Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Huntersville & Denver in North Carolina
Shirley Sue Plumley
Jun 4, 2021
Shirley Sue Plumley, 57, of Walterboro, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Friday evening, June 4, 2021, at Colleton County Medical Center.
Born September 20, 1963, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was a daughter to the late Mr. James Everett Blackburn and the late Mrs. Margaret Lucille Stuart Blackburn.
Shirley was best known as the angel...
Doris Brabham Benton
Jun 2, 2021
Mrs. Doris Brabham Benton, 96, entered into rest Wednesday afternoon, June 2, 2021, at her residence in the Forest Hills area of Walterboro. She was the wife of the late Mr. Paul Revere Benton.
Born June 12, 1924, Lodge, South Carolina and was a daughter of the late Jesse DuBoise Brabham and the late Laura Mae Ulmer...
Ronald Edward Demers, Sr.
Jun 2, 2021
Mr. Ronald Edward Demers, 68, of Varnville, entered into rest Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at his residence.
Born October 26, 1952 in Rutland, Vermont, he was a son of the late Amos Eloise Demers and Dorothy Viola O’Brien. He served in the Army National Guard and was a retired general contractor. He loved the outdoors, hunting, and...
Sandra Polk Harrelson
Jun 2, 2021
Mrs. Sandra Polk Harrelson, 74, of Varnville, entered into rest Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Larry Paul Harrelson.
Born September 9, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Elliot Calvin Polk and Verlee DeLoach Polk. She was a retired clerk and treasurer for the Town of...
Arnold Smoak
Jun 1, 2021
Mr. Albert Arnold Smoak, 69, of Walterboro, entered into rest Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at his residence.
Born April 12, 1952, in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Josh Kirk Smoak and the late Kathryn Kicklighter Smoak. He was a member of Hendersonville Baptist Church. Arnold will always be remembered as a “Jack...
Joseph Garafano, Jr.
Jun 1, 2021
Mr. Joseph Garafano, Jr. entered into rest eternal Tuesday afternoon, June 1, 2021, at NHC in West Ashely.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by our Walterboro Chapel, 843.538.5408.
Tommy Jones
May 31, 2021
Mr. Thomas Cooper “Tommy” Jones, 71, of Walterboro, entered into rest Monday evening, May 31, 2021, at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Born May 18, 1950, in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Raymond Neal Jones, Sr. and the late Emmadell Hiott Jones. Tommy was a walking encyclopedia of the...
Douglas Doran Anderson
May 29, 2021
Mr. Douglas Doran Anderson, age 67, of Varnville, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Saturday, May 29, 2021, at his residence.
Mr. Douglas was born June 24, 1953, in Roseville, California, to the late Mr. Gary Hart Anderson and the late Mrs. Clara Stella Zander Anderson. He was married to Mrs. Kathy Frances Jenkins Anderson of Varnville....
William "Danny" Daniel Cook
May 29, 2021
Mr. William “Danny” Daniel Cook, 75, of North Charleston, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Saturday morning, May 29, 2021, at his residence.
Danny was born September 12, 1945, in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was the son to the late Mr. Herman Ray Cook and the late Mrs. Merle Katherine Walsh Cook. After the passing of his...
J. Clyde Carter
May 29, 2021
Mr. James Clyde Carter, 90, of Howell’s Mill Road, Bamberg, entered into rest Saturday morning, May 29, 2021, at his residence. He was the loving husband of fifty-six years to the late Mrs. Mary Kinard Carter.
Born October 18, 1930, he was raised by his grandparents, the late Bub and Mattie Carter in the Berea Community of...
Elois Kinsey
May 28, 2021
Mrs. Elois “Lois” Bunch Kinsey, 91, formerly of Ehrhardt, entered into rest Friday, May 28, 2021 at NHC in Garden City. She was the widow of the late Charles Maxwell Kinsey, Jr., to whom she was married for 47 years.
Born April 8, 1930 in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late Hilton Waring Bunch and...

Monika Woodward
May 27, 2021
Ms. Monika Martha Balzer Woodward, 78, of Walterboro, passed away May 27, 2021 under the care of Amedisys Hospice. She was the wife of the late Kenneth Wayne Woodward.
Born August 19, 1942 in Hanover, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Albert Adolf Waldman and Kathe Martha Balzer. She was a retired buyer in the...
Voncil Cooke
May 27, 2021
Mrs. Voncil Winn Cooke, 80, of Varnville, entered into rest Thursday, May 27, 2021, at her daughter’s residence. She was the widow of the late Wyman Cooke.
Born November 26, 1940 in Hampton County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Winn and Eunice Ginn Winn. She retired from the dietary department at Hampton Regional Medical...
