Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Chester, South Carolina
Cathy Ann Roden
Jun 7, 2017
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Cathy Ann Roden, age 58, of 637 Morningside Drive passed away suddenly on June 7, 2017. She was the daughter of Dolly Price Copeland...
Evelyn Messer
May 31, 2017
Evelyn Messer, age 84 of 2429 Hugo Drive, passed away Wednesday May 31, 2017 at Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House in Rock Hill. She was the daughter of the late Hugh M. and Evia Meece Cope and the wife of Edward E. Messer of the home. She is also survived by two sons and their...
Gaynell Hefner
May 11, 2017
Gaynell Hefner, age 86, passed away at Chester County Nursing Facility on May 11, 2017. She was the wife of Fred Hefner and the daughter of the late Clarence and Irene Binns Fortner and she was retired from Springs Industries where she was a spinning instructor. She was preceded in death by one son, Fredrick...
Frank Thomas
May 8, 2017
Frank Thomas, age 89, died May 8, 2017 at his home while surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Thomas was the son of the late Calvin M. and Annette Gregory Thomas, Sr. and the husband of Melba Hampton Thomas of the home, to whom he was married 68 years. He was a lifelong cattle farmer...
Darlene Davis Jones
May 5, 2017
A gathering of friends and family will be 6 - 8pm, Monday May 15th a Pollard Funeral Home.
Darlene Davis Jones, age 51, died May 5, 2017.She was born in Chester and she was a Baptist. She is survived by her parents, Ned and Ellen Davis, Sr.; two sons, Robert Jones (Stacey) and William Jones all of...
Joe Strange
May 4, 2017
Joseph P. Strange, age 58, passed away in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte on May 4, 2017. He was the husband of Margaret Atorn Strange of the home and the son of the late Frank and Florine Wheelon Strange. He is also survived by three step children, Suzie Elms of Chester and Jon Elms...
Cellisteen (Chris) (Hatcher) Girofalo
Apr 30, 2017
Cellisteen "Chris" Girofalo, age 90, of Chester passed away April 30, 2017 from injuries received in a automobile collision. She was the daughter of the late Clarence and Savilla Thevenin Hatcher and widow of Richard G. Girofalo. Mrs. Girofalo was a retired corrections officer having worked in Chester County, SC and Hudson County, NY. She...
Don Wilson
Apr 16, 2017
Donald Raymond Wilson, age 56, of 637 Debruhl Road died suddenly and unexpectedly on April 16, 2017.
He was known locally as "Fence Man" and was the owner of Affordable Fence in Chester. Don was the son of Karen Smythe Featherston (James) of Tavares Florida and the late Norman...
Tim Roberts
Mar 31, 2017
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Tim Roberts, age 56, of 1894B Mt. Gap Road, passed away March 31, 2017. He was the son of the late Charles Dallas and Doris Thompson Roberts, Sr. Tim is survived by his companion, Patty Martin Dove; step...
Herman Wilburn
Mar 28, 2017
Herman F. Wilburn Sr., age 73, of 142 Cedar Grove Road died March 28, 2017 in Piedmont Hospital. He was born in Knoxville Tn. to Dorothy Vinson Wilburn of Rock Hill and the late H.L. Wilburn. He attended Hickory Grove Church of God and he was a retired heavy grading equipment operator.
William Harris Reid, Jr.
Mar 17, 2017
William Harris Reid, Jr., age 62, of 1676 Boyd Road, passed away March 17, 2017. He was the son of the late William and Rebecca Ballenger Reid, Sr. and the father of Sean Reid of Charlotte and April Reid Lowery of Edgemoor and the grandfather of nine grandchildren.
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Carrie B. Dover
Mar 8, 2017
Carrie B. Dover, age 89, passed away peacefully in the home of her nephew and niece, Gil and Wendy Helms, on March 8, 2017. She was the daughter of the late Charles W. and Maggie Wooten-Bigham. She is survived by one sister, Betty B. Bagley of Chester. She was preceded in death by her beloved...
Debra Joyce Holder
Mar 2, 2017
Debra Joyce Holder, age 56, died March 2, 2017. She was the daughter of the late William Edward and Helen Newton Holder. She is survived by one brother, Eddie McAteer of Chester and one sister, Sherry Morris (Robert) of Chester. She was preceded in death by one brother, Harvey Parks and one sister, Cindy McMurry....
Teresa Renee (Threatt) White
Mar 2, 2017
Teresa Rene White of the Lowrys community passed away March 2, 2017. She was the wife of Samuel White, Sr. of the home; the mother of Eugene White, Samuel White, Jr., Jennifer Laws (James), Selena Rene White (Chris), Cynthia Lipford (David) all of Chester and Crystal Cooper (Rodney) of Tennessee; brothers Bill Threatt (Ann) of...
Debra Ann Wilkes
Feb 13, 2017
Debra Ann Wilkes, age 56, passed away Monday, February 13, 2017. She was the daughter of the late Robert and Mildred Brooks Wilkes.
She is survived two brothers, Charles Wilkes (Mary Ann) of Chester and David Wilkes (Victoria) of Jacksonville, Florida; one brother-in-law, Ronald Shepherd of Chester, a special...
Jane Shepherd
Feb 12, 2017
Jane B. Shepherd, age 72, passed away Sunday, February 12, 2017 at her home. She was the wife of Ronald W. Shepherd and the daughter of the late Robert and Mildred Brooks Wilkes.
She is also survived by one son, Christopher Shepherd (Kayla) of Chester; two brothers, Charles Wilkes...
Connie (Vinson) Flores
Feb 6, 2017
Connie Vinson Flores, age 69, of Richburg passed away Feb. 6, 2017. She was born in Chester to Perry and Cora Hedgepath Vinson and the wife of Sandy "Tony" Flores of the home. She is also survived by one daughter, Tanya Collazo (Joe) of Richburg; one son Mike Rash (Wendy) of Chester; five grandchildren and...
Brandon Diggs
Feb 5, 2017
William Brandon Diggs, age 30, of Chester, completed his life's journey on February 5, 2017 in Burnet, Texas.
A gathering of friends and family will be held Friday 6:00 - 9:00 PM at Carolina Jewels, 149 Gadsden Street in Chester. On Saturday visitation will be held 12:00 - 12:50...
Lawrence Dew
Feb 4, 2017
Lawrence Duane Dew, age 70, of 1851 Old Mill Road passed away Feb. 4, 2017. He was born in Hillsborough Fl. to the late William Hubert and Pearl Clemons Dew. He is survived by his daughter, Regina Clevenger of the home and two grandchildren.
Mr. Dew was a Christian...
Laverne Dove
Feb 4, 2017
Virgie LaVerne Dove, age 82, left us to be with the Lord on Feb. 4, 2017. Mrs. Dove's visitation will be 4-6p.m., Sunday at Pollard Funeral Home. The funeral will be 3p.m. Monday at West Chester Baptist Church and conducted by Reverends Jeff Gulish and Jimmy Dillard. She will be buried at Armenia Cemetery. She...

