Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina
Robie Tracy
Apr 29, 2018
Mr. Robie Willie Tracy, 59, of Cottageville, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018 at his residence.
Born August 24, 1958 in Cottageville, he was a son of the late Lloyd Edgar Tracy and Elaine Victoria Muckelvaney Creel. He attended Little Rock Holiness Church. Robie will be remembered as a constant comedian who loved helping people, always made...
John Thomas Stieglitz, Jr.
Apr 28, 2018
Mr. John Thomas Stieglitz, Jr., 73, entered into rest Saturday afternoon, April 28, 2018, with his devoted wife of fifty-one years, Mrs. Kathy Phelps-Stieglitz at his side in his home in Walterboro.
Born November 11, 1944 in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was a son of the late John Thomas Stieglitz, Sr. and the late Alma Jones Stieglitz. ...
Mary Shill
Apr 28, 2018
Mrs. Mary Ellen Walling Shill, 77, of Walterboro, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018 at her residence. She was the widow of the late John Shill.
Funeral services will be held 11 am, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at Peniel Baptist Church. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Born October 28, 1940 in Ruffin, she was...
Stevie Blocker
Apr 28, 2018
Mr. James Stephen Blocker, affectionately known by all as “Stevie”, age 64, entered into rest Saturday afternoon, April 28, 2018, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Walterboro, while under the care of Amedisys Hospice. He was the husband of the late Mrs. Jeanne Blocker.
Born December 31, 1953, in Walterboro, he was a son...
Leona Broderick Hughes
Apr 26, 2018
Mrs. Leona Broderick Hughes, 90, of the Azalea Patch Community in Ruffin, entered into rest Thursday morning, April 26, 2018, at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro. She was married to the late Mr. Herman John Broderick and to the late Mr. Wilbur Lewis Hughes, Jr.
Born August 26, 1927, in the Hudson Mill area of Colleton...
Rachel Roberts
Apr 26, 2018
Mrs. Rachel H. Roberts, 66, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Thursday, April 26, 2018 at her residence.
A memorial service will be held 2 pm, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at The Brice Herndon Funeral Chapel, Walterboro.
Mrs. Roberts was born February 2, 1952 in Brooksville, Florida. She attended Refuge Church. She was a loving...
Cathy Elkins
Apr 25, 2018
Mrs. Catherine Hiott Elkins, 70, of Round O, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at Pruitt Healthcare in Walterboro.
Funeral services will be held 3 o’clock, Sunday afternoon, April 29, 2018 at Welch Creek Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 pm until...
Georgia Ruth Stanfield
Apr 23, 2018
Mrs. Georgia Ruth Stanfield, 92, entered into rest Monday morning, April 23, 2018 at her home in Cottageville. She was the wife of the late Mr. Hubert Allen Stanfield.
Born October 26, 1925, in Walterboro, she was a daughter of the late George Hampton Robertson and the late Minnie Lee Cook Robertson. She was a member of...
Martha L. Osterhout
Apr 22, 2018
Mrs. Martha Leola Osterhout, 94, a longtime resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, entered into rest Sunday, April 22, 2018, at the Veteran's Victory House in Walterboro. Mrs. Osterhout, wife of the late Mr. Burdell S. Osterhout, served in the United States Navy during World War II and was the retired owner of Osterhout Hair Styling as well as a...
Bernice Bowers
Apr 21, 2018
Mrs. Bernice Roberts Bowers, 92, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Saturday, April 21, 2018 at her residence.
A private graveside funeral service will be held Wednesday at Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Born February 10, 1926 in Colleton County, she was the last surviving child of the late Elijah Franklin Roberts and Leona Benton...
Ricky Lemacks
Apr 20, 2018
Mr. Ricky Allen Lemacks, 54, entered into rest Friday, April 20, 2018, at his home in Walterboro.
Born August 17, 1963, in Colleton County, South Carolina he was a son of the late Isaac Benjamin Lemacks and the alte Frances Moore Lemacks Thomas. He was a logger and an avid freshwater fisherman.
Surviving are: four...
Gina Graham
Apr 20, 2018
Gina Renee Winn Graham, 52, of Hampton, South Carolina, fell asleep in death on Friday, April 20, 2018. She was born on October 2, 1965 in Hampton, South Carolina to her parents Charlie Elliott Winn & Connie Ann Stanley Winn.
She is survived by her father, Charlie Elliott Winn of Hampton, SC, her children, Renee Ann Winn...
Jack Toschner
Apr 20, 2018
Mr. Jack Wayne Toschner, 82, of Walterboro, died Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Veteran’s Victory House in Walterboro.
Born May 18, 1935, in Merrill, Wisconsin, he was the youngest son of Louis and Elma Toschner. He served in the United States Air Force and was an electrician, having retired in 1990 from the Charleston Naval Shipyard....
