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Claire M Quinton
Apr 13, 2018
LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Claire Marie Rondeau Quinton, age 74, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at her home. She was born August 16, 1943 in Lowell, MA, the daughter of the late Victor Roland Rondeau and Loretta Martineau Rondeau and was the wife of the late Russell Gordon Quinton. Mrs. Quinton retired from the Lancaster County School District....
Irene Crawford Yongue
Apr 13, 2018
FORT LAWN, SC ~ Mrs. Irene Crawford Yongue, 94, passed away Friday, April 13, 2018 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born July 3, 1923 in Fort Lawn, a daughter of the late John Oates Crawford and Maurice Gardner Crawford and was the wife of the late Paul Gladney Yongue. She loved gardening, sewing, crocheting and baking. She enjoyed...
Mary F Maguire
Apr 9, 2018
TEGA CAY, SC ~ Mrs. Mary Faulkner Maguire, 90, formerly of Lancaster, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018. She was born February 21, 1928 in Augusta, Maine, a daughter of the late Robert Faulkner and Laura Lewis Faulkner and was the wife of the late Leo Richard Maguire. Mary graduated from Endicott College. She worked in radio for several...
Bertha Ferguson Tharpe
Apr 9, 2018
LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Bertha Ferguson Tharpe, age 78, passed away Monday, April 9, 2018. She was born March 22, 1940 in Winnsboro, SC, a daughter of the late Irby Loy Koon and Pauline Rebecca Bunch. Her father died at an early age and she was raised by Pauline and Cecil Hammons, the man she knew as Daddy. Bertha...
Julie Ann Iadonisi
Apr 5, 2018
INDIAN LAND, SC ~ Mrs. Guliette Julie Ann Iadonisi, age 87, passed away Thursday, April 5, 2018 at White Oak Manor-Waxhaw. She was born October 27, 1930 in New Haven, CT. Mrs. Iadonisi was a Cosmetologist. Mrs. Iadonisi is survived by her husband of 69 years, Mario Iadonisi; a son, Daniel Iadonisi; two daughters, Judith Pawlowicz and her husband,...
John Patrick Howard
Apr 3, 2018
LANCASTER, SC ~ Mayor John Patrick Howard, age 67, passed away April 3, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center after a battle with lung cancer. John was born to the late James Lynn Howard and Helen Plyler on a fall day in 1950 in the city of Lancaster, SC. Other than a brief period when he lived with his family...
Charles Edward Langley
Apr 1, 2018
LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Charles Edward Langley, 87, passed away Sunday, April 1, 2018 at his home. He was born May 16, 1930 in Lancaster, a son of the late Thomas James Langley and Lunette Dyson Langley and was the husband of the late Katie Lee Horne Langley. Mr. Langley retired from the United States Navy after 20 years...
W C Taylor
Mar 31, 2018
LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. W. C. Taylor, 84, passed away Saturday, March 31, 2018 at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. He was born June 19, 1933 in Lancaster, the son of the late Curtis Taylor and Inez Bell Taylor and was the husband of Ruth Johnson Taylor. Mr. Taylor retired from the Lancaster County School District and served our...
Virginia Burgess Hardin
Mar 26, 2018
LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Virginia Burgess Hardin, 88, passed away Monday, March 26, 2018 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born May 2, 1929 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Gardner Bryant G. B. Burgess and Wincie Jarrell Burgess and was the widow of the late Charles Marion Hardin, Sr. Mrs. Hardin retired from Springs Industries. She enjoyed...
Annie Ruth Starnes Helms
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....
John Paul Mcdevitt
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...
Samuel Brent Watts
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,...
Donald Wright
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...
Francis "Frank"John Biggs
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...
Mildred Keech
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...
Annie Louise "Ann" Sowell
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...
Frances Bernice Knight
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....
Patricia Eubanks
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...
Claude Henry Sinclair Sr
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...
Colleen Pittman Faile
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....
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