Obituaries

Nov 8, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Billy Wayne Holden, age 62, passed away Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House. He was born May 18, 1955, the son of Helen Outlaw Holden and the late Jake Wayne Holden. He was the husband of Kathy Faile Holden. Mr. Holden loved riding his motorcycle and playing the drums. He...

Nov 7, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Mary Virginia OConnell Whitcomb, age 80, passed away Tuesday, November 7, 2017. She was born March 24, 1937 in Malden, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Roy Edward OConnell and Annie Helen Surette OConnell McMullen. She is the wife of Carl Eugene Whitcomb, Sr. Mrs. Whitcomb was a homemaker. She enjoyed doing crafts and was...

Nov 3, 2017

LANCASTER, SC - Mr. James Edmund Jim Wilson, III, age 67, passed away Friday, November 3, 2017 at his home. He was born April 4, 1950, a son of the late James Edmund Wilson II and Carolyn Ann Brown Wilson. He is the husband of Pansy Barrett Wilson. Mr. Wilson retired from the City of Lancaster as Finance Director....

Nov 2, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Thomas Ross Bryson, age 63, died Thursday, November 2, 2017. He was born October 24, 1954 in Brevard, NC, the son of the late Oscar Ross Bryson and Ruby Waters Bryson. He is the husband of Lora Potts Bryson. He retired from Bowater Corporation and was known as the Man of Many Waterfalls. Being from...

Nov 1, 2017

LANCASTER, SCMr. Samuel Harold Robinson, age 92, died Wednesday, November 1, 2017 at Carolinas Medical Center- Main. He was born November 18, 1924 in Lancaster. He was the last surviving child of the late Joseph Cezar Robinson and Ada Steele Robinson. Mr. Robinson was the husband of the late Brennie Huey Robinson. Mr. Robinson was a lifelong member at...

Oct 28, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Kyzer Jay West, passed away Saturday, October 28, 2017. Kyzer was the daughter of Michael Jay West and Amy Pegram West. Kyzer was born October 28, 2017. Those left to cherish Kyzers memory include her parents, Michael and Amy West; siblings, Skyler West, Alyssa West, GG West, and Kensley West; her maternal grandparents, Ronnie Pegram and...

Oct 27, 2017

Lancaster, SC ~ Mr. Richard Drennon Plyler, age 73, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend passed away at his home on October 27, 2017, where he was surrounded by his family.

Mr. Plyler is survived by his wife, Caroline Collins; son, Scott (Michaele) Plyler of Murrells Inlet; daughter, Lindsay (Casey) McMackin of Lancaster; three grandchildren, Hunter Hammond,...

Oct 26, 2017

HEATH SPRINGS, SC ~ Mr. Keith Harold McManus, age 83, passed away Thursday, October 26, 2017 at his home. He was born April 12, 1934, the son of the late Sanford McManus and Flossie McManus and was the husband of the late Betty Hunter McManus. Mr. McManus loved being outdoors growing flowers and fishing. He also loved to dance...

Oct 21, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Ottie Blackwell Stogner, age 89, passed away Saturday, October 21, 2017 at the Levine & Dickson Hospice House in Charlotte. She was born May 22, 1928 in Chesterfield County, a daughter of the late William Buford Blackwell and Sally Faye McNeely Blackwell and was the wife of the late Clarence Super Alan Stogner. Mrs. Stogner...

Oct 19, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Frances Preslar Blalock, age 83, died Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born July 26, 1934 in Marshville, NC, a daughter of the late Leroy Clyde Preslar and Junnie Frances Carpenter Presler. Mrs. Blalock was a member of the Springs Senior Citizens Club and First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Blalock is...

Oct 12, 2017

Mrs. Wilda Sturgis Hallman, age 79, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born September 7, 1938 the daughter of the late John Knox Sturgis and Mildred Mahaffey Sturgis Binns and was the wife of the late Kenneth Steele Hallman. Mrs. Hallman loved her grandchildren and great-grandchild; they brought her a lot of happiness....

Oct 10, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Betty Williams Plyler, age 90, died Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born March 29, 1927 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Lester Williams and Evoritte Lynn Williams and was the wife of the late Amos Leon Plyler. Mrs. Plyler retired from Springs Industries and was a member of Bethlehem...

Oct 9, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Toby Lawson Swindell, age 19, passed away Monday, October 9, 2017 at his home. He was born June 4, 1998, the son of John Swindell and Michelle Allen Swindell. He loved the outdoors. Toby enjoyed hunting, fishing and golfing. His family will always remember him as a very loyal and honest man. Toby is survived...

Oct 3, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Clark Earl Wicklund, Sr., age 78, died Tuesday, October 3, 2017. He was born September 27, 1939 in Cranston, Rhode Island. Clark was the son of the late Milton Emanuel Wicklund and Mildred Burdick Wicklund and the husband of the late Anne T. Wicklund. Mr. Wicklund was a member of the Knights of Columbus and...

Oct 3, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Betty Usher Ghent, age 72, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at CMC-Pineville. She was born September 20, 1945 in Monroe, NC, a daughter of the late Hazel Usher and Ruth Bundy Usher and was the wife of Charles Ray Ghent. Mrs. Ghent was previously employed as a Licensed Nursing Assistant and worked at Grace...

Oct 2, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Grady Lynn Stacks, age 55, died Monday, October 2, 2017. He was born September 1, 1962 in Monroe, NC, the son of the late Grady Joe Stacks and Nancy Louise Neal Stacks. Grady enjoyed country music, NASCAR, and spending time with his buddies. He loved working in the yard, animals and watching his favorite TV...

Sep 30, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Jason Claude Hoke, age 33, died Saturday, September 30, 2017. He was born January 5, 1984 in Rock Hill, the son of Devan Claude Hoke and Renee Hinson Hoke. Jason served as a Medic with both Lancaster County EMS and Chester County EMS. He graduated from Midlands Tech and was an EVOC instructor. He received...

Sep 28, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Vadie Jackie Stacks Sowell, age 91, died Thurday, September 28, 2017 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. She was born December 11, 1925 in Monroe, NC, the daughter of the late Dexter Stacks and Betty Gettis Stacks and was the wife of the late James Thomas Sowell for 68 years. Mrs. Sowell enjoyed cooking and sewing. She...

Sep 26, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Joanne Cauthen Estridge, age 83, died Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. She was born September 3, 1934 in Lancaster, SC, the daughter of the late Louie Boyce Cauthen and Hazel Lee Ghent Cauthen and was the wife of Joe F. Estridge. Mrs. Estridge was a very loving and devoted wife. She enjoyed...

Sep 25, 2017

Margaret Jenelle Gardner Whaley Rapier Bramblett Margaret Jenelle Gardner Whaley Rapier Bramblett died September 25, 2017 in North Carolina of complications from strokes and had lived with her current husband Curt in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, and Lancaster, SC. She was born in Lancaster on January 1, 1932, to Carroll and Rena Gardner.

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