U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Cynthia Groves
UNION — Services for Cynthia Marlow Groves, 49, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday (visitation 7-9 tonight) at S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home with burial in Union Memorial Gardens. Born in Inman to Glen and Mary Pope Marlow, she died August 23, 2004. Surviving: husband, Jackie Groves; son, Chris Marlow; stepdaughters, Angie Smith and Jackie Price; brothers, Phillip and David Marlow; six grandchildren.
Dora Ballentine
HOLLY HILL — Services for Dora Lee Burbage Ballentine, 91, widow of Andrew Ballentine, 2 p.m. Thursday at Holly Hill United Methodist Church; burial: Holly Hill Cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 tonight at Avinger Funeral Home. Born in Berkeley Co. to Edgar and Frances Crawford Burbage, she died Aug. 23, 2004. Surviving: daughters, Edna Grant, Audrey Geiger; sister, Juanita Wylie; 6 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; others.
Lula Brown
GRAY’S HILL — Services for Lula Belle Stanley Brown, 69, 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Gray’s Hill New Church of Christ; burial: Mitchell Cemetery, Coosawatchie. Marshel’s Wright-Donaldson Home for Funerals, Beaufort, is in charge. Mrs. Brown died August 20, 2004. Surviving: husband, Leon Brown Sr.; children, Ella, Maybelle, Jones, Lavonia, Leon Jr., Randy, Steven; 2 brothers; 1 sister; 9 grandchildren; 9 great-grandchildren.
McKenzie Campbell
AIKEN — Services for McKenzie Rayna Campbell, 3 weeks, are 11 a.m. Thursday (visitation 7-9 tonight) at Shellhouse-Rivers Funeral Home; burial in Aiken Memorial Gardens. Born in Columbia to Johnny and Amy Campbell, she died Aug. 23, 2004. Surviving: grandparents, Genevieve, Randy Clayton; siblings, Ashlee Bell, Johnny II, Brittany Campbell, Michaela Woodward; aunts; uncles.
Deloris Cockfield
OLANTA — Services for Deloris Ann Graham Cockfield, 51, were August 24, 2004 at New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church; burial: Rest Lawn Cemetery, Lake City. Samuels and Richardson Funeral Home, Lake City, was in charge. Born in Olanta to Rev. L.C. Sr. and Burlena Graham, she died Aug. 20, 2004. Surviving: husband, Carol; sons, Carlos, Jaroname; stepson, Michael Atkinson; mother; 6 siblings.
Eloise Cutter
MANNING — Services for Eloise Barbara Braxton Cutter, 80, widow of Carl Cutter, 2 p.m. Thursday (visitation 6-8 tonight) at Stephens Funeral Home; burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Born in Lane to Jessie and Gretchen Braxton, she died Aug. 23, 2004. Surviving: children, Rev. Jessie Brock, Jerry, Frank Braxton, Barbara Garrett, Pat Lyons, Mary Watford, Suzi Judy, Minnie Crum; 3 brothers; grandchildren.
Olin Gibson
CHESTER — Services for Olin Julius “Sonny” Gibson, 67, will be held at 4 p.m. today at Barron Funeral Home; burial in Evergreen Cemetery. Born in Great Falls to William and Daisy Scott Gibson, he died August 23, 2004. Surviving: wife, Betty Miller Gibson; daughter, Karen Reid; grandchild, Stacy Jenkins; great-grandchild, Clayton Jenkins; siblings, Pressley, James Gibson, Curtis, Bill Hinson, Panny Horton, Peggy Morrison.
Karen Haithcock
BENNETTSVILLE — Services for Karen Driggers Haithcock, 39, are 4 p.m. Thursday at Christ United Methodist Church; burial: Hebron Cemetery. Visitation is 7-9 tonight at Whitner-Evans Funeral Home. Born in Marlboro Co. to Jasper and Jean Mudd Driggers, she died Aug. 23, 2004. Surviving: husband, Justin Haithcock; children, Justin Jr., Karen Haithcock; parents; sisters, Pat Atlman, Linda Keaton; 1 grandchild.
Nathaniel Hubbard Jr.
ORANGEBURG — Services for Nathaniel “Timmy” Hubbard Jr., 43, are 11 a.m. Thursday (viewing 10 a.m.) at Williams Chapel AME Church; burial in Belleville Memorial Gardens. Glover’s Funeral Home is in charge. Born in Plainfield, N.J., to Nathaniel Sr. and Helen Hubbard, he died Aug. 22, 2004. Surviving: parents; siblings, Michael, Mark, Shelbie Hubbard; grandmother, Eartha Grant; aunts and uncles.
Paul Clark
LAKE CITY — Mr. Paul E. Clark, 80, died Monday, August 23, 2004, at Carolinas Hospital, Lake City, after an illness.
