Obituaries

  • Jesse Lodge, 75, Indian Land, SC
    INDIAN LAND, SC – Mr. Jesse Clements Lodge, Jr, age 75, passed away Saturday, March 15, 2025. He was born August 9, 1949, in Sanford, FL to the late Jesse C. Lodge, Sr. and Connie Kirby Lodge. Mr. Lodge was a devoted husband, a good father, and loving grandfather who had a deep affection for…
  • Wallace Reid Perkins, 84, Indian Land, SC
    Wallace Reid Perkins passed away at the age of 84 in the early hours of Friday, March 7th, at his home in Indian Land, SC. Service will be held Thursday, March 13, 2025, at Palmetto Funeral Home in Fort Mill, SC at 11:00 am. Born in Waxhaw, North Carolina; to Ira Lee Perkins and Ola…
  • Charles Alex Scronce, 92, York, SC
    Mr. Charles Alex Scronce, age 92, of York, SC, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 9, 2025. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Bratton Funeral Home, located at 1455 Filbert Hwy, York, SC 29745. A funeral service will be held the following day at 2:00 p.m. at Sharon…
  • James David Terry, 39, York, SC
    James David Terry, 39, a cherished husband, father, and friend, was born on June 9, 1985, in Gaston County, North Carolina. He embarked on a journey that would be marked by love, laughter, and a deep commitment to his family and community. Sadly, James departed this world on March 2, 2025, at Atrium Health CMC-Main,…
  • Brian Walker McWaters, 60, Lancaster, SC
    Mr. Brian Walker McWaters, age 60, passed away, Thursday, February 27, 2025. He was born May 27, 1964, in Lancaster, a son of the late James “Jimmy” Claude McWaters and the late Elaine DeWeese McWaters. Mr. McWaters enjoyed being at the river, reading, watching NASCAR, and listening to 70’s and 80’s Classic Rock. He has…
  • Betty Sue Clark, 83,Clover, SC
    Betty Sue Scoggins Clark, age 83 of Clover, SC passed away peacefully at CaroMont Health in Gastonia on March 2nd, 2025. Betty was born on September 29, 1941 in Murphy, North Carolina. She was the daughter of the late John Sheppard and Ruby Roland Scoggins Sheppard. And the widow of James Lewis Clark. A funeral…
  • James “JIm” Everette, 75, Lancaster, SC
    LANCASTER, SC – Mr. James “Jim” Everette Fleming, age 75, passed away, Monday, February 24, 2025 at MUSC-Lancaster. He was born April 20, 1949 in Wadesboro, NC, the son of the late James Calvin Fleming and the late Sarah Virginia Hudson Fleming and was the husband of the late Sara Ella McDaniel Fleming. Mr. Fleming…
  • Jim Starnes, 83, Lancaster, SC
    Mr. James “Jim” Ishman Starnes, Jr., age 83, passed away, Sunday, February 16, 2025 at MUSC-Lancaster. He was born March 3, 1941 in Lancaster, SC, the son of the late James Ishman Starnes, Sr. and the late Margaret Rollings Starnes and was the loving husband of Catherine Bailey Starnes. Mr. Starnes was a retired electrician who…
  • Sandra Wilkins, 65, Lancaster, SC
    Teresa Sandra Pate Wilkins, age 65, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2025. She was born October 14, 1959, in Lancaster, SC, a daughter of the late Cleatus Pate, Jr. and the late Brenda Leigh Owens Pate. Sandra enjoyed traveling, going to the beach and concerts, baking, and loved Christmas. Her children and grandchildren were her world,…
  • Scott Brown, 42, York SC
    Scott Carlton Bowers, 42, of York, SC, passed away on February 13, 2025. A memorial service to celebrate Scotty’s life will be hosted by McConnells First Baptist Church (4189 Chester Hwy, McConnells, SC 29726) at 4:00 PM on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. The family will receive friends at the church following the service. Scotty was…
  • Jerry Stacks, 84, Lancaster, SC
    LANCASTER, SC – Jerry Crawford Stacks, 84, died Feb. 13, 2025, at his home in the Tradesville community of Lancaster, SC. He is survived by his wife, Linda Stacks; his daughter and son-in-law, Kim and Jeff Mills; his son and daughter-in-law, Greg and Kelly Stacks; four grandchildren, Samantha, Alyssa, Josh and Griffin; and one sister,…
  • Roberta Moss Hall, 78, Hickory Grove, SC
    Mrs. Roberta Moss Hall, 78, of Hickory Grove, SC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 11, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Family and friends are invited to gather on Friday, February 14, 2025, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM at Mount Vernon Church, located at 2160 Smithford Rd., Hickory Grove, SC 29717. A funeral service…
  • John Benjamin Kirkland, 72, Lancaster, SC
    LANCASTER, SC – Mr. John Benjamin Kirkland, age 72, passed away, Sunday, February 9, 2025 at MUSC-Lancaster. He was born May 9, 1952 in Lancaster, SC, the son of the late Benjamin Milton Kirkland and the late Ruth Ghent Kirkland. Mr. Kirkland is survived by his two daughters, Toni K. Stallings (Gary), and Lori K. Turner; his…
  • Gary Russell Blackham, 78, Lancaster, SC
    Gary Russell Blackham, 78, of Lancaster, S.C. passed away on Feb. 5, 2025. Born in 1946 in Uniontown, PA, he was the son of Wayne and Helen Blackham. Gary grew up in Fredonia, N.Y., lived most of his life in Eugene, OR, and later moved to Lancaster to be near grandchildren. Gary attended Ohio University…
  • Clara Cureton, 96, York, SC
    Clara May Jones Cureton, age 96, of York, SC, passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, February 5th, 2025. All services will be private. Born on August 19, 1928, in Evansville, IN, Clara was the beloved daughter of the late Garnett W. Jones and Lora A. Drysdale Jones and her late husband Donald Clay Cureton….
