Obituaries

Mar 25, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Annie Ruth Starnes Helms, age 64, passed away Sunday, March 25, 2018 at her home. She was born May 4, 1953. Mrs. Helms was the wife of the late Carl Wayne Helms. The Celebration of Life Graveside Service will be 11:00 am Friday, March 30, 2018 at Oak Hill Baptist Church Cemetery by David Metzler....

Mar 24, 2018

LANCASTER, SC~ Mr. John Paul McDevitt, age 67, passed away Saturday, March 24, 2018 at his home. John was born November 28, 1950 in Passaic, NJ, son of the late William A. McDevitt, Jr. and Eleanor Weaver McDevitt and was the loving and devoted husband of Janice Armstrong McDevitt. John served in the Army Reserves and worked as a...

Mar 23, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Samuel Brent Watts, age 58, passed away Friday, March 23, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center-Pineville. He was born October 11, 1959 in Lancaster, the son of Louie Watts and Lenore Smith Watts. He is the husband of Janie Walker Watts. Brent was self-employed in Property Management. He loved the outdoors. He enjoyed the beach, boating,...

Mar 22, 2018

LANCASTER, SC~ Mr. Donald Wright, age 87, passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018 at his home. He was born July 18, 1930 in Lancaster, a son of the late John Wright and Elizabeth McManus Wright and was the husband of Emmagene Evans Wright. Mr. Wright was a retired auto body mechanic and was an avid fisherman and hunter. He...

Mar 20, 2018

INDIAN LAND, SC ~ Mr. Francis John Frank Biggs, 75, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018 at Levine and Dickson Hospice House in Charlotte. He was born February 12, 1943 in Brooklyn, NY, a son of the late Frank Earl Biggs and Dorothy Jean Curran Biggs and was the husband of Margaret Mary Gleason Biggs. Mr. Biggs was a...

Mar 20, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Mildred Keech, age 97, passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Mrs. Keech is survived by her brother, Harvey Brown Jr.; her children, Janet ONeal of Arkansas and Shirley Wood and her husband, Pete of Indian Land, SC.; seven grandchildren; fourteen great grandchildren; and eight great-great grandchildren. Mrs. Keech was preceded in death by her husband...

Mar 12, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Miss Annie Louise Sowell, age 73, passed away Monday, March 12, 2018. Ann was born December 21, 1944 in Lancaster, the daughter of the late Dorch Lee Sowell and Susie Laura Laney Sowell West. Ann is survived by three brothers, John Lee Sowell and his wife, Carol, Billy Frank Sowell and his wife, Donna, and Gilliam...

Mar 10, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Frances Bernice Wright Knight, age 85, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2018 at home. She was born October 4, 1932, a daughter of the late William D. Wright and Ada Montgomery Wright. She was the wife of the late Rufus Jr. Knight, Jr. Mrs. Knight enjoyed being in her yard and working in her flowers....

Mar 7, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Patricia Gayle Causey Eubanks, age 71, passed away Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center. She was born March 24, 1946 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late William Edward Causey, Sr. and Mavis Threatt Causey. She was the wife of the late William John Eubanks. Mrs. Eubanks enjoyed coloring, traveling and eating at...

Mar 6, 2018

LANCASTER, SC~ Mr. Claude Henry Sinclair, Sr., 89, passed away Tuesday, March 6, 2018 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born November 13, 1928 in Lancaster, a son of the late Herbert Clyde Sinclair and Joyce Doster Sinclair and was the husband of Marcene Crenshaw Sinclair. Mr. Sinclair was a proud veteran of World War II serving in the...

Feb 25, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Colleen Pittman Faile, age 87, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2018 at Standifer Place, Chattanooga, TN. She was born October 30, 1930 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Oscar Pittman and Maude Hunter Pittman. She was the wife of the late Robert Louis Faile. She was an avid reader and loved to cook. Mrs....

Feb 22, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Donald Franklin Kennington, age 81, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018 at his home. He was born March 3, 1936 in Lancaster, a son of the late Hazel Leroy Kennington, Sr. and Nancy Gordon Kennington. He was the husband of Margie Miller Kennington. Mr. Kennington retired from Duke Energy and he was a Mason. He...

Feb 22, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Linda Sue Barker Lanahan, age 69, passed away Thursday, February 22, 2018 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. She was born December 17, 1948 in Knoxville, TN, a daughter of the late Calvin Barker and Martha Hicks Barker. Mrs. Lanahan was the wife of Dennis Jerome Lanahan. Mrs. Lanahan is survived by her husband, Dennis Lanahan; her...

Feb 21, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. John Wesley Boykin, Jr., 47, passed away Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at his home. He was born September 1, 1970 in Lancaster, a son of John Wesley Boykin, Sr. and the late Nancy Curtis Boykin. He was married to Wendy Faile Boykin. He earned an Associate Degree in Diesel Mechanics from York Technical...

Feb 18, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Floyd Allen Cauthen, Jr., age 75, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018. He was born November 30, 1942 in Lancaster, a son of the late Floyd Allen Cauthen, Sr. and Ernestine Collins Cauthen. He was the husband of Rhonda Henry Cauthen. Floyd was employed with Sonny Bowers Dodge for over 43 years. His true love...

Feb 18, 2018

Lancaster, SC ~ Keith Ward Stogner, 74, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was the son of the late Billie Ward Stogner and Elinor Richardson Stogner.

Keith is survived by a son, Carlton Allen Stogner; and two sisters, Donna Williamson and Karen Martin, both of Lancaster.

Keith was...

Feb 18, 2018

MANCHESTER, TN ~ Mr. Curtis Randolph Whitaker, age 78, passed away Sunday, February 18, 2018. He was born in Lancaster, a son of the late Curtis Lee Whitaker and Etta Vincent Whitaker and was the husband of Carol Garner Whitaker. Mr. Whitaker retired after 27 years with the Federal Government as Chief Personnel Director and he served our country...

Feb 17, 2018

Fort Mill, SC ~ Mr. Donnie Ray Jordan, 51, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill. He was born August 15, 1966 in Rock Hill, a son of Donald Ray Don Jordan, Sr. and the late Margie Threatt Jordan, and was the husband of Yvette Hicks Jordan. He was employed...

Feb 17, 2018

HEATH SPRINGS, SC ~ Mr. Hoyle Cummings Horne, age 83, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2018 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born January 11, 1935 in Pageland, SC, a son of the late Wesley C. Horne and Bertie Latzak Horne and was the husband of Shelby Neal Horne. Mr. Horne was employed for over 21 years with Lancaster...

Feb 16, 2018

CHARLOTTE, NC~ Mr. James Edward Horton, 83, passed away Friday, February 16, 2018. He was born November 17, 1934 in Lancaster, a son of the late Edward Horton and Ada Ingram Horton and was the husband of Betty Shell Horton. He was the owner of Metrolina Tackle and served our country in the United States Navy. Mr. Horton is...