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St. Luke Bunch

St. Luke Bunch

Apr 11, 2016

HOLLY HILL - St. Luke Bunch, 77, of Holly Hill, husband of Pauline Pratt Bunch, died Monday, April 11, 2016 at his home. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Avinger Funeral Home with Rev. Dwight Brazell officiating. Burial will follow in the First Pentecostal Holiness Church Cemetery. St. Luke was born in Holly Hill, a son of the...

Phyllis A. McClemens

Phyllis A. McClemens

Apr 8, 2016

SANTEE - Mrs. Phyllis Ann McClemens, 81, of Santee, wife of James "Jim" McClemens, died Friday, April 8, 2016 at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg. A funeral mass will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Ann Catholic Church in Santee. A Rosary service will be at 6 p.m. with visitation to follow until 8 p.m. Tuesday at Avinger Funeral...

Isobel C. Lancaster

Isobel C. Lancaster

Apr 3, 2016

HOLLY HILL - Mrs. Martha Isobel Crosby Lancaster, 95, of the Providence Community, Holly Hill, widow W. Boyd Lancaster, died Sunday, April 3, 2016 at The Magnolias in Santee. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Providence United Methodist Church with Rev. Terry Martin officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6...

Barry Carson

Barry Carson

Apr 3, 2016

EUTAWVILLE - Barry Carson, 66, of Eutawville, died Sunday, April 3, 2016 in a North Charleston hospital. A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, April 10, 2016 at Avinger Funeral Home, Holly Hill, with Rev. Buddy Locke officiating. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends after the service. Barry was a son of the late Phillip Ray...

Margo Shuler

Margo Shuler

Mar 31, 2016

HOLLY HILL - Elizabeth Margo Shuler, 23, of the Providence Community, Holly Hill, died Thursday, March 31, 2016. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. this Saturday evening at Avinger Funeral Home. All other services are private. Margo was born in Orangeburg, the daughter of Ryan Shuler and the late Sharon Drawdy Russell. She was a waitress at IHOP. Surviving...

William P. Bilger

William P. Bilger

Mar 28, 2016

ELLOREE, SC - William Plummer Bilger, 71, of Elloree, formerly of Tyrone, PA, passed away Monday, March 28, 2016 at home. There will be a memorial service Sunday, April 3, 2016 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Santee. Bill, as he was known, was born January 23, 1945 (1-23-45), at home in Alexandria, PA, a son of the...

Al Belk

Al Belk

Mar 15, 2016

Allan Ray Belk, 69, of Holly Hill, SC, entered into eternal rest on March 15, 2016. Mr. Belk was born on March 3, 1947, in Angleton, TX, to Lloyd Ray Belk and Priscilla (Shell) Belk Goehring. He attended a community college in Hawaii and served sixteen years in the US Coast Guard. After retiring from the US Coast Guard, he...

Cindy H. Robinson

Cindy H. Robinson

Mar 9, 2016

EUTAWVILLE - Cynthia Hutto Robinson, 54, of Eutawville, passed away, Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at her home. A funeral service will be 4 p.m. Monday at Avinger Funeral Home in Holly Hill with Billy Cain officiating. Burial will be private in the Holly Hill Cemetery. Cindy as she was known, was born in Holly Hill, the daughter of Inez Clark...

Caroline Hart Kinsey

Caroline Hart Kinsey

Mar 9, 2016

HOLLY HILL - Mrs. Caroline "Carolyn" Hart Kinsey, 81, of Holly Hill, widow of Doris Ray Kinsey, died Wednesday, March 9, 2016 morning at her home. A graveside service will be 11 a.m. Saturday in the Holly Hill Cemetery with Pastor Roy Dean Knight officiating. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday evening at Avinger Funeral...

Mary Jane Zink

Mary Jane Zink

Mar 3, 2016

SANTEE - Mary Jane Zink, 87, of Santee, widow of Richard "Dick" Zink, died Thursday, March 3, 2016 at The Magnolias in Santee. All services will be private. Mrs. Zink was born in Franklin, IN, the daughter of the late Harry W. Booher and Ethel Hamm Booher. Mrs. Zink was a member of Jerusalem United Methodist Church in Santee, and...

