Elizabeth Dwyer
Mar 1, 2018
Elizabeth Addison Dwyer was born on June 24, 1949 in St. Charles, South Carolina to the late James Addison and Marie Fortune Addison. She is survived by her loving husband of fifty years, William Dwyer. To this beautiful union, the couple was blessed with two hardworking young men, Kenneth Bernard Dwyer and Kevin William Dwyer of Columbia, South Carolina...
Herbert Lee Johnson
Mar 1, 2018
Herbert Lee Johnson was born July 22, 1949 in Sumter County to the late James Johnson and Ethel Boston Johnson. On Thursday, March 1, 2018, God saw fit that his work on Earth was done and he could take his heavenly rest.
Herbert graduated in the 1967 Class of Manchester High School in Pinewood, SC. He received...
Terrance O'Neal Ragin
Feb 27, 2018
Terrance O'neal Ragin was born December 5, 1990 to Vermell and O'neal Canty in Clarendon County, South Carolina. He departed this life on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter SC.
He was educated in the public schools of Clarendon County and attended Scott's Branch High School. He was a member of St. Peter...
Sherry Maple
Feb 26, 2018
God saw that the roads were getting tough and the hills were hard to climb, so the Lord whispered "It's time to take your rest.;" and called Sherry D. Maple home on February 26, 2018 at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter, SC.
Sherry was born on October 25, 1955 in Chicago, IL. She was the daughter of...
Leroy Washington
Feb 26, 2018
On February 26, 2018, Leroy Washington left this earthly home to be with the Lord. He was born on October 24, 1941 to the late Ella Webb Washington and Darius Washington in Sumter, SC.
Leroy attended Congruity School and Church. In 1958, he moved to Baltimore, MD and began working as a brick mason for forty years....
Cleo A. Lemmon-Goodman
Feb 24, 2018
Cleo Lemmon Goodman, 73, was born August 13, 1944 in Lynchburg, SC. She was the daughter of the late Davis and Corrie Fullard Lemmon. She answered God's call on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at McCleod Hospice House of the Pee Dee in Florence, South Carolina.
She was educated in public school systems of Sumter County and at...
Jennie Lee Cooper
Feb 23, 2018
Mrs. Jennie Lee Cooper, better known as "Cooch," was the daughter of the late Holland and Janie Cook. She was born on June 5, 1941 in Sumter County. She departed this life on Friday, February 23, 2018, after a period of illness.
Jennie, "Cooch," was a jolly person and never met a stranger. Jennie leaves to cherish...
Thomas W. Bellinger, Sr.
Feb 23, 2018
Mr. Thomas Wesley Bellinger Sr. was born July 12, 1940 in Columbia, S.C. He was the son of the late Eugene and Edna Harrell Bellinger. He transitioned from this life into eternal rest Friday, February 23, 2018.
He was a graduate of the Booker T. Washington H.S. class of 1958. He went on to complete a one...
Henry E. Johnson
Feb 19, 2018
Henry E. Johnson, Sr. departed this life on Monday, February 19, 2018 at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter, SC. Born on August 8, 1930 in Sumter, SC, he was the youngest of four children to Enoch and Abbie P. Johnson.
Henry's Christian upbringing led him to Mt. Pisgah AME Church in Sumter, SC, where he received Christ...
Rosa Lee Dickey
Feb 12, 2018
Rosa Lee Dickey was born in Sumter County, South Carolina in the Shiloh Community on April 15, 1927. The second daughter of the late Paul and Pearl Miller Dickey. On Monday, February 12, 2018, Rosa Lee took her spiritual flight and entered into her eternal home.
Early in life, she became actively involved in Asbury United Methodist...
Riley Daniel Mccray
Feb 11, 2018
Riley Daniel McCray, infant son of Ryan McCray and Miracle Bowman, was born on February 11, 2018 in Manning SC. He departed this life on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at McLeod Health Clarendon in Manning, SC.
Deborah Jean Bells
Feb 10, 2018
Deborah Jean Soloman Bells, 63, wife of Charlie Bells and daughter of the late Freddie and Susan Cain Soloman, was born on June 9, 1954 in Sumter, SC. She departed this life on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at her residence.
Mrs. Bells will be placed in the church on Saturday, February 17, 2018 at 1:30pm for viewing...
Thelma E. Blake
Feb 10, 2018
Thelma E. Blake, 90, wife of Charles Blake and daughter of the late Theophilus and Gertrude McKenney Tomer, was born on March 21, 1927 in New York City, NY. She departed this life on Saturday, February 10, 2018 at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter, SC.
Public Viewing will be held on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 from 3-6pm...
James Cantey
Feb 8, 2018
James Cantey, 72, son of the late Parker Cantey, Sr. and Lillie William Pugh Cantey, was born on September 9, 1945 in Sumter, SC. He departed this life on February 8, 2018 at Palmetto Health Tuomey in Sumter, SC.
Derek A. Phillips
Feb 6, 2018
DEREK ALDOUS PHILLIPS, the husband of Japonica D. Phillips and the son of Johnny and Gaylinda Edwards Phillips was born in Killeen, Texas on September 5, 1973.
He was a member of the graduating class of 1992, Sumter High School and matriculated at Francis Marion College, Florence and Midlands Technical College in Columbia. Derek served his country...
John I. Geter, Sr.
Feb 5, 2018
John Isaac Geter, Sr. transitioned to be with our Lord on February 5, 2018. He was born to the late Will Geter, Sr. and Wilhelmenia Furman Geter in Sumter, South Carolina, on September 1, 1950. He was the third of six children born to his parents.
John was educated in the Sumter County Public School System and...
Maggie Copeland
Jan 29, 2018
Mrs. Maggie Scarborough Copeland, daughter of the late Lela Scarborough and Warren Scarborough, was born on April 23, 1917 in Lee County, SC. She was married to the late Harry Copeland, Jr. Mrs. Copeland departed this life on Monday, January 29, 2018 at her home.
At an early age, she joined New Zion AME Church in Wisacky,...
Thelma G. Sutton
Jan 27, 2018
Thelma G. Sutton, 83, widow of Norris Edward Sutton, Sr., and daughter of the late William Henry Grant and Fannie Frasier Grant. She was born May 4, 1934 in Sumter, SC.
Thelma Sutton attended the public schools of Sumter County. She was a 1952 graduate of Lincoln High School. Thelma was the licensed site property manager of...
Kenneth James
Jan 26, 2018
Kenneth (Kenny) James was born November 17, 1958 to Lille Mae James Robinson and the late Gilbert Burgess. He passed away January 26, 2018 at the home of his mother. He was graduate of Sumter High School. Kenneth had two passions working on cars and cooking. Anyone that knew Kenny knows that he never met a stranger and he...
Catherine Blanding Ballard
Jan 26, 2018
Catherine Blanding Ballard, also referred to lovingly as "Donkey", was born on June 8 th 1927, in Alcolu South Carolina to (the late) Flander Blanding and Bessie Schrode Blanding.
Catherine comes from a family of ten siblings. She was the "baby girl" and the last of her siblings. The Blandings were proud people, they were spiritual, loving,...