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Charles Washington Mcmanus

Charles Washington Mcmanus

Jun 3, 2016

LANCASTER, SC.On Friday, June 3, at 5:12am, Charles W. McManus made his triumphant entry into heaven. Charles was born August 7, 1921 to the late Robert Bunyan and Albany McNeely McManus and was the husband of the late Lois Miller McManus.

Mr. Charles served our country in the U.S. Army Infantry during W.W. II in the Philippines...

Doris Mcateer Hammond

Doris Mcateer Hammond

May 31, 2016

Mrs. Doris McAteer Hammond, age 71, formally of Lancaster, died Tuesday, May 31, 2016 at Frye Medical Center in Hickory, NC. She was born August 19, 1944 in Dillon, SC, a daughter of the late Ernest Ervin McAteer, Jr. and late Maggie Lee Gamble McAteer and was the wife of the late Zelmer Luther Z.L. Hammond, Jr. Mrs. Hammond...

Travis Danielle Powers

Travis Danielle Powers

May 28, 2016

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::: Mr. Travis Danielle Powers, age 29, died Saturday, May 28, 2016 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. He was born January 6, 1987 in Lancaster, the son of Janie Sims Powers and the late Carl Timothy Powers. Travis was a Locomotive Engineer with Charah Innovative Solutions and Service in Mt. Holly, NC. He loved watching wrestling,...

John Jason "Jay" Funderburk

John Jason "Jay" Funderburk

May 27, 2016

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::: Mr. John Jason Jay Funderburk, age 29, died Thursday, May 27, 2016 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born January 13, 1987 in Lancaster, a son of Joseph E. Joe Funderburk, Jr. and the late Jane Willis Funderburk. Jay loved Gamecock sports. He enjoyed music and played guitar, drums and keyboard. He was a golfer and a...

Donald Lorin Comstock

Donald Lorin Comstock

May 25, 2016

INDIAN LAND, SC::::::::: Mr. Donald Lorin Comstock, age 90, died Wednesday, May 25, 2016 in his home. He was born December 19, 1925 in Rockford, Illinois, a son of the late Lorin James Comstock and Ina Marie Anderson Comstock and was the husband of Germaine Parmentier Comstock. Mr. Comstock retired from the United States Postal Service. He served our...

Max Harvey Doster

Max Harvey Doster

May 23, 2016

LANCASTER, SCMr. Max Harvey Doster, age 87, died Monday, May 23, 2016. He was born December 9, 1928 in Chesterfield County, the son of the late John Harvey Doster and Bertha McCray Doster and was the husband of the late Margaret Belk Doster. Mr. Doster was employed with Matthews Building Supplies as a purchasing agent, he also worked for...

L Edward Trent

L Edward Trent

May 20, 2016

ROCK HILL, SC::::::Mr. L. Edward Trent, age 60, died Friday, May 20, 2016 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, SC. He was born June 9, 1955 in Mann, West Virginia, a son of the late Glen Aaron Trent and Helen Marie Blankenship Trent and was the husband of Patricia Hart Trent. He enjoyed fishing, camping, and the outdoors....

Lottie Geraldine "Jerri" Sanders

Lottie Geraldine "Jerri" Sanders

May 17, 2016

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mrs. Lottie Geraldine Jerri Sanders, age 79, died Tuesday, May 17, 2016 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born May 4, 1937 in Chester, a daughter of the late Luther Hunter and Grace Moore Hunter and was the wife of the late Joe Curtis Sanders, Sr. Mrs. Sanders retired from Springs Industries Leroy Plant. She was an avid...

Janette Griffin Therrell Ard

Janette Griffin Therrell Ard

May 17, 2016

INDIAN LAND, SC::::::::::Mrs. Janette Griffin Therrell Ard, age 81, died Tuesday, May 17, 2016. She was born September 7, 1934 in Fort Mill, SC, a daughter of the late Cleatus Herbert Griffin and Cungetar Moody Griffin. She was a wonderful seamstress, enjoyed reading, word search books, playing Bingo and was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. Mrs. Ard...

Dr John Edmond Lothers Jr

Dr John Edmond Lothers Jr

May 16, 2016

LANCASTER, SCDr. John Edmond Lothers, Jr., age 84, died Monday, May 16, 2016 at his home. He was born November 25, 1931 in Wichita, Kansas, a son of the late John Edmond Lothers, Sr. and Mary Ewing Lothers and the husband of Ruth Jones Lothers. Dr. Lothers retired from Covenant College as a Biology Professor. He enjoyed volunteering at...

