All Obituaries

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  Timmonsville, SC- Verna McCartha Courtney, 91, passed away on Thursday, Oct 17, 2019. Funeral services will be Monday, Oct. 21, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. at Sparrow Swamp Baptist Church.  Burial will follow at Bethany Cemetery.  The family will have a time of visitation from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. Monday,  before the service at the church. Verna was born in Lexington County, SC, the daughter of the late Jesse and Hattie Schwartz McCartha.  She worked many years for Patillo...

Timmonsville, SC – Bobby Lee McElveen, 76, passed away on Thursday, Oct.17, 2019. Funeral services will be Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. in the chapel of Layton-Anderson Funeral Home.  Visitation  will begin at 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. before  the service at the Funeral Home. The family will have a private burial. Mr. McElveen was born in Williamsburg County, the son of the late William Harold and Mary Elizabeth Baker McElveen.   He was in the Air Force and...

  Timmonsville, SC -  Robbie Ellie Pigate, 81, passed away on Oct. 15, 2019. Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 18, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. at Layton-Anderson Funeral Home.  Burial will follow at Bethany Cemetery.  Visitation will be Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home. Mr. Pigate was born in Florence County, the son of the late Hoyt and Leolun Vause Pigate.  Robbie was a farmer of agricultural products for all of his life. Surviving...

  Florence, SC – Grace Harris Calcutt, 94, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. A funeral service will be Monday, Oct. 14, 2019 at 1:00 p.m. in the Mausoleum at Florence Memorial Gardens.  The family will speak to those attending after the service. Mrs. Calcutt was born in Florence, SC, the daughter of the late Lucian and Docia Ward Harris.  She was a member of the Church at Sandhurst, Florence, SC.  She worked as a sales clerk for many years in local retail...

  Florence, SC – Kenneth Lawrence Evans, 92, passed away on Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. A graveside service will be Saturday, Oct. 12, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. at Florence Memorial Gardens, Florence.  The family will speak to those attending after the service at the cemetery. Mr. Evans was born in Florence County, the son of the late J. Roy and Ouida McDaniel Evans.  He served his country in the US Navy.   He was a member of Quinby United Methodist Church. ...

  Katie Belle Howard Brown, 94, formerly of Florence, SC, passed away on Wednesday 10/9/2019, in Arlington, VA. Funeral services will be Sunday at 3:00 p.m. at Florence Memorial Gardens in the Mausoleum. The family will have a time of visitation from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Mausoleum prior to the service. Entombment will follow the service. Born in Denver, NC, to Joyce M and Prue Sigmon Howard  and moved to Florence, SC in her childhood. She met and married W. Nelson...

  Florence, SC- Arlo Joseph Jordan, beautiful infant son of Amy and Weston Jordan, was received into the arms of our Lord on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. Arlo joins his (MiMi) Mary B. Tyler, (PaPa) John J. Tyler, Flora and Charlie Jordan, and Edward Moore.  Arlo is survived by his big brother, Atticus, and his sister Cecilia; grandparents, Judy (JiJi) Jordan, Proctor (Papa P) and Kenan (KeKe) Jordan; great grandparents, Kitty (MaMa Kitty) and B. Lloyd  (Papa) Woodall. A...

  Florence, SC – Lottie Melton Miles, 89, passed away on Wednesday, Oct 2, 2019. Funeral services will be Friday, Oct. 4, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. in the chapel at Layton-Anderson Funeral Home.  Burial will follow at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Florence. The family will have a time of visitation from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 before the service at the funeral home. Lottie was born in Florence County, the daughter of the late David Wilbur and Janie Bell Greene.  She was a member of West...

Robert Maldon, “Bobby” Weatherly, Sr., 88 of Timmonsville, entered into eternal, heavenly rest with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, after a long illness. Visitation with the family and friends will be Saturday, October 5, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. with the service beginning at 3:30 p.m. at the Chapel of Layton Anderson Funeral Home in Timmonsville, SC. Burial will follow the service at Byrd Cemetery in Timmonsville. Bobby was born in Timmonsville, the...