Obituaries

Mar 12, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Terry Lynn Self, Sr., age 60, passed away Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at home.  He was born January 28, 1959 in Lancaster, a son of the late Clyde William Self, Sr. and Ivy Delois Tucker Adams. Mr. Self was employed at Springs Industries as a special projects manager.  He enjoyed collecting antiques for...

Mar 9, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Elizabeth Horton Stogner "Lib", 88, died Saturday, March 9, at MUSC Lancaster Medical Center.  Born October 25, 1930, Lib was the only child of Jake and Ruby Horton and was married to the late Laurie W. Stogner for sixty years.

Lib is survived by two daughters, Terry Hendrix of Lancaster and Merry...

Mar 8, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Edria Mae Grier Payne, age 80, passed away Friday, March 8, 2019 at Atrium Health Main.  She was born April 27, 1938 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland Grier and Willie Elizabeth Stroud Grier and the wife of the late Eugene Payne.  Mrs. Payne enjoyed going out to eat and...

Mar 7, 2019

Mrs. Sara Kathryn "Kathy" Brasington Harper, age 75, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2019 at White Oak Manor-Lancaster.  She was born June 23, 1943 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late William Boyd Brasington and Dorothy Horton Brasington and the wife of Jon Ray Harper.  Mrs. Harper enjoyed traveling with her husband and especially going to the mountains and...

Mar 4, 2019

Mr. Elliot Jeffrey Baratz, age 72, passed away Monday, March 4, 2019 at his home.  He was born February 27, 1947 in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a son of the late Samuel Baratz and Thelma Boord Baratz and was the husband of Louise "Lou" Schmidt Baratz.  Mr. Baratz graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor's Degree and earned his Master's Degree...

Mar 3, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Robert Barton "Rab" Montgomery, 87, passed away Sunday, March 3, 2019 at UNC-Medical Center in Chapel Hill.  He was born February 2, 1932 in Lancaster, a son of the late John Hazel Montgomery and Maggie Barton Montgomery and was the husband of Marcene Small Montgomery. Mr. Montgomery retired from Springs Memorial Hospital as Director...

Mar 2, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Julian Contreras, age 64, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019.   He was born March 6, 1954 in Mexico, the son of the late Celerino Contreras and Eduarda Rico Contreras.  He was the owner and operator of J & J Reforestation Service, LLC.  Mr. Contreras loved the woods, his many animals including, goats, cows,...

Mar 2, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Kenneth "Kenny" Nelson Burgess, age 65, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2019 at his home.  He was born April 15, 1953 in Lancaster, SC, a son of the late Clarence Burgess and Lola Lowery Burgess and the husband of Pamela Jackson Burgess.  He was the Project Manager for Springs Industries for over 25 years. ...

Mar 1, 2019

BLACKSTOCK, SC ~ Mr. William Brice "Bunk" Sanders, Sr., age 61, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019 at the Wayne T. Patrick House in Rock Hill, SC.  He was born on September 6, 1957 in Chester, SC, the son of the late Joe Curtis Sanders and Lottie Hunter Sanders and was the husband of Cathy Carter Sanders.  ...

Mar 1, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Francie Rollings Bowers, age 71, went to be with her Savior, Friday, March 1, 2019 at MUSC Health-Lancaster Medical Center.  She was born October 22, 1947 in Lancaster, SC, a daughter of the late John Henry Rollings and Betty Threatt Rollings and was the wife of the late Glenn Olin Bowers.  Mrs. Bowers...

Mar 1, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Ms. Mary Penelope "Penny" Thomas Ryckeley, 64, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019.  She was born August 10, 1954 in Concord, NC, a daughter of the late James Thomas and Anne Cooke Thomas.  Penny loved crossword puzzles, listening to oldies music, painting her fingernails and getting her hair and makeup done.  She was very...

Mar 1, 2019

MANCHESTER, TN ~ Mrs. Carol Garner Whitaker, age 78, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019.  She was born July 25, 1940 in Lancaster, the daughter of the late Fred C. Garner, Sr. and Willie Blackmon Garner and the wife of the late Curtis Randolph Whitaker.  Mrs. Whitaker served in the United States Air Force for four years. ...

Feb 25, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Martha Dougherty McDow, age 74, passed away Monday, February 25, 2019 at Springs Memorial Hospital.  She was born April 9, 1944 in Lancaster, SC, a daughter of the late Carlton O. Dougherty and Martha Wolfe O'Cain Dougherty.  Mrs. McDow retired after 30 years from Springs Industries.  She loved to cook and made wonderful...

Feb 23, 2019

Fort Lawn, SC

Mr. Donnie A. Oliver, age 76, entered into rest on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at his home. Funeral services will be 12:00 PM Tuesday, February 26, 2019 from the Chapel of Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home by Rev. William Griggs and Rev. Kyle Oliver. The graveside service will be 3:00 PM Tuesday at the Elmwood Cemetery,...

Feb 23, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. J.W. Stevens, Sr., age 89, passed away Saturday, February 23, 2019 at his home.  He was born on July 21, 1929 in Bethune, SC, the son of the late Lonnie Robert Stevens and Nettie Mosely Stevens and was the husband of Sara Williams Stevens.  Mr. Stevens was the owner/operator of a logging company...

Feb 22, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Austin "Bill" Eugene Knight, 96, passed away Friday, February 22, 2019 at his home.  He was born on March 22, 1922 in Lancaster, a son of the late Dan Laney Knight and Hallie Eugenia McManus Knight and was the husband of the late Doris Faye Threatt Knight.  Mr. Knight was a sub-contractor and...

Feb 20, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Etta Mae Steele White, 85, passed away Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at White Oak Manor.  She was born December 6, 1933 in Chesterfield County, a daughter of the late Reece A. Steele and Rosa Lee Carnes Steele and was the wife of the late William Eugene White.  Mrs. White was a homemaker and...

Feb 19, 2019

LANCASTER, SC… Mr. James Arnold Mooney, age 78, died Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Magnolia Manor in Rock Hill, SC.  He was born December 14, 1940 in Lumberton, NC, the son of the late Lacy Mooney and Edith Stewart Mooney and was the husband of Charlotte McDowell Mooney.  Mr. Mooney loved playing golf and enjoyed wood working. ...

Feb 18, 2019

Malcolm 'Tally' Newman Robinson, 86, left this world for the next on Monday night, February 18th, 2019, surrounded by his family. He was the last of eleven children born to the late Lewis Pinkney Robinson and Lois Ellis Robinson on January 16th, 1933, in Rich Hill, Lancaster County.  With modest beginnings as the proud son of a sharecropper, Malcolm...

Feb 13, 2019

LANCASTER, SC ~ Ms. Pauline Lane Caskey, age 74, passed away Wednesday, February 13, 2019 at her home.  She was born June 19, 1944 in Lancaster, SC, a daughter of the late Walter Theo Lane and Flonnie Knight Lane.  Ms. Caskey retired after 50 years from the Business Office at Springs Memorial Hospital.  She enjoyed going to...