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Elizabeth Knight Mcgee

Elizabeth Knight Mcgee

Jan 3, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Elizabeth Knight McGee, age 90, passed away Wednesday, January 3, 2018. She was born October 15, 1927 in Lancaster, the daughter of the late Johnny Morrison Knight and Juanita Belk Knight and was the wife of the late Marion DeWitt McGee. Mrs. McGee was a volunteer for Springs Memorial Hospital Auxiliary. She was a member...

John J Dolphin

John J Dolphin

Jan 1, 2018

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. John Joseph Dolphin, age 84, died Monday, January 1, 2018 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. He was born September 9, 1933 in Hughestown, Pennsylvania, the son of the late Joseph Bartho Dolphin and Martha Marsh Dolphin. He is the husband of Shirley Jane Osterhout Dolphin. He was a retired engineer from General Electric. Mr. Dolphin served...

David Leroy Reitz

David Leroy Reitz

Jan 1, 2018

FORT MILL, SC ~ Mr. David Leroy Reitz, age 73, died Monday, January 1, 2018 at his home. He was born May 25, 1944 in Pennsylvania. He is the husband of Rose Finn Reitz. The Celebration of Life Memorial Service for Mr. Reitz will be 2:00 pm Friday, January 5, 2018 at The Chapel of Burgess Funeral Home by...

Peggy Roddey Wilson

Peggy Roddey Wilson

Dec 29, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Peggy Roddey Wilson, age 86, died Friday, December 29, 2017 at her home. She was born August 2, 1931, the daughter of the late Henry Grady Roddey and Mary Bell McWaters Roddey. Mrs. Wilson was married for 57 years to her true love, the late Douglas Marcellous Wilson. She was a homemaker and later in...

Martha Harper Snipes

Martha Harper Snipes

Dec 27, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Martha Jean Harper Snipes, age 86, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at her home. She was born March 15, 1931 in Lancaster, the daughter of the late Melvin Harper and Mabel Kirk Harper and was the wife of the late Ray Hough Snipes. Mrs. Snipes retired from Elgin Child Care and was a foster parent...

Timothy Keith Edwards

Timothy Keith Edwards

Dec 25, 2017

LANCASTER, SC - Mr. Timothy Keith Edwards, age 56, passed away Monday, December 25, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born July 19, 1961 in Chester, SC, a son of Ida Irene Stokes Edwards and the late Joseph Henry Edwards. Mr. Edwards was the husband to Wanda Brown Edwards. He loved the Carolina Gamecocks, NASCAR, fishing, softball, his...

Vivian Mccaskill Craig

Vivian Mccaskill Craig

Dec 24, 2017

LANCASTER ~ Mrs. Vivian McCaskill Craig, age 91, went home to be with the Lord Sunday, December 24, 2017. She was born December 28, 1925 in Lancaster County, the daughter of the late Samuel Tally McCaskill, Sr. and Etta Elliott McCaskill and was the wife of the late Arthur Leo Craig. Mrs. Craig retired from Springs Industries Grace Bleachery....

Ronald Otho Mcguire

Ronald Otho Mcguire

Dec 21, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Ronald (Ron) Otho McGuire, age 70, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, December 21, 2017. He was born in Rock Hill, on February 9, 1947, the son of the late Walter and Louise Boatwright McGuire. He grew up in the Presbyterian Church and accepted the Lord at an early age....

Sadie Jeanette Faile Mungo

Sadie Jeanette Faile Mungo

Dec 21, 2017

Lancaster ~ Mrs. Sadie Jeanette Faile Mungo, age 94, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2017 at the Lancaster Convalescence Center, surrounded by her family. She was born September 21, 1923 in Kershaw, SC, a daughter of the late Samuel Walter Faile and Nellie Roberts Faile and the wife of the late Robert E. Mungo. Mrs. Mungo enjoyed singing, playing...

Fred Worley Mullis

Fred Worley Mullis

Dec 19, 2017

Lancaster/Gaffney - Mr. Fred Worley Mullis, died December 19th 2017, and went to be with the Lord. He was born March 29th, 1923 in Peachland, NC, a son of the late Sampson Worley Mullis and Mary Ashe Horne Mullis. Mr. Mullis was a successful auctioneer and owner of Mullis Brothers Auction and Real Estate Company. He conducted...

