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Robert Lee Langley

Robert Lee Langley

Dec 31, 2010

Funeral services for Robert Lee Langley, 90, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, January 2, 2011, in Bethany Baptist Church, Westville. Rev. Craigan Blankenship will officiate. Burial with Masonic Rites will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr. Langley, widower of Lou Jane Baker Langley died Friday, December 31, 2010, at his daughter's home, Kershaw. Born in Bethune, he...

Judson Lee Williams

Judson Lee Williams

Dec 30, 2010

Funeral services for Judson Lee Williams, 78, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, January 2, 2011, in Pineview Baptist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Gregory Gunter will officiate. Mr. Williams died Thursday, December 30, 2010, at KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of Joseph Franklin and Nellie Horton Williams. Mr. Williams...

Idell Bowers Mobley

Idell Bowers Mobley

Dec 29, 2010

Graveside services for Idell Bowers Mobley, 95, of Heath Springs will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 31, 2010, in Salem Cemetery, Heath Springs. Dr. Frankie Melton will officiate. Mrs. Mobley widow of James Alton Mobley, Sr, died Wednesday, December 29, at her home. Born in Heath Springs, she was the daughter of the late James Richard and Rilla...

Gary Gene Ellis

Gary Gene Ellis

Dec 28, 2010

Funeral services for Gary Gene Ellis will be held Thursday, December 30, at 11:00 a.m. at Baker Funeral Home with burial to follow in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery, Westville. Revs. Doug Martin and Joel Poole will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday, December 29, from 6:00 8:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Kershaw Church...

Milburn Judson Ogburn

Milburn Judson Ogburn

Dec 27, 2010

Funeral services for Milburn Judson Ogburn, 84, of Bethune, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, December 30, 2010, in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Terry Corder, Todd Montgomery and Thomas Sullivan will officiate. Mr. Ogburn died Monday, December 27. Born in Jefferson, he was the son of the late Loranza and...

Mary Ellen Daniels

Mary Ellen Daniels

Dec 26, 2010

Private memorial services for Mary Ellen Daniels, 83, of Lancaster, will be held at First United Methodist Church, Kershaw. Rev. Dr. Anita Bozardt will officiate. Ms. Daniels died Sunday, December 26, 2010, in Springdale Healthcare Center, Camden. Born in Sparta, Wisconsin, she was the daughter of the late Edward Lachman and Edna Leola Goodenough Dengel. She retired from retail sales...

James Everette Waites

James Everette Waites

Dec 26, 2010

The family will hold a memorial service for James Everette Jimmy Waites, 60, at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 29, 2010 at House of Prayer, John Munn Rd., Bethune. Rev. Charles Watkins will officiate. Mr. Waites died Sunday, December 26, at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of Eddie Woodrow, Sr. and Elizabeth Ellis Waites....

Ruby Doris Williams

Ruby Doris Williams

Dec 22, 2010

Graveside services for Ruby Doris Williams, 66, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, December 27, 2010, in Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery, Westville. Rev. Keith Coates will officiate. Ms. Williams died at her home. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Marie Gay Williams and the late Everette Harry Williams. She held a Master's Degree in Social Work, retiring...

Gerald Eliott Seegars

Gerald Eliott Seegars

Dec 21, 2010

Graveside services for Gerald Eliott Seegars, 73, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 23, 2010, in Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Dale Myers will officiate. Mr. Seegars died Tuesday, December 21, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Jesse Coleman Seegars and Rebecca Eliott Seegars Robinson. Mr. Seegars was retired from...

Justin Heath Brewer

Justin Heath Brewer

Dec 13, 2010

A funeral service to celebrate the short life of Justin Heath Brewer, 17, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, December 16, 2010, in First Baptist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Kershaw Cemetery. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will conduct the service. Justin died Monday, December 13, in an automobile accident. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of...

Earl Dean Freeman

Earl Dean Freeman

Dec 4, 2010

A service to celebrate the life of Earl Dean Freeman, 50, of Bethune, will be held at 4:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 7, 2010, in Pineview Baptist Church, Kershaw. The Revs. Gregory Gunter and Todd Gandy will officiate. Mr. Freeman died Saturday, December 4, at his home. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late J.T. and Hattie Rollins...

Mamie Mangum Blackwell

Mamie Mangum Blackwell

Dec 1, 2010

Funeral services for Mamie Mangum Blackwell, 87, will be held at 2:00p.m., Friday, December 3, 2010 in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Hugh McKinney and Don Knight will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday, December 2, from 5:00 6:30 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may...

Joan Hinson Mosley

Joan Hinson Mosley

Nov 30, 2010

Joan Hinson Moseley, 64, of Bethune, died Tuesday, November 30. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Surviving are her husband, Carl Mosley and daughter, Lisa Mosley of Bethune.

Steve Catoe

Steve Catoe

Nov 28, 2010

Funeral services for Mark Steven Steve Catoe, 44, of Bethune will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, December 1, 2010 in Harmony Baptist Church, Bethune. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Paul Stephens and Homer Hinson will officiate. Mr. Catoe died Sunday, November 28, at his home. Born in Bethune, he was the son of Ken and...

Ruby Horton Hinson

Ruby Horton Hinson

Nov 24, 2010

Funeral services for Ruby Horton Hinson, 94, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 24, 2010 in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. The Revs. Jamie Rogers, Don Knight and Kelvin Hinson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mrs. Hinson widow of John Jackson Jack Hinson died Monday evening , November 22, in White Oak...

Thomas Hayes, Jr

Thomas Hayes, Jr

Nov 21, 2010

A memorial service celebrating the life Thomas Russell Hayes, Jr., 79, of Kennesaw, GA. and formerly of Kershaw, S.C. will be held at 3:00 pm, Sunday, Nov. 28, at Baker Funeral Home Chapel, Kershaw, S.C. The Rev. Keith Coates, pastor of DeKalb Baptist Church will officiate. The family will speak to friends following the service at the funeral home. Mr....

Valerie Humphrey Bowers

Valerie Humphrey Bowers

Nov 16, 2010

Graveside funeral services for Valerie Humphrey Bowers, 58 will be held Thursday, November 18, at 3:00 p.m. at Sand Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Chadwick Ivester will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service in the Fellowship Hall. Memorials may be made to Sand Hill Baptist Church, 6895 Hwy. 341, Kershaw, S.C. 29067 or The Gideons of Lancaster,...

Shirley Izbicki

Shirley Izbicki

Nov 12, 2010

Shirley Mercier Izbicki, 75, of Bethune, died Friday, November 12, 2010 in Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville. Born in Torrington, Connecticut, she was the daughter of the late Ludger and Arline Hebert Mercier. She was retired from the Brunswick Corporation and was a resident of McCoy Nursing Center in Bishopville. Memorial services will be announced by the family. Surviving...

Lisa Stroud Knight

Lisa Stroud Knight

Nov 9, 2010

A service to celebrate the life of Lisa Stroud Knight, 49, of Conway, SC, will be private. Lisa died Tuesday morning, November 9, in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of Peggy Faile Stroud and the late Tim Stroud. She was a homemaker. Surviving in addition to her mother of Heath Springs, SC, are...

Sibyl Watkins Taylor

Sibyl Watkins Taylor

Nov 9, 2010

Sibyl Watkins Taylor, 90, widow of L. Curtis Taylor, died Tuesday, November 9. Born in Camden, she was the daughter of the late Jesse B. and Margaret C. Davis Watkins. Mrs. Taylor was a member of First Baptist Church. She loved spending time with her grandkids and reading her bible. She was a loving housewife and mother. Surviving are a...