Bob Meek
May 31, 2014
Bob Meek
John Robert "Bob" Meek, 94, formerly of Chester passed away Saturday May 31, 2014 in Rock Hill at a skilled nursing facility.
Mr. Meek was the oldest retired firefighter from the City of Gastonia Fire Department. After retiring he and his...
Helen Roddey Weir
May 26, 2014
Helen Roddey Weir, 87, passed on to life eternal on May 26 , 2014 at Chester Regional Medical Center. She was the widow of Leonard A. "Dump" Weir and the daughter of the late William Henry and Zada Campbell Roddey.
Mrs. Weir was a retired secretary from Springs Industries...
Dewie Lee Roof
May 16, 2014
Dewie Lee Roof, 68, of 1246 Liberty Road passed away May 16, 2014. He was born in Buffalo, S.C., to the late William F. and Ada Jane Mabry Roof. Mr. Roof attended schools in Chester County and retired from Weiser Security Service. He was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, a collector of Barbie dolls...
Stan Millard, Sr.
Apr 30, 2014
Lawrence Stanley "Stan" Millard, Sr., age 66, of 154 Center Street, Chester, SC, passed away in Columbia, SC at the Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn Veteran Center. Mr. Millard was born in Leavenworth Kansas to the Late Brees R. and Dorothy Porter Millard, Sr. He is survived by one son, Stan Millard, Jr. and his wife...
Janie Thorpe Ratterree
Apr 29, 2014
Richburg
Janie T. Ratterree, age 94, passed away April 29, 2014. She was the widow of the late Willis C. Ratterree and the daughter of the late John J. and Lottie Yarborough Thorpe. Mrs. Ratterree was retired from Manetta Mill in Lando.
She...
Mary Alice (Wagers) Lee
Apr 19, 2014
Mary Alice Wagers Lee, age 95, of Cheyenne Drive passed away April 19, 2014. She was the widow of George Earl Lee. Mrs. Lee was born in Chester County in 1918 to the late Carpenter H. and Katie Lewis Wagers. She was a homemaker and reared five children; she was a member of New Life...
Doris T (Thompson) Roberts
Apr 12, 2014
Doris Thompson Roberts, age 89, of 601 Dallas Drive, passed away Saturday April, 12, 2014. She was the wife of the late Charles "Buddy" Dallas Roberts Sr. She was born in Camden, SC to the late Gustavis J. and Cornelia Jane Garner Thompson. She is survived by two sons, Jim Roberts of Edgemoor, Tim Roberts...
Charlotte Holley
Apr 12, 2014
Charlotte Holley, age 68, passed away Friday, April 11, 2014 in Piedmont Medical Center. She was the wife of Jim Holley and the daughter of the late Charles and Sylvia Raspantine. She was retired from the Customer Service Center of Springs Industries in Lancaster, SC. Charlotte is also survived by sons, Jay Champion (Alee), Chance...
Bill Burch
Mar 31, 2014
William "Bill" Burch, Sr. age 76, passed away March 31, 2014 at Providence Hospital. He was the widower of Peggy Varnadore Burch and the son of the late Harvey H. and Addie Shackelford Burch. He is survived by two sons, William E. Burch Jr. (Brenda) of Humboldt, Tenn., Scotty Burch (Lou) of Rock Hill; one...
Ricky Gregory
Mar 31, 2014
James Ricky Gregory, age 69, of 741 Pinckney Road passed away at his home Monday, March 31, 2014. He was the husband of Helen Dickerson Gregory and the son of the late Clifford Gregory and Vivian Hair Gregory McKinney. He is also survived by one daughter, Melanie Ellison and...
Eunice Morgan
Mar 28, 2014
Edgemoor
Eunice Blankinship Morgan, 76, passed away in a Rock Hill health care facility on March 28, 2014. She was the wife of Harley R. Morgan of Edgemoor. She was born in Pike Kentucky to the late John and Hazel Coburn Blankinship. Mrs. Morgan was a homemaker.
Ruby J. Baker
Mar 22, 2014
Ruby Jeanette Baker, 90, formerly of Chester died in Newberry, SC. She was the daughter of the late Johnny and Delia Willis Baker. She is survived by a niece, Betty Brock of Whitmire and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Linda Baker; two brothers, David and Claude Baker; five sisters, Eva Baker, Maggie...
Jennifer Lyn Owens
Mar 1, 2014
Jennifer Lyn Owens, 31, passed away March 1, 2014 at Piedmont Medical Center. She was the daughter of Charlene R. Luttrull and her husband Cecil, of Chester. She is also survived by two sons, Michael Dale Timmins of the home and Hunter White of Loris; one daughter, Ashleigh Marie White of Loris; her fiancé, Dale Ray of Chester; one...
Nicholas Edward Hanna
Feb 21, 2014
Nicholas Edward Hanna, age 35, of Chester died February 21, 2014 in Carolina Medical Center. He was born in Summersville, West Virginia and he attended school in Chester County. He is survived by his daughter Brittany Freeman of Chester, his mother, Debbie Crowl Hanna of Shelbyville, Kentucky, his father James L. Hanna of Chester; one brother Jimmy John Hanna...
Helen Dry Freeman
Feb 13, 2014
Chester
Helen Dry Freeman, age 93, of Chester died Thursday, February 13 2014 at her home.
Born January 29, 1921 in Misenheimer, NC, she was the youngest of five children born to George and Lucy Smith Dry. She had one sister, Edna Dry Allman and three brothers, Joe, Sam and Abe Dry, who all had...
Brevard "B" Merritt, Jr.
Jan 21, 2014
Brevard "B" Merritt, Jr. age 80, of Myrtle Beach died January 21, 2014 in Grand Strand Regional Medical Center. He was the son of the late Brevard and Sarah Moore Merritt, Sr. and the widower of, Chester native, Frances Melton Merritt. Mr. Merritt was a US Army veteran and a retired real estate broker. He graduated from Wofford College...
Cynthia Stillwell Cruickshank
Jan 5, 2014
Cynthia Stillwell Cruickshank, age 60, of Chester, passed away suddenly on January 5, 2014. She was the daughter of the late Hollon Ray and Lillian Barzeninski Stillwell. She is survived by her husband Douglas A. Cruickshank of the home; one daughter, Hollon Rae Stillwell (and Clayton Kearsey) of Hanahan, SC; step mother, Kathleen Stillwell of Chester; two brothers Joe...
Marion "Billy" Varnadore
Jan 4, 2014
Marion Eugene "Billy" Varnadore, 70, unexpectedly passed away on January 4, 2014 at Palmetto Health in Columbia. Billy attended Together as One Ministries in Chester and he was retired from Bobby Atkins Trucking in Fingerville, SC. He was the widower of Emma Odom Varnadore. He is survived by three sisters, Bertie V. Melton and Iva V. Hopper, both of...
Catherine "Kat" Curran
Dec 20, 2013
Catherine Jackson Curran, 78, of Richburg passed away Friday, December 20, 2013 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. She was the widow of John Joseph Curran and she was born in Philadelphia to the late Edward M. and Catherine McCormick Jackson. Mrs. Curran was retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, DC. She was a member...
Charles Wallace Gilmer
Dec 14, 2013
Charles Wallace Gilmer, age 71, of 1163 Radcliff Road, died December 14, 2013. Mr. Gilmer was born in Chester to the late Frank and Eva Mae Estes Gilmer. He was retired from the U. S. Navy with 24 years of service and he was of the Church of God faith. He is survived by two sons, Charles and Michael...
