York County, South Carolina Obituary Collection

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Ruth Hunter

KERSHAW - Mrs. Ruth Roberts Hunter, 90, of 413 W. Church St. died Tuesday, March, 9, 1999, at Lancaster Convalescent Center.

The funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Cauthen Funeral Home. Burial will be at Buffalo Baptist Church.

A native of Kershaw, Mrs. Hunter was the daughter of the late Robert Nelson and Nannie Gardner Roberts. A homemaker, she was a member of Buffalo Baptist Church and was the widow of William Ernest Hunter.

Surviving are six sons, William Earl Hunter of Duluth, Minn., the Rev. Carl Hunter of Franklinton, N.C., and Ira B. Hunter, James R. Hunter, Jack N. Hunter and Thomas H. Hunter, all of Kershaw; four daughters, Barbara Carnes of Lancaster, and Almetta H. Estridge, Pauline Taylor and Sue Humphries, all of Kershaw; three sisters, Eula Hunter of Heath Springs, and Mattie Catoe and Mollie Truesdale, both of Kershaw; 20 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and a number of great-great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Cauthen Funeral Home and at other times at the home of Bobby Hunter, 6090 Gold Mine Highway, Kershaw.

Memorials may be made to Buffalo-Mount Pisgah Rescue Squad, 2099 John Munn Road, Jefferson, SC 29718.

William Jenkins Sr.

LANCASTER - Mr. William Ervin Jenkins Sr. died Monday, March 8, 1999, in Tampa, Fla.

Arrangements will be announced by Hartley Funeral Home.

Mildred Johnson

ROCK HILL - Mrs. Mildred Henderson Johnson, 75, of 429 S. Confederate Ave. died Monday, March 8, 1999, at Piedmont Medical Center.

A memorial service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Cauthen Funeral Home. Burial will be at Rock Hill Memorial Gardens.

A native of Crowley, La., Mrs. Johnson was the daughter of the late Henry and Bernadine Allison Henderson. She was a homemaker and of the Presbyterian faith.

Surviving are her husband, Richard Johnson; two daughters, Malika Asante and Sheila Ayerswright, both of Connecticut; and her brother, Curly Reed of California.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society of York County, 339 E. Main St., Rock Hill, SC 29730.

John Sipe

CATAWBA - Maj. John Sipe, 78, of 2077 Greystone Circle died Sunday, March 7, 1999.

The funeral will be 1 p.m. today at Cauthen Funeral Home. Burial will be at Woodside Cemetery in Clover.

A native of Clover, Maj. Sipe was the son of the late John Henry and Eleanor Whitener Sipe. He completed the Salvation Army Bible College in 1941 and resigned as minister to serve in the military police in the Army during World War II. He resumed his ministry when he returned from overseas.

He was appointed to the International Training College for the Salvation Army in 1966. He served as a Salvation Army pastor for 58 years in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and North and South Carolina. He was active in the Lancaster and Rock Hill Salvation Armies. He was the widower of Genelle Jackson Sipe.

Surviving are two daughters, Kathy A. Sipe of Atlanta and Sandy Sipe of Charlotte; two sisters, Maj. Madeline Kinlaw and Evelyn Patterson, both of Charlotte; and two grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at Cauthen Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army Shelter Fund, P.O. Box 11585, Rock Hill, SC 29731.

Vandosta Tabb II

CHARLOTTE - Mr. Vandosta L. Tabb II, 36, of Charleston Place Lane, formerly of Chester, died Saturday, March 6, 1999, in Concord, N.C.

A memorial service will be 2 p.m. today at St. Paul Baptist Church.

Mr. Tabb was a native of Chester and attended Chester County public schools. He graduated from Breckenridge Academy in Tennessee and was a maintenance supervisor at a Concord, N.C., apartment complex.

Surviving are his wife, Barbara J. Tabb of Mooresville, N.C.; his son, Vandosta L. Tabb III of Mooresville, N.C.; his father, Lt. Col. Vandosta L. Tabb of Georgia; his mother, Julie Spann Tabb of Charlotte; and his brother, Andrew Tabb of Charlotte.

Gore's Funeral Home in Chester is in charge of local arrangements.

Clarence Tate

ROCK HILL - Mr. Clarence Allen Tate, 79, of 130 Shurley St. died Monday, March 8, 1999, at home.

A graveside service will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Grandview Memorial Park, with the Revs. Phillip Nodine and Forrest Musselman officiating.

A native of Blaine, Miss., Mr. Tate was the son of the late Robert L. and Nina Biddy Tate. He was a member of Christian Fellowship Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion. He retired from Jones & Lockland Steel Co. of East Chicago, Ind., after 34 years service.

Surviving are his wife, Pearl Sweatt Tate; his daughter, Rebecca T. McFadden of Pittsburg, Kan.; his adopted son, James Tate of Lansing, Ill.; his stepson, Steve Railey of Merced, Calif.; three brothers, Robert Tate of Arcata, Calif., Harold Tate of Birmingham, Ala., and Andrew B. Tate of Rochester, Ill.; and three grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 tonight at Greene Funeral Home and at other times at the home.

Nancy Valentine

ROCK HILL - Mrs. Nancy Letha Tilley Valentine, 99, formerly of McConnells, died Monday, March 8, 1999, at Beverly Health Care.

A graveside service will be 3 p.m. today at Oakwood Municipal Cemetery in High Point, N.C.

A native of High Point, N.C., Mrs. Valentine was a homemaker. She was a member of Green Street Baptist Church in High Point.

Surviving are her son, Grayson R. Davis of High Point; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.

The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. today at Cumby Mortuary in High Point.

York Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

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