Obituaries

Apr 18, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Juan Pablo Valencia Gonzalez, age 19, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021.  He was the son of Juan Pablo Valencia Morales and Yesenia Gonzalez Perez. Juan Pablo was a graduate of Lancaster High School. He was very independent, he loved to play with his brother and his sister whom he was very...

Apr 18, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Ernesto Bravo-Cruz, age 17, passed away Sunday, April 18, 2021.  He was the son of Ernesto Bravo-Quintana and Dolores Cruz Tejeda. Ernesto was a junior at Lancaster High School. He loved the sport of soccer and spend time with his friends on and off the field. Ernesto had a love for video...

Apr 15, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ John Andrew Osterberg, age 85, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, April 15, 2021 at his home.  John was born July 14, 1935 in the Bronx, New York.  He was the son of the late Andrew and Eva Osterberg immigrants from Finland.  John graduated from Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, NY,...

Apr 11, 2021

FORT MILL, SC ~ Larry Gene McDowell, age 83, formerly of Huntington, WV, entered Heaven on Sunday, April 11, 2021.  He was born November 28, 1937, in Huntington, to the late Jay and Anna Merle McDowell, and was preceded in death by a sister, Barbara Gibson, and a brother, Donald McDowell.  Larry graduated from Huntington High School...

Apr 11, 2021

Martha Ann "Mardi" Ramaley-Snider

12/31/1947-4/11/2021

Born Martha Ann Ramaley, in New Alexandria, Pennsylvania.  She was the oldest of 9 children born to William and Pauline Ramaley.  She proudly attended college at University of Pittsburgh and was a lifetime Pitt fan.  She loved all things Pittsburgh - the city, the Pittsburgh Steelers and, of course, the...

Apr 10, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Michael Eldon Elliott, age 77, passed away on Saturday, April 10, 2021 at his home.  Michael was born December 26, 1943 in Lancaster, SC.  He was the son of the late Foster Cantzen Elliott and Bernice Beckham Elliott. Michael was an outdoorsman, he loved to hunt, and he especially loved fishing. The...

Apr 6, 2021

WAXHAW, NC ~ Wilfred Ronald "Ron" DuVal, age 72, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at White Oak Manor of Waxhaw following a 48-year battle with Multiple Sclerosis.  Ron was born October 3, 1948 in Danbury, CT.  He was the son of the late Wilfred Winchell DuVal and Beatrice Emily Blakeman DuVal. Ron worked for...

Apr 2, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Gladys F. McClain Pressley , age 85, passed away Friday, April 2, 2021 at Atrium Health Main.  She was born March 26, 1936 in Pageland, SC, a daughter of the late Leroy Faile and Lena Boone Faile.  Gladys was employed with Springs Industries for years; then retired from Lancaster County School...

Apr 1, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Barbara Ann Carnes Knight , age 79, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2021 at MUSC Chester surrounded by her family.  She was born May 29, 1941 in Lancaster, the daughter of the late Simon Roy Carnes and Katie Carnes and was the wife of Joe Reece Knight.  Ann was employed with...

Mar 31, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Miss Malia Ann Lee , 19 years young, passed away Wednesday, March 31, 2021.  She was born March 1, 2002 in Weymouth, MA, the daughter of Stephen Lee and Linda Scott Lee.  Malia loved so many and was loved by so many more.  Malia will continue to stay with us through memories,...

Mar 31, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Reece Malcolm Plyler, Jr., age 64, passed away on Wednesday, March 31, 2021.  Reece was born in Lancaster on April 6, 1956, a son of the late Reece Malcolm Plyler, Sr. and Clara Margaret Robinson Plyler and was the husband of the late Donna Knight Plyler.  Reece graduated from Lancaster High School and retired...

Mar 30, 2021

HEATH SPRINGS, SC ~ Rocco Anthony Ventittelli, age 24, passed away on Tuesday, March 30, 2021.  Rocco was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on November 16, 1996, the son of Anthony Rocco Ventittelli and Shannon (Gruesbeck) Ventittelli. No matter where Rocco lived, he always made the best of friends and made the world a better place.  Rocco grew...

Mar 26, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Linda Kay McManus Boyd, age 76, passed away Friday, March 26, 2021 at her home. She was born May 13, 1944 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late J.D. McManus and Eula Mae Neely McManus. Linda loved spending time at the beach, working in her flowers, and spending time with her children and grandchildren. ...

Mar 25, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Jeraline Bright Bailey , age 89, passed away Thursday, March 25, 2021.  She was born May 28, 1931 in Perquimans County, NC, a daughter of the late Willie Elmer Bright and Emma Harrell Ange and was the wife of the late Claude Allen Bailey, Sr. Mrs. Bailey retired from Springs Industries....

Mar 22, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Doris R. Plyler, age 81, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on the morning of Monday, March 22, 2021.  Doris was born November 3, 1939, in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Daisy and Charles S. Rhyner and was married to the late Buddy Oren Plyler.  Mrs. Plyler was a...

Mar 22, 2021

FORT MILL, SC ~ Darryl William Garrett, age 85, passed away on Monday, March 22, 2021.  Darryl was born June 6, 1935 in Rapid City, SD.  He was the son of the late Rudolph Everett Garrett and Emma Peterson Garrett and was the husband of Barbara Lucille Schurr Garrett.  Darryl proudly served his country in the United...

Mar 21, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Gregory "Rick" Remick Wilson, age 29, passed away on Sunday, March 21, 2021.  Rick was born in Jacksonville, NC on July 9, 1991.  He was a son of Gregory Wilson and the late Amy Burns Taylor.  Rick was truly one of a kind. He enjoyed watching the weather channel and keeping up...

Mar 17, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ William "Dave" David Ballard, age 70, passed away on Wednesday, March 17, 2021.  Dave was born in Lancaster November 25, 1950.  He was a son of the late William Clifford "W.C." Ballard and Mandy "Whitey" Permelia McManus Ballard and was the husband of Ruth Jenkins Ballard.  Dave was a 1969 Buford graduate.  He enjoyed...

Mar 16, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Charles "Wayne" Davis, age 79, passed away on Tuesday, March 16, 2021.  Wayne was born July 19, 1941 in Buffalo Mills, PA.  He was a son of the late Earl G. Davis and Mary Laverne Bowen Davis and was the husband of Kathy Jean Fortney Davis.  Wayne graduated from Cumberland Valley High School in...

Mar 16, 2021

LANCASTER, SC ~ Douglas Jordan Gillespie, age 71, passed away Tuesday, March 16, 2021 at his home. Doug was born July 1, 1949 in Rock Hill, SC a son of Frazier Gillespie and the late Margaret Jackson Gillespie and was the husband of Donna Hammond Gillespie.  Doug was a Welder and Fabricator.  He was a fix it...