Obituaries

Oct 23, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Rev. Gary Dean McInvaille, age 76, passed away Sunday, October 23, 2022. He was born August 25, 1946, a son of the late Dorsey McInvaille and Loretta Pate McInvaille. Rev. McInvaille was a founding member and pastor of Grace Freewill Baptist Church. He loved his Lord and Savior, and his greatest desire was to...

Oct 23, 2022

CHARLOTTE, NC ~ Mr. Harold Howard. On Sunday October 23, 2022, God put his everlasting arms around Harold as the angel sealed his lips and took him home to be with him. Harold was born September 23, 1935, in Savannah, GA. He was the first born son of Chappelle and Lillie Mae Howard. He was baptized at...

Oct 20, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Evelyn Faye Laney Estridge, age 85, passed away Thursday, October 20, 2022.  She was born February 24, 1937, in Monroe, NC the daughter of the late Boyd Laney and Dora Price Laney and was the wife of the late Jack D. Estridge. Mrs. Estridge enjoyed watching her soap operas, sewing, cooking, gardening, and...

Oct 19, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Ronald "Ronny" Edward Bass, age 55, passed away Wednesday, October 19, 2022. He was born November 18, 1966, a son of the late Alfred Eugene Bass and the late Glenda Cornett Bass. Ronny was an electrician by trade and worked alongside his father in his business. He and his father also had a...

Oct 14, 2022

WAXHAW, NC ~ Mrs. Hazel Cook Starnes, age 90, passed away Friday, October 14, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family.  She was born July 8, 1932, in Indian Trail, NC the daughter of the late Jennings Augustus Cook and Mabel Pressley Cook. Mrs. Starnes worked as Treasurer for HR Johnson Construction Company.  She enjoyed reading,...

Oct 13, 2022

LANCASTER, SC – Dr. George Lamply David, Jr., age 90, local physician and surgeon, departed this life on Thursday, October 13, 2022, at his home. He was born September 26, 1932, in Florence, the eldest child of George L. David, Sr. and Elma Thomas David.  He was a graduate of McClenaghan High School and was drafted immediately...

Oct 13, 2022

LANCASTER, SC – Mr. Howard Vincent Miller, Jr., age 81, passed away Thursday, October 13, 2022. He was born February 27, 1941, in Newark, NJ, a son of the late Howard Vincent Miller, Sr. and the late Josephine Cammarata Carlson and was the husband of Dawn Marie Montgomery Miller. Mr. Miller proudly served in The United States...

Oct 12, 2022

LANCASTER, SC – Rev. John Wesley Boykin, Sr., age 77, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2022. He was born January 30, 1945, in Batesburg, SC, the son of the late William "Bill" Yancey Boykin and the late Willie Mae Evans Boykin and was the husband of the late Nancy Elizabeth Curtis Boykin. Before retirement, he served for...

Oct 12, 2022

FORT LAWN, SC ~ Ms. Diana Jean Hanna Wilkins, age 74, passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2022.  She was born May 11, 1948, in Richwood, WV, a daughter of the late Brite Pearl Hanna and Nora May Pequiqnot Hanna.  Diana retired from Haddon House in Richburg and attended Emmanuel Baptist Church and Fort Lawn Baptist Church. She...

Oct 11, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Marie Whitaker Moree, age 83, passed away Tuesday, October 11, 2022. She was born February 5, 1939, in Lancaster County, daughter of the late R.J. Whitaker and the late Lillian Erdman Whitaker and was the widow of J. W. Moree. Marie selflessly served as a registered nurse and retired from White Oak Manor...

Oct 10, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Louise Cauthen Gardner, age 94, of Lancaster, widow of John B. Gardner passed away Monday, October 10, 2022 at Lancaster Grove. She was born July 27, 1928, in Lancaster County the daughter of James Brumett Cauthen and Maebelle Fleming Cauthen. Louise graduated from Lancaster High School in 1945 and immediately left to attend...

Oct 8, 2022

FORT MILL, SC – Mr. Jerome "Jerry" Lee Strittholt, age 70, passed away Saturday, October 8, 2022. He was born June 17, 1952, in Cincinnati, OH, a son of LaVerne Berger Strittholt and the late Charles Lee Strittholt and was the husband of Joanne Prill Strittholt. Jerry graduated from St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, OH. He...

Oct 7, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Sylvia Jean Flynn Steele, age 82, passed away Friday, October 7, 2022. She was born January 20, 1940, in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Charlie Flynn and the late Wilma McManus Flynn and was the wife of the late Rayford Lewis Steele. Mrs. Steele was employed with Springs Industries for 21 years....

Oct 6, 2022

FORT LAWN, SC – Mr. John Russell Rumford, age 89, passed away Thursday, October 6, 2022. He was born April 13, 1933, in Dayton, KY, son of the late John Rumford and the late Edythe Stevers Rumford and was the husband of Sara Edwards Rumford. Mr. Rumford graduated from Bellevue High School in Bellevue, KY, class of...

Oct 3, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Ms. Sue Carol McAteer Eubanks, age 84, passed away Monday, October 3, 2022. She was born April 27, 1938, in Monroe, NC, a daughter of the late Joseph Paul McAteer and Catherine Griffin McAteer. Ms. Eubanks enjoyed working in her flowers and going on vacations with her family. Cooking and Baking were her passions,...

Oct 3, 2022

FAIRBORN, OH – Colonel John David Catoe, 88 OMRS Commander WPAFB, age 46, passed away Monday, October 3, 2022. He was born June 23, 1976, in Lancaster, a son of Jimmy L. Catoe and Sadie Raffaldt Catoe and was the husband of Maggie Ann Meditz Catoe. John proudly served his country in the United States Air Force...

Oct 1, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Cecilia Long McAteer, age 84, passed away Saturday, October 1, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family. She was born January 22, 1938, in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Cecil Bon Long and the late Eula Mae Robertson Long and was the wife of the late James William McAteer. Mrs. McAteer...

Sep 30, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Jettie Grier Caskey, age 90, passed away on Friday, September 30, 2022. She was born December 2, 1931, in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland Grier, Jr. and the late Willie Elizabeth Stroud Grier and was the wife of the late Haskell Brown Caskey, Sr. Mrs. Caskey was a wonderful wife,...

Sep 28, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Betty Jean Usher Cox, age 77, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2022. She was born February 27, 1945, in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Walter Lee Usher and the late Ruby Lee Thomas Usher and was the wife of the late Lloyd Dubose Cox. Mrs. Cox retired from Springs Industries after 44...

Sep 26, 2022

WAXHAW, SC – Mr. Mark Allen Booth passed away September 26, 2022. Mark was born on October 16, 1961, in Michigan City, Indiana, the eldest son of Jack (dec.) and Delphine Booth.

He left behind his mother, Delphine Booth; three sisters; Becky, (Jeff, dec.), Anne (Dave, dec.), and Kathleen, (Paul). He also had three brothers,...