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Ruth Helms Baker

Ruth Helms Baker

Oct 15, 2014

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mrs. Ruth Helms Baker, age 95, died Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at Pruitt Health - Rock Hill. She was born November 5, 1918 in Chesterfield County, the daughter of the late Archie Milliton Helms and Eleanor Dezzie Helms and was the wife of the late Fraudus Buford Baker. Mrs. Baker was a homemaker and a member of Springdell Baptist...

Carlton Hammond

Carlton Hammond

Oct 14, 2014

VAN WYCK, SC::::::::::: Carlton Hammond, age 49, died Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born April 9, 1965 in Lancaster County, the son of Margaret Todd Christmas and the late Robert Lewis Hammond, Sr. and was the husband of Kelly Shelly Hammond. Mr. Hammond was a cook for Wendy's and of the Freewill Baptist Faith. Mr....

Caroline Aubrey Taylor

Caroline Aubrey Taylor

Oct 13, 2014

LANCASTER, SC ::::::::: Caroline Aubrey Taylor, born July 23, 2014, the infant daughter of Derek and Hollie Best Taylor, died Monday, October 13, 2014 at Springs Memorial Hospital. Caroline is survived by her parents; her maternal grandparents, Lisa and Terry Messerschmidt of Linthicum, MD, her paternal grandparents, David and Beverly Taylor of Lancaster, maternal great grandmother, Jean Best of Florence,...

Tammy Carter Funderburk

Tammy Carter Funderburk

Oct 9, 2014

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mrs. Tammy Carter Funderburk, age 51, died Thursday, October 9, 2014. She was born November 6, 1962 in Lancaster, the daughter of Stephen Carter and Nancy Blackmon Hinson and was the wife of David M. Funderburk. Mrs. Funderburk was a homemaker, a dedicated Mother and Mimi and a member of Second Baptist Church. Mrs. Funderburk is survived by her...

Loretta J Bowling

Loretta J Bowling

Oct 4, 2014

LANCASTER, SC::::::: Mrs. Loretta J. Bowling, age 81, died Saturday, October 4, 2014 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born September 9, 1933 in Indianapolis, IN the daughter of the late Martin and Rosie Webb and was the wife of the late Theodore Bowling. Mrs. Bowling was a retired caretaker and a member of Church of the Great God in...

Rev Thomas "Tommy" B Brazell

Rev Thomas "Tommy" B Brazell

Oct 1, 2014

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Rev. Thomas "Tommy" B. Brazell, age 87, died Wednesday, October 1, 2014 at his home. He was born November 26, 1926 in Lancaster County, the son of the late Wylie Jessie Brazell, Sr. and Alice White Brazell. Mr. Brazell was first married to the late Mildred Kirkley Brazell and secondly to Edith Belk Brazell. Rev. Brazell retired from...

William Eugene "Gene" Adams

William Eugene "Gene" Adams

Sep 29, 2014

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mr. William Eugene "Gene" Adams, age 81, passed away September 29, 2014 quietly at home surrounded by his family. He was born June 23, 1933 in Lancaster County, the son of the late William Cletus Adams and Inez Baker Adams and was the husband of Marcene Helms Adams. Mr. Adams retired after 47 years from Springs Industries, was...

Gerard Peter Jordan

Gerard Peter Jordan

Sep 27, 2014

INDIAN LAND, SC :::::::::: Mr. Gerard Peter Jordan, age 66, died Saturday, September 27, 2014. He was born March 7, 1948 in Roscrea, Ireland, the son of the late John Jordan and Marie Becker Jordan and was the husband of Kathleen Degnan Jordan. Mr. Jordan retired from the US Postal Service. He was a member of the American Pool Association,...

Jessie James Knight Sr

Jessie James Knight Sr

Sep 25, 2014

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. Jessie James Knight, Sr., age 90, died Thursday, September 25, 2014. He was born December 8, 1923 in Lancaster, the son of the late John Ray Knight and Dallas Mae Usher Knight. Mr. Knight retired from the State of South Carolina and was a member of Tabernacle United Methodist Church. He enjoyed farming, the outdoors and...

Anthony "Tony" Munifo Sr

Anthony "Tony" Munifo Sr

Sep 25, 2014

FORT MILL, SC:::::Anthony "Tony" Munifo, born May 10th 1938, passed away at the age of 76 on the night of September 25th 2014 after a five month battle with lung cancer. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York to the late Joseph Munifo and Lena Longo Munifo Rossi and though he lived in Indian Land, SC for...

