Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina

Walter Creel
Feb 16, 2017
Mr. Walter Creel, Jr., 74, of Cottageville, passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Trident Medical Center.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 am, Monday, February 20, 2017 at Little Rock Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery, Augusta Highway, Cottageville.
Born August 5, 1942 in Cottageville, he was a son of the late Walter Creel,...
Wanda Workman Davis
Feb 16, 2017
Mrs. Wanda Sue Davis, age 64, of Round O, entered into rest Thursday, February 16, 2017, at River Oaks in Beaufort, after a long battle with cancer. She was the widow of Mr. George Benjamin Davis.
Born June 11, 1952, in Mingo County, West Virginia, she was raised in Columbus, Ohio prior to making South...

Andy Hiott
Feb 15, 2017
Mr. Andy Monroe Hiott, age 56, entered into rest early Wednesday morning, February 15, 2017, at his home in Walterboro.
Funeral services will be conducted 11 o’clock Friday morning, February 17, 2017, from the graveside at Glendale Memorial Cemetery, 2210 Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro.
Born February 22, 1960, in Colleton County,...
Ronnie Groves
Feb 14, 2017
Mr. Ronald “Ronnie” Mitchell Groves, Jr., 51, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Hospice of Charleston in Mount Pleasant.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, February 17, 2017 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. Interment will follow in Jones Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church...
Ryan Still
Feb 10, 2017
Mr. Ryan Luther Still, 82, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Friday, February 10, 2017.
Funeral services will be held at 3 pm, Monday, February 13, 2017 at First Baptist Church of Walterboro, 124 South Memorial Avenue, Walterboro. Interment will follow in Doctor’s Creek Baptist Church, 126 Doctor’s Creek Road, Walterboro.
The family will receive...
Lem Morgan, Iii
Feb 10, 2017
Mr. Lemuel Ted Morgan, III, affectionaly know as “Lem”, age 64, entered into rest Friday morning, February 10, 2017, while surrounded by his loving family at his home in Walterboro while under the care of Amedisys Hospice.
A son of the late Lemuel Ted Morgan, Jr. and the late Mary Nette Stuckey Morgan, he was...

Amiee Harrison Parris
Feb 9, 2017
Aimee Porter Harrison Parris entered into eternal rest February 9, 2017, after a brief illness. She was a resident of Auckland Plantation in Colleton County and also resided in Ehrhardt and Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
Aimee was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1963. Aimee was the wife of James L. Parris, of Auckland Plantation and Mt. Pleasant,...
Eva Layden
Feb 8, 2017
Mrs. Eva Russell Layden, 81, of Ehrhardt, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Trident Medical Center in Charleston. She was the widow of Sidney Thomas Layden, Jr.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am, Saturday, February 11, 2017 at St. John’s Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Ehrhardt Cemetery.
The family will receive...
James Hinton Wood, Jr.
Feb 8, 2017
Mr. James Hinton “Jim” Wood, Jr., age 79, entered into rest Wednesday morning, February 8, 2017, at his home in Adams Run. He was the husband of the late Mrs. Patricia C. Wood.
Funeral services will be conducted 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, February 11, 2017, from the graveside in Adams Run Cemetery, Highway 174, Adams...
Norma Jane Lyons
Feb 7, 2017
Mrs. Norma Jane Beach Lyons, 78, of Walterboro, entered into rest Tuesday morning, February 7, 2017, at her residence.
Graveside funeral services will be conducted 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, February 9, 2017 at Mount Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery, 5277 Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro.
Born April 29, 1938 in Walterboro, she was a daughter of...
Myrtle Diane Doster
Feb 7, 2017
Mrs. Myrtle Diane Doster, 71, of Round O, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at her residence.
A memorial service will be held 6 pm Friday, February 10, 2017 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service until 8 pm.
Born October...
Gladys Gaskins
Feb 6, 2017
Gladys Herndon Gaskins, 85, of Walterboro, passed away peacefully on Monday afternoon, February 6, 2017.
She was the beloved daughter of the late John Gary Herndon and Alvie Warren Herndon. She was a loving and devoted mother to Richard G. Gaskins, Robert G. Gaskins of Walterboro, Linda G. Savage (Lawrence) of Edisto Island, and Vence H. Gaskins...

Erika Clairee Abbott
Jan 31, 2017
Ms. Erika Clairee Abbott, 85, of Cottageville, entered into rest Tuesday afternoon, January 31, 2017, at Hollander Senior Living in Monroe, Georgia. She was the widow of Mr. Earl Edward Abbott.
Born March 10, 1931, in the Rehn River Valley of Germany, she was a daughter of the late Hermann Schneider and the late Erna...