Monika Woodward
May 27, 2021
Ms. Monika Woodward, of Cottageville, entered into eternal rest Thursday afternoon, May 27, 2021 at her residence.
Arrangements by The Brice Herndon Funeral Chapels and Crematory, Walterboro Chapel.
Mary Anne Smith
May 27, 2021
Mrs. Mary Anne Myrick Smith, 78, of Grays, entered into rest Thursday morning, May 27, 2021, at Bloome at Belfair in Bluffton.
Born February 1, 1943 in Allendale, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late J.P. Myrick and the late Essie Lou Davis Myrick. She worked many years at Palmetto State Bank in Hampton from...
David Clute
May 27, 2021
Mr. David Reid Clute, 76, of Yemassee, Retired Petty Officer First Class from the United States Navy, husband of the late Sandra Clute, entered into eternal rest Thursday morning, May 27, 2021 at Abercorn Rehabilitation Center in Savannah.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by our Walterboro Chapel.
George Todd, Sr.
May 27, 2021
Mr. George Todd, Sr., 71, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Thursday morning, May 27, 2021 at his residence.
Born June 20, 1949 in Conway, he was a son of the late Clyde Todd and Viva Mae Marsh Todd. He was a heavy equipment operator for the Department of Natural Resources, where he retired in 2010. After...
Judy Rogers Ramsey
May 24, 2021
Mrs. Judy Rogers Ramsey, 72, of Walterboro, entered into rest Monday morning, May 24, 2021, at her residence while under the care of Amedisys Hospice.
Born August 16, 1948, in Chatham County, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Barney Lawton Rogers and the late Myrtice Pauline Turner Rogers. She retired in 2008 as the office...
Ricky Sineath
May 23, 2021
Ricky Dale Sineath, age 60, of Islandton, entered into rest Sunday morning, May 23, 2021, at his residence.
Born July 22, 1960, in Colleton County, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Joe Sineath and the late Mamie Jones Sineath. Ricky was a retired salesman for H.T. Hackney in Orangeburg and was a lifelong member...
Ronald Carrigg
May 22, 2021
Mr. Ronald Carrigg, 62, of Walterboro, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Saturday evening May 22, 2021 at Memorial Health Hospital.
Service arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later.
Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408. Visit the registry...
Local Obituaries in Walterboro, Ehrhardt, Varnville, and Surrounding Areas
Shirley Sue Plumley
Jun 4, 2021
Shirley Sue Plumley, 57, of Walterboro, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Friday evening, June 4, 2021, at Colleton County Medical Center.
Born September 20, 1963, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she was a daughter to the late Mr. James Everett Blackburn and the late Mrs. Margaret Lucille Stuart Blackburn.
Shirley was best known as the angel...
Doris Brabham Benton
Jun 2, 2021
Mrs. Doris Brabham Benton, 96, entered into rest Wednesday afternoon, June 2, 2021, at her residence in the Forest Hills area of Walterboro. She was the wife of the late Mr. Paul Revere Benton.
Born June 12, 1924, Lodge, South Carolina and was a daughter of the late Jesse DuBoise Brabham and the late Laura Mae Ulmer...
Ronald Edward Demers, Sr.
Jun 2, 2021
Mr. Ronald Edward Demers, 68, of Varnville, entered into rest Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at his residence.
Born October 26, 1952 in Rutland, Vermont, he was a son of the late Amos Eloise Demers and Dorothy Viola O’Brien. He served in the Army National Guard and was a retired general contractor. He loved the outdoors, hunting, and...
Sandra Polk Harrelson
Jun 2, 2021
Mrs. Sandra Polk Harrelson, 74, of Varnville, entered into rest Wednesday, June 2, 2021 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. She was the wife of the late Larry Paul Harrelson.
Born September 9, 1946, she was a daughter of the late Elliot Calvin Polk and Verlee DeLoach Polk. She was a retired clerk and treasurer for the Town of...
Arnold Smoak
Jun 1, 2021
Mr. Albert Arnold Smoak, 69, of Walterboro, entered into rest Tuesday, June 1, 2021, at his residence.
Born April 12, 1952, in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Josh Kirk Smoak and the late Kathryn Kicklighter Smoak. He was a member of Hendersonville Baptist Church. Arnold will always be remembered as a “Jack...
Joseph Garafano, Jr.
Jun 1, 2021
Mr. Joseph Garafano, Jr. entered into rest eternal Tuesday afternoon, June 1, 2021, at NHC in West Ashely.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by our Walterboro Chapel, 843.538.5408.
Tommy Jones
May 31, 2021
Mr. Thomas Cooper “Tommy” Jones, 71, of Walterboro, entered into rest Monday evening, May 31, 2021, at The Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston.
Born May 18, 1950, in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Raymond Neal Jones, Sr. and the late Emmadell Hiott Jones. Tommy was a walking encyclopedia of the...
