Lawrence Laverne Canty

Rock Hill - Mr. Lawrence "Chief" Laverne Canty, Sr., 68, died Sunday, August 14, 2011, at his home.

Graveside services will be 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Catawba Ward. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the church.

A native of Rock Hill, Mr. Canty was a son of the late Allen Barnes and Ella Lou Sanders Canty.

Surviving are is wife, Terry Lee Champney Canty; three sons, Lawrence Canty, Jr., Curtis Canty and his wife, Sherry, and Richard Brisson and his wife, Abby; two daughters, Tina Jones and her husband, Gail and Diane Canty Robinson; two brothers, Cecil Canty and his wife, Dorothy and Eddie Canty; seven sisters, Elaine Cherry, Rosemary Roberts and her husband, Johnny, Ollie Thomas and her husband, Larry, Jane McGinnis, Louis Shirah, Ella Campbell, and Fern Lambiabi; 16 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. He is also survived by special friends, Carson and Susan Blue, Hazel Brown and Tommy and Connie Elkins.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.whitesellfuneralhome.net.