Louie Edward Lowery

Louie Edward Lowery

Sep 20, 2014

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mr. Louie Edward Lowery, Sr., age 79, died Saturday, September 20, 2014 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born March 29, 1935 in Kershaw County, the son of the late Riley Lee Lowery and Gracie Boone Lowery and was the husband of Ann Gardner Lowery. Mr. Lowery retired from Springs Industries and was a member of Pleasant Dale Baptist...

Mabelene "Mable" Jenkins

Mabelene "Mable" Jenkins

Sep 18, 2014

LANCASTER, SC: Mrs. Mabelene "Mable" Catoe Jenkins, age 76 , died Thursday, September 18, 2014 at Carolinas Medical Center. She was born October 23, 1937 in Lancaster County, the daughter of the late Julius C. Catoe and Ethel Vincent Catoe and was the wife of Billy Ray Jenkins. Mrs. Jenkins was a homemaker and a member of Fork Hill...

William Walter Wheeler

William Walter Wheeler

Sep 15, 2014

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mr. William Walter Wheeler, age 93, died Monday, September 15, 2014 at his home. He was born May 24, 1921 in Camden, the son of the late Grover Cleveland Wheeler and Effie Hammond Wheeler and was the husband of the late Edna Louise Baker Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler retired from Springs Industries and Center Parts, was a member of Taylors...

Frances Rowell Crenshaw

Frances Rowell Crenshaw

Sep 14, 2014

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mrs. Frances Rowell Crenshaw, age 89, died Sunday, September 14, 2014. She was born April 8, 1925 in Lancaster, the daughter of the late Andrew Hoyt Rowell, Sr. and Nell Taylor Rowell and was the wife of the late Harold Hillard Crenshaw, Sr. Mrs. Crenshaw was formerly a secretary of Springs Industries and partial owner of Crenshaw Oil Company....

Ernest Marvin Fowler

Ernest Marvin Fowler

Sep 10, 2014

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. Ernest Marvin Fowler, age 67, went home to be with the Lord Wednesday, September 10, 2014. He was born October 26, 1946 in Waxhaw, NC, the son of the late Marvin Gill Fowler and Majalene Starnes Fowler and was the husband of Deborah Brown Fowler. Mr. Fowler retired from Springs Industries and attended First Pentecostal Holiness...

Paul David Pittman

Paul David Pittman

Sep 8, 2014

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. Paul David Pittman, age 92, died Saturday, September 6, 2014. He was born December 3, 1921 in Rockingham, NC, the son of the late Oscar Allen Pittman, Sr. and Maude Hunter Pittman and was the husband of the late Marie Sears Pittman. Mr. Pittman retired from Springs Industries, was a very active member of Alpha Life...

Cordelia "Dee Dee" Newton

Cordelia "Dee Dee" Newton

Sep 8, 2014

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mrs. Cordelia "Dee Dee" Carnes Newton, age 67, died Monday, September 8, 2014 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born October 28, 1946 in Lancaster County, the daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Carnes and Euree McManus Carnes and was the wife of the late Waymon L. Newton. Mrs. Newton retired from Springs Industries and was a member...

Edward "Mr Ed" Heins

Edward "Mr Ed" Heins

Sep 3, 2014

LANCASTER, SC::::::::: Mr. Edward "Mr. Ed" Walter Heins, age 84, died Wednesday September 3, 2014 at his home. He was born March 4, 1930, the son of the late Edward Walter Heins and Ellen Victoria Molander Heins and was the husband of Barbara Roecklein Heins. Mr. Heins attended the Milwaukee School of Engineering, was a retired Physicist Technician for...

Bascom Leonard "Len" Phillips Jr

Bascom Leonard "Len" Phillips Jr

Sep 1, 2014

LANCASTER, SC:::::::::::Mr. Bascom Leonard "Len" Phillips, Jr., age 76, died Monday, September 1, 2014 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born September 29, 1937 in Charlotte, NC, the son of the late Bascom Leonard Phillips, Sr. and Ruth McConnell Phillips. Mr. Phillips was the owner and operator of Palmetto Broadcasting Systems - WAGL Radio Station and served our great...

Lucy Moore Crenshaw

Lucy Moore Crenshaw

Aug 24, 2014

LANCASTER, SC::::: Mrs. Lucy Moore Crenshaw, age 100, passed away on Sunday, August 24, 2014 at Transitions Life Care in Raleigh, NC. Lucy resided in the Van Wyck community, Lancaster, SC. Lucy was born on September 8, 1913, in Union County, NC to the late Mattie Laney Moore and William Jackson Moore. She was the youngest of six children and...

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