Obituaries

Oct 10, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~Mr. Kenneth David McGee, age 72, passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was born October 9, 1946 in Lancaster, a son of the late Leo David McGee and Nora McGuirt McGee Gainer and was the husband of Barbara Broughton McGee. Kenneth retired from Porter Warner Company and served our country...

Oct 5, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Glenn Watts, 89, passed away at his home Friday, October 5, 2018. He was born July 1, 1929 in Lancaster, a son of the late Richard A. Watts and Queen Baker Watts. He was the husband of Peggy Rowell Watts. Mr. Watts loved fishing, camping, gardening and yard work. He helped organize the first Boy...

Oct 1, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Thomas Allen Palmer "Al" died October 1, 2018 at home with family in Lancaster SC. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Anita Scott Palmer, two sons, Scott and Nathan Palmer, along with three grandchildren, Ryan, Nicholas and Megan Palmer, and one great grandchild, Holden Palmer.

His surviving three sisters are, Doris...

Sep 28, 2018

KERSHAW, SC - Mr. Michael Jackson Faile, age 57, passed away Friday, September 28, 2018 at his home. He was born May 26, 1961 in Lancaster, a son of the late Ora Faile and Willie Frances Faile. Mr. Faile was a truck driver. He enjoyed working in his shop, hunting, fishing, and spending time with family and friends. He...

Sep 26, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~Mr. Robert Durl Bob Chandler, age 64, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2018 at the Lancaster Convalescence Center. He was born September 13, 1954 in Lancaster, a son of Iva Mae Adams Chandler and the late Robert Fenton Chandler. Mr. Chandler enjoyed NASCAR and dirt track racing. Dale Earnhardt, Sr. and Kevin Harvick were his favorite drivers....

Sep 25, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Betty Carol Ghent Adams, age 80, passed away Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at her home. She was born April 27, 1938 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Carl Harrison Ghent and Roxie Dunlap Ghent and is the wife of Jack Arnold Adams, Sr. Betty retired from Springs Industries Customer Service Center. Betty enjoyed painting,...

Sep 24, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Nova Jo Hinson Sims, age 74, passed away Monday, September 24, 2018 at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital in Columbia. She was born June 29, 1944 in Lancaster, SC, a daughter of the late Erskine Hinson, Sr. and Mattie Braswelll Hinson and was the wife of the late William Richard Sims. Mrs. Sims retired from Joes...

Sep 22, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Ruth Robinson Roddey, age 99, passed away Saturday, September 22, 2018 at White Oak Manor. She was born January 27, 1919 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late John Alexander Robinson and Ida Baker Robinson and was the wife of the late William Thomas Roddey. Mrs. Roddey was employed with JP Stevens in Great Falls,...

Sep 20, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Peggy Hilton Sowell Lucas, age 86, passed away Thursday, September 20, 2018 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. She was born February 13, 1932 in Jefferson, SC, a daughter of the late James Gilliam Sowell and Laura Hilton Sowell and was the wife of the late George William Lucas. Mrs. Lucas retired from Louisville...

Sep 18, 2018

Lancaster, SC ~ Mrs. Margaret DeKany-Smith, age 62, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2018. She was born September 6, 1956 in Kearney, NJ, the daughter of Richard Dekany, Sr. and the late Verrall Kernaghan DeKany. Margaret was a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where she earned her Bachelor of Science Degree. She was a Registered Nurse and...

Sep 18, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Kimberly Sinclair Cauthen, age 53, passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2018 at her home. She was born September 18, 1965 in Lancaster, a daughter of Fred William Sinclair and the late Evelyn Starnes Sinclair and was the wife of David Scott Cauthen. Mrs. Cauthen worked for Founders Federal Credit Union for 32 years before she...

Sep 17, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Grady Patterson Robinson, 94, passed away at his home Monday, September 17, 2018. He was born October 3, 1923 in Lancaster, a son of the late Edgar Lathan Robinson, Sr. and Cora Elizabeth Walkup Robinson. He was the husband of the late Nancy Craig Robinson. Mr. Robinson served our country in the Army Air Corp...

Sep 16, 2018

LANCASTER, SCMr. Jack Durham Estridge, age 85, passed away Sunday, September 16, 2018 at his home. He was born November 9, 1932 in Lancaster, a son of the late Ira Durham Estridge and Annie Carnes Estridge and was the husband of Evelyn Laney Estridge. Mr. Estridge worked at Springs Bleachery for 37 years and was a self-employed painter for...

Sep 16, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Bernell Jennings Craig, age 90, passed away Sunday, September 16, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville. She was born June 25, 1928 in Caroleen, NC, the daughter of the late Eddie Ed Jennings and Nellie Goode Jennings and was the wife of the late Carl Frances Craig, Sr. Mrs. Craig enjoyed working in her flower beds,...

Sep 16, 2018

HEATH SPRINGS, SC ~ Mrs. Rudell Adams Ellis, 92, passed away Sunday, September 16, 2018 at White Oak Manor. She was born May 5, 1926 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Hollis Adams and Nora Faulkenberry Adams and was the wife of the late Max R. Ellis. Mrs. Ellis was a homemaker, a great seamstress and a wonderful...

Sep 16, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Angela Frey Peterson, age 90, passed away on Sunday, September 16, 2018. She was born in Dickinson County, Iowa to Gus and Esther Frey. Mrs. Peterson attended high school in Milford, IA and later earned her teaching certificate from Wayne State College in Wayne, NE. For two years, she taught third grade in Cherokee, Iowa...

Sep 13, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Dennis Wayne Costner, age 69, passed away at his home Thursday, September 13, 2018. He was born March 19, 1949 in Rock Hill, a son of the late Lee Costner and Florence Nicholson Costner.

Dennis is survived by his love, June Price; two daughters, Marianne Buzza and husband, Kevin, and Wendy Korbler and...

Sep 11, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Kari Joyce, age 80, passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2018 at her home. She was born May 13, 1938 in Norway, a daughter of the late Reidar Selmer-Olsen and Aasta Selmer-Olsen and was the wife of Adrian MacDonald Joyce. Mrs. Joyce enjoyed flowers, gardening, shopping and watching birds at the many feeders she had. She...

Sep 10, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Elaine Henry Leopard, age 74, passed away Monday, September 10, 2018 at her home. She was born November 3, 1943, a daughter of the late Hazel B. Henry and Helen Sane Henry and was the wife of Charles L. Leopard. Mrs. Leopard enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, cooking, traveling and visiting historical sites. She loved being...

Sep 9, 2018

TREE TOPS, LANCASTER, SC - Mr. Kenneth "Ken" T. Habicht, age 73, formally of Rochester, NY, passed away Sunday, September 9, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center- Pineville. He was born December 7, 1944 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil a son of the late Thomas Habicht and Daphne Monk Habicht and is the husband of Ruth A. Habicht. Mr. Habicht...