Obituaries

Feb 21, 2022

Mary Lou Fletcher Purser (1923-2022)

Charlotte, NC

Mary Lou Fletcher Purser, 98, passed away peacefully on Monday, February 21, 2022. She was born September 22, 1923, in Mount Holly, NC to the late Turner Tyler and Lula Fletcher. She was a homemaker and a loving wife to Homer A. Purser for 65 years until he...

Feb 19, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Meredith Ann Taylor Vialonga, age 78, passed away Saturday, February 19, 2022, at her home. She was born February 21, 1944, in St. Louis, MI, a daughter of the late Thomas Robert Taylor and Olive Margaret Close Taylor.  Mrs. Vialonga was the wife of the late Joseph John Vialonga.  Mrs. Vialonga could do anything,...

Feb 18, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Joel Cummings Horne, age 57, passed away Friday, February 18, 2022, at his home. He was born August 8, 1964, in Lancaster, the son of Shelby Neal Horne and the late Hoyle C. Horne. Joel loved mechanic work, especially front-end alignments. He enjoyed farming, going out to eat, gardening, and watching westerns. Joel...

Feb 17, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. William "Bill" Hiram Steele, age 83, passed away Thursday, February 17, 2022, at his home. He was born October 15, 1938, in Lancaster, a son of the late Odell Steele Sr. and Ola Cunningham Steele and was the husband of Moqueetta "Tina" Parnell Steele. Mr. Steele proudly served our county in The United States Air Force...

Feb 16, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Ms. Kathryn Jeanette Flowers Lloyd, age 71, passed away Wednesday, February 16, 2022. She was born April 11, 1950, in Lancaster, the daughter of the late Leroy Logan Flowers and Mildred Jeanette Bundy Flowers Epperson. Ms. Lloyd enjoyed going to the beach and tanning. She loved gardening, cutting grass, and drinking coffee. Ms. Lloyd...

Feb 14, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Lou Nell "Jackie" McBride Belk, age 93, passed away Monday, February 14, 2022. She was born September 5, 1928, in Monroe, NC, the daughter of the late Hobert McBride and Nancy Yarborough McBride and was the wife of the late William "Billy" Belk. Mrs. Belk never met a stranger, she enjoyed talking and...

Feb 14, 2022

Indian Land, SC ~ Daniel Ralyea Sr., of Indian Land, South Carolina, passed on Monday February 14, 2022 at home at 80 years old. He was born on January 29, 1942 in Buffalo, New York. He attended Canisius High School, and Niagara University. In 1961, he married Judy Payne, and together they had 3 children, Daniel (Tina),...

Feb 13, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Margaret Gay Boone, age 75, passed away Sunday, February 13, 2022. She was born June 6, 1946, in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Herman Gay and Viola Hill Gay and was the wife of Corley Boone Jr. Mrs. Boone enjoyed crafts, working in her flowers, cooking for her family, and her favorite...

Feb 12, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Patricia Ann Gardner Helms, age 78, passed away Saturday, February 12, 2022. She was born September 16, 1943, in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Frank Gardner and Margie Steele Gardner and was the wife of the late Denny Helms. Mrs. Helms was owner operator of Dairy Mart in Lancaster for 30 years. ...

Feb 11, 2022

INDIAN LAND, SC ~ Dr. Donald Schumacher passed on Friday, February 11, 2022.  He is survived by his loving wife Sandy, his brothers Mark and Bob, his three sons Steve, Greg and Ryan, his daughters-in-law Jen, Maggie, and Kellie, and his beloved grandchildren Strickland, Ansley, John, Ryan, Rylan and a granddaughter on the way.  Don was born...

Feb 11, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Howard Reynolds Hush, Jr., age 88, passed away Friday, February 11, 2022, at Atrium Health Union. He was born July 27, 1933, in Minneapolis, MN, a son of the late Howard Reynolds Hush, Sr. and Dorothy Bell Hush. Mr. Hush retired from Seco Electronics, and he loved anything to do with working on...

Feb 8, 2022

Fort Mill, SC ~ Larry V. Cramer, age 86, of 177 Melbourne Drive, Fort Mill, SC, formerly of Greenville, PA died on February 8, 2022. He was born March 3, 1935 in Greenville to Verne and Lola (Fry) Cramer.

He was a 1953 graduate of Penn High School, Greenville, PA. He attended Indiana University of...

Feb 4, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Raye Anne R. Ford, age 72, passed away Friday, February 4, 2022. She was born May 8, 1949, in Muskegon, MI, a daughter of the late Robert Albert Reno and Ruth Anne Webber Reno and was the wife of William Gene Ford, Sr. Mrs. Ford retired from Witco Corporation as an Office Manager....

Feb 4, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Fallon Cade Kennington, infant daughter of Gracyn Cade Caldwell and Dylan Reed Kennington entered heaven to be with Jesus on February 4, 2022, at Piedmont Medical Center.  Though she never spent any time with us, she touched many lives.

Those left to cherish her memory include her parents, Gracyn and Dylan; paternal...

Feb 2, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Lee Edmond "Eddie" Player, age 70, passed away Wednesday, February 2, 2022, at Atrium Health-Pineville. He was born November 17, 1951, in Chattanooga, TN, a son of the late Odell Player and Louise Jenkins Player and was the husband of Renee Cauthen Player. Mr. Player had a loving passion for teaching Sunday school. He enjoyed golfing,...

Feb 1, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Ben Michael "Skeet" Sistare, age 72, went on to be with loved ones on Tuesday, February 1, 2022.  He was born October 29, 1949 in Monroe, NC, a son of the late Euclee Sistare and the late Patty Cooper Sistare and was the husband of Glenda Knight Sistare. Skeet enjoyed fishing, softball, and...

Feb 1, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Gerald Paul Terry, age 78, passed away Tuesday, February 1, 2022, at his home. He was born January 10, 1944, in Lancaster, the son of the late Silas Terry and Fannie Delton Parris Terry. Mr. Terry was a mechanic with Springs Industries.  He loved walking trails, hiking, NASCAR and dirt track racing, and...

Jan 31, 2022

INDIAN LAND, SC ~ Mr. Ronald "Ron" Douglas Johnson, age 82, passed away Monday, January 31, 2022, at his home. He was born January 28, 1940, in Machias, Maine, a son of the late Robert Johnson and Leola Sirois Johnson and was the husband of Anne C. Moreau de Tours Johnson.  Mr. Johnson proudly served his country...

Jan 31, 2022

FORT LAWN, SC ~ Mr. John William Matheson, Jr., age 72, passed away Monday, January 31, 2022, at Lexington Medical Center.  He was born May 27, 1949, in Panama, a son of the late John William Matheson, Sr. and Martha McFadden Matheson. Mr. Matheson received a Bachelor's Degree in Theatre from the North Carolina School of Arts....

Jan 30, 2022

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. William "Bill" Franklin Galloway, age 82, passed away Sunday, January 30, 2022, at his home. He was born September 15, 1939, in Easley, SC, the son of the late Thomas Gaines and Hattie Mae Galloway and was the husband of Laverne Belue Galloway.  Mr. Galloway proudly served in The United States Army and...