle with lung cancer. John was born to the late James Lynn Howard and Helen Plyler on a fall day in 1950 in the city of Lancaster, SC. Other than a brief period when he lived with his family...

Charles Edward Langley

Charles Edward Langley

Apr 1, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Charles Edward Langley, 87, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2018 at his home. He was born May 16, 1930 in Lancaster, a son of the late Thomas James Langley and Lunette Dyson Langley and was the husband of the late Katie Lee Horne Langley. Mr. Langley retired from the United States Navy after 20 years...

W C Taylor

W C Taylor

Mar 31, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. W. C. Taylor, 84, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was born June 19, 1933 in Lancaster, the son of the late Curtis Taylor and Inez Bell Taylor and was the husband of Ruth Johnson Taylor. Mr. Taylor retired from the Lancaster County School District and served our...

Virginia Burgess Hardin

Virginia Burgess Hardin

Mar 26, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Virginia Burgess Hardin, 88, passed away Monday, March 26, 2018 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born May 2, 1929 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Gardner Bryant G. B. Burgess and Wincie Jarrell Burgess and was the widow of the late Charles Marion Hardin, Sr. Mrs. Hardin retired from Springs Industries. She enjoyed...

Annie Ruth Starnes Helms

Annie Ruth Starnes Helms

Mar 25, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Annie Ruth Starnes Helms, age 64, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018 at her home. She was born May 4, 1953. Mrs. Helms was the wife of the late Carl Wayne Helms. The Celebration of Life Graveside Service will be 11:00 am Friday, March 30, 2018 at Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery by David Metzler....

John Paul Mcdevitt

John Paul Mcdevitt

Mar 24, 2018

LANCASTER, SC~ Mr. John Paul McDevitt, age 67, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018 at his home. John was born November 28, 1950 in Passaic, NJ, son of the late William A. McDevitt, Jr. and Eleanor Weaver McDevitt and was the loving and devoted husband of Janice Armstrong McDevitt. John served in the Army Reserves and worked as a...

Samuel Brent Watts

Samuel Brent Watts

Mar 23, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Samuel Brent Watts, age 58, passed away Friday, March 23, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville. He was born October 11, 1959 in Lancaster, the son of Louie Watts and Lenore Smith Watts. He is the husband of Janie Walker Watts. Brent was self-employed in Property Management. He loved the outdoors. He enjoyed the beach, boating,...

Donald Wright

Donald Wright

Mar 22, 2018

LANCASTER, SC~ Mr. Donald Wright, age 87, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018 at his home. He was born July 18, 1930 in Lancaster, a son of the late John Wright and Elizabeth McManus Wright and was the husband of Emmagene Evans Wright. Mr. Wright was a retired auto body mechanic and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He...

Francis "Frank"John Biggs

Francis "Frank"John Biggs

Mar 20, 2018

INDIAN LAND, SC ~ Mr. Francis John Frank Biggs, 75, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Levine and Dickson Hospice House in Charlotte. He was born February 12, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY, a son of the late Frank Earl Biggs and Dorothy Jean Curran Biggs and was the husband of Margaret Mary Gleason Biggs. Mr. Biggs was a...

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