Obituaries
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Passed 6/30/2025
Manning, SC Elbert Clifton “Chip” Rheames, 61, died Monday, June 30, 2025, at his residence, 1327 Crestview Lane, Manning, SC. He was born October 31, 1963, in the Jordan Community of Manning, SC. A son of Ernestine…
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Passed 6/29/2025
Sumter, SC Rodney Mason Morrow, 66, husband of Janet Caldwell Morrow died, Sunday, June 29, 2025, at 11 Mason Croft Dr. , Sumter, SC. He was born October 30, 1958, in St. Petersburg, FL. A son of the late Edward and…
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Passed 6/27/2025
Summerton, SC Earline Elizabeth Gaymon Jones, 87, widow of Henry Allen Jones died Friday, June 27, 2025, at McLeod Regional Medical Center of The Pee Dee, Florence, SC. She was born May 23, 1938, in Summerton, SC. A…
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Passed 6/26/2025
Durham, NC Annie Lee Carter Palmer,81, widow of Robert Palmer, died Thursday, June 26, 2025, at Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC. She was born June 9, 1944, in Manning, SC. A daughter of the late Henry and Annie…
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Passed 6/26/2025
Manning, SC Rosa Lee Houston Carr, 89, died Thursday, June 26, 2025, at her residence in Manning, SC. She was born February 3, 1936, in Clarendon County, SC. A daughter of the late Leo and Janie Bradshaw Houston.…
Passed 6/25/2025
Knoxville, MD Joe Nathan King, 67, died Wednesday, June 25, 2025, at 816 Jefferson Pike, Knoxville, MD. He was born October 26, 1957, in Charleston, SC.
Passed 6/23/2025
Wilson, NC Willie Louis Pearson, 81, widower of the late JoAnn Mack Pearson died Monday, June 23, 2025, at Wilson Medical Center, Wilson, NC. He was born December 4, 1943, in Davis Station, SC. A son of the late Issac…
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Passed 6/19/2025
Columbia, SC Lue Jane Byas, 79, died Thursday, June 19, 2025, at Prisma Health Baptist Hospital, Columbia, SC. She was born August 11, 1945, in Summerton, SC. A daughter of the late Willie and Mary Ann Lemon Byas.…
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Passed 6/15/2025
Miami, FL Herman "Ricky" Hilton II, 72, died Sunday, June 15, 2025, at University of Miami Hospital, Miami, FL. He was born September 9, 1952, in Manning, SC. A son of the late Herman Hilton I and Lula Mae Simmons…
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Passed 6/11/2025
Sumter, SC Barbara Jean Doughty McCray, 73, wife of Sylvester McCray died, Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at Sumter Health and Rehabilitation Center, Sumter, SC. She was born June 29, 1951, in Davis Station, SC. A daughter…
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Passed 6/9/2025
Fayetteville, NC Glenda James Covington, 70, died Monday, June 9, 2025, at Haymount Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, Fayetteville, NC. She was born September 21, 1954, in Davis Station, SC. A daughter of the late…
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Passed 6/6/2025
Manning, SC Jeannette Scott Sweat, 94, died Friday, June 6, 2025, at her residence, 1141 Ashton Trace Drive, Manning, SC. She was born June 20, 1930, in Clarendon County, South Carolina. A daughter of the late David…
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Passed 6/2/2025
Olanta, SC Mary “Mae” McDowell Wheeler, 91, widower of George Wheeler died Monday, June 2, 2025, at MUSC Health Florence, SC. She was born January 2, 1934, in Sumter, SC. A daughter of the late Ceaser and Lorena…
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Passed 5/31/2025
Dawson, GA. , Darin Rose, 63, died Saturday May 31, 2025, in Dawson, GA. He was born August 18, 1961, in Shiloh, SC. A son of the late McSwain and Willie Mae Smalls Rose. Public viewing will be held 2:00 PM til 6:00…
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Passed 5/29/2025
Manning, SC Naomi Thames Blair, 76, wife of William Blair died Thursday, May 29, 2025, at Prisma Health Tuomey, Sumter, SC. She was born October 28, 1948, in Manning, SC. A daughter of the late Luther and Victoria…
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Passed 5/28/2025
Summerton, SC Harry C. Parson, 76, died Wednesday, May 28, 2025 at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence, SC. He was born January 15, 1949 in Davis Station, SC. A son of the late Corner and Mattie Pearson Parson.…
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Passed 5/25/2025
Alcolu, SC Henrietta Burgess Blackwell, the daughter of the late William Jasper “Coot” Burgess and the late Carrie B. Burgess was born December 9, 1933 in Gable, South Carolina. She was the widower of the late Willie…
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Passed 5/24/2025
Manning, SC Willie Albert Briggs, 79, died Saturday, May 24, 2025, at Calhoun Convalescent Center, Saint Matthews, SC. He was born June 20, 1945, in Manning, SC. A son of the late Abraham Briggs and Hattie Mae…
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Passed 5/23/2025
New Zion, SC Centry Gamble, 89, widower of Clara B. Pearson died Friday, May 23, 2025, at his residence. He was born June 12, 1935, in Clarendon County. A son of the late Charlie and Flury McFadden Gamble, Sr. Public…
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Passed 5/22/2025
Manning, SC VD Pendergrass, 88, died Thursday, May 22, 2025, at MUSC Health Florence Medical Center, Florence, SC. He was born January 15, 1937, in Manning, SC. A son of the late John and Susan McFadden Pendergrass.…
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Passed 5/20/2025
Santee, SC Jean Carolyn Seaberry Sherman, 81, died Tuesday, May 20 2025 at Trident Medical Center, North Charleston, SC. She was born August 11, 1943 in Santee, SC. A daughter of the late Robert and Elanora Martin…
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Passed 5/20/2025
Greeleyville, SC The Honorable Rudell Moore Gamble, 74, died Tuesday, May 20, 2025 at her residence, 10062 US Hwy. 521, Greeleyville, SC. She was born July 27, 1950 in Greeleyville, SC. A daughter of the late Earl and…
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Passed 5/19/2025
Manning, SC Christopher Alexander Blanding, 74, husband of Barbara Wiley Blanding, died Monday, May 19, 2025 at his residence, 30 Stonehedge Ct. , Sumter, SC. He was born June 2, 1950 in Manning, SC. A son of the late…
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Passed 5/18/2025
Manning, SC Derrance “Dee” Tyrone McKnight, 41, died Sunday, May 18, 2025 at MUSC Florence, SC. He was born June 7, 1983 in Manning, SC. A son of Willie Mae Pearson McKnight and the late Larry McKnight. Public viewing…
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Passed 5/18/2025
New Zion, SC J A Walker, 85, husband of Mary Ann Wilson Walker died Sunday, May 18, 2025, at his residence 1455 County Rd, New Zion, SC. He was born September 19, 1939, in Lake City, SC. A son of the late J K and Eva…
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Passed 5/17/2025
Saluda, SC Zaykirra Imani Taylor, 22, died Saturday, May 17, 2025, in Winston-Salem North Carolina. She was born April 10, 2003, in Manning, SC. A daughter of Shakeema Latoya Marshall and the late Maurice Earl Taylor.…