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Edna Earle S. Brown

Mable W. Rodgers

12/04/1935 – 03/14/2024

Kingstree

 

Funeral Services

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Cedar Swamp
Methodist Church with burial in Cedar Swamp Methodist Cemetery.

Visitation

Mrs. Brown’s family will greet friends just prior to the service from 12 to 1:30 PM at the church.

Memorials

Memorials may be made to Cedar Swamp Methodist Church, c/o Myra Nuttall, 272 Cedar Swamp Road, Kingstree, SC 29556.

Edna Earle Sellers Brown, 88, wife of the late Charles Brent Brown, died at home in Kingstree on Thursday, March 14th, 2024.

Mrs. Brown was born December 4th, 1935, in Conway, SC, the daughter of the late Nollie Derwood Sellers and Nettie Emily Watts Sellers. She was a graduate of Conway High School and retired from Farmers Telephone Cooperative. Mrs. Brown was a member of Cedar Swamp Methodist Church. She loved her family, especially the time she had with her grandchildren. Edna enjoyed sitting on her front porch and working in her yard as well as shopping with her friends and watching Fox News daily. Mrs. Brown never missed a hair appointment and any time you saw “Nana” she was dressed “to the nines”, looking like Hollywood!

Mrs. Brown is survived by: her son, Greg Brown of Kingstree, SC; daughter, Lisa Sawyer of Evans, GA ; sister, Margie Pendleton of Huntington Beach, CA; grandchildren, Austin (Katelyn) Brown of New York City, NY, Emily Brown of Mt. Pleasant, SC, Jack Calhoun of Charlotte, NC and Christian Sawyer and Dylan Sawyer both of Evans, GA. In addition to her husband and parents Mrs. Brown was preceded in death by her sister, Phyllis Harrell and her brother, Robert Sellers.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to Mrs. Edna’s dear friends Myra Nuttall and Roland Harrell for all their love and care.

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Cedar Swamp
Methodist Church with burial in Cedar Swamp Methodist Cemetery. Mrs. Brown’s family will greet friends just prior to the service from 12 to 1:30 PM at the church. Memorials may be made to Cedar Swamp Methodist Church, c/o Myra Nuttall, 272 Cedar Swamp Road, Kingstree, SC 29556.

Online condolences may be sent to the family on the obituary page at www.WilliamsburgFuneralHome.com

Arnold L. “Bobo” Hanniford, Jr.

Mable W. Rodgers

12/06/1955 – 03/01/2024

Kingstree

 

Funeral Services

Graveside funeral services will be held at 4 PM Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Tisdale Cemetery.

Memorials

Memorials may be made to Tisdale Cemetery, c/o Mike Tisdale, 1149 Doc Kellahan Road, Kingstree, SC 29556, or The Shepherd Center, SCI, 2020 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30309-1465 or online at www.shepherd.org

     Arnold Lanier “Bobo” Hanniford, Jr., 68, husband of Gail Tisdale Hanniford, died Friday, March 1, 2024, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence, SC. 

     Mr.  Hanniford was born December 6, 1955, in Kingstree, SC, a son of the late Arnold Lanier Hanniford, Sr. and Ruth Pierce Hanniford. He was a graduate of Hebron High School and was a long-time volunteer firefighter with the Olanta Fire Department. Bobo was a pipe fitter and was in the fire protection business for forty years. He enjoyed fishing, cooking, woodworking, and spending time with family, and he especially enjoyed a good joke. He attended Lane Methodist Church.

         In addition to his wife Gail, Mr. Hanniford is survived by: children, Lillian Abrelle Hanniford Williamson (James A. Williamson), Casey L. Hanniford (Richie Cantley), and Brittany G.. Hanniford; grandchildren, Olivia Williamson, Iva Kate Williamson, Hadley Cantley, and Madison Cantley; sister, Laney Miles; brother, David (Linda) Hanniford; and numerous nieces and nephews. In addition to his parents, Bobo was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, his maternal grandparents, and an infant brother.

