Obituaries

May 7, 2019

Wallace, SC

Linda Gail Murad, 59, died Tuesday, May 07, 2019. Born in Bennettsville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Henry Norman Mumford and Sarah Frances Jackson. She was a member of Garden Road Independent Baptist Church. She loved coloring and spending time with her family.

She is survived by her son Otis...

May 5, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Anna Virginia Thurman Steele Gibbs was born August 7, 1924 in Bronxville, NY, daughter of the late Benjamin H. and Mable Lee Thurman.  She died at Cheraw Healthcare on May 5, 2019.

She attended schools in Westchester County, NY until her senior year which she spent at Charlotte’s Central High.  There she made...

May 5, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Wilson “June Bug” Melton, Jr, 68, died Sunday, May 5, 2019. He was a son of the late Wilson Melton Sr. and Ruthalee Turner Melton.  He was a US Army veteran, serving in the Vietnam War, receiving a purple heart for his actions there. He was a retired truck driver with 30 years of service. He had...

May 3, 2019

Cheraw, SC

James Weldon Pruitt, 90, died Friday, May 3, 2019. Born in Cheraw, SC he was a son of the late Lewis Weldon and Ada Hodge Pruitt. He was a follower of the Lord Jesus Christ. He was a businessman and retired owner of Northside Grocery. He was a member of the Northside Grocery Men’s Association....

May 2, 2019

Julia “Julie” Cole, 61, of Greenville, passed away Thursday, May 2, 2019.

Born in Cheraw, SC, she was the daughter of the late Elbert and Johnnie Thompson Cole.

Julie retired from the Greenville County Sheriff’s Department after over 25 years of service. She was a member of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Travelers Rest.

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May 2, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Roger Clarence Fisher, 65, died Thursday, May 2, 2019. Born in Greenville, SC, he was a son of the late Clarence and Hazel Dill Fisher. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Cheraw. He enjoyed kayaking, photography, spending time at the beach, and loved to complete home projects.

Surviving is...

Apr 26, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Tameron Craig Burnley, 12, died Friday, April 26, 2019. He enjoyed playing video games, making paper airplanes, and anything to do with outer space, astronauts, and planets. He liked to study dinosaurs. He liked superheroes, anything green and old cars. He will be missed by his cats Davie and Chuckie.

Surviving is his...

Apr 25, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Wilbert Ray Haire, 72, died Thursday, April 25, 2019. Born in Bennettsville, SC, he was the son of the late Mack and Mamie Dunn Haire. He attended White’s Creek Freewill Baptist Church. He loved the Georgia Bulldogs, old cars, camping, building construction and telling jokes.

Surviving are his son, Don (Holly) Haire of...

Apr 24, 2019

Cheraw, SC

John Randall Hardee, 73, died Wednesday, April 24, 2019. Born in Conway, SC he was a son of the late Leon and Girlene Ludlum Hardee. He was retired from INA with over 20 years of employment. He was a US Army veteran serving during the Vietnam War. He had also traveled the world for many...

Apr 22, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Amanda Butler, 47, died Monday, April 22, 2019.

Surviving are her siblings Hazel (Robert) Edwards of Wallace, SC, Artemus “Dusty” Butler III of Wallace, SC, Lisa (Chad) Butler of Cheraw, SC, Anthony Butler of Wallace, SC, seven nieces, five nephews, and one great-nephew.

She was preceded in death by a niece.

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Apr 17, 2019

Cheraw, SC

David Kenneth Townsend, Sr., 86, died Wednesday, April 17, 2019. Born in Bennettsville, SC, he was a son of the late Charles Evans and Ethel Flowers Moore Townsend, Sr. He was an officer in the United States Army Chaplain Corps. He served 13 years active duty with a tour in Vietnam. He finished his Army...

Apr 6, 2019

Cheraw, SC

John William Parrott, 79, died Saturday, April 6, 2019. Born in Florence County he was a son of the late Benny LaRue and Angie Ard Parrott. He attended Living Word Ministry in Chesterfield, SC.

Surviving is his wife, Sherry Parrott of Cheraw, a son, Frankie Parrott, a daughter, Tracey Parrott all of Cheraw,...

Apr 2, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Darlene H. Lovelace, 64, died Tuesday, April 2, 2019. She is a daughter of Jerry March Hatcher and the late Mary Lee Hatcher. She was the widow of Randall Edward Lovelace. She was a board member for Hospice of Chesterfield County and a member of First Baptist Church, Cheraw. She loved to bake, paint, and spend time...

Apr 1, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Agnes L. Butler, 80, died Monday, April 01, 2019. Born in Pageland, SC she was a daughter of the late John Thomas and Amber Mangum Gibson. She was the widow of Jerry Thomas Butler, Sr. She was a member of Westside Baptist Church and had attended Windsor Park Freewill Baptist Church. She was retired from...

Mar 31, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Mary Boan Jacobs, 87, died Sunday, March 31, 2019. Born in Cheraw, SC she was a daughter of the late Ira and Mattie Board Boan. She was the widow of William “Bill” Arthur Jacobs. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Cheraw, SC.

Surviving is her son, William Anthony “Tony” (Michelle Robitaille)...

Mar 30, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Charles “Chuck” Henderson Michaux, Jr., 85, died Saturday March 30, 2019. Chuck was the son of the late Charles Henderson and Jessie Lee Humphries Michaux, Sr. He was a member of St. David’s Church.

Chuck is survived by his wife of 64 years, Margaret “Peggy” Miller Michaux, sons Charles (Kim) Michaux, III of...

Mar 28, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Linda Ann Roscoe, 75, died Thursday, March 28, 2019. Born in Rockingham, NC, she was a daughter of the late John and Elizabeth Steen Black. She was a member of the Cheraw Church of God. She loved to sing in the choir, helped in children’s church, and taught Sunday School. She loved to read her...

Mar 20, 2019

Cheraw, SC

William Wright Waller “Jerry”, age 95, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 20 at McLeod Cheraw Hospital surrounded by his family.

He was born in Danville, Kentucky to the late Wright and Jane Letcher Waller, on July 28, 1923.

He served honorably in the US Army Air Corp from 1943 to...

Mar 13, 2019

Wilbur Snipes

Wilbur Kinchen Snipes, 77, of Ellerbe passed away Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at UNC Hospital in Chapel Hill.

Wilbur was born August 18, 1941 in Robeson County, NC, a son of the late Albert and Aletha Bridgeman Snipes. He loved his church, Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church, where he was a member and...

Mar 10, 2019

Cheraw, SC

Barbara “Bobbie” Elizabeth Humphries Dickson went to her heavenly home on Sunday, March 10, 2019. Bobbie was born on June 10, 1939 in Florence, SC. She was the daughter of the late Howell W. Humphries and Francis Elizabeth Gardner Humphries. She is survived by her loving husband, (of 58 years) James “Jim” Thomas Dickson, Jr....