Inez B. Plyler
November 8, 1921 - May 19, 2010
Lancaster - Mrs. Inez B. Plyler, age 88, of Lancaster died Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at her residence.
born November 8, 1921 in Lillington, NC, she was a daughter of the late William Joseph and Beula Mills Bullock. She was the owner and manager of Plyler's Store in Lancaster, SC.
Mrs. Plyler is survived by two sons, Joe Plyler and wife, Marilyn of Lancaster, SC and John Plyler of Greenville, SC; two sisters-in-law, Katherine Bullock of Lillington, NC and Ruth Plyler Scott of Matthews, NC; and several nieces and nephews in both NC and SC.
Internment will be private.
MARJORIE H. ROBINSON
May 21, 1923 - May 16, 2010
Great Falls - Mrs. Marjorie Hoke Robinson, 86, of Great Falls died Sunday, May 16, 2010. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM on Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at Trinity Baptist Church in Great Falls with Rev. Patrick Blackmon officiating. Interment will follow at 4:00 PM at Forest Lawn cemetery in Lincolnton, NC.
born May 21, 1923 in Denver, NC, Mrs. Robinson was a daughter of the late Claude and Ollie Wilkinson Hoke and the widow of James E. Robinson. She was a graduate of Rock Springs High School in Denver, NC and attended USC-Lancaster. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church where she was an active member of the choir. She was a member of the Great Falls Chapter of Eastern Star #211. Mrs. Robinson was employed as a secretary for Hoke Lumber Company for many years and also worked as a manager for Eagles 5 & 10 Cent store in Great Falls.
Surviving family members include Sue Laney, Charles and Shannon Laney, Jana DeHart, Daris and Angie Laney, and many beloved nieces, nephews and friends. Mrs. Robinson was the last of thirteen children.
The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00 PM on Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home, 26 Underwood Ave., Great Falls, SC.
Memorials may be made to Trinity Baptist Church, P.O. Box 297, Great Falls, SC 29055.
JACQUELINE JEAN ALEXANDER
June 13, 1919 - June 25, 2010
Winnsboro - Mrs. Jacqueline Alexander, 91, of Winnsboro, died June 25, 2010 at Springs Memorial Hospital in Lancaster. Funeral services will be at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, June 28 at Mt. Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Grover Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 27 at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home, 26 Underwood Ave., Great Falls, SC
Mrs. Alexander was born June 13, 1919 and was a daughter of the late Jean Marie and Adele Schenck Ortet. She served in the U. S. Navy during World War II and in April she and Mr. Alexander were on the honor flight to Washington, DC. Mrs. Alexander was a retired Civil Service employee and a member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church. She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star where she held numerous positions in South Carolina and North Carolina. She was an avid flower gardener.
She is survived by her husband of 64 years, George L. (Bub) Alexander. Mrs. Alexander was preceded in death by her first-born son, George Lamar Alexander, Jr. She is survived by three children, Gary Alexander of Winnsboro; Karen Alexander Niklason and her husband Gary of Japan; Carlos Alexander and his wife, Sherry of Winnsboro; two grandchildren, Kelly Niklason and Mike Sanders. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Jean. Surviving are sisters, Catherine and Adriane, both of Pensacola, FL; nieces, Eleanor, Jan and Judy and nephew, Russell; and many other relatives and friends.
VISITATION - Sunday June 27, 2010, 6:00 - 8:00 PM at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE - Monday June 28, 2010, 2:00 PM at Mount zion Baptist Church
Rev. Grover Johnson officiating Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
LEE WELLS MCKEOWN, SR.
