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Dora Lee Phillips Deese

Dora Lee Phillips Deese

May 21, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Dora Lee Phillips Deese, age 91, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at White Oak Manor Lancaster.  She was born August 20, 1927 in Kershaw County, a daughter of Robert David Phillips and Minnie Stewart Phillips and was the wife of Bill Deese.  Dora was a graduate of Buford High School and the...

Dennis Criminger

Dennis Criminger

May 17, 2019

MYRTLE BEACH, SC ~ Mr. Dennis Keith Criminger, age 61, passed away Friday, May 17, 2019 at his home surrounded by his family.  He was born March 3, 1958 in Chester, SC, son of the late Earlie Brankman Criminger and Betty Watts Criminger and was the husband of Rhonda Taylor Criminger. Mr. Criminger was an avid outdoorsman...

Matthew Young

Matthew Young

May 16, 2019

GREENWOOD, SC ~ Mr. Matthew "Matt" Thomas Young, age 33, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2019.  He was born August 18, 1985 in Lancaster, SC, a son of Darrell Young and Karen Gay Young.  Matt was employed at Prysmian in Greenwood, SC.  He loved spending time with his three beautiful children. He was a family man, enjoyed...

Delrey Marshall

Delrey Marshall

May 15, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Delrey Morris Marshall, age 73, passed away Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at his home.  He was born September 20, 1945 in Lancaster, SC, a son of the late George F. Marshall and Beulah Hammond Marshall and was the devoted husband to Sharon Briscoe Marshall.  Mr. Marshall served in the United States Army in...

Richard "Dick" Wheaton

Richard "Dick" Wheaton

May 14, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Richard "Dick" Earl Wheaton, age 72, passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at his home.  He was born May 24, 1946 in Newark, NY, a son of the late Damon D. Wheaton and Onalee Powers Wheaton.  Mr. Wheaton was an entrepreneur and business owner.  He was the owner and operator of Arcadia Sports...

John H Adams

John H Adams

May 12, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. John Henry Adams, age 91, passed away Sunday, May 12, 2019 at the White Oak Manor.  He was born April 29, 1928 in Chesterfield, SC, a son of the late Henry B. Adams and Laura Mills Adams and was the devoted husband to the late Cornelia Roberts Adams. Mr. Adams was retired from...

Becky Mathews

Becky Mathews

May 10, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Ms. Rebecca "Becky" Adams Mathews, age 49, passed away Friday, May 10, 2019 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, NC.  She was born December 17, 1969 in Lancaster, a daughter of Barbara Cooper Adams and the late Donald L. Adams.  Becky was a retired EMT.  She was a great friend, had a big heart, and...

Allen Hunter

Allen Hunter

May 10, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Allen Lloyd Hunter, age 77, passed away Friday, May 10, 2019 at the Lancaster Convalescent Center.  He was born December 10, 1941 in Lancaster, SC, a son of the late Lloyd Allen Hunter and Bernice Parker Hunter and was the devoted husband to the late Brenda Hallman Hunter. Mr. Hunter was very ambitious,...

Walter Byrd

Walter Byrd

May 10, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Walter Byrd, Jr., age 90, passed away Friday, May 10, 2019 at MUSC-Lancaster surrounded by family.  He was born October 24, 1928 in Kershaw County, a son of the late Walter Byrd, Sr. "Pet" and Susie Mungo Byrd and is the husband of Ann Adams Byrd.  Mr. Byrd retired from Springs Industries after...

Linda Williams

Linda Williams

May 10, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Linda Long Williams, 74, passed away Friday, May 10, 2019 at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill.  She was born July 26, 1944 in Monroe, NC, a daughter of the late John Bunyan Long and Callie Pressley Long and was the wife of James Reid "Jimmy" Williams.  Linda began her...

Bonnie Spears

Bonnie Spears

May 9, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Bonnie Mangum Spears, age 79, passed away Thursday, May 9, 2019 at the Lancaster Convalescent Center.  She was born February 23, 1940 in Kershaw County, a daughter of the late Herbert Mangum and Mary Lee Oliver Mangum and was the wife of the late Billy Joe Spears.  Mrs. Spears' family was a very...

Jimmy Moseley

Jimmy Moseley

May 8, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Jimmy Raye Moseley, age 67, passed away Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at Atrium Health Pineville, NC.  He was born July 8, 1951 in Andrews SC, a son of the late James Albert Moseley and Hester Powell Moseley and was the extraordinarily devoted husband of Jackie Nichols Moseley.  Mr. Moseley loved his wife, Jesus,...

Allie Steele

Allie Steele

May 7, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Miss Allie Steele, age 97, passed away Tuesday, May 7, 2019 at White Oak Manor.  She was born September 18, 1921 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late L. A. "Al" Steele and Jerushia Plyler Steele.  Miss Steele retired from Belk Department Store as a bookkeeper.  In her earlier years, she had volunteered for...

Kathleen Bowers Walters

Kathleen Bowers Walters

May 6, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Sarah Kathleen Bowers Walters, age 89, passed away on Monday, May 6, 2019 at Heath Springs Residential Center.  She was born April 25, 1930 in Lancaster the daughter of the late Jesse Bowers and Sadie Bowers and was the wife of the late James Brown "JB" Walters.  Mrs. Walters loved life.  She was...

Allen Keith Riffle

Allen Keith Riffle

May 5, 2019

KERSHAW, SC ~ Mr. Allen Keith Riffle, age 86, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2019 at MUSC Health Lancaster.  He was born April 30, 1933 in Clay, West Virginia, a son of the late Archie Riffle and PetEtta Workman Riffle and was the husband of Grace Ferguson Riffle.  Mr. Riffle was a handyman who could work on...

Mary Ellen Hyatt White

Mary Ellen Hyatt White

May 3, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Mary Ellen Hyatt White, age 86, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2019 at White Oak Manor of Lancaster, SC.  She was born December 6, 1932 in Chester, SC the daughter of the late Edward B. Hyatt and Eula Carroll Hyatt and was the wife of the late Tommy E. White.  Mrs. White...

Dennis "Py" Wright

Dennis "Py" Wright

May 2, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Dennis "PY" Wright, age 64, passed away Thursday, May 2, 2019 at MUSC Health Lancaster.  He was born March 17, 1955, son of the late James Harvey Wright and Shirley Jean Plyler Wright.  Dennis was employed with Wachovia/Wells Fargo as a Vice President.  He served his country in the United States Navy for...

Rick Gowan

Rick Gowan

Apr 29, 2019

HEATH SPRINGS, SC ~ Mr. Donald Richard "Rick" Gowan, Jr., age 61, passed away Monday, April 29, 2019 surrounded by his family.  He was born March 7, 1958 in Anderson, SC, a son of Donald Richard Gowan, Sr. and Sybil Ford Gowan and was the husband of Sherry Catoe Gowan.  Rick loved the outdoors, especially hunting and...

Archie Blackmon

Archie Blackmon

Apr 28, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Archie Carson Blackmon, age 63, passed away Sunday, April 28, 2019 at McLeod Health in Cheraw, SC.  He was born May 24, 1955, son of the late William Blackmon and Ruby McAteer Blackmon Baskins.  In high school, he began working at Hyatt's News Stand, and later became a short order cook at Sambo's 903...

Robert Mcclelland

Robert Mcclelland

Apr 27, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Robert Byron McClelland, age 74, passed away Saturday, April 27, 2019.  He was born February 21, 1945 in Rochester, NY, a son of the late Robert William McClelland and Margaret Hayes McClelland and was the husband of Janis Beahm McClelland.  Mr. McClelland was an avid golfer, having two hole in ones under his...

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