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Crawford Gainey

Crawford Gainey

Jan 7, 2013

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. Crawford Gainey, age 75, died January 7, 2013 at his home. He was born April 19, 1937 in Lancaster County, SC, the son of the late James Gainey and Bennie Mae Clark Gainey and was the husband of Kay Hayes Gainey. Mr. Gainey was a retired Supervisor with the City of Lancaster, loved fishing and doing...

Faye Snipes Knight

Faye Snipes Knight

Jan 5, 2013

LANCASTER, SC--- Mrs. Faye Snipes Knight, age 89, died Saturday, January 05, 2013 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. She was born May 31, 1923, in Pageland, SC, the daughter of the late Ernest Snipes and Doshia Kennington Snipes. She was married to the late Carl "Nig" Knight. She worked in retail sales at JC Penny and was a member of The...

James Robert Keene

James Robert Keene

Jan 4, 2013

INDIAN LAND, SC :::::::::: Mr. James Robert Keene, age 64, died Friday, January 4, 2013 at Carolinas Medical Center, Waxhaw. He was born January 12, 1948 in Pittsburgh, PA, the son of Robert T. Keene and Joanne Freed. Mr. Keene worked in management for General Electric for 39 years. He was a member of the Sun City Softball League and...

Wilburn J Williams

Wilburn J Williams

Jan 3, 2013

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. Wilburn J. Williams, age 74, died Thursday, January 3, 2013 at CMC - Mercy. He was born March 26, 1938 in Lancaster County, the son of the late George Williams and Minnie West Williams and was the husband of the late Vickie Denton Williams Faulkenberry. Mr. Williams retired from Springs Industries, was of the Baptist faith...

George J Reiser

George J Reiser

Jan 2, 2013

FORT LAWN, SC :::::::::: Mr. George J. Reiser, age 94, died Wednesday, January 2, 2013 at his home. He was born October 14, 1918 in Paterson, NJ, the son of the late Adam Reiser and Anna Klein Reiser and was the husband of the late Dorothy Mayer Reiser. Mr. Reiser was a retired supervisor in the trucking repair industry and...

Paul R Hilton

Paul R Hilton

Dec 31, 2012

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. Paul Raycine Hilton, age 72, died December 31, 2012 at CMC - Pineville. He was born September 12, 1940 in Lancaster County, SC, the son of the late John Thomas Hilton and Tressie Catoe Hilton. Mr. Hilton was a retired brick mason and of the Baptist Faith. Mr. Hilton is survived by his wife, Margie Chapman...

Walter Lewis Knight Jr

Walter Lewis Knight Jr

Dec 31, 2012

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. Walter Lewis Knight, Jr., age 82, died Sunday, December 30, 2012 at his home. He was born September 28, 1930 in Kershaw County, the son of the late Walter Lewis Knight, Sr. and Hattie Fletcher Knight. Mr. Knight retired from Georgia Pacific, was a member of First Baptist Church where he had served as a Sunday...

Helen Ellis King

Helen Ellis King

Dec 28, 2012

INDIAN LAND, SC :::::::::::Mrs. Helen Louise Ellis King, age 72, died Friday, December 28, 2012 at her home. She was born August 20, 1940 in Charleston, West Virginia, the daughter of the late Mack T. Ellis and Delta Hommock Ellis and was the wife of Donald King. Mrs. King retired from Superior Electric Company in Bristol, CT and was of...

Helena Ann Kelly Foley

Helena Ann Kelly Foley

Dec 27, 2012

INDIAN LAND, SC ::::::::::: Mrs. Helena Ann Kelly Foley, age 67, died Thursday, December 27, 2012 at Carolinas Medical Center - Pineville. She was born April 15, 1945 in New York, the daughter of the late Maurice Kelly and Mary Fleming Kelly and was the wife of Michael A. Foley. Mrs. Foley worked in the banking industry for 28 years...

Inez Smith Mills

Inez Smith Mills

Dec 26, 2012

LANCASTER, SC :::::::::::Mrs. Inez Smith Mills, age 86, died Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. She was born May 8, 1926 in Pomaria, SC, the daughter of the late John William Smith and Sadie Fowler Smith and was the wife of the late Julian Edward Mills. Mrs. Mills was a homemaker and a charter member of Grace Presbyterian...

