May 29, 2007

Robbie Fay Burr
CHESTERFIELD – Robbie Fay Burr, 37, died May 17, 2007 at his home. A funeral service was held May 20 at Lower Macedonia Baptist Church with burial in Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Burr, born in Petersburg, Fla., was a son of Donnie Fay and Frances Marie Wilmoth Burr. He was a graduate of Chesterfield High School and a foreman for Hanson Aggregates Inc. He was a former member of the S.C. National Guard.
Surviving are wife Linda Sue Hyatt Barr; daughter Skylar Marie Burr, of the home; parents; sisters Rita (Dennis) Gulledge, of Ruby and Michelle (Timothy) Sellers, of Chesterfield; six nephews and five nieces.
Memorials can be sent to Skylar Marie Burr Scholarship Fund, c/o Sentry Bank & Trust, P.O. Box 517, Cheraw, S.C. 29520 or Hospice of Chesterfield County, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, S.C. 29709.
Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home, Chesterfield, was in charge of the arrangements.

Billie Faye Mullis Courtney
PAGELAND – Billie Faye Mullis Courtney, 77, died May 19, 2007 at Hospice House of Union County. A funeral service was held May 22 at Providence Baptist Church with burial in Greenlawn Memorial Park.
Courtney, born in Union County, was a daughter of the late James Haywood and Faye Mullis. She was the retired owner of Don’s Drive-In Restaurant in Pageland. In recent years, she had worked with “Future Citizens” annual portrait program.
She was preceded in death by husband of 44 years J. Don Courtney Jr., son Phillip Courtney, and grandson Shannon Courtney.
Surviving are son Gary (Sheila) Courtney, of Powder Springs, Ga.; daughters, Cathy (Chris) Knight and Marie (Chris) Rape, of Pageland; brothers J.B. Mullis, Ray (Lillie) Mullis and Jerry (Lindene) Mullis, of Monroe, N.C. and Ben Mullis, of San Bernadino, Calif.; six grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Memorials can be sent to Providence Baptist Church Youth Mission Fund, 232 Providence Church Rd. Pageland, S.C. 29728.
Sutton Funeral Home of Pageland was in charge of the arrangements.

Marvin Douglas Ratley
CHERAW – Marvin Douglas Ratley, 74, died May 18, 2007. A funeal service was held May 22 at Kiser Funeral Home with burial in Riverside cemetery in Dillon, S.C. Ratley, born in Dillon, S.C., was a son of the late James Marvin and Veta Duncan Ratley. He was a retired car dealer, and lover of Nascar and flying.
Surviving are sons Michael and Donnie (Cathy) Ratley, both of Cheraw; daughters Doris (Kenny) Miles, of Pageland, Teresa Self, of Cheraw; brother Brian Ratley, of McColl, S.C.; sister Barbara Spencer, of Cheraw; seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Kiser Funeral Home of Cheraw was in charge of the arrangements.

James Randolph Wright
CHESTERFIELD – James Randolph Wright, 78, died May 20, 2007. A funeral service was held May 23 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home Chapel with burial in Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Wright, born in Chesterfield County, was a son of the late James Duncan and Margie Rainwater Wright. He was a retired employee of Freeman’s TV Shop and was a retired member of the S.C. National Guard with 22 years of service. He will be remembered for cruising around town in his 1952 black Ford pick-up truck.
He was preceded in death by nephew James Cagle.
Surviving are sisters Lola Cagle, of Columbia, S.C. and Swansa Overcash, of Kannapolis, N.C.; nieces Sue (Garry) Shelton, Carol and Jennifer Overcash, all of Kannapolis, N.C., and Brenda Alston, of Columbia, S.C.; nephew Alan (Kathy) Overcash, of Meridian, Miss.; three great nephews and three great nieces.
Memorials can be sent to Chesterfield Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 147, Chesterfield, S.C. 29709 or to American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Kane, Columbia, S.C. 29212.
Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield was in charge of the arrangements.

Lewislee Ebbin Gunn
LANCASTER, S.C. – Lewislee Ebbin Gunn, 79, died May 22, 2007 at McLeod Medical Center, Dillon,S.C. A private funeral service was held.
Gunn was a son of the late Ebbin Fitzgerald and Nellie Shepherd Gunn. He was retired from Springs Industries and served in the U.S. Army during WWII.
He was preceded in death by wife Rosie Lee Mackey Gunn.
Surviving are sons Gene, Gerald, and George Gunn, all of Lancaster, Garner Gunn, of Gastonia, N.C. and Gray Gunn, of Jefferson; daughters Brenda Canady, of Latta, S.C., Glenda Langston, of Fort Mill, S.C. and Linda Adams, of Lancaster, S.C.; brother Olin Gunn, of California; sisters Emily Mackey, of Pageland, and Lucille Faulkenberry, of Lancaster; 20 grandchildren and 26 great grandchildren.
Mahaffey Funeral Home, Lancaster, S.C., was in charge of the arrangements.