Dr. Brantley Arden Strickland
Apr 20, 2018
Dr. Brantley Arden Strickland, 52, of Walterboro, entered into rest early Friday morning, April 20, 2018, surrounded by his loving family following a long and courageous battle for his life at McLeod Medical Center in Florence.
Born May 7, 1965, in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was the oldest born to James Arden “Jimmy” Strickland and Ilona Hiers...
Jerry Poole, Sr.
Apr 19, 2018
Mr. Robert Gerald Poole, Sr., known to everyone as “Jerry”, 77, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Colleton Medical Center. One of his final statements on the day he passed away was, “I loved the Lord and I served my country”-Jerry, April 19, 2018.
Born August 17, 1940, he was a son...
Marvin Bennett
Apr 17, 2018
Mr. Marvin Terrell Bennett, 71, of Varnville, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at Trident Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock, Friday afternoon, April 20, 2018 at Spirit of Life Ministries in Varnville. Interment will follow in Varnville Cemetery.
Born July 29, 1946 in Varnville, he was the son of the...
Jimmy Thomas
Apr 15, 2018
Mr. James Wiley Thomas, Sr., known to all as “Jimmy”, 70, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Sunday morning, April 15, 2018 at Trident Medical Center in North Charleston.
Funeral services will be conducted 11 o’clock Wednesday morning, April 18, 2018 from The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Chapel, Walterboro. The Revered Richard Summey officiating.
...James Zirk
Apr 12, 2018
Mr. James Edward Zirk, 64, of Cordova, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018 at his residence. born august 31, 1953 in Keyser, West Virginia, he was a son of Noah James Zirk and Eula Virginia Hall Zirk.
Arrangements will be announced at a later date by our Walterboro Chapel.
Ebony Sue Matteson
Apr 11, 2018
Mrs. Ebony Sue Matteson, age 52, entered into rest Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
A memorial service will be held 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, April 17, 2018, at Redeemed Holiness Church in St. Stephens. The Reverend Jerry Causey officiating.
Born September 7, 1965, in Summerville, she was a daughter of Josef Kocsis and the late Mary...
Frieda Hiers
Apr 11, 2018
Mrs. Frieda S. Hiers, 66, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at Colleton Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon, Friday, April 13, 2018 at Grace Advent Christian Church, 398 Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends beginning at...
Local Obituaries in Walterboro, Ehrhardt, Varnville, and Surrounding Areas
Robie Tracy
Apr 29, 2018
Mr. Robie Willie Tracy, 59, of Cottageville, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018 at his residence.
Born August 24, 1958 in Cottageville, he was a son of the late Lloyd Edgar Tracy and Elaine Victoria Muckelvaney Creel. He attended Little Rock Holiness Church. Robie will be remembered as a constant comedian who loved helping people, always made...
John Thomas Stieglitz, Jr.
Apr 28, 2018
Mr. John Thomas Stieglitz, Jr., 73, entered into rest Saturday afternoon, April 28, 2018, with his devoted wife of fifty-one years, Mrs. Kathy Phelps-Stieglitz at his side in his home in Walterboro.
Born November 11, 1944 in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was a son of the late John Thomas Stieglitz, Sr. and the late Alma Jones Stieglitz. ...
Mary Shill
Apr 28, 2018
Mrs. Mary Ellen Walling Shill, 77, of Walterboro, passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018 at her residence. She was the widow of the late John Shill.
Funeral services will be held 11 am, Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at Peniel Baptist Church. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
Born October 28, 1940 in Ruffin, she was...
Stevie Blocker
Apr 28, 2018
Mr. James Stephen Blocker, affectionately known by all as “Stevie”, age 64, entered into rest Saturday afternoon, April 28, 2018, surrounded by his loving family at his home in Walterboro, while under the care of Amedisys Hospice. He was the husband of the late Mrs. Jeanne Blocker.
Born December 31, 1953, in Walterboro, he was a son...
Leona Broderick Hughes
Apr 26, 2018
Mrs. Leona Broderick Hughes, 90, of the Azalea Patch Community in Ruffin, entered into rest Thursday morning, April 26, 2018, at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro. She was married to the late Mr. Herman John Broderick and to the late Mr. Wilbur Lewis Hughes, Jr.
Born August 26, 1927, in the Hudson Mill area of Colleton...
Rachel Roberts
Apr 26, 2018
Mrs. Rachel H. Roberts, 66, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Thursday, April 26, 2018 at her residence.
A memorial service will be held 2 pm, Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at The Brice Herndon Funeral Chapel, Walterboro.
Mrs. Roberts was born February 2, 1952 in Brooksville, Florida. She attended Refuge Church. She was a loving...
Cathy Elkins
Apr 25, 2018
Mrs. Catherine Hiott Elkins, 70, of Round O, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at Pruitt Healthcare in Walterboro.
Funeral services will be held 3 o’clock, Sunday afternoon, April 29, 2018 at Welch Creek Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends Sunday from 2 pm until...