          Graveside funeral services will be held at 4 PM Saturday, March 9, 2024, at Tisdale Cemetery. Memorials may be made to Tisdale Cemetery, c/o Mike Tisdale, 1149 Doc Kellahan Road, Kingstree, SC 29556, or The Shepherd Center, SCI, 2020 Peachtree Road NW, Atlanta, GA 30309-1465 or online at www.shepherd.org

     Online condolences may be sent to the family on the obituary page at www.WilliamsburgFuneralHome.com

 

Dr. Edward Cecil Johnson

Mable W. Rodgers

05/15/1944 – 02/20/2024

Kingstree

 

Funeral Services

     A service of worship and thanksgiving will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, February 24, 2024, at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church.

Visitation

Dr. Johnson’s family will greet friends in Grace Hall at the church from 9:30 to 10:30 just prior to the service.  

Memorials

Memorials may be made to Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, 411 N. Academy Street, Kingstree, SC 29556 or the Lions Club International Foundation, online at https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/donate or mail to LCIF, 300 W. 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523.

Dr. Edward Cecil Johnson, 79, husband of Judy Jackson Johnson, died Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at home in Kingstree, surrounded by family.

     Dr. Johnson was born May 15, 1944, in Charleston, SC, a son of the late Jack Frank Johnson and Annie Louise Falkenstein Johnson. He was a member of the first graduating class at A.C. Flora High School and received a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of South Carolina. He graduated from the Southern College of Optometry in Memphis, TN and served as an optometrist in Kingstree for 43 years, retiring in 2022. Dr. Johnson was a veteran of the US Air Force. He left his service as a Captain and served as a navigator in Vietnam. He was a longstanding member of the Kingstree Lions Club and was a former District Governor. His passions included traveling with family and friends, following all USC Gamecocks sports and was a particularly huge baseball fan. Combining two of his loves, he visited every baseball stadium in the Major Leagues. In addition to his optometric practice, Dr. Johnson taught physics and calculus at Williamsburg Academy for many years. He was a faithful member of Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, where he served as a deacon, elder, and Sunday School teacher.

     Surviving Dr. Johnson, in addition to his wife of 45 years Judy, are: his son, Brian Edward Johnson of Charleston; his daughter, Kelly J. (Christopher) Fleming of Durham, NC; grandchildren, Anna and Jackson Fleming of Durham; 3 brothers, Dr. Jack F. (Tripp)  Johnson of Gilbert, Dr. William A. (Sandra) Johnson of Elgin, and Dr. R. Michael (Medora) Johnson of Columbia; and many dear nieces and nephews.

     A service of worship and thanksgiving will be held at 11 AM, Saturday, February 24, 2024, at Williamsburg Presbyterian Church. Dr. Johnson’s family will greet friends in Grace Hall at the church from 9:30 to 10:30 just prior to the service.  Interment will be at Ft. Jackson National Cemetery at a later date.  The family would like to express their gratitude to the providers of Amedisys for their care, kindness and attention during Dr. Johnson’s time at home in hospice care.  Memorials may be made to Williamsburg Presbyterian Church, 411 N. Academy Street, Kingstree, SC 29556 or the Lions Club International Foundation, online at https://www.lionsclubs.org/en/donate or mail to LCIF, 300 W. 22nd Street, Oak Brook, IL 60523. Online condolences may be sent to the family on the obituary page at www.WilliamsburgFuneralHome.com.

 

Edward L. Pender, Jr.

Mable W. Rodgers

10/14/1942 – 02/10/2024

West Columbia

 

Funeral Services

Graveside service Saturday, Feb 17th 3:00 PM at Union Presbyterian Church 4501 Martin Luther King, Jr. Hwy. Salters, SC 29590

Visitation

Friday Feb 16th 4:30-6:00 PM at Anchor Investment Management 3205 Devine St Columbia, SC  (parking in the back); we will celebrate Eddie’s life with some of his favorite things – coffee, bacon & Krispy Kreme doughnuts. 

