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Hill, Thamar

11/19/1953 – 5/23/2011 Funeral services for Thamar (Buddy) Hill, Jr., age 57, who passed away May 23, will be held Wednesday at 2:00 at the Chapel Norton Funeral Home, Hartsville Chapel. Rev. Tex Selph & Rev. Marvin Selph will officiate. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday 5-7 pm at the Funeral Home. Buddy was born in…

Marlow, Glenda

MYRTLE BEACH: Glenda Ducote Marlow, 45, died Monday, May 23, 2011, at Grand Strand Hospital. Funeral services will be at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, May 25, 2011, at Carolina Funeral Home with burial in Matthews Cemetery, Lake City. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 1:00 – 3:00 P.M. at the funeral home. Glenda was born September 1, 1965, in New…

Simpson, Ronnie

Mr. Ronnie Lee Simpson of 2675 7th St. Park Lot 27 of Lumberton, NC 28358 passed away at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. A viewing will be held at McCormick Chapel AME Church located 215 Main St., Lumberton, NC on Monday, May 23, 2011 from 11am-12:45pm and the service will be at 1:00pm at the church following the viewing. Interment will…

McElvene, Johnnie

Mr. Johnnie McElvene, 54, son of Rollon and Beatrice Cannon McElvene, was born on November 22, 1956 in Detroit, Michigan. He departed this earthly life on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at his home in Redford Township, Michigan. Johnnie McElvene was educated in the Detroit Public Schools. Later in life, he attended college in pursuit of a Bachelor of Arts degree….

Rogers, Robert

LAKE CITY: Mr. Glen Barfield, 56, husband of Adell Smith Barfield, died Tuesday, May 17, 2011, at his residence after an illness. Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. Friday, May 20, 2011, at Barrineau Pentecostal Holiness Church with burial following in the church cemetery, directed by Carolina Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M.,…

Johnson, Kaya

Kaya Savannah Johnson, infant daughter of James L. Johnson, Jr. and Mira Johnson of Florence, S.C., died Wednesday, May 18, 2011 in Florence, S.C. She is predeceased by her paternal grandfather, James L. Johnson, Sr. She is survived by her parents of Florence, S.C.; paternal grandmother, Wilhelmina Johnson of Darlington, S.C.; maternal grandparents, Anna and Zdzislaw Tarnowicz of Naples, Florida;…

Garner, Edna

Florence – Edna Garner 82 of Florence died May 21, 2011 at a nursing care facility in Florence. Ms. Garner was born in Darlington County, June 30, 1928 daughter of the late James Middleton and Mittie Gainey Bradshaw. She graduated from Hartsville High School and was employed by Southern Bell for 37 years as a telephone operator. She was preceded…

Bass, Harry Lee

Harry Lee Bass, Sr., 84, died Saturday, May 21, 2011. Funeral plans will be announced later by Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home.

Byrd, Henry

Henry D. “H.D.” Byrd, age 77, died Friday, May 20, 2011. Born May 1, 1934 in Darlington County, he was the son of the late Walter Harvey Simpson, Sr. and Mary Charlotte Byrd Simpson but was adopted and raised by his grandparents, Alixis and Louise Gainey Byrd. H.D. served his country in the South Carolina Army National Guard for forty…

James, Wayne

Mr. Dexter Lawayne “Wayne” James, 63, passed away peacefully Friday, May 20th, 2011 in McLeod Hospital after a long illness. Mr. James was born in Coward on December 22nd, 1947. He was a son of the late Thomas P. James and the late Margie Estelle Evans James and was the husband of Dorothy C. James. Mr. James was a member…