Obituaries - The Sumter Item (2024)

Cynthia Diane Choice, 67, wife of Ernest Choice, died Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Sumter East Health and Rehabilitation Center in Sumter. Born in Clarendon County, she was a daughter of the late …more

7/9/24 11:23 AM

Katie W. Davis, 90, wife of the late Joe Davis Sr., died Sunday, July 7, 2024, at her residence in Sumter. Born in Sumter County, she was a daughter of the late Alexander Witherspoon and Lucille …more

7/9/24 06:00 AM

Willie Olden Jr., 91, widower of Janie White Olden and son of the late Willie Olden Sr. and Celeste White Olden, was born on Nov. 15, 1932, in Sumter. He departed this life on Tuesday, July 9, 2024, …more

7/9/24 06:00 AM

Marie Drusilla Rhett Britt, 93, widow of Sinclair Britt and daughter of the late Crystal Rhett and Ella Kelly Rhett, was born on Sept. 26, 1930, in St. George, South Carolina. She departed this life …more

7/9/24 06:00 AM

Memorial service for James Lynwood Waters, 86, will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 14, 2024, at Barr-Price Funeral Home and Crematorium, Historic Batesburg-Leesville Chapel. The family will …more

7/9/24 06:00 AM

FLORENCE — Thomas Richard "Ricky" Singleton Jr., age 67, passed away on Thursday, July 4, 2024, at McLeod Regional Medical Center of the Pee Dee, Florence. You may go to …more

7/9/24 06:00 AM

Dwight Anthony Brooks, 69, husband of Fiesta Witherspoon Brooks and son of the late Howard Brooks and Calanthia Olevia Gould McEachin, was born on Nov. 27, 1954, in Denton, Maryland. He departed this …more

7/8/24 06:00 AM

Mary Beth Fairow, 82, died on Monday, June 10, 2024, at Harmony Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Xenia, Ohio. Born Nov. 21, 1941, in Sumter, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late …more

7/8/24 06:00 AM

Carrie Sinkler Parker, 80, widow of Alphonzo A. Parker, died Friday, July 5, 2024, at McLeod Regional Medical Center Of The Pee Dee, Florence. Born Jan. 25, 1944, she was the daughter of the late …more

7/8/24 06:00 AM

Marie Drusilla Rhett Britt, 93, widow of Sinclair Britt and daughter of the late Christopher Rhett and Ella Kelly Rhett, was born on Sept. 26, 1930, in St. George, South Carolina. She departed this …more

7/8/24 06:00 AM

Douglas Eugene Self, age 66, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, July 7, 2024. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has …more

7/8/24 06:00 AM

DALZELL — Joseph T. Dickerson Jr., the husband of Wanda Rush Dickerson, departed this life on Monday, July 1, 2024, in Dalzell. He was born June 13, 1957, in Maybeury, West Virginia, to …more

7/8/24 06:00 AM

The beloved LeeAnna Belote Brown, 49, died Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at MUSC Health University Medical Center in Charleston. Born May 22, 1975, at Shaw Air Force Base, she was the daughter of the …more

7/8/24 06:00 AM

Marie English Spann, 68, died Sunday, July 7, 2024, at Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Sumter. Born in Woodrow on Feb. 17, 1956, she was the daughter of Willie Johnson and Minnie Ree English. The …more

7/8/24 06:00 AM

Robert Lee Knight, 70, son of the late Joseph Lee Knight and Gracie Goodman Knight, was born on Nov. 24, 1953, in Gatesville County, North Carolina. He departed this life Sunday, July 7, 2024, at his …more

7/8/24 06:00 AM

Agnes Nathaniel Gregg, 84, widow of Jonathan Gregg Sr., and daughter of the late Ulyssess Nathaniel and Eva Bracey Nathaniel, was born on Aug. 8, 1939, in Sumter. She departed this life on …more

7/5/24 03:22 PM

Rebecca Chestnut-Hunt, daughter of the late Joseph Chestnut Sr. and Mable McLeod-Chestnut, was born Dec. 19, 1957, in Oswego. She gained her angel wings on June 27, 2024, in Stone Mountain, Georgia. …more

7/5/24 02:39 PM

Brenda Louise Morris Ardis, 75, wife of Hydrick Wayne Ardis, died Thursday, July 4, 2024, at her home. Born in Sumter, she was a daughter of the late Russell James Morris and Ruby Frances Herring …more

7/5/24 11:55 AM

WEDGEFIELD — Fred Leon Lloyd Jr., 79, husband of Marie E. “Penny” Webster Lloyd, died Wednesday, July 3, 2024, at Prisma Health Tuomey in Sumter. Born Jan. 3, 1945, in Florence, he …more

7/4/24 07:16 AM

Betty Jean Johnson Tiller, 77, wife of Dudley Tiller Jr., and daughter of the late Eugene Johnson and Mary Louise Pearson Johnson, was born on Dec. 23, 1946, in Sumter. She departed this life …more

7/4/24 07:10 AM