July 31, 1931 - May 8, 2010
Great Falls: - Mr. Lee Wells McKeown, 78, died Sunday, May 9, 2010 at his residence. A funeral service will be held 2:00 PM Tuesday at Heath Chapel United Methodist Church with Reverend Scott Smoak, Father David Runnion and Father Joe Ayathupadam officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM until 2:00 PM Tuesday at the church. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. McKeown was born July 31, 1931, a son of the late Lee Max McKeown and Mary Brannon McKeown. He was a graduate of Great Falls High School and Charlotte Business College and veteran of the United States Navy having served during the Korean War. He was a member of Heath Chapel United Methodist Church and was retired from the South Carolina Department of Corrections as a supervisor. Mr. McKeown was an avid lover of horses and a member of the American Saddlebred Association. He was also a member of the Great Falls Masonic Lodge #277, Hejaz Shrine Temple, Great Falls Shrine Club and a former member of the Great Falls Merchants Association and the Jaycees. Mr Mckeown was a lifelong member of the Democratic Party.
Mr. McKeown is survived by two sons, Lee Wells McKeown, Jr. and David Brannon McKeown both of Great Falls, SC; one daughter Robin McKeown Thomasson of Summerville, SC; seven grandchildren; two great-grandchildren and two brothers, Larry McKeown of Columbia, SC and Terry McKeown of Great Falls, SC. Mr. McKeown is the widower of Frankie Knopf Mckeown, having been married
for over fifty-five years.
Memorials may be made to Heath Chapel United Methodist Church "cemetery Fund", c/o Betty Stroud 5962 Richburg Road, Richburg, SC 29729 or Bethlehem Methodist Church, c/o Estelle Shirley 1997 Great Falls Highway Blackstock, SC 29014.
Marie Smith Bruchon
CLOVER -- Marie Smith Bruchon, 84, died Friday, March 21, 2008, at the home of her daughter, Barbara Booker in Belmont, N.C.
The funeral was March 24, 2008, at Divine Savior in York, S.C., with Father John Giuliani officiating. Entombment was in Woodlawn Memorial Park in Greenville, S.C.
Mrs. Bruchon was born in 1923 in Bronx, N.Y., to the late William Edwin Smith Jr. and Pearl Ida Vogel Smith. Marie moved to Staten Island and then to the Adirondack Mountains as a child. She did well in school and at all other tasks she set her mind to. At the age of 15, she met her future husband, Paul E. Bruchon.
After high school, Marie attended the New York School of Design, where she studied Costume Design, and she used her training to make coats, suits and other difficult garments. When World War II started she did office work for the War Department.
Marie and Paul loved to dance during the Swing Era. They were so good that others cleared the floor to watch them. Paul asked her where she would want to live when they got married
. After living in upstate N.Y., with cold winters and heavy snows, Marie recalled a trip they had made to Greenville, S.C. to visit his sister. Marie recalled the flowers blooming and she loved the South, so that was her choice. They raised six children in Greenville. She was a homemaker and her family was always the center of her life. Marie was a good example of the saying "behind every successful man is a good woman." She was instrumental in the success of her husband's first entrepreneurial venture, at which they both did very well.
In 1962, the family moved to Gastonia when Paul joined the partnership at Sherrill Industries of Dallas, N.C. As the children got older she took on leadership roles in her church, neighborhood, garden club and the Art Guild of Gaston County.
In the early 1970's, she had time to express her artistic abilities. She began painting with oils and then started taking art classes at Gaston College, focusing on ceramics, sculpture, metal work and jewelry making. She enjoyed designing and making jewelry, which led her to becoming a silver- and goldsmith. In the mid 70's, she became an Oblate of the Benedictine Order.
In the early 1980's, she and Paul moved to Clover, S.C., where she enjoyed exploring the natural surroundings. She gathered and cooked mushrooms and canned the vegetables Paul grew. Both loved to sit watching wildlife in and around their pond.
Marie loved to read; she could discuss many subjects. She enjoyed singing in the choir and attending women's meetings at church.
Marie will always be remembered by her family for being a devoted, loving and giving person.
Special thanks and honor to her son, Paul E. Bruchon Jr. and daughter, Barbara Booker for the loving and continuous care they provided for our parents during their declining health for the past six years.
