Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina

Darthy Fender
Jan 8, 2012
Biography Miss Darthy Dorothy Fender, 82, of Maple Ridge Road, Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Sunday, January 8, 2012 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Sarah Pauline Zeigler Fender. She is survived by her brother, Russell Fender of Walterboro; and her nephews, Randy Preston Fender and Harold Thomas Fender, all of Walterboro. Graveside services...

Johnny Evans
Jan 6, 2012
Mr. Johnny Lee Evans, 64, of Walterboro, died Friday, January 6, 2012. He was the son of Johnny Adam Evans and Thelma Pye Evans. Surviving are: his wife, Myra Kay Evans; children, Cheryl Evans, Karen Evans Smoak, Jennifer Evans Moke, Johnny Evans, Jr., Ricky L. Boyd, Jeffrey G. Boyd, Robert A. Boyd, Benjamin J. Boyd, Misty Evans Baynard and Ruby...

Dock Pennington Tant
Jan 3, 2012
Biography
Dock Pennington Tant passed away peacefully on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at her daughter's home surronded by family. Dock was only a few weeks away fron her 90th birthday, she had endured a 6-month struggle with colon cancer. Dock was born January 22, 1922 in the front bedroom at Long Brow Plantation in Wiggins, South...

Margaruite Tant
Jan 2, 2012
Biography
Mrs. Margaruite Cooler Tant, "MeMe", 79, of Frog Hollow Street, Varnville, entered into eternal rest Monday, January 2, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held 2 pm, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Sandy Run Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Sandy Run Cemetery. Mrs. Tant was born April 19, 1932 in Hardeeville and was a...
Roy Fender
Jan 1, 2012
Biography
Mayor Roy Lovell Fender, 78, of Lodge Highway, Lodge, entered into eternal rest Sunday, January 1, 2012 at Roper St. Francis Hospital in Charleston. He was the husband of the late Anne Ruth Varnadoe Fender, to whom he was married for fifty years. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon, January 4, 2012 at The...

Ann Dubose
Dec 28, 2011
Biography
Mrs. Ann Thomson DuBose, 81, of Merrick Drive, Round O, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Colleton Medical Center. She was the wife of the late John W. "Buck" DuBose. Mrs. DuBose was born December 19, 1930 in West Chester, Pennsylvania and was a daughter of the late Eber Y. Thomson, Sr. and Mary Etta...

Claude Rentz
Dec 26, 2011
Send Flowers | Send Card Claude H. Rentz April 22, 1921 - December 26, 2011
Mr. Claude Harper Rentz, 90, of 7257 Howells Mill Road, Ehrhardt, entered into eternal rest Monday, December 26, 2011 at Providence Hospital in Columbia. He was the husband of the late Alberta Strickland Rentz, to whom he was married for 59 years. Funeral services...

Raymond Iriel
Dec 25, 2011
Mr. Raymond Lee Iriel, 58, of Lowcountry Highway, Ruffin, entered into eternal rest Sunday, December 25, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10 am, Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Shiloh Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Iriel was born June 24, 1953 in Colleton County and was a son of the...

Dorothy Beheler
Dec 22, 2011
Biography Mrs. Dorothy Fender Beheler, 85, of Ehrhardt, widow of DC Beheler, entered into eternal rest Thursday, December 22, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 pm until the hour of service at the...

Shirley Crosby
Dec 22, 2011
Mrs. Shirley Crosby, 66, of Brittlebank Road, Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Thursday, December 22, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Crosby was born August 31, 1945 and was a daughter of the late John Cornelius Crosby and Sarah Roberts Crosby. She loved hunting and especially loved fishing with her best friends; but most of all, she loved spending time with...

Annette Helmey
Dec 21, 2011
Biography
Mrs. Annette Mae Clouston Helmey, 76, of Burlington Road, Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Colleton Medical Center. A memorial service will be held 7 pm, Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Canaan Baptist Church. Mrs. Helmey was born September 3, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY and was a daughter of the late John R. Clouston,...

William Hickman
Dec 18, 2011
Biography
Mr. William Washington Hickman, 63, of Cottageville, entered into eternal rest Sunday, December 18, 2011. He was born April 19, 1948 in Colleton County and was a son of the late Burley Glen Hickman, Sr. and Ethel Dandridge Jordan. Mr. Hickman was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. In his spare time he enjoyed playing music...

Nancy Clifton
Dec 17, 2011
Biography
Mrs. Nancy Cecile Rhoden Clifton, 52, wife of Michael Alan Clifton, of 740 Doctor Young Road, Varnville, S.C., entered eternal rest on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the Hampton Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 3 PM Monday in the VARNVILLE CHAPEL of the BRICE W.HERNDON & SONS FUNERAL HOME. Interment will follow in the Sandy...

