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Robert W Smith
Jan 30, 2013
HEATH SPRINGS, SC :::::::::: Mr. Robert William Smith passed away on January 30, 2013 at the age of 67 from complications of lung cancer at Presbyterian Hospital. Born July 14, 1945 in Alexandria, VA, he was the son of the late Robert Weaver Smith and Marie Davis Smith. After attending two years at UVA, he entered the US Marine Corp...
Eva W White
Jan 25, 2013
LANCASTER, SC :::::::: Mrs. Eva Walters White, age 93, died Friday, January 25, 2013 at Helms Gordon Residential Center where she was a resident. She was born April 17, 1919 in Lancaster County, the daughter of the late Ellison Walters and Rosa Etta Deas Walters and was the wife of the late James Thomas White. Mrs. White retired from Springs...
James "Jimmie" Ackerman
Jan 23, 2013
LANCASTER, SC :::::::::: Mr. James "Jimmie" Ackerman, age 82, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013 at Piedmont Medical Center. He was born September 14, 1930 in Andrews, SC, the son of the late Major Lee Ackerman and Rhoda Norton Ackerman and was the husband of Mary Ellen Gay Ackerman. Mr. Ackerman retired from Zachary Construction Company, was a Mason, a...
Norma Markett
Jan 23, 2013
LANCASTER, SC :::::::::::Ms. Norma Allyne Markett, died Wednesday, January 23, 2013. She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of the late Harry Leroy Nickles and Esther Allyne Adams Nickles. Norma moved from Salisbury, Maryland where she became the sales person in the Men's department at Belk's Department Store for about 50 years, suiting many of the men and boys...
Betty Jean Wallace Poole
Jan 22, 2013
LANCASTER, SC :::::::::::Mrs. Betty Jean Wallace Poole, age 66, died Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at Piedmont Medical Center. She was born March 23, 1946 in Monroe, NC, the daughter of the late Otis Wallace and Lula Plyler Wallace and was the wife of Erwin Dale Poole. Mrs. Poole retired from Springs Industries and was a member of Union Baptist Church....
Michael "Mike" Gerald Mcneely
Jan 18, 2013
MONROE,NC :::::::: Mr. Michael " Mike" Gerald McNeely, age 47, died Friday, January 18, 2013 at CMC-Union. He was born August 28, 1965 in Lancaster, the son of Gerald McNeely and Earline Adams McNeely and was the husband of Lisa Dunlap McNeely. Mr. McNeely was employed with Resolute Forest Products and was a member of West Monroe Baptist Church....
Maurice Hall Jr
Jan 12, 2013
KERSHAW, SC :::::::: Mr. Maurice Hall, Jr., age 44, died January 12, 2013 at Piedmont Medical Center. He was born July 18, 1968 in Pageland, SC, the son of Maurice Hall, Sr. and Patricia Ferrell Hall. Mr. Hall was a retired truck driver and a member of Haile Gold Mine Baptist Church. Mr. Hall is survived by his parents, Maurice...
Alana Kameia Ealy
Jan 8, 2013
LANCASTER, SC ::::::::: Alana Kameia Ealy, infant daughter of Davorus Ealy and Amanda Little, died Tuesday, January 08, 2013 at Springs Memorial Hospital. Alana is survived by her parents, Davorus Ealy and Amanda Little, a brother, Jaylen Ealy, maternal grandmother, Kathy Roberts of Heath Springs, paternal grandmother, Denise Ealy of Lancaster, maternal great grandmother, Willie Mae Bayne of Heath Springs,...
Brenda L Poovey
Jan 7, 2013
LANCASTER, SC :::::::::::Miss Brenda Lacene Poovey, age 67, died Monday, January 7, 2013 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born April 23, 1945 in Lancaster, the daughter of the late George Parks Poovey and Iona Robinson Watson. Miss Poovey was a retired childcare giver and a member of New Hope Baptist Church. Miss Poovey was the last member of her...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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