Ronald Lanter
Jan 31, 2017
Mr. Ronald Wayne Lanter, 77, of Allendale, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am, Monday, February 6, 2017 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Varnville-Hampton Chapel. Interment will follow in Varnville Cemetery.
Born February 7, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, he was a...
Dink Tripp
Jan 29, 2017
Mr. Dink Tripp, 81, entered into eternal rest Sunday, January 29, 2017 at his residence near the Sniders Community of Ruffin.
Funeral services will be held 4 o’clock, Wednesday afternoon, February 1, 2017 at The House of Prayer, 10756 Lowcountry Highway, Ruffin. Interment will follow in Smoak Cemetery, Ruffin.
Born March...
Martha Walling Dowler
Jan 29, 2017
Mrs. Martha Walling Dowler, 78, of the Ashton Community near Islandton, entered into eternal rest Sunday evening, January 29, 2017, at her home. Martha was the loving wife of fifty-two years to the late Master Sergeant Lawrence Edwin “Ed” Dowler, United States Air Force (Ret.) at the time of his death in 2011.
Funeral services...
Patricia Wanda Winn Kuykendall
Jan 24, 2017
Mrs. Patricia Wanda Winn Kuykendall, 61, of North Augusta, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.
Graveside funeral services will be held 11 am, Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Sandy Run Cemetery, Sandy Run Road, Hampton.
Born May 24, 1955, she was a daughter of the late Robert...

Lois Tuten
Jan 21, 2017
Mrs. Lois Mae Moore Tuten, age 81, a lifelong resident of Hendersonville, entered into rest Saturday morning, January 21, 2017, at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro. She was the widow of Mr. Riddick Wylie Tuten.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, January 24, 2017, from the graveside in Black Creek Baptist Churchyard, 4931...
Connie Winn
Jan 20, 2017
Connie Ann Stanley Winn, 70, was born on October 25, 1946, to the late Harry and Mattie Stanley in Varnville, South Carolina. Connie passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, after an extended illness.
Connie is survived by her husband, Charlie Elliott Winn of Hampton, SC; her...
Roy Pleasant
Jan 19, 2017
Roy Lee Pleasant, Jr. “Bob”, 88, of Cottageville, SC, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, quietly passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at his home.
He was a man of strong faith who was a deacon at Westside Baptist Church in West Columbia, SC. He was a kind and selfless man who enjoyed helping others...
Local Obituaries in Walterboro, Ehrhardt, Varnville, and Surrounding Areas

Walter Creel
Feb 16, 2017
Mr. Walter Creel, Jr., 74, of Cottageville, passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Trident Medical Center.
Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 am, Monday, February 20, 2017 at Little Rock Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery, Augusta Highway, Cottageville.
Born August 5, 1942 in Cottageville, he was a son of the late Walter Creel,...
Wanda Workman Davis
Feb 16, 2017
Mrs. Wanda Sue Davis, age 64, of Round O, entered into rest Thursday, February 16, 2017, at River Oaks in Beaufort, after a long battle with cancer. She was the widow of Mr. George Benjamin Davis.
Born June 11, 1952, in Mingo County, West Virginia, she was raised in Columbus, Ohio prior to making South...

Andy Hiott
Feb 15, 2017
Mr. Andy Monroe Hiott, age 56, entered into rest early Wednesday morning, February 15, 2017, at his home in Walterboro.
Funeral services will be conducted 11 o’clock Friday morning, February 17, 2017, from the graveside at Glendale Memorial Cemetery, 2210 Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro.
Born February 22, 1960, in Colleton County,...
Ronnie Groves
Feb 14, 2017
Mr. Ronald “Ronnie” Mitchell Groves, Jr., 51, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, February 14, 2017 at Hospice of Charleston in Mount Pleasant.
Funeral services will be held at 3 o’clock Friday afternoon, February 17, 2017 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. Interment will follow in Jones Swamp Pentecostal Holiness Church...
Ryan Still
Feb 10, 2017
Mr. Ryan Luther Still, 82, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Friday, February 10, 2017.
Funeral services will be held at 3 pm, Monday, February 13, 2017 at First Baptist Church of Walterboro, 124 South Memorial Avenue, Walterboro. Interment will follow in Doctor’s Creek Baptist Church, 126 Doctor’s Creek Road, Walterboro.
The family will receive...
Lem Morgan, Iii
Feb 10, 2017
Mr. Lemuel Ted Morgan, III, affectionaly know as “Lem”, age 64, entered into rest Friday morning, February 10, 2017, while surrounded by his loving family at his home in Walterboro while under the care of Amedisys Hospice.
A son of the late Lemuel Ted Morgan, Jr. and the late Mary Nette Stuckey Morgan, he was...