 

Saturday, Feb 17th 9:30-11:00 AM at First Presbyterian Church 1324 Marion St Columbia, SC 29201 in Jackson Hall.

Memorials

Memorials may be sent to: First Presbyterian Deacons Fund (1324 Marion Street, Columbia SC 29201); Reformed University Fellowship (PO Box 890004, Charlotte, NC 28289-0004); Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Diane Boyd, 114 E. Brooks Street, Kingstree, SC 29556 ; or The Sounds of Grace (www.thesoundsofgrace.com); 28 Palmer Drive, Sumter, SC 29150)

A graveside service for Edward Leonell Pender, Jr. will be conducted February 17, 2024, at Union Presbyterian Church, 4501 M.L. King, Jr. Hwy., Salters, SC at 3:00 PM with a reception immediately following.

The son of Edward L. and Kathryn Swindler Pender, Eddie was born in Charleston, SC on October 14, 1942, was a graduate of Dreher High School, the University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC) and Schiff Scoutt Reservation (Mendham, NJ). After serving in the Professional Service of the Boy

Scouts of America for seven years, he was employed as a national sales representative by Colonial Rubber Company and Cooper Tire and Rubber Company from which he retired in 2006.

A member of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, he was a Deacon and attended the Men’s Bible Class. A Master Mason, he was a Past Master of Inglesby Lodge #267 in Greeleyville, SC and was a member of both the Sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

Additional memberships were in the Robert Burns Society, the St. Andrews Society, the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Scottish Heritage USA, the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of

Jerusalem, the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and the Blue Ridge and Southern Rubber Groups.

Family and friends will remember Eddie for his quick wit, love of golf and hunting, and ability often to “save the day” with his problem solving (including prom dress shopping and furniture hauling). He was a voracious reader, drawn particularly to stories of the West and the outdoors, especially ones penned by Southern authors such as Archibald Rutledge. Eddie was a student of grammar, all things Scottish and famous for his barbeque chicken, blackberry cobbler and grits. “Grandaddy” was also known to thrill his grandchildren with an outstanding impersonation of Donald Duck and his ability to build an exceptional marshmallow roasting fire.

He is survived by his wife of 57 years Faye James Pender, daughter Eliza Legare Pender Foster and her husband, the Reverend Edward Jay Foster, Jr., daughter Margaret Ellen Pender, grandsons Ethan James Foster and Blake Edward Foster, granddaughter Abbey Margaret Foster and sister Virginia Pender Riddle.

In addition to the graveside service, the family will also receive friends Friday, February 16, 4:30- 6:00 PM at Anchor Investment Management, 3205 Devine Street, Columbia, SC and Saturday,

February 17, 9:30-11:00 AM at First Presbyterian Church 1324 Marion Street Columbia, SC 29201 in Jackson Hall.

With deep gratitude, the family extends a special thank you to the nursing staff of Greenway at Still
Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community and the Prisma Health Hospice team for their
extraordinary care of Eddie in his final months.

Memorials may be sent to: First Presbyterian Deacons Fund (1324 Marion Street, Columbia SC 29201); Reformed University Fellowship (PO Box 890004, Charlotte, NC 28289-0004); Union Presbyterian Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Diane Boyd, 114 E. Brooks Street, Kingstree, SC 29556 ; or The Sounds of Grace (www.thesoundsofgrace.com); 28 Palmer Drive, Sumter, SC 29150)

 

Ryder Lee Welch

Mable W. Rodgers

12/13/2022 -02/07/2024

Kingstree

 

Funeral Services

Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Sunday, February 11, 2024, at Williamsburg Funeral Home in Kingstree. Burial will be private.

Visitation

Ryder’s family will greet friends for one hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM.

Memorials

Memorials may be made to McLeod Health Foundation, Children’s Hospital NICU, PO Box 100551, Florence, SC 29502 or MUSC Foundation, Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital NICU and PICU, 18 Bee Street, MSC 450, Charleston, SC 29425 or online at giving.musc.edu.