Catherine Gardner
Dec 14, 2011
Biography Ms. Catherine Jean Gardner, 42, of Hope Plantation Road, Jacksonboro, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, December 14, 2011. She was born February 10, 1969 in Colleton County and was a daughter of Clarence Toomer and the late Nancy Gatch Brown. She had worked in the family business, Toomer's Restaurant, in Jacksonboro for many years, was a former beautician at...

Richard Taylor
Dec 8, 2011
Biography
Mr. Richard Alan Taylor, 46, of Ruffin, entered into eternal rest Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Colleton Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm, Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Shiloh Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Taylor was born November 22, 1965 and was a son of Mendel and Venita Iriel...

Patricia Mcclain
Dec 7, 2011
Biography Mrs. Patricia Wilson McClain, 66, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, December 7, 2011. A memorial service will be held 5 pm, Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Faith Crossing Baptist Church, Sniders Highway, Walterboro. Mrs. McClain was born May 7, 1945 in Colleton County and was a daughter of the late Ernest Wilson and Simme Lee Carter Wilson....

Ralph Brown
Dec 5, 2011
Biography
Mr. Ralph Leroy Brown, Jr., known to all as "Buddy", 54, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Monday, December 5, 2011 at MUSC. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon, Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. Interment will be held at 2 pm at Beaufort National Cemetery. Mr....

Rogers Judy
Dec 4, 2011
Biography
Mr. Rogers Lavern Judy, 88, of Rehoboth Road, Cottageville, entered into eternal rest, Sunday, December 4, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 11 am, Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. Interment will follow in Bedon Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Judy was born October 7, 1923 in...

Pauline Crawford
Dec 3, 2011
Biography Mrs. Pauline Ritter Crawford, 93, of Walterboro, was called home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 3, 2011. She was born September 4, 1918 in Walterboro. Funeral services will be held 3 pm, Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Living Word Church, 1705 Barracada Road, Walterboro. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON...
Local Obituaries in Walterboro, Ehrhardt, Varnville, and Surrounding Areas

Darthy Fender
Jan 8, 2012
Biography Miss Darthy Dorothy Fender, 82, of Maple Ridge Road, Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Sunday, January 8, 2012 at her residence. She was the daughter of the late Thomas and Sarah Pauline Zeigler Fender. She is survived by her brother, Russell Fender of Walterboro; and her nephews, Randy Preston Fender and Harold Thomas Fender, all of Walterboro. Graveside services...

Johnny Evans
Jan 6, 2012
Mr. Johnny Lee Evans, 64, of Walterboro, died Friday, January 6, 2012. He was the son of Johnny Adam Evans and Thelma Pye Evans. Surviving are: his wife, Myra Kay Evans; children, Cheryl Evans, Karen Evans Smoak, Jennifer Evans Moke, Johnny Evans, Jr., Ricky L. Boyd, Jeffrey G. Boyd, Robert A. Boyd, Benjamin J. Boyd, Misty Evans Baynard and Ruby...

Dock Pennington Tant
Jan 3, 2012
Biography
Dock Pennington Tant passed away peacefully on the afternoon of Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at her daughter's home surronded by family. Dock was only a few weeks away fron her 90th birthday, she had endured a 6-month struggle with colon cancer. Dock was born January 22, 1922 in the front bedroom at Long Brow Plantation in Wiggins, South...

Margaruite Tant
Jan 2, 2012
Biography
Mrs. Margaruite Cooler Tant, "MeMe", 79, of Frog Hollow Street, Varnville, entered into eternal rest Monday, January 2, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held 2 pm, Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at Sandy Run Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the Sandy Run Cemetery. Mrs. Tant was born April 19, 1932 in Hardeeville and was a...
Roy Fender
Jan 1, 2012
Biography
Mayor Roy Lovell Fender, 78, of Lodge Highway, Lodge, entered into eternal rest Sunday, January 1, 2012 at Roper St. Francis Hospital in Charleston. He was the husband of the late Anne Ruth Varnadoe Fender, to whom he was married for fifty years. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock Wednesday afternoon, January 4, 2012 at The...

Ann Dubose
Dec 28, 2011
Biography
Mrs. Ann Thomson DuBose, 81, of Merrick Drive, Round O, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Colleton Medical Center. She was the wife of the late John W. "Buck" DuBose. Mrs. DuBose was born December 19, 1930 in West Chester, Pennsylvania and was a daughter of the late Eber Y. Thomson, Sr. and Mary Etta...