Roberta Threatt Wall

Roberta Threatt Wall

May 14, 2016

LANCASTER, SC::::::::::: Mrs. Peggy Roberta Threatt Wall, age 77, died Saturday, May 14, 2016. She was born November 23, 1938 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Peter Lawrence Threatt and Myrtle Catoe Threatt and the wife of John E. Wall. She was a former member of Eastern Star and Lee County Garden Club. Mrs. Wall was a very...

Virginia "Jenny" Bowers

Virginia "Jenny" Bowers

May 11, 2016

LANCASTER, SC::::::Mrs. Virginia Ann Jenny Walters Laney Bowers, age 77, of Lancaster, went on to sing and dance in heaven on May 11, 2016. She was born on January 29, 1939 to the late Virginia Taylor Walters and W. Arthur Walters. She was a graduate of Buford High School and worked in the sewing room of Springs Industries until...

Lily Ikehara Gillis

Lily Ikehara Gillis

May 10, 2016

LANCASTER, SC :: Mrs. Lily Ikehara Gillis, age 89, died Tuesday, May 10, 2016. She was born December 3, 1926 in Waipahu, Hawaii, the daughter of the late Seichiki Ikehara and Kanako Miyashiro Ikehara and was the wife of the late John Quincy Gillis. She enjoyed crocheting, reading and was a wonderful cook. Mrs. Gillis was of the Baptist...

William Mark Blackwell

William Mark Blackwell

May 10, 2016

LANCASTER, SCMr. William Mark Blackwell, age 55, died Tuesday, May 10, 2016 at his home. He was born 1961 in Lancaster, the son of Clyde Wallace Blackwell and Naomi Blackwell Sims and was the husband of Clarice Odom Blackwell and father of Lauren Elizabeth Blackwell. Mr. Blackwell loved his family and friends and truly lived his life to the...

Anne Ghent Robinson

Anne Ghent Robinson

May 8, 2016

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mrs. Anne Ghent Robinson Aunt Anne, age 73, died Sunday, May 8, 2016 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born December 23, 1942 in Chester County, a daughter of the late Frank Ghent and Annie Ruth Shoemake Ghent and was the wife of the late Bruce Taylor Robinson. Mrs. Robinson took care of her parents in their later...

Diane Dixon

Diane Dixon

May 7, 2016

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mrs. Diane Threatt Dixon, age 64, died Saturday, May 7, 2016 at Piedmont Hospital in Rock Hill. She was born September 7, 1951, in Charlotte, a daughter of the late David Henry Threatt and Virginia May Green Threatt and the wife of the late Jimmy Lee Dixon. Mrs. Dixon loved spending time with her family. Her grandchildren were...

Ethel Rodgers Bennett

Ethel Rodgers Bennett

May 7, 2016

MATTHEWS, NC:::::::::::::: Ethel Rodgers Bennett, age 98, devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully on Saturday, May 7th, 2016. Born in Lancaster, SC on October 23, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Jennie Kirk Rodgers and William Oscar Rodgers. She was predeceased by her parents, three sisters and a brother. She is survived by...

Marvin Eugene Shehane

Marvin Eugene Shehane

May 5, 2016

LANCASTER, SCMr. Marvin Eugene Shehane age 78, died Thursday, May 5, 2016 at his home. He was born September 17, 1937 in Lancaster, the son of Johnny Tillman Shehane and Thelma Louise Cauthen Likens and was the husband of Kathleen Caskey Shehane. Mr. Shehane enjoyed the outdoors, gardening and carpentry work. He loved crappie fishing with his son at...

Michael Wayne Wright

Michael Wayne Wright

Apr 30, 2016

LANCASTER, SC::::::Mr. Michael Wayne Wright, age 57, died Saturday, April 30, 2016 at his home. He was born October 28, 1958 in Lancaster, a son of Donald Wright and Emmagene Evans Wright and was the husband of Crystal D. Catoe. Mr. Wright was an auto body mechanic, a loving father, husband, son, brother and brother in law. He gave...

Joshua Matthew "Josh" Lloyd

Joshua Matthew "Josh" Lloyd

Apr 28, 2016

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::: Mr. Joshua Matthew Josh Lloyd, age 38, died Thursday, April 28, 2016 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was born April 23, 1978 in Charlotte, the son of Jeanette Flowers Lloyd and the late Wilbert Lee Lloyd. Josh was the former owner of Lloyds Heating and Air Conditioning. He was an avid Clemson fan and enjoyed...

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