Week of September 27, 2017

Ronald “Ronnie” Wayne Gainey, Sr., age 65 of Hartsville, passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2017. Funeral services were held 1p.m. Saturday, September 23rd in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial following in Indian Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Born April 5, 1952, Ronnie is the son of the late Tollie Gainey and Toye Mae Morris Gainey. He worked for 22 years as a warehouse foreman for Diamond Hill Plywood. Ronnie enjoyed fishing, woodworking, playing guitar, gardening, and staying home playing pool on his tablet.

Surviving are his wife of 39 years, Elizabeth Morris Gainey; his children, Jacenda (Chris) Burr of Pamplico, Jamie Gainey of Timmonsville, Elizabeth (Terry) Johnson, Billy Gainey, and Ron (Candace) Gainey, all of Darlington; his grandchildren, Ashton, Skylar, Tiffany, Ariel, Terry Jr., Haley, Christopher, Kaitlyn, Gunner, and Sadie; two great-grandchildren; his siblings, Robert Gainey, James Gainey, Pete (Pat) Gainey, Sally Windham, Ruby Gandy, and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by six of his siblings.

A guestbook is available online at www.belkfuneralhome.com.