All Obituaries

Hopkins, SC……. Terry DeWayne "Hammer" Simpson, age 65, died on Monday, May 20, 2019. Born in Richland County, SC, he was the son of the late Horace Lee Simpson and Iona Earlean Cook Simpson. Terry was a truck driver for over forty years. Throughout his years on the road as a truck driver, he never met a stranger and made many friends. He enjoyed spending time with his family and was everyone’s best friend. The light of his day was spending time with his...

Sumter, SC ……………………. Gloria Marie Regocki, age 81, died on Friday, May 17, 2019 at Prisma Health Tuomey. Born in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Walter Rzegocki and Joanne Kozlik Rzegocki. A devout Catholic, she was a sister in the Diocess of Chicago for 25 years and served as the principal of their school for 45 years. She was a loving person and devoted to her family. She is survived by her nephews, Frank and James;...

Sumter, SC ……. Christopher Brian McCall passed away from Pancreatic cancer at the age of 54 at his home in Sumter surrounded by loved ones, on Friday, May 17th, 2019.   He was born to Judy and Thomas McCall on September 28th, 1964, in Sumter, South Carolina. He was an avid outdoorsman frequently participating in hunting, fishing, and craftsmanship. He worked at Santee Print in Sumter for 34 years.   He is survived by a fiancée, Tina Paranto-Duke; two sons...

Sumter, SC ……… Pamela Ann Mancill Rogers, age 45, beloved wife of 23 years to David Michael Rogers, died on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Prisma Health Tuomey. Born in Germany, she was the daughter of Gerald Mancill and Donna Turk Mancill. Pamela adored her family and enjoyed spending all the time she could with them. She was a strong believer in her Christian faith and believed all things were possible. She fought her illness to the end. She was a member of the Westminster...

Sumter, SC…Dean Arlan Johnson, age 62, beloved husband of Jenyfer Louise Carr Johnson, died on Friday, May 10, 2019 at his residence.   Born in Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, he was the son of the late Herbert Johnson and Shirley Madsen Johnson. Mr. Johnson retired from the US Air Force after over twenty years of service and was a veteran of the Gulf War. He went on to work in civil service and retired after twenty years of service. He played bass in both Last Call and Special...

Columbia, SC…. Daniel Thomas “Dan” Stacey died peacefully at home in Columbia, South Carolina, on May 10, 2019 after a long battle with prostate cancer. He was born November 16, 1949 in Washington, D.C. to the late Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Stacey and Helen Carr Stacey. The family moved to Germany in 1950, to Milwaukee in 1953, and then to Columbia in 1957. Dan’s father died shortly after the family moved to Columbia, and Dan was raised by his mother and his maternal...

Sumter, SC… Merrell A. Shear, age 65, died on Thursday, May 9, 2019 at Prisma Health Tuomey.  You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book.  The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home for the arrangements.

Sumter, SC…Thomas Saul Cook, Jr., age 51, beloved husband of twenty four years of Laurie Ann Cook, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at the McLeod Hospice House in Florence. He was born on October 11, 1967 in Sumter, the son of the late Thomas Saul Cook, Sr. and Peggy Shipman Cook. He was a 1986 graduate of Sumter High School. He married Laurie Ann Cook on August 12, 1994 in Sumter. He worked at Suburban Propane since 1989, currently as the manager of the Hartsville...

  Sumter, SC…Lynn Ann Dutcher, age 64, died on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at Prisma Health Tuomey. Lynn was born in Lansing, MI, she was the daughter of the late George Dutcher and Ida Jo Remalie Dutcher. She was a Registered Nurse and worked throughout her career in Boone, NC, Ashville, NC and Dallas TX and was a Nursing Instructor. She will be missed by all who knew her. She is survived by four brother, George Dutcher and his wife Mary Lynda of Mayesville, Dana Dutcher and his wife...

Sumter, SC...Ruth Louise Muller, age 87, died on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at Prisma Health Tuomey. You may go to www.bullockfuneralhome.com and sign the family’s guest book. The family has chosen Bullock Funeral Home of Sumter for the arrangements.