Gerald W. Smith

Gerald W. Smith

Feb 28, 2016

SANTEE - Mr. Gerald Wilburn Smith, 90, of Santee, passed away Sunday, February 28, 2016 at the Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at The Church of the Epiphany in Eutawville with Rev. Tom Hendrickson officiating. Burial, with military rites, will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive...

Johnny G. Platt

Johnny G. Platt

Feb 20, 2016

HOLLY HILL - Johnny Glatin Platt, 54, of Holly Hill, died Saturday, February 20, 2016 at his home. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, February 27, 2016 at Avinger Funeral Home with Brother Clinton Crummie presiding. Entombment will follow in the Platt Cemetery. Johnny was born in Holly Hill, the son of Tommie Platt and Deseree Platt. He was...

James C. Gowan, Jr

James C. Gowan, Jr

Feb 17, 2016

SANTEE - James C. "Shadow" Gowan, Jr., 74, of Santee, died Wednesday, February 17, 2016 in a Lexington hospital. A funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Avinger Funeral Home in Holly Hill with Rev. Jim Palmer officiating. The family will receive friends after the funeral service at the funeral home. Another funeral service will be 2 p.m. Monday...

Rocky Moore

Rocky Moore

Feb 17, 2016

HOLLY HILL - Walker T. "Rocky" Moore III, 60, of Holly Hill, died Wednesday, February 17, 2016 VA hospital in Charleston. A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Avinger Funeral Home in Holly Hill with Rev. Buddy Locke officiating. Burial will be private. Rocky was born in Orangeburg County, a son of the late Walker T. "Duck" Moore,...

Rocky Moore

Rocky Moore

Feb 17, 2016

HOLLY HILL - Walker T. "Rocky" Moore III, 60, of Holly Hill, died Wednesday, February 17, 2016 VA hospital in Charleston. A memorial service will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Avinger Funeral Home in Holly Hill with Rev. Buddy Locke officiating. Burial will be private. Rocky was born in Orangeburg County, a son of the late Walker T. "Duck" Moore,...

W.H. "Billy" Rhame, Jr

W.H. "Billy" Rhame, Jr

Feb 12, 2016

HOLLY HILL - Wilton Henry Rhame, Jr., known as Billy to his friends, Daddy to his children and Poppop to his grands, was born on November 30, 1926 and died on February 12, 2016 after a life well lived and enjoyed. He was proud to have been born on the same day as the great Winston Churchill. A third generation...

Joy Atkinson Horger

Joy Atkinson Horger

Feb 3, 2016

SANTEE - Joy Davenport Atkinson Horger, 92, of Santee, died Tuesday, February 3, 2016 at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg. A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 13, 2016 in the Holly Hill United Methodist Church with Rev. Cooper Stonestreet and Rev. Tom Wall officiating. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends after...

Jean H. Hill

Jean H. Hill

Jan 26, 2016

COLUMBIA - Mrs. Jean Hartzog Hill, 82, of Columbia, formerly of Holly Hill, widow of I. F. "Fox" Hill, Jr., died Tuesday, January 26, 2016 in a Columbia hospital. A memorial service will be 12 noon Saturday at Avinger Funeral Home in Holly Hill with Rev. Michael Ritter officiating. Burial will follow in the Holly Hill Cemetery. The family will...

Eva Claire Furches

Eva Claire Furches

Jan 19, 2016

HOLLY HILL - Eva Claire Furches, 88, of Holly Hill, widow Joseph M. Furches, died Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at Pruitt Health Nursing Home in Orangeburg. A memorial service will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Avinger Funeral Home with Rev. Cooper Stonestreet officiating. Burial will be private. The family will receive friends after the service at the funeral home. Eva...

Richard L. Zink

Richard L. Zink

Jan 19, 2016

SANTEE - Richard Leonard Zink, 88, of Santee, died Tuesday, January 19, 2016 at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg. All services will be private. Mr. Zink was born in Salem, IN, a son of the late Harry H. Zink and Mabel Colglazier Zink. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a retired Quality Control Manager from...

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