Karen Huffstickle Harper

Karen Huffstickle Harper

Dec 18, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Karen Huffstickle Harper, age 73, passed away Monday, December 18, 2017 at her home. She was born November 9, 1944 in Lancaster, the daughter of the late Francis Frank Huffstickle and Juanita McMurray Huffstickle and was the wife of Arthur Eugene Cricket Harper. Karen was a retired Licensed Practical Nurse from Barnett Family Practice. She...

Jeraldine D Westerman

Jeraldine D Westerman

Dec 17, 2017

Lancaster ~ Mrs. Jeraldine Dickson Westerman, age 91, died Sunday, December 17, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born October 26, 1926, in Dickson, Tennessee, a daughter of the late Walter Dickson and Evie Adams Dickson. She was first married to the late Robert Hill and after his death, she married the late Eugene Westerman. Mrs. Westerman attended...

Lloyd G "Buddy" Moore Jr

Lloyd G "Buddy" Moore Jr

Dec 17, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Lloyd Gerald Buddy Moore, Jr., age 81, died Sunday, December 17, 2017 at his home. He was born April 23, 1936 in Chester, SC, a son of the late Lloyd Gerald Moore, Sr. and Marie Woods Moore and was the husband of Patsy Smarr Moore. Mr. Moore retired from Yale Norton as a civil engineer....

Donald "Donnie" F Small Sr

Donald "Donnie" F Small Sr

Dec 17, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Donald Donnie F. Small, Sr., age 73, died Sunday, December 17, 2017 at his home. He was born October 21, 1944, a son of the late Ralph Small and Frances Beckham Small. Mr. Small was a devoted father and grandfather. He was a hardworking self-employed owner and operator of the Village Food Mart. Mr. Small...

Elizabeth Short Willis

Elizabeth Short Willis

Dec 17, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Elizabeth Short Willis, age 70, went to be with the Lord Sunday, December 17, 2017 at her home. She was born November 15, 1947 in Pound, VA to the late Samuel Short and Maudie Baldwin Short. She married her high school sweetheart, Dennis Willis, and they celebrated their 50th anniversary this year. She enjoyed reading,...

Hugh Evans Hallman

Hugh Evans Hallman

Dec 14, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Hugh Evans Hallman, age 87, passed away Thursday, December 14, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born December 3, 1930 in Lancaster County, a son of the late Ebenezer Erskine Hallman and Nellie Helms Hallman. He was the husband of Reba Sowell Hallman. Mr. Hallman retired from AT&T and served our country in the...

Catherine Ray Averitt

Catherine Ray Averitt

Dec 12, 2017

FORT MILL, SC ~ Mrs. Catherine Ray Averitt, age 94, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2017 at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill with Meningeal brain tumor. She was born July 27, 1923 in Knoxville, TN, the daughter of the late Roy Raymond Ray and Elizabeth Ketchum Ray and was the wife of the late Richard...

Frankie M Sistare

Frankie M Sistare

Dec 9, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Frankie McKeown Sistare, age 70, passed away Saturday, December 9, 2017 at her home. She was born July 27, 1947 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Francis Jimbo McKeown and Mary Geddings McKeown and was the wife of John D. Sistare, Jr. Mrs. Frankie loved her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren and her son-in-law,...

Julie Etta Ducharme

Julie Etta Ducharme

Dec 8, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Julie Etta Ducharme, age 65, passed away Friday, December 8, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born December 24, 1951, in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Mrs. Ducharme was the wife of David Ducharme. The family of Mrs. Ducharme will have a memorial service at a later date.

Margaret Johnson Hinson

Margaret Johnson Hinson

Dec 6, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Margaret Edith Johnson Hinson, age 86, passed away Wednesday, December 6, 2017 at White Oak Manor in Lancaster. She was born January 5, 1931 in Chesterfield, SC, a daughter of the late Rufus William Johnson and Kate Thurman Johnson Dees. Margaret was the beloved wife of Johnny E. Hinson for 63 years until his death...

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