  • F. Wayne Baker, 77, Lake Wylie, SC
    To know F. Wayne Baker is to love him. This is the truth. He loved people and people loved him. F. Wayne Baker, 77, of Lake Wylie, SC, passed away suddenly on February 2, 2025. He was born in Lancaster, SC in 1947 to Mr. and Mrs. Ferris Baker. Also raised in Lancaster, Wayne graduated from…
  • Eddie Hall, 76, Lancaster, SC
    LANCASTER, S.C.  Mr. Eddie Hall went to be with the lord Wednesday morning January 29, 2025 at his home. The Funeral Service of Mr. Hall will be 3 P.M. Sunday February 02, 2025 at Jerry Hartley Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Angel Hough officiating. Burial will be at Bethel Baptist Church. The Visitation will be…
  • Cynthia Ruth Lloyd Boone, 67, Lancaster, SC
    LANCASTER, SC, Mrs. Cynthia Ruth Lloyd Boone age 67 passed away Thursday Jan 30, 2025, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, SC. Mrs. Boone was born in Lancaster S.C. May 31, 1957, a daughter of James Brown Lloyd and Frances Sue Usher Lloyd, and was married to the late Bobby Boone. She enjoyed working…
  • Loyd Hollis, 88, Lancaster, SC
    Mr. Lloyd Elmore Hollis, 88, of Lancaster passed away Saturday, January 25, 2025 at his home. He was born February 18, 1936 in Lancaster, a son of the late John Clayton Hollis and Annie Mae Jacobs Hollis. Mr. Hollis was a collector and saw the value in things that looked like they were worth nothing….
  • Barbara Young, 72, Clover SC
    Barbara Young, 72, of Clover SC passed away surrounded by loved ones on Saturday, January 18th, 2025. She was a beloved mother, sister and friend who will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Barbara was born September 16, 1952 in Brooklyn NY to the late Arthur Heckel and Agnes Lorraine Lakner. She graduated…
  • Mrs. Martha Anne Adams Floyd, 88, Lancaster
    Mrs. Martha Anne Adams Floyd, age 88, passed away Friday, January 17, 2025. She was born August 24, 1936, in Lancaster, SC, a daughter of the late Lewis Malachi Adams and the late Eva Catoe Adams and preceded in death by two husbands, Otis C. Flynn and Lloyd G. Floyd. Mrs. Floyd retired from Roses…
  • Doris Nell Snipes Smith, 75, Lancaster, SC
    Doris Nell Snipes Smith, 75, of Lancaster, SC, died Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at MUSC Health in Columbia, SC. She loved crocheting and playing computer games. She loved her kids, grand kids and great grandkids more than life itself. She always enjoyed spending time with them. She was the daughter of the late Clyde Snipes and…
  • Thurman Theodore Gillis, 84, Lancaster, SC
    LANCASTER, S.C. – Mr. Thurman Theodore Gillis, 84, passed away Monday, Jan. 6, 2025. He was the son of the late Golda Gillis Perry. Thurman was the owner of Gillis Used Parts in Lancaster and Rock Hill, S.C. If you saw a Gillis Used Parts sign on one of his vehicles, you would see “lil…
  • Eddie Stokes Kimble, Jr., 80, York, SC
    Mr. Eddie Stokes Kimble, Jr., age 80, of York, South Carolina, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, January 11, 2025. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Bratton Funeral Home, located at 1455 Filbert Highway, York, SC. A celebration of Eddie’s…
  • Teresa Ann Dewitt, 62, York SC
    Mrs. Teresa Ann Ward Dewitt, age 62, of York, SC passed away on Saturday, January 11th, 2025. A celebration of life service will be held at 1 PM on Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at Bratton Funeral Home, located at 1455 Filbert Hwy, York, SC, officiated by Rev. David Shytle. Teresa was born on January 3rd,…
  • Catherine O’ Barr Dover, 77, York, SC
    Ms. Catherine O’ Barr Dover, “Cathy”, age 77 of York, SC passed away on Saturday, January 4, 2025. The family will receive friends from 2-3 pm on Thursday, January 9th, 2025 at Bratton Funeral Home, 1455 Filbert Hwy York, SC. The memorial service, celebrating Cathy’s life, will begin at 3 pm in the funeral home…
  • Barbara “Bobbie” Oates Beam, 82, Fort Mill, SC
    Barbara “Bobbie” Beam Obituary Barbara “Bobbie” Oates Beam, 82, of Fort Mill passed away peacefully on February 8th, 2024. She was born June 6th, 1941 in Chester, SC. A daughter of the late Jesse H Oates and Mary Miller Oates. Preceded in death by her husband of 62 years Ken Beam and her brother Jesse “Tookie”…