Douglas Doran Anderson
May 29, 2021
Mr. Douglas Doran Anderson, age 67, of Varnville, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Saturday, May 29, 2021, at his residence.
Mr. Douglas was born June 24, 1953, in Roseville, California, to the late Mr. Gary Hart Anderson and the late Mrs. Clara Stella Zander Anderson. He was married to Mrs. Kathy Frances Jenkins Anderson of Varnville....
William "Danny" Daniel Cook
May 29, 2021
Mr. William “Danny” Daniel Cook, 75, of North Charleston, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Saturday morning, May 29, 2021, at his residence.
Danny was born September 12, 1945, in Walterboro, South Carolina, he was the son to the late Mr. Herman Ray Cook and the late Mrs. Merle Katherine Walsh Cook. After the passing of his...
J. Clyde Carter
May 29, 2021
Mr. James Clyde Carter, 90, of Howell’s Mill Road, Bamberg, entered into rest Saturday morning, May 29, 2021, at his residence. He was the loving husband of fifty-six years to the late Mrs. Mary Kinard Carter.
Born October 18, 1930, he was raised by his grandparents, the late Bub and Mattie Carter in the Berea Community of...
Elois Kinsey
May 28, 2021
Mrs. Elois “Lois” Bunch Kinsey, 91, formerly of Ehrhardt, entered into rest Friday, May 28, 2021 at NHC in Garden City. She was the widow of the late Charles Maxwell Kinsey, Jr., to whom she was married for 47 years.
Born April 8, 1930 in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late Hilton Waring Bunch and...

Monika Woodward
May 27, 2021
Ms. Monika Martha Balzer Woodward, 78, of Walterboro, passed away May 27, 2021 under the care of Amedisys Hospice. She was the wife of the late Kenneth Wayne Woodward.
Born August 19, 1942 in Hanover, Germany, she was a daughter of the late Albert Adolf Waldman and Kathe Martha Balzer. She was a retired buyer in the...
Voncil Cooke
May 27, 2021
Mrs. Voncil Winn Cooke, 80, of Varnville, entered into rest Thursday, May 27, 2021, at her daughter’s residence. She was the widow of the late Wyman Cooke.
Born November 26, 1940 in Hampton County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Winn and Eunice Ginn Winn. She retired from the dietary department at Hampton Regional Medical...
Monika Woodward
May 27, 2021
Ms. Monika Woodward, of Cottageville, entered into eternal rest Thursday afternoon, May 27, 2021 at her residence.
Arrangements by The Brice Herndon Funeral Chapels and Crematory, Walterboro Chapel.
Mary Anne Smith
May 27, 2021
Mrs. Mary Anne Myrick Smith, 78, of Grays, entered into rest Thursday morning, May 27, 2021, at Bloome at Belfair in Bluffton.
Born February 1, 1943 in Allendale, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late J.P. Myrick and the late Essie Lou Davis Myrick. She worked many years at Palmetto State Bank in Hampton from...
David Clute
May 27, 2021
Mr. David Reid Clute, 76, of Yemassee, Retired Petty Officer First Class from the United States Navy, husband of the late Sandra Clute, entered into eternal rest Thursday morning, May 27, 2021 at Abercorn Rehabilitation Center in Savannah.
Arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by our Walterboro Chapel.
George Todd, Sr.
May 27, 2021
Mr. George Todd, Sr., 71, of Walterboro, entered into eternal rest Thursday morning, May 27, 2021 at his residence.
Born June 20, 1949 in Conway, he was a son of the late Clyde Todd and Viva Mae Marsh Todd. He was a heavy equipment operator for the Department of Natural Resources, where he retired in 2010. After...
Judy Rogers Ramsey
May 24, 2021
Mrs. Judy Rogers Ramsey, 72, of Walterboro, entered into rest Monday morning, May 24, 2021, at her residence while under the care of Amedisys Hospice.
Born August 16, 1948, in Chatham County, Georgia, she was a daughter of the late Barney Lawton Rogers and the late Myrtice Pauline Turner Rogers. She retired in 2008 as the office...
Ricky Sineath
May 23, 2021
Ricky Dale Sineath, age 60, of Islandton, entered into rest Sunday morning, May 23, 2021, at his residence.
Born July 22, 1960, in Colleton County, South Carolina, he was a son of the late Joe Sineath and the late Mamie Jones Sineath. Ricky was a retired salesman for H.T. Hackney in Orangeburg and was a lifelong member...
Ronald Carrigg
May 22, 2021
Mr. Ronald Carrigg, 62, of Walterboro, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Saturday evening May 22, 2021 at Memorial Health Hospital.
Service arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later.
Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408. Visit the registry...