Mr. Clark was born in Carlinville, Illinois, a son of the late Elmer and Maxie Vaughn Clark. He was a graduate of Knox College in Gailsburg, IL. Mr. Clark was a retired Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army. He was drafted at the age of 18 serving in World War II and served six years as an enlisted soldier. After attending college, he re-entered the Army as an officer, serving during the Korean Conflict and Vietnam War as an Army Aviator, retiring in 1972. He then became a Nursing Home Administrator and was associated with Quality Care Management and its affiliates for 20 years. He was a member of the Lake City First Baptist Church and the Abrams Sunday School Class. He was a member of Lake City Rotary Club, a Shriner, and Mason-member of Lake City Lodge #193.
Survivors include: his wife, Mrs. Judith Rogers Clark of Lake City; two daughters, Stacey Lee (Robert J.) Clark Kraft of Poquoson, VA, and Patricia Clarke Bryant of New Port Richie, FL; three grandsons, David Kraft, Bradley Kraft and Matthew Kraft, all of Poquoson, VA; one granddaughter, Barbara Bryant Wattford; and one great-grandson.
Funeral service will be at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 26, 2004, at Lake City First Baptist Church. Burial, with military honors, will be in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to: Lake City First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 820, Lake City, SC 29560.
The family will have visitation from 6:00-8:00 P.M. Wednesday evening in the funeral home.
Brockington Funeral Home, Lake City, is in charge.
Amy Johnson
ABBEVILLE — Services for Amy Lou Bagwell Johnson, 70, will be 11 a.m. today at Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home; burial: Forest Lawn Memory Gardens. Born in Abbeville Co. to William Bagwell and Essie Anglin Brown, she died Aug. 23, 2004. Surviving: husband, Gerald Johnson; children, Johnny Johnson, Karen Hicks; siblings, Janie Roberson, Lee Keller, Ann Pope, Press Brown; five grandchildren; others.
Lindsay Robinson Sr.
GASTON — Services for Lindsay Robinson Sr., 49, 4 p.m. today at Miracle Outreach Temple; burial: St. Mark Cemetery. Amos & Sons Funeral Home is in charge. Born in Batesburg to Minnie Bell and Charles Robinson, he died Aug. 22, 2004. Surviving: wife, Tonnie; children, Lindsay Jr., Cliffer Jennings, Tyrone, Christie, Anthony Leaphart, Robert Lewis; siblings, Lisa Summers, Larry, Charles Robinson.
Charlotte Lawrence
GEORGETOWN — Services with burial for Charlotte Lawrence, 73, are 3 p.m. Friday at Old Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church, where she was a member. Visitation is 6-7 p.m. Thursday at McKnight-Fraser Funeral Home. Born in Georgetown to William and Lena Bryant James, she died August 22, 2004. Surviving are her husband, James Lawrence Sr.; son, James Lawrence; grandson, James Lawrence IV.
Robert Rouse
COLUMBIA — Services for Robert Louis “Man” Rouse will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Mt. Canaan Baptist Church, Abbeville. The family is at the home of his sister, Frances Adams, Apt. C-5 Highland Apt., Greenwood. Brown and Walker Funeral Home, Abbeville, is in charge. He died August 21, 2004.
Rudy Skidmore
GREENWOOD — A graveside service for Kenneth Rudolph Skidmore, 53, 11 a.m. Thursday in Greenwood Memorial Gardens; visitation 6-8 tonight at Harley Funeral Home. Born in Greenwood to Rosemary H. Perkins and Rudolph Skidmore, he died Aug. 24, 2004. Surviving: wife, Patricia; mother; children, Amy Lewis, Brandy Drawdy, Rusty Skidmore, Joseph Bannister; brothers, Gary, Keith; grandchildren.
Grace Tankersley
BLAIR — Mrs. Grace Beam Howard Tankersley, 93, of Ebenezer Senior Services in Rock Hill, formerly of Blair, died Saturday, August 21, 2004.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Friday, August 27, 2004, at Salem Presbyterian Church, 276 Highway 215 N., Salem Crossroads, Blair, South Carolina with Rev. Richard Hodges officiating. Burial will follow at 4 p.m. at the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, 1203 St. Mark’s Church Road, Cherryville, North Carolina.
She was born in Granite Falls, North Carolina and made her home in Blair, South Carolina. Mrs. Tankersley was a daughter of the late Mary F. McGinnis and Charlie L. Beam. She was the widow of George W. Howard and Clyde W. Tankersley. She retired from UniRoyal, Inc. with forty years of service and was a lifelong member of Salem Presbyterian Church.
Surviving are five nieces, Kay B. Lynes of Rock Hill, SC, Gwen B. Ouellette of Somerville, NJ, Mary Ann B. DeAmicis of Manchaster, NJ, Arline B. Meyer of Rochester, NY and Caroline B. Rodriguez of Brockport, NY; one nephew, Charles F. Beam of Mt. Pleasant, SC; five great-nieces, eight great-nephews; one great-great-niece and six great-great-nephews. Also surviving are four stepchildren, Clyde W. Tankersley, Jr., Charles Tankersley and Pauline T. Crisp of Whitmire, SC and Billy Joe Tankersley of Cross Hill, SC; twelve stepgrandchildren, fifteen stepgreat-grandchildren and three stepgreat-great-grandchildren. A loving aunt and stepmother, she will be missed.