  • Joseph L DeFazio, 83, Fort Mill, SC
    Joseph DeFazio Obituary Joseph Leonard DeFazio, 83 formerly of Batavia, NY passed away peacefully at home in Fort Mill, SC. He was born June 17, 1940 and died January 29, 2024. He was preceded in death by his parents Leonard A DeFazio and Antoinette M (Castronova) DeFazio, his sister Roseanne (DeFazio) Kowalik, his brother Leonard…
  • Angela Rebecca White, 56, of Fort Mill, SC
    Angela Rebecca White, 56, of Fort Mill, passed away Friday, January 26, 2024. She was a member of Carolina Cornerstone Church in Tega Cay avid animal lover.She is survived by her husband of 32 years, Todd; a son, Brandon; Parents Jack and Dianne Allen; one brother, Michael Jeffrey Allen, and wife Laura; niece, Abbey; and…
  • Helen (Bigham) Dawkins, 77, Fort Mill, SC
    Helen Dawkins Obituary Fort Mill, SC – Mrs. Helen Bigham Dawkins, 77, went home to be with he Lord on Thursday, January 25, 2024. A Celebration of Life will be planned at some point in the future. A native of Chester, SC Mrs. Dawkins was a daughter of the late Coleman L. Bigham and Mary…
  • Warren K. Jackson, 96, Fort Mill, SC
    Warren Jackson Obituary Warren K. Jackson of Fort Mill, South Carolina passed away January 14, 2024. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 21, 1927 and was 96 years of age at his death. He was preceded in death by father, John Ross Jackson Sr., his Mother Hazel M Jackson and brother, John Ross…
  • Richard Goddard, 29, Fort Mill, SC
    Dale Richard Miles Goddard, age 29, of Fort Mill passed away on Friday, January 12, 2024.Born in Charlotte, N.C., Dale was the son of Veronica Stafford Goddard and the late Bradley Goddard. He was a long-time employee with B&B Distributors where he excelled at his work, winning employee of the year two years in a row….
  • Antonia “Toni” Skidmore, 76, Fort Mill, SC
    Pauline Antonia “Toni” Skidmore (Fusarini), age 76, of Fort Mill and formerly of Summerville, passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2024, at her home. The family is hosting a celebration of life on January 27, 2024, at 11 a.m. at Bethany United Methodist Church, 118 W. 3rd S Street, Summerville. The family will receive friends…
  • Vivian Semian, 90, Fort Mill, SC
    Vivian Semian, 90, of Fort Mill, S.C., passed away at her new home at Terra Bella Assisted Living Community in Mooresville, N.C. Vivian was born on December 29, 1933, in Blakley, Pa., daughter to the late Aurelia (Mazzacco) and Alfonso Pazzaglia. She received her associates degree from Keystone College. She was married to her best…
  • Joseph William Petramale, 5, Fort Mill
    Joseph Petramale Obituary Joseph William Petramale, 5 years old, of Fort Mill, SC, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, January 4, 2024. Joe was born in Watertown, NY. He loved hockey, swimming, science experiments, Pokemon,baseball cards, his electric Jeep, and Sea Shanties. Joseph had a vivid imagination. He was very creativeand enjoyed building forts, arts…
  • Donna Lou Parko, 69, Fort Mill
    Fort Mill, South Carolina – Donna Lou Parko, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend, peacefully departed this life on January 3, 2024.   She was born in Western Pennsylvania and raised her family in South Florida before relocating to Fort Mill, SC in 1993.  Donna embraced southern culture and enjoyed sweet tea, fried chicken, and…
  • George Edward Flaccus, 64, Fort Mill, SC
    George Edward Flaccus, the third, died peacefully at the Hospice and Community Care Center in Rock Hill, SC on Dec. 29th, 2023, at the age of 64. George is survived by his only child: Rose Moreau, a.k.a Sydney Flaccus, and sister: Louise Reese, a.k.a Weezie. He is preceded in death by both his mother, Helen Flaccus, and…
  • Betty Faye Sheets, 93, Fort Mill, SC
    Betty Faye Sheets, 93, a beloved Mother, Grandmother, and Great-grandmother, died peacefully on Thursday, December 28th, 2023 in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Born on June 20th, 1930 in Little River County, Arkansas to William and Pearl Coleman, Betty lived a life filled with love, service, and endurance.While working in Washington, D.C. at Arlington Farms, Betty met the love…