Georgia Ruth Stanfield
Apr 23, 2018
Mrs. Georgia Ruth Stanfield, 92, entered into rest Monday morning, April 23, 2018 at her home in Cottageville. She was the wife of the late Mr. Hubert Allen Stanfield.
Born October 26, 1925, in Walterboro, she was a daughter of the late George Hampton Robertson and the late Minnie Lee Cook Robertson. She was a member of...
Martha L. Osterhout
Apr 22, 2018
Mrs. Martha Leola Osterhout, 94, a longtime resident of Charlotte, North Carolina, entered into rest Sunday, April 22, 2018, at the Veteran's Victory House in Walterboro. Mrs. Osterhout, wife of the late Mr. Burdell S. Osterhout, served in the United States Navy during World War II and was the retired owner of Osterhout Hair Styling as well as a...
Bernice Bowers
Apr 21, 2018
Mrs. Bernice Roberts Bowers, 92, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Saturday, April 21, 2018 at her residence.
A private graveside funeral service will be held Wednesday at Black Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
Born February 10, 1926 in Colleton County, she was the last surviving child of the late Elijah Franklin Roberts and Leona Benton...
Ricky Lemacks
Apr 20, 2018
Mr. Ricky Allen Lemacks, 54, entered into rest Friday, April 20, 2018, at his home in Walterboro.
Born August 17, 1963, in Colleton County, South Carolina he was a son of the late Isaac Benjamin Lemacks and the alte Frances Moore Lemacks Thomas. He was a logger and an avid freshwater fisherman.
Surviving are: four...
Gina Graham
Apr 20, 2018
Gina Renee Winn Graham, 52, of Hampton, South Carolina, fell asleep in death on Friday, April 20, 2018. She was born on October 2, 1965 in Hampton, South Carolina to her parents Charlie Elliott Winn & Connie Ann Stanley Winn.
She is survived by her father, Charlie Elliott Winn of Hampton, SC, her children, Renee Ann Winn...
Jack Toschner
Apr 20, 2018
Mr. Jack Wayne Toschner, 82, of Walterboro, died Friday, April 20, 2018, at the Veteran’s Victory House in Walterboro.
Born May 18, 1935, in Merrill, Wisconsin, he was the youngest son of Louis and Elma Toschner. He served in the United States Air Force and was an electrician, having retired in 1990 from the Charleston Naval Shipyard....
Dr. Brantley Arden Strickland
Apr 20, 2018
Dr. Brantley Arden Strickland, 52, of Walterboro, entered into rest early Friday morning, April 20, 2018, surrounded by his loving family following a long and courageous battle for his life at McLeod Medical Center in Florence.
Born May 7, 1965, in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was the oldest born to James Arden “Jimmy” Strickland and Ilona Hiers...
Jerry Poole, Sr.
Apr 19, 2018
Mr. Robert Gerald Poole, Sr., known to everyone as “Jerry”, 77, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Thursday, April 19, 2018 at Colleton Medical Center. One of his final statements on the day he passed away was, “I loved the Lord and I served my country”-Jerry, April 19, 2018.
Born August 17, 1940, he was a son...
Marvin Bennett
Apr 17, 2018
Mr. Marvin Terrell Bennett, 71, of Varnville, passed away Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at Trident Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock, Friday afternoon, April 20, 2018 at Spirit of Life Ministries in Varnville. Interment will follow in Varnville Cemetery.
Born July 29, 1946 in Varnville, he was the son of the...
Jimmy Thomas
Apr 15, 2018
Mr. James Wiley Thomas, Sr., known to all as “Jimmy”, 70, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Sunday morning, April 15, 2018 at Trident Medical Center in North Charleston.
Funeral services will be conducted 11 o’clock Wednesday morning, April 18, 2018 from The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Chapel, Walterboro. The Revered Richard Summey officiating.
...James Zirk
Apr 12, 2018
Mr. James Edward Zirk, 64, of Cordova, passed away Thursday, April 12, 2018 at his residence. born august 31, 1953 in Keyser, West Virginia, he was a son of Noah James Zirk and Eula Virginia Hall Zirk.
Arrangements will be announced at a later date by our Walterboro Chapel.
Ebony Sue Matteson
Apr 11, 2018
Mrs. Ebony Sue Matteson, age 52, entered into rest Wednesday, April 11, 2018.
A memorial service will be held 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, April 17, 2018, at Redeemed Holiness Church in St. Stephens. The Reverend Jerry Causey officiating.
Born September 7, 1965, in Summerville, she was a daughter of Josef Kocsis and the late Mary...
Frieda Hiers
Apr 11, 2018
Mrs. Frieda S. Hiers, 66, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, April 11, 2018 at Colleton Medical Center.
Funeral services will be held at 12 noon, Friday, April 13, 2018 at Grace Advent Christian Church, 398 Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
The family will receive friends beginning at...


