Pee Dee

After retirement, Yarborough opened and operated a used car dealership in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina and served on the Florence County Council.

After retirement, Yarborough opened and operated a used car dealership in the Pee Dee region of South Carolina and served on the Florence County Council.

Elected officials and religious figures rallied the community in Lake City, a town of less than 6,000 residents in South Carolina’s Pee Dee region, where relatives say the incredibly close group of four grew up.

The four were as close as “brothers and sister” after growing up together in a small town in South Carolina’s Pee Dee region, she said.

Officials in South Carolina are mapping out plans to replace 12 outdated bridges over swamps and streams in the Great Pee Dee River flood plain, seeking to improve the flow of freight and tourists in an Interstate 95 corridor beset by safety risks and extreme weather.