Ryder Lee Welch, son of Brenna Leigh Welch, died Wednesday, February 7, 2024, in his mother’s arms at MUSC Shawn Jenkins  Children’s Hospital in Charleston.

     Ryder was born December 13, 2022, at McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, SC. Following his premature birth, he was moved to Children’s Hospital for treatment in the NICU there. He was then moved to the PICU for the remainder of his hospital stay. He had a great will to live and battled back after many setbacks in his thirteen months of life.  

    Surviving Ryder, in addition to his mother Brenna, are: grandmother, Jill Thomas Roark; grandfather, Robbie Thomas; great grandparents, Jerry Lee Thomas, Marianne and Landy Thomas and Sharon Coker Dukes; aunts, Taylor Welch and Rylie Ann Roark; special friend, Jessie White; and many “aunts” and “uncles” at the ER at Black River Medical Center in Cades. Ryder was preceded in death by his grandfather, Ryan Roark, great grandmother, Maybelle Thomas, and great-great grandparents, Hugh and Mary Smith.

     Funeral services will be held at 2 PM Sunday, February 11, 2024, at Williamsburg Funeral Home in Kingstree. Burial will be private. Ryder’s family will greet friends for one hour prior to the service at 1:00 PM. Memorials may be made to McLeod Health Foundation, Children’s Hospital NICU, PO Box 100551, Florence, SC 29502 or MUSC Foundation, Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital NICU and PICU, 18 Bee Street, MSC 450, Charleston, SC 29425 or online at giving.musc.edu.

     Online condolences may be sent to the family on the obituary page at www.WilliamsburgFuneralHome.com

Jacqueline H. Howard

Mable W. Rodgers

08/22/1927 -02/05/2024

Manning

 

Funeral Services

Funeral services for Mrs. Howard will be held 11 AM, Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Kingstree United Methodist Church, with burial to follow at Kingstree Memorial Gardens.

Visitation

Miss Jackie’s family will greet friends and family in the Ladies Parlor at Kingstree United Methodist Church beginning at 10 AM prior to the service.

Memorials

Memorials may be made to Kingstree United Methodist Church, 510 N. Longstreet St, Kingstree, SC 29556, or Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Hwy., Manning, SC 29102 or Venmo: @ASCASManning.

Jacqueline “Jackie” Hardee Howard, 96, wife of the late Colvin Howard, died Monday, February 5, 2024, at McLeod Health Clarendon in Manning, SC.

     “Miss Jackie” was born August 22, 1927, in Kingstree, SC, the daughter of the late D.D. Hardee and Isabelle Player Hardee. She was a graduate of Kingstree High School and Winthrop College with a degree in Home Economics. She was a Home Economics teacher in McClellanville, SC before moving to Hollywood, CA where she worked in a bank and later met and married Colvin Howard. They lived in Malibu, CA and she taught in the California school system. In 1970 she returned to Kingstree with Colvin, where they lived happily, becoming active members of the Kingstree community, including Kingstree United Methodist Church where Jackie had been a longtime member. In the 80’s they moved to Manning to live on Lake Marion.

         Miss Jackie is survived by: a niece, Margie (Terry) Thurston of Highland Lake, AL; a nephew, Jim Black, also of Highland Lake; and special cousins, Buddy (Sherry) Knott, Deedy Knott, Donna Pratt, and Marian Faulk. In addition to her parents and her husband Colvin, Miss Jackie was preceded in death by a niece, Chloe Black.

      Funeral services for Mrs. Howard will be held 11 AM, Saturday, February 10, 2024, at Kingstree United Methodist Church, with burial to follow at Kingstree Memorial Gardens. Miss Jackie’s family will greet friends and family in the Ladies Parlor at Kingstree United Methodist Church beginning at 10 AM prior to the service. Memorials may be made to Kingstree United Methodist Church, 510 N. Longstreet St, Kingstree, SC 29556, or Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Hwy., Manning, SC 29102 or Venmo: @ASCASManning.

     Online condolences may be sent to the family on the obituary page at www.WilliamsburgFuneralHome.com

 

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