Obituaries

Oct 19, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Frances Preslar Blalock, age 83, died Thursday, October 19, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born July 26, 1934 in Marshville, NC, a daughter of the late Leroy Clyde Preslar and Junnie Frances Carpenter Presler. Mrs. Blalock was a member of the Springs Senior Citizens Club and First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Blalock is...

Oct 12, 2017

Mrs. Wilda Sturgis Hallman, age 79, passed away Thursday, October 12, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born September 7, 1938 the daughter of the late John Knox Sturgis and Mildred Mahaffey Sturgis Binns and was the wife of the late Kenneth Steele Hallman. Mrs. Hallman loved her grandchildren and great-grandchild; they brought her a lot of happiness....

Oct 10, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Betty Williams Plyler, age 90, died Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born March 29, 1927 in Lancaster, a daughter of the late Lester Williams and Evoritte Lynn Williams and was the wife of the late Amos Leon Plyler. Mrs. Plyler retired from Springs Industries and was a member of Bethlehem...

Oct 9, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Toby Lawson Swindell, age 19, passed away Monday, October 9, 2017 at his home. He was born June 4, 1998, the son of John Swindell and Michelle Allen Swindell. He loved the outdoors. Toby enjoyed hunting, fishing and golfing. His family will always remember him as a very loyal and honest man. Toby is survived...

Oct 3, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Clark Earl Wicklund, Sr., age 78, died Tuesday, October 3, 2017. He was born September 27, 1939 in Cranston, Rhode Island. Clark was the son of the late Milton Emanuel Wicklund and Mildred Burdick Wicklund and the husband of the late Anne T. Wicklund. Mr. Wicklund was a member of the Knights of Columbus and...

Oct 3, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Betty Usher Ghent, age 72, passed away Tuesday, October 3, 2017 at CMC-Pineville. She was born September 20, 1945 in Monroe, NC, a daughter of the late Hazel Usher and Ruth Bundy Usher and was the wife of Charles Ray Ghent. Mrs. Ghent was previously employed as a Licensed Nursing Assistant and worked at Grace...

Oct 2, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Grady Lynn Stacks, age 55, died Monday, October 2, 2017. He was born September 1, 1962 in Monroe, NC, the son of the late Grady Joe Stacks and Nancy Louise Neal Stacks. Grady enjoyed country music, NASCAR, and spending time with his buddies. He loved working in the yard, animals and watching his favorite TV...

Sep 30, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Jason Claude Hoke, age 33, died Saturday, September 30, 2017. He was born January 5, 1984 in Rock Hill, the son of Devan Claude Hoke and Renee Hinson Hoke. Jason served as a Medic with both Lancaster County EMS and Chester County EMS. He graduated from Midlands Tech and was an EVOC instructor. He received...

Sep 28, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Vadie Jackie Stacks Sowell, age 91, died Thurday, September 28, 2017 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. She was born December 11, 1925 in Monroe, NC, the daughter of the late Dexter Stacks and Betty Gettis Stacks and was the wife of the late James Thomas Sowell for 68 years. Mrs. Sowell enjoyed cooking and sewing. She...

Sep 26, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Joanne Cauthen Estridge, age 83, died Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. She was born September 3, 1934 in Lancaster, SC, the daughter of the late Louie Boyce Cauthen and Hazel Lee Ghent Cauthen and was the wife of Joe F. Estridge. Mrs. Estridge was a very loving and devoted wife. She enjoyed...

Sep 25, 2017

Margaret Jenelle Gardner Whaley Rapier Bramblett Margaret Jenelle Gardner Whaley Rapier Bramblett died September 25, 2017 in North Carolina of complications from strokes and had lived with her current husband Curt in Daytona Beach Shores, Florida, and Lancaster, SC. She was born in Lancaster on January 1, 1932, to Carroll and Rena Gardner.

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Sep 23, 2017

LANCASTER, SCMr. Ira Madison Estridge, age 91, died Saturday, September 23, 2017 at the Lancaster Convalescent Center. He was born January 5, 1926 in Lancaster, a son of the late Ira Durham Estridge and Annie Carnes Estridge. Mr. Estridge retired from South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control. He was a 1949 graduate of Clemson University with a...

Sep 22, 2017

JEFFERSON, SC:::::::::::Mrs. Tammy Kinsey Horton, age 56, died Friday, September 22, 2017 at Carolinas Healthcare System in Union. She was born June 30, 1961 in Sarasota, FL., a daughter of the late John Kinsey and Elizabeth Browning Kinsey and the wife of Mark Horton. Mrs. Horton loved Chihuahuas, flowers and shopping. She enjoyed spending time with her family.

Sep 18, 2017

LANCASTER - Arline Smith Urevich, 81 passed away after a brief illness on September 18, 2017 at White Oak of Waxhaw. She was born on October 16, 1935 to the late Evelyn and Marshall R. Smith in Manhattan, NY. She was also preceded in death by her beloved son, John Marshall Urevich and her brother, Marshall J. Smith. She...

Sep 17, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. James Edward McNaughton, age 81 passed away Sunday, September 17, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born February 22, 1936, the son of the late James Alexander McNaughton and Connie Knight McNaughton and he was the husband of 62 years to the late Peggy Knight McNaughton. He was a big Gamecock and Panthers fan...

Sep 13, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Marvin Alan Catoe, age 56 passed away Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. He was born September 23, 1960, the son of the late Clyde Franklin Catoe and Roxie Leigh Nichols Catoe and the husband of Lisa Starnes Catoe. He enjoyed boating, fishing, and camping. Marvin loved to joke and laugh. He enjoyed...

Sep 9, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mrs. Patricia Pat Roberts McAteer, age 70, died Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Springs Memorial Hospital. She was born September 21, 1946 in Wilmington, NC, the daughter of Martha Whitehead Roberts and the late David T. Roberts, Jr. and was the wife of Rev. Charles McAteer. Mrs. McAteer was a great wife, a loving mother and...

Sep 8, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. Fred Tounsley Carnes, age 92, died Friday, September 8, 2017 at Lancaster Convalescent Center. He was born July 28, 1925 in Lancaster, SC, a son of the late William Tounsley Carnes and Hattie Jane Shute Carnes and the husband of the late Mary Ellen Williams Carnes. He enjoyed yard sales and tinkering with things. Mr. Carnes...

Sep 8, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Mr. James Lavonne Jim Sanders, Sr., age 68, passed away at his home Friday, September 8, 2017. He was the son of the late George Sanders and Maude Adams Sanders and the husband of Myra Lloyd Sanders. Jim was a retired auto body repairman and served our country in the United States Army during the Vietnam...

Sep 7, 2017

LANCASTER, SC ~ Rhoda Ann Blakeley Cribb, 79, gracefully passed from this earthly life and into her eternal rest on Thursday, September 7, 2017, following a courageous battle with cancer. Ms. Cribb was born on February 2, 1938, in Kingstree, South Carolina. She is the only daughter of Marvin Rhodus (Doc) and Pauline Cooper Blakeley. She worked faithfully as...