Obituaries

Apr 5, 2009

Eleanor Elizabeth "Granny" Smith Whitmire, 87, of 1733 Grand Circle, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2009 at Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville. A native of Baltimore, MD, Mrs. Whitmire was born January 27, 1922 a daughter of the late John and Lillian Conn Smith. She was a homemaker and member of St. John's United Methodist Church. Mrs. Whitmire was preceded...

Apr 4, 2009

Richburg - Richard F. "Dick" Furry, 66 died Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Presbyterian Hospital. Memorial services will be 5:00 p.m. Wednesday at the V.F.W. in Rock Hill. Born in Cleveland, Ohio on November 15, 1942, Mr. Furyy was a son of the late Frank Furry and Norma Ball Furry. He a truck driver and a Navy veteran. Surviving...

Apr 4, 2009

Rita Francine Blanchard Durham, 88, of Morningside Assisted Living, formerly of 141 A Glenwood Drive, passed away Saturday, April 4, 2009, at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House. A native of Boston, Mass., Mrs. Durham was born July 4, 1920, a daughter of the late Lawrence A. and Sara Veronica Harrigan Blanchard. She was a homemaker and of the Catholic...

Apr 3, 2009

Alma Bias Coleman, 83, of 159 Sedgewood Drive, formerly of 337 Green Street, departed this life on Friday, April 3, 2009 at Agape Rehab of Rock Hill. A native of Crowley, LA, Mrs. Coleman was born October 7, 1925, a daughter of the late Leona and Inez Harrison Bias. She was retired from Montgomery Ward Clothing Store and of the...

Mar 31, 2009

Olga Anna Marsalek Murrie, 92, of 159 Sedgewood Drive, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at Agape Rehab. A native of Pittsburg, PA, Mrs. Murrie was born March 14, 1917 a daughter of the late Otto A. and Petrinella Bednar Marsalek. Surviving are her son Robert J. Marshall and wife Margaret of Rock Hill; two grandchildren Scott Marshall of Richmond,...

Mar 30, 2009

Betty Cook Ross, 79, of 8857 Charlotte Highway, passed away Monday March 30, 2009 at Carolinas Medical Center in Pineville. A native of Lancaster County, Mrs. Ross was born September 23, 2009 a daughter of the late Paul Alexander and Sallie Freeze Cook. She was retired photo stripper for Delmar Printing Company after 35 years of service and was a...

Mar 29, 2009

Mrs. Nancy Kemper Heid, 73, of 1621 Diary Dr. passed away Sunday, March 29, 2009 at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House. Born September 11, 1935 in Hanover, PA. to the late Carroll and Hazel Halter Kemper, Mrs. Heid was a bookkeeper for an accounting firm and preceded in death by her parents, husband J. Robert Heid and sister Dorothy...

Mar 28, 2009

Mrs. Linda Lambert McDowell, 57, of 203 Drane Cr., passed away peacefully, surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, March 28, 2009, at her residence. Born in Charlotte, N.C., to the late Jack and Dorothy Hucks Lambert, Linda was a merchandise inspector for T.J. Maxx, and a member of Southside Baptist Church. A Celebration of Life Service will be 2...

Mar 24, 2009

Farris Ira Johnson, 87, went to be with his Lord. He passed away at home with his family by his side. Mr. Johnson was born in 1921 in Lancaster County. He was the son of the late Robert Luther Johnson and Mae Small Johnson. He was retired from JP Stevens Aragon Mill after 56 years of service along with his...

Mar 20, 2009

Sophia Bolden Couch, 95, formerly of 1476 Moss Creek Road, passed away Friday, March 20, 2009 at Magnolia Manor. A native of Piedmont, SC, Mrs. Couch was born July 20, 1913 a daughter of the late Alfred and Mattie Gilreath Bolden. She was a homemaker and attended Central Baptist Church in York, She was preceded in death by her husband...

Mar 20, 2009

Clyde Caldwell Murphy, Jr., passed away Friday March 20, 2009 at his residence. A native of Edgemoor, SC Mr. Murphy was born March 30, 1917, a son of the late Clyde Caldwell Murphy, Sr., and the late Marian Woods Murphy. He was a member of Edgemoor A.R.P. Church where he served as an Elder and head of the Cemetery Committee...

Mar 17, 2009

Mrs. Sandra Latham Belcher, 64, of 3398 Marty Lane, Lancaster passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2009, in Lancaster. Born in Chester, Pa., Mrs. Belcher was employed for 25 years with Springs Industries and was also an imaging technician. She was of the Baptist faith and survived by many friends and relatives. Sandra touched many lives in a loving way and...

Mar 8, 2009

Mrs. Sadie Hollifield Weatherford, 81, of 699 University Dr. passed away Sunday March 8, 2009 at home. Born in Avondale, NC July 15, 1927 to the late William B. and Jessie Christy Hollifield she was a homemaker and member of Oakdale Baptist Church. A Celebration of Life Service will be Wednesday March 11, 2009 in The Chapel of Bass-Cauthen Funeral...

Mar 7, 2009

Thomas Everett "Tommy" Baker, 64, of 2221 Ferris Street, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2009 at the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House. A native of Rock Hill, Mr. Baker was born December 9, 1944, a son of the late Everett Andrew and Margaret Elizabeth Pope Baker. He was a salesman in the construction industry, a member of Liberty Baptist Church...

Mar 7, 2009

Clifford Jerroll Robinson, 62, of 322 Trexler Lane, passed away Saturday March 7, 2009 at his residence. A native of York County, Mr. Robinson was born May 3, 1946, a son of the late Roy S. and Lola Mae Polk Robinson. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Surviving are his brother James...

Mar 6, 2009

Leroy Drawdy, 81, 0f 3971 Highway 324, passed away Friday, March 6, 2009 at his residence. A native of Rock Hill, Mr. Drawdy was born January 16, 1928 a son of the late Charles Coley and Gertrude Crawford Drawdy. He was a self-employed roofer and a WWII Army Air Corp Veteran. In addition to his parents he was preceded in...

Mar 5, 2009

Joyce Buford Clinton, 86, of 727 Ragin Lane, passed away Thursday, March 5, 2009 at Park Pointe Village. A native of Ellington, SC, Mrs. Clinton was born October 20, 1922 a daughter of the late William Hal Buford, Sr. and the late Lila Irene Buford Buford. She taught first grade at Oakland Elementary School for 29 years and Ft. Mill...

Mar 2, 2009

James Truman Hollis, passed away, Monday, March 2, 2009 at Chester Regional Medical Center. A native of Rock Hill, Mr. Hollis was born November 11, 1943 a son of the late Cecil and Louise Jonas Hollis. He was a former employee of the S.C. State Employee Commission in job placement and a U. S. Navy Vietnam Veteran. Mr. Hollis played...

Feb 21, 2009

Feb 14, 2009

Mrs. Evelyn Lucille Osborne Evans, 89, passed away Saturday, February 14, 2009 at Westminster Health Center, Rock Hill, SC. Born in Galax, VA., a daughter of the late Bays and Bertha Cornett Osborne, and married for sixty years to the late Wallace Rockwell Evans Jr. She was a long time member of St. John's United Methodist Church. Mrs. Evans attended...