She is preceded in death by her husband of over 60 years, Paul E. Bruchon, 2006 and a grandson, John Quinn Jr., 1998.
Survivors are her children, Barbara Booker of Belmont, N.C., Paul E. Bruchon Jr. of Belmont, Peter Bruchon and wife, Jan Foster, of Mauldin, S.C., Michelle Bruchon Grossman and husband, Robert of Gastonia, N.C., Marc Bruchon and wife, Brenda Lilly, of Clover and Michel Bruchon and wife, Teresa Coffey, of Liberty, N.C.; grandchildren, Jeff Booker and Lori Enney of Chapel Hill, N.C., David Booker and wife, Jennifer of St. Simon's Island, Ga., Jennifer Booker Nicholson and husband, Ken, of Rock Hill, S.C., Emilie Bruchon and husband, Marcus Cox of Paris, France, Valerie Bruchon, David Bruchon and Matthew Bruchon, all of Belmont, Christina Bruchon of Gastonia, N.C., Julie Bruchon LaBonte and husband, Todd, of Mount Holly, N.C., Amy Bruchon of Mauldin, S.C., Kenneth Bruchon of Clover, Jody Bruchon and wife, Krista Chevalier, of Pittsboro, N.C., Michel Paul Bruchon, Violette Bruchon, Vance Bruchon and Xavier Bruchon, all of Liberty, N.C.; and great-grandchildren, David Booker Jr., Jonathan Booker, Joshua Booker and Lydia Nicholson.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Divine Savior Church, 232 Herndon Avenue, York, SC 29745.
>M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover served the family of Mrs. Bruchon.
Ruth Dickson Thomas
YORK -- Ella Ruth Dickson Thomas, 87, went home to be with her Lord on March 21, 2008. The funeral was at Philadelphia UMC on Monday, March 24 with the Rev. John Williams, III, Rev. Wallace Tinsley, Jr., and Rev. Paul Ballard, Jr. Burial was at Philadelphia cemetery.
Ruth was a lifelong resident of York County, SC born Dec. 22, 1920. She was a daughter of the late George Baxter Dickson, Sr. and the late Ella Ruth Templeton Dickson. She was a member of Philadelphia UMC where she was historian, Sunday School teacher, and Youth leader. She was a seamstress. Ruth was a Costume Production Supervisor in the Wardrobe Department in the early days at Carowinds. She taught sewing at the Singer Company and York Technical College in Rock Hill, SC. She volunteered and participated 27 years with the York County Council on Aging.
John Caldwell Jr.
CLOVER -- Mr. John William "Billy" Caldwell Jr., 56, of 771 Glenn Road, died Sunday, March 16, 2008, at home.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today, March 20, 2008, at Bowling Green Presbyterian Church, with the Rev. James Gable officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Caldwell was born Aug. 22, 1951, in York, S.C., to the late John William and Martha Parrish Caldwell. He was a graduate of Clover High School, a retired member of the North Carolina Air National Guard in Charlotte, N.C., and past Master of the Alpine No. 208 Masonic Lodge. He was also a member of Bowling Green Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are his daughter and son-in-law, Angie and David Gaskins of Clover; son and daughter-in-law, Jon and April Caldwell of Clover; brother and sister-in-law, Dick and Barbara Caldwell of Clover; sister and brother-in-law, Sis and Corsey Bentley; two granddaughters, Amanda Caldwell and Chelsey Bolin; and several nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Bowling Green Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 5, Bowling Green, SC 29703.
M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home is serving the family of Mr. Caldwell.
Anna Forrest
BOONVILLE, N.C. -- Anna Lou "Granny Lou" Reavis Forrest, 83, formerly of Lexington, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2008, at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She was born May 13, 1924 to the late John Sanford & Maggie Lou Steelman Reavis. She was retired from Mid State Tile and was a member of Pauls Chapel Church of Christ in Lexington. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, William H. Forrest, Feb. 2, 2002; three brothers, Allan Reavis, Kenneth Reavis and Lester Reavis; a son-in-law, Dan Shore; and a grandson, Michael Sheek.
