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Gibson, Myrtle McPhatter

Services for Myrtle McPhatter Gibson will be held 3:00 p.m. Monday at Cooper Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held 7-9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mrs. Gibson, 83, died Saturday, November 13, 2010 at McLeod Medical Center in Dillon. Born in Laurinburg, NC, August 13, 1927, she was the daughter of the late…

Braswell, Jennifer Kay

JOHNSONVILLE: Jennifer Kay Braswell, 30, died Friday, November 12, 2010, at McLeod Hospice House after an extended illness. Jennifer was born on January 8, 1980 in Florence County, a daughter of Joyce D. Hanna and Kenneth Ray Braswell. She attended Hannah Pamplico High School and was of the Baptist faith. Jennifer was a loving and devoted mother. Surviving Include: Her…

Gaertner, Fred Walter

FRED WALTER GAERTNER, 80, of Florence, died Tuesday, November 09, 2010 at the McLeod Hospice House after an illness. Mr. Gaertner was born in Chicago, Illinois, a son of the late Alfred B. and Bertha Gaertner. He retired from the US Coast Guard having served during the Vietnam Era. He was a longtime member of Willow Creek Baptist Church where…

Alford, Eula Bell

Conway……Eula Bell Alford, age 85, formerly of Wilmington, N.C., wife of the late Donnie Alford, passed away Saturday November 6, 2010, at Kingston Nursing Center. Ms. Alford was born August 26, 1925, in Aynor S.C. a daughter of the late Cassie and Albertie King Coats. Ms. Alford was a past volunteer with the Local Senior Center, in Wilmington N.C. She…

Hooks, Mary Maggie

Loris….Mary Maggie Hooks, age 93, passed away November 8, 2010 at White Oak Manor in Columbia, SC. Ms. Hooks was born January 26, 1917 in Loris S.C., a daughter of the late June and Mary Ray Hooks. She was a member of Bayboro Baptist Church. Ms. Hooks was predeceased by three brothers, and five sisters. Surviving are one daughter Mary…

Davis, Lucy Tedder

THE REV. LUCY TEDDER DAVIS, 88, of Florence, passed away Monday, November 08, 2010 at her residence after an extended illness. Rev. Davis was born in the Sardis Community of Florence County, SC a daughter of the late Nolan Heyward Tedder and Lena Bell Locklair Tedder. She was a charter member of South Florence Baptist Church where she served as…

Fred Walter Gaertner

FRED WALTER GAERTNER, 80, of Florence, died Tuesday, November 09, 2010 at the McLeod Hospice House after an illness. Mr. Gaertner was born in Chicago, Illinois, a son of the late Alfred B. and Bertha Gaertner. He retired from the US Coast Guard having served during the Vietnam Era. He was a longtime member of Willow Creek Baptist Church where…

Pearson, Nancy Jones

NANCY JONES PEARSON, 67, of Florence, died Thursday, November 11, 2010 at her residence after a brave battle with cancer. Mrs. Pearson was born in Ware Shoals, SC a daughter of the late Horace Martin Jones and Carrie Lou Williamson Jones. She graduated from Ware Shoals High School in 1961, attended Anderson Junior College in 1964 and had been a…

Hutchinson, Sara Hood

SARA HOOD HUTCHINSON, 87, of Florence, died Tuesday, November 9, 2010 at her residence after an illness. Mrs. Hutchinson was born in Blenheim, a daughter of the late Alexander A. and Alice Gray Hood. She was a member of First Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Hubert O�Neal Hutchinson, her brother,…