She was predeceased by her nephew, Larry E. Beam, Sr. of Chapin, SC in 2002.
The family will receive friends 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, August 25, 2004, at the Pope Funeral Home of Winnsboro. The family requests memorials be made to Salem Presbyterian Church, 276 Highway 215 N., Blair, SC 29015 and St. Mark’s Lutheran Church Cemetery Fund, 1203 St. Mark’s Church Road, Cherryville, NC 28021.
The family wishes to express their thankful appreciation to the staff of Spring Arbor of Rock Hill, Ebenezer Senior Services and the nurses of Hospice Care.
L.C. Williams
APOPKA, Fla. — Mr. L.C. (Roy) Williams, of Apopka, FL, and formerly of Varnville, SC, died early Monday morning in the Sunbelt Nursing Home in Apopka, FL after an extended illness.
Burn July 1, 1931 in Covington County, AL, he was the son of the late George R. Williams and Lizzie Baggett Williams. He was a Marine Corps veteran and had been a welder for many years with both Westinghouse Corporation and Georgia Pacific in Hampton. He was of the Baptist faith. He and his wife, the late Kathryn Jones Lee Williams, had owned and operated Kathryn’s Nursery in Varnville.
He is survived by: 4 daughters: Audrey Nell, Stephanie, Nada and Debbie, all of South Carolina; 2 stepsons: Buddy Lee of Ruffin, SC and Danny Lee of Chapin, SC; 1 stepdaughter: Linda Wynn of Smoaks, SC; 3 brothers: Lellon Williams of Florala, AL, Larry Williams of Crestview, FL and Roy Williams of Temple, GA; 4 sisters: Alice Rushing of Louisiana, Clemmie Laird of Paxton, FL, Frances Reid of Apopka, FL and Mabel Cook of Waycross, GA. There are 5 stepgrandchildren and 5 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 AM in the chapel of Peeples-Rhoden Funeral Home in Hampton, conducted by Rev. Tim Minchey. Burial will follow in the Sand Hill Cemetery near Varnville.
Friends may call at the chapel from 5 until 7 PM on Tuesday evening and until the hour of services on Wednesday.
Kathryn White
WEST COLUMBIA — Graveside services for Mrs. Kathryn “Kathy” Elizabeth Brock White, 54, of West Columbia, SC, will be held at 1:30 PM, Thursday, August 26, 2004, in Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum Chapel, with Chaplain Peyton Woolridge officiating. Entombment will follow in Greenlawn Memorial Park Mausoleum. The family will receive friends at Greenlawn Funeral Home Wednesday from 7:00 P.M. until 9:00 P.M. Memorials may be made to the Leukemia Lymphoma Society, 1247 Lake Murray Blvd., Irmo, SC 29063. Condolences may be sent to www.mem.com. Greenlawn Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
Mrs. White died Monday, August 23, 2004, at Palmetto Baptist Medical Center, following an extended illness. Born on August 30, 1949, in Tokyo, Japan, she was the only daughter of the late Milton Brock and Ona Sawyer. She had been a resident of West Columbia for the past 8 years. Mrs. White graduated from M.U.S.C. Nursing Program, received her Master’s Degree in Psych Nursing from Vanderbilt University, and her Post Master’s Degree from U.S.C. as Nurse Practitioner. She was employed with Palmetto Baptist Medical Center and had worked as an Instructor at the College of Nursing in Clemson. She served as Assistant Professor at the College of Nursing at U.S.C. Mrs. White was a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Nurse Practitioners Focus Group of Columbia, Wound, Ostomy Continence Nursing Society, former member of American Nurses Association, South Carolina Nurses Association, South Carolina Nurses Association Advanced Practice Counsel, Oncology Nursing Society, Riverbanks Chapter of Oncology Nursing Society, where she served as former President-Elect and President, South Carolina Hospital Association, where she participated as non-member in conducting Mock JCAHO Facility Surveys, and a member of Sigma Theta Tau. The family would like to extend special thanks to Dr. Leland McElveen and Staff of the S.C. Oncology Associates, the Nursing Staffs at Palmetto Richland Cancer Center Treatment and Research, and the 8th Floor Oncology Nursing Staff of Palmetto Baptist Medical Center, for their care and support.
She is survived by her husband, Allen H. White of West Columbia, SC; two step-sons, Allen Howard Jennings “A.J.” White of Houston, Texas , and Jonathan Andrew White of Bristol, TN; an Aunt, Laura Sawyer of Leesville, SC; a cousin, Kyle Sawyer of Houston, Texas . She was predeceased by a brother, Mac William “Butch” Brock.
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