MARCUS LATTIMORE speaks with Malaya Barr, a pediatric patient in the McLeod Children's Hospital, during his visit to Florence.

HELEN HOLLADAY, LEFT, AND DAUGHTER ANNA HORNE

CITY HALL – Florence firemen pose in front of the Florence City Hall Building which housed the O’Dowd Theater in this circa 1913 photo. They are on the 100 block of West Evans St. Standing by the fire truck, on left, is Assistant Fire Chief Charles Franklin Hollis. Photo courtesy of the Florence City Fire Department.

CADET LEADERSHIP GRADUATES of Wilson High School are flanked by Lt. Col Johnny Guest, far left, and Master Chief Fletcher Williams, far right.

Duke Energy Foundation presented a $26,000 grant to support Harvest Hope Food Bank’s Mobile Food Pantry program which delivers meals to Pee Dee families in food desert areas. From left, Denise Holland, Harvest Hope CEO; Mindy Taylor, Duke Energy government and community relations manager; and Donna Lollis, donor relations manager for Harvest Hope in Florence.

FRANCES MARION UNIVERSITY’S LUTHER F. CARTER CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES

THE MCLEOD INFIRMARY AND NURSES HOME ON CHEVES STREET IN THE EARLY 1950s The Florence County Museum now occupies that corner