Patricia T Szeligowski

Patricia T Szeligowski

Dec 23, 2012

INDIAN LAND, SC ::::::::::: Mrs. Patricia Tober Szeligowski, age 69, died Sunday, December 23, 2012 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born July 4, 1943 in Long Branch, NJ, the daughter of the late Patrick Tober and Catherine Mitchler Tober and was the wife of Robert Szeligowski. Mrs. Szeligowski retired from Asbury Park Press in New Jersey and was a...

Harriett Lou Robinson Whitesides

Harriett Lou Robinson Whitesides

Dec 19, 2012

Mrs. Harriett Lou Robinson Whitesides "Mama Lou" , age 93, died Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at her home. She was born July 2, 1919, in Lancaster County, the daughter of the late Richard Baxter Robinson and Daisy Juliana Bennett Robinson and was the wife of the late Rev. Robert Alexander Davis Whitesides. Mrs. Whitesides grew up in Lancaster and...

James "Jim" F Lineberger

James "Jim" F Lineberger

Dec 18, 2012

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. James "Jim" F. Lineberger, Sr., age 72, died Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at his home. He was born June 29, 1940 in Gaston County, NC, the son of the late George Lewis Lineberger and Callie Bridges Lineberger. Mr. Lineberger was retired Engineer and Owner/Operator of Jim Lineberger Construction and was of the Baptist Faith. Mr....

Bertie Mayes Ferguson

Bertie Mayes Ferguson

Dec 17, 2012

LAURINBURG, NC:::::::: Mrs. Bertie Mayes Ferguson, age 94, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on the morning of December 17, 2012 at Scotia Village in Laurinburg, NC. Bertie was the daughter of Edward and Dixie Mayes and was born in Camak, Georgia on September 8, 1918. A devoted wife and mother, Bertie was married to the late...

James Harold Mcmanus

James Harold Mcmanus

Dec 15, 2012

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. James Harold McManus, age 92, died Saturday, December 15, 2012 at White Oak Manor. He was born March 25, 1920 in Monroe, NC, the son of the late Baxter McManus and Ada Broome McManus and was the husband of Margie Rushing McManus. Mr. McManus retired from Springs Industries and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. McManus...

James Lewis Benson

James Lewis Benson

Dec 14, 2012

INDIAN LAND, SC :::::::::: Mr. James Lewis Benson, age 37, died Friday, December 14, 2012 at his home. He was born April 14, 1975 in Woodstock, IL, the son of Kenneth Benson and Barbara Pitt Benson. Mr. Benson was a Butcher for Harris Teeter and a member of Osceola United Methodist Church. Mr. Benson is survived by his parents, Kenneth...

Eugenia "Jean" Waldrop

Eugenia "Jean" Waldrop

Dec 10, 2012

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mrs. Eugenia "Jean" Sistare Waldrop, age 89, died December 10, 2012 at her home. She was born June 5, 1923 in Lancaster County, the daughter of the late Joseph Dewey Sistare and Mazie Threatt Sistare and was the wife of the late Garvin Eugene Waldrop. Mrs. Waldrop was a homemaker, a member of the Green Garden...

Jefferson "Jeff" Sims

Jefferson "Jeff" Sims

Dec 6, 2012

LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mr. Jefferson "Jeff" Jackson Sims, age 81, died December 6, 2012 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. He was born December 27, 1930 in Lancaster County, the son of the late Roy J. Sims and Annie Hinson Sims and was the husband of the late Dorothy Mangum Sims. Mr. Sims retired from Springs Industries and was an avid...

Helen Hartley

Helen Hartley

Dec 6, 2012

LANCASTER, SC :::::::::::Mrs. Helen Black Hartley, age 60, died Thursday, December 6, 2012 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born June 11, 1952 in York County, the daughter of the late Wesley Eugene Black and Jessie Mae Bigham Black and was the wife of Bobby Gene Hartley. Mrs. Hartley retired from Continental Tire and was of the Baptist faith. Mrs....

Matrell Plyler

Matrell Plyler

Dec 4, 2012

LANCASTER, SC ::::::::::: Mrs. Matrell Connell Plyler, age 86, died Monday, December 4, 2012 at her home. She was born August 6, 1926 in Lancaster County, the daughter of the late Sidney Clyburn Connell and Elsie Jenkins Connell and was the wife of the late Lewis Dale. Plyler. Mrs. Plyler earned her Bachelors Degree and Masters of Arts of Teaching...

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