Amiee Harrison Parris
Feb 9, 2017
Aimee Porter Harrison Parris entered into eternal rest February 9, 2017, after a brief illness. She was a resident of Auckland Plantation in Colleton County and also resided in Ehrhardt and Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina.
Aimee was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1963. Aimee was the wife of James L. Parris, of Auckland Plantation and Mt. Pleasant,...
Eva Layden
Feb 8, 2017
Mrs. Eva Russell Layden, 81, of Ehrhardt, passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at Trident Medical Center in Charleston. She was the widow of Sidney Thomas Layden, Jr.
Funeral services will be held at 11 am, Saturday, February 11, 2017 at St. John’s Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Ehrhardt Cemetery.
The family will receive...
James Hinton Wood, Jr.
Feb 8, 2017
Mr. James Hinton “Jim” Wood, Jr., age 79, entered into rest Wednesday morning, February 8, 2017, at his home in Adams Run. He was the husband of the late Mrs. Patricia C. Wood.
Funeral services will be conducted 4 o’clock Saturday afternoon, February 11, 2017, from the graveside in Adams Run Cemetery, Highway 174, Adams...
Norma Jane Lyons
Feb 7, 2017
Mrs. Norma Jane Beach Lyons, 78, of Walterboro, entered into rest Tuesday morning, February 7, 2017, at her residence.
Graveside funeral services will be conducted 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon, February 9, 2017 at Mount Carmel United Methodist Church Cemetery, 5277 Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro.
Born April 29, 1938 in Walterboro, she was a daughter of...
Myrtle Diane Doster
Feb 7, 2017
Mrs. Myrtle Diane Doster, 71, of Round O, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, February 7, 2017 at her residence.
A memorial service will be held 6 pm Friday, February 10, 2017 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service until 8 pm.
Born October...
Gladys Gaskins
Feb 6, 2017
Gladys Herndon Gaskins, 85, of Walterboro, passed away peacefully on Monday afternoon, February 6, 2017.
She was the beloved daughter of the late John Gary Herndon and Alvie Warren Herndon. She was a loving and devoted mother to Richard G. Gaskins, Robert G. Gaskins of Walterboro, Linda G. Savage (Lawrence) of Edisto Island, and Vence H. Gaskins...

Erika Clairee Abbott
Jan 31, 2017
Ms. Erika Clairee Abbott, 85, of Cottageville, entered into rest Tuesday afternoon, January 31, 2017, at Hollander Senior Living in Monroe, Georgia. She was the widow of Mr. Earl Edward Abbott.
Born March 10, 1931, in the Rehn River Valley of Germany, she was a daughter of the late Hermann Schneider and the late Erna...

Ronald Lanter
Jan 31, 2017
Mr. Ronald Wayne Lanter, 77, of Allendale, passed away Tuesday, January 31, 2017 at his residence.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am, Monday, February 6, 2017 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Varnville-Hampton Chapel. Interment will follow in Varnville Cemetery.
Born February 7, 1939 in Chicago, Illinois, he was a...
Dink Tripp
Jan 29, 2017
Mr. Dink Tripp, 81, entered into eternal rest Sunday, January 29, 2017 at his residence near the Sniders Community of Ruffin.
Funeral services will be held 4 o’clock, Wednesday afternoon, February 1, 2017 at The House of Prayer, 10756 Lowcountry Highway, Ruffin. Interment will follow in Smoak Cemetery, Ruffin.
Born March...
Martha Walling Dowler
Jan 29, 2017
Mrs. Martha Walling Dowler, 78, of the Ashton Community near Islandton, entered into eternal rest Sunday evening, January 29, 2017, at her home. Martha was the loving wife of fifty-two years to the late Master Sergeant Lawrence Edwin “Ed” Dowler, United States Air Force (Ret.) at the time of his death in 2011.
Funeral services...
Patricia Wanda Winn Kuykendall
Jan 24, 2017
Mrs. Patricia Wanda Winn Kuykendall, 61, of North Augusta, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.
Graveside funeral services will be held 11 am, Saturday, January 28, 2017 at Sandy Run Cemetery, Sandy Run Road, Hampton.
Born May 24, 1955, she was a daughter of the late Robert...

Lois Tuten
Jan 21, 2017
Mrs. Lois Mae Moore Tuten, age 81, a lifelong resident of Hendersonville, entered into rest Saturday morning, January 21, 2017, at the Colleton Medical Center in Walterboro. She was the widow of Mr. Riddick Wylie Tuten.
Funeral services will be conducted 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, January 24, 2017, from the graveside in Black Creek Baptist Churchyard, 4931...
Connie Winn
Jan 20, 2017
Connie Ann Stanley Winn, 70, was born on October 25, 1946, to the late Harry and Mattie Stanley in Varnville, South Carolina. Connie passed away on Friday, January 20, 2017 at Bon Secours St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, South Carolina, after an extended illness.
Connie is survived by her husband, Charlie Elliott Winn of Hampton, SC; her...
Roy Pleasant
Jan 19, 2017
Roy Lee Pleasant, Jr. “Bob”, 88, of Cottageville, SC, beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather, quietly passed away on Thursday, January 19, 2017 at his home.
He was a man of strong faith who was a deacon at Westside Baptist Church in West Columbia, SC. He was a kind and selfless man who enjoyed helping others...