Surviving are her children, Larry (Brenda) Sheek of Yadkinville, Randal Sheek of Boonville, Tony (Carolyn) Sheek of Rock Hill, S.C., Peggy Shore of Boonville and Richard (Lynn) Sheek of Mocksville, N.C.; a sister, Ruth Renegar of Burlington; 12 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren.
Her funeral was conducted March 19, 2008, at Gentry Family Chapel by the Rev. Bill Hale. Burial followed at Pauls Chapel Church of Christ cemetery in Lexington. The family would like to say a very special thanks to the staff of Hoots Memorial Hospital, 6th floor ICU and the Palliative Care at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center for the loving care given to Mrs. Forrest. Gentry Family Funeral Service in Yadkinville served the Forrest family.
Kaye Ballenger
CLOVER -- Mrs. Sandra Kaye Booth Ballenger, 56, of 6173 Little Mountain Road died Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at her home.
A graveside service was held March 7 at Lakeview Memory Gardens. Memorials may be made to Hospice & Community Care, P.O. Box 993, Rock Hill, SC 29732.
Bratton Funeral Home served the Ballenger family.
John Farris
CLOVER -- Mr. John Sherman Farris 74, of Columbia Street died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Carolina's Specialty Hospital, Charlotte, N.C.
The funeral was held March 30, at Clover A.R.P. Church, with the Rev. Evan English officiating. Burial followed at the Bethany A.R.P. Church cemetery.
Mr. Farris was born May 19, 1933, in York County to the late Marion Franklin and Alma Bratton Faris. He was the widower of Ercel "Kat" Trull Farris.
Survivors are his son and daughter-in-law, Frank and Tina Farris of Clover; two daughters, Rickey Hoover-Cowan of Orange Park, Fla. and Carol Norman Hope of Gastonia, N.C.; a grandson, Bradley Farris; and 19 other grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Clover A.R.P. Church, 127 Kings Mountain Street, Clover, SC 29710.
M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover, SC is serving the family of Mr. Farris.
Bertha Mae Moss
TEGA CAY -- Mrs. Bertha Mae Woolbright Moss, 80, of Palmetto Place, Tega Cay, died March 24, 2008, at Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill.
The funeral was held March 29, at M.L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Dave Stanford officiating. Burial was in Harpeth Hills Memory Gardens, Nashville, Tenn.
Mrs. Moss was born March 17, 1928, in Warren County, Ky., to the late George and Lillian Woolbright. She was the widow of William Loyce Moss.
Survivors are daughter and son-in-law, Theresa M. and Dennis Hinds of Atlanta, Ga.; sons and daughters-in-law, Gary T. and Catherine Moss Sr., of Fayetteville, N.C., and W. Allan and Joni Moss of York; grandchildren, Gary T. Moss Jr., Mary Catherine Moss, John Moss, Erick Moss, Jennifer Bocks and Samantha Hinds; and five great-grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 925, Rock Hill, SC 29731.
M. L. Ford & Sons Funeral Home, Clover, S.C. served the family of Mrs. Moss.
Frances Nivens Neely
YORK -- Frances Nivens Neely, 88, of 315 Simrill Ave. died Friday, March 28, 2008, at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, N.C.
The funeral was April 1, 2008, at First Wesleyan Church of York. The Rev Todd Reynolds officiated. Burial was at Lakeview Memory Gardens.
A native of York, S.C., Mrs. Neely was a daughter of the late Shelton Hale Nivens and Elear Jones Nivens. She was a member of First Wesleyan Church of York. She was a retired spinner and trainer at American Thread company.
She is survived by her husband, Robert N. (Rob) Neely of York, S.C.; her son, Robert J. Neely of Gastonia, N.C.; two sisters, Louise Montgomery and Lorine Stevens...
