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Young, George

Funeral service for George Young, Jr. will be 4:00 p.m. Saturday April 23,2011 at Harold L. & Dorothy J. Young Memorial Chapel. Service entrusted to Young &Young Funeral of Hartsville.

McDonaugh, James

A Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30 am on Monday, May 2, 2011 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Darlington. Inurnment will take place at Florence National Cemetery following the Mass. Please check back for full obituary.

Gainey, Linda

Memorial services for Linda McCathern Gainey, age 51, who passed away April 19, will be held Thursday at 2:00 at the Chapel Norton Funeral Home. Rev. Jimmy Jeffords will officiate. Mrs. Gainey was born in Bishopville a daughter of the late Ernest & Dollie Mae Euten McCathern. Surviving are her husband, Charlie Gainey, Harsville, daughter, Patricia (Jesse) Rhinehardt, Hartsville, sons,…

Harrell, James

James Randall “Randy” Harrell was born in Florence County on November 29, 1961. He lost his battle with cancer on April 18, 2011. Randy was the son of Rosa Lee Kersey Harrell Lane and the late Dan C. Harrell. He was an active member of Woodstone Hunting Club of Florence, where he enjoyed taking his grandkids hunting and fishing. Randy…

Welch, Ella

Mrs. Ella Welch age 87, died Monday, April 18, 2011 at her residence after an illness. Born in Clarendon County she was a daughter of the late Henry Beard and Suzanna Floyd Beard. Mrs. Welch was a retired Seamstress, a Member of Pine Dale Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Adult Sunday School Class. Surviving are her two daughters, Beatrice (James)…

King, Kathleen

Mrs. King, widow of G. E. King, Jr., died Monday, April 18, 2011. Born in Sumter, SC, she was a daughter of the late John Danner and Kathleen Keefe Heidtman. She graduated from Florence High School in 1937 and Winthrop College in 1941. She taught 33 years in Chesterfield and Darlington County Schools and was a lifetime member of SCEA…

Jones Jr, Jessie

Jessie Jones Jr., age 61 of Lumberton passed away on Saturday April 16, 2011 at Southeastern Medical Center in Lumberton NC. Jessie was born March 24, 1950 in Robeson County, son of Jessie Jones, Sr., and the late Sarah Margaruit Lowery. His work was in dry wall construction retiring from C.W.F. Contractors of Virginia. He enjoyed fishing, racing and traveling…

Hedgpeth, Johnsie

Mrs. Johnsie Thompson Hedgpeth, age 71, of Lumberton, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. She was born in Robeson County on July 9, 1939 to the late Galloway Wade Thompson, Sr. and Bessie Chance Thompson. Mrs. Hedgpeth is survived by her husband, Robert Wayne Hedgpeth, Sr., of the home; two sons, Robert…

Berry, Gloria

Gloria Jean Berry, age 71, of Lumberton, passed away on Sunday, April 17, 2011 at Southeastern Regional Medical Center in Lumberton. She was born in Robeson County on July 7, 1939 to the late Sam Barfield and Viola Poston. Mrs. Berry is survived by her husband, Gerald Berry, of the home; two daughters, Wendy Fettkether and Christa Berry of Augusta,…