Claude Rentz
Dec 26, 2011
Send Flowers | Send Card Claude H. Rentz April 22, 1921 - December 26, 2011
Mr. Claude Harper Rentz, 90, of 7257 Howells Mill Road, Ehrhardt, entered into eternal rest Monday, December 26, 2011 at Providence Hospital in Columbia. He was the husband of the late Alberta Strickland Rentz, to whom he was married for 59 years. Funeral services...

Raymond Iriel
Dec 25, 2011
Mr. Raymond Lee Iriel, 58, of Lowcountry Highway, Ruffin, entered into eternal rest Sunday, December 25, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 10 am, Wednesday, December 28, 2011 at Shiloh Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Iriel was born June 24, 1953 in Colleton County and was a son of the...

Dorothy Beheler
Dec 22, 2011
Biography Mrs. Dorothy Fender Beheler, 85, of Ehrhardt, widow of DC Beheler, entered into eternal rest Thursday, December 22, 2011. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm, Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2 pm until the hour of service at the...

Shirley Crosby
Dec 22, 2011
Mrs. Shirley Crosby, 66, of Brittlebank Road, Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Thursday, December 22, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Crosby was born August 31, 1945 and was a daughter of the late John Cornelius Crosby and Sarah Roberts Crosby. She loved hunting and especially loved fishing with her best friends; but most of all, she loved spending time with...

Annette Helmey
Dec 21, 2011
Biography
Mrs. Annette Mae Clouston Helmey, 76, of Burlington Road, Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at Colleton Medical Center. A memorial service will be held 7 pm, Thursday, December 29, 2011 at Canaan Baptist Church. Mrs. Helmey was born September 3, 1935 in Brooklyn, NY and was a daughter of the late John R. Clouston,...

William Hickman
Dec 18, 2011
Biography
Mr. William Washington Hickman, 63, of Cottageville, entered into eternal rest Sunday, December 18, 2011. He was born April 19, 1948 in Colleton County and was a son of the late Burley Glen Hickman, Sr. and Ethel Dandridge Jordan. Mr. Hickman was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting and fishing. In his spare time he enjoyed playing music...

Nancy Clifton
Dec 17, 2011
Biography
Mrs. Nancy Cecile Rhoden Clifton, 52, wife of Michael Alan Clifton, of 740 Doctor Young Road, Varnville, S.C., entered eternal rest on Saturday, December 17, 2011 at the Hampton Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held 3 PM Monday in the VARNVILLE CHAPEL of the BRICE W.HERNDON & SONS FUNERAL HOME. Interment will follow in the Sandy...

Catherine Gardner
Dec 14, 2011
Biography Ms. Catherine Jean Gardner, 42, of Hope Plantation Road, Jacksonboro, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, December 14, 2011. She was born February 10, 1969 in Colleton County and was a daughter of Clarence Toomer and the late Nancy Gatch Brown. She had worked in the family business, Toomer's Restaurant, in Jacksonboro for many years, was a former beautician at...

Richard Taylor
Dec 8, 2011
Biography
Mr. Richard Alan Taylor, 46, of Ruffin, entered into eternal rest Thursday, December 8, 2011 at Colleton Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm, Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Shiloh Baptist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Taylor was born November 22, 1965 and was a son of Mendel and Venita Iriel...

Patricia Mcclain
Dec 7, 2011
Biography Mrs. Patricia Wilson McClain, 66, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Wednesday, December 7, 2011. A memorial service will be held 5 pm, Saturday, December 10, 2011 at Faith Crossing Baptist Church, Sniders Highway, Walterboro. Mrs. McClain was born May 7, 1945 in Colleton County and was a daughter of the late Ernest Wilson and Simme Lee Carter Wilson....

Ralph Brown
Dec 5, 2011
Biography
Mr. Ralph Leroy Brown, Jr., known to all as "Buddy", 54, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Monday, December 5, 2011 at MUSC. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon, Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. Interment will be held at 2 pm at Beaufort National Cemetery. Mr....

Rogers Judy
Dec 4, 2011
Biography
Mr. Rogers Lavern Judy, 88, of Rehoboth Road, Cottageville, entered into eternal rest, Sunday, December 4, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held 11 am, Wednesday, December 7, 2011 at The Brice W. Herndon and Sons Funeral Home, Walterboro Chapel. Interment will follow in Bedon Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Judy was born October 7, 1923 in...

Pauline Crawford
Dec 3, 2011
Biography Mrs. Pauline Ritter Crawford, 93, of Walterboro, was called home to be with the Lord on Saturday, December 3, 2011. She was born September 4, 1918 in Walterboro. Funeral services will be held 3 pm, Sunday, December 4, 2011 at Living Word Church, 1705 Barracada Road, Walterboro. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON...