Recent Obituaries

Donnie Lynn Scott
Sep 15, 2009
Funeral services for Donnie Lynn Scott, 62, will be held Friday, September 18, at 4:00 p.m. at Buffalo Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Reverends W.J. Wallace and Thomas Sullivan will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday, September 17, at Baker Funeral Home from 6:00 7:30 p.m. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer...

Carlene Meeks Stokes
Sep 12, 2009
Funeral services for Carlene Meeks Stokes, 56, will be held at 5:00 P.M., Monday, September 14, 2009, at Bethel United Methodist Church, Bethune. Rev. Barbara Segars will officiate. Burial will be held at 1:00 P.M., Tuesday, September 15, 2009, at Bonaventure Cemetery, Savannah, GA. Mrs. Stokes died Saturday evening, September 12, at her home after a battle with cancer. Born...

Frances Simpson Sigler
Sep 12, 2009
Funeral services for Frances Gay Simpson Sigler, 93, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 16, 2009, at First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Anita Bozardt and Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mrs. Sigler, widow of Royal S. Roy Sigler, Jr. died peacefully at her home, Saturday, September 12, 2009. Born...

Lawrence Smith, Sr.
Sep 10, 2009
Funeral services for Lawrence Edward Smith, Sr., 91, will be held Saturday, September 12 at 11:00 a.m. at Beaverdam Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Revs. Homer Hinson, Steve Leigh and Chaplain Mark Bredholdt will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service in the fellowship hall. Memorials may be made to Beaverdam Baptist Church,...

James B. Davis
Sep 9, 2009
Funeral services for James B. J.B. Davis, 84, will be held Friday, September 11, at 3:00 P.M. at Baker Conference Center, 105 N. Minor Street, with burial to follow in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. K. David Caughman, Jr. will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service at Baker Conference Center beginning at 1:30. Mr. Davis died Wednesday,...

Mattie R. Catoe
Sep 7, 2009
Funeral services for Mattie Roberts Catoe, 95, will be held Thursday, September 10, 2009 at Baker Funeral Home with burial to follow in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Robert Jeske will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday prior to the service beginning at 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to Harmony Baptist Seniors, 1940 Bethune Road, Bethune,...

Earl Hunter
Sep 4, 2009
Funeral services for Earl Hunter, 83, will be held at 4:00 P.M. Sunday, September 6, at Sand Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Hunter died Friday, September 4, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Francis B. and Daisy O. Hunter. Mr. Hunter retired from Springs Industries as a...

William C. Estridge
Aug 26, 2009
Funeral services for William Christopher Estridge , 72, will be held on Friday, August 28 at 3:00 p.m. at Baker Conference Center, 105 N. Minor Street, Kershaw, with burial to follow in Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. James Way and Don Coppedge will officiate. The family will receive friends Thursday, August 27, from 6:00 8:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home....

Grace Twitty Farmer
Aug 25, 2009
Graveside services for Grace Twitty Farmer, 83, will be held Sunday, August 30, at 3:00 p.m. at Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Memorials may be made to Kershaw Second Baptist Church, 7737 Kershaw Camden Hwy., Kershaw, SC 29067. Mrs. Farmer, widow of Edgar Bub Farmer, died Tuesday, August 25. Born October 26, 1925 in Kershaw, she was...

Ira Dean Hammer" Hunter
Aug 25, 2009
Funeral services for Dean Hammer Hunter, 49, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Thursday, August 27, at First Baptist Church with burial to follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery with Masonic Rites. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner and Rev. Bobby E. Price will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday, August 26, at Baker Funeral Home from 6:00 7:30 p.m. In...

Thomas Curtis Lowery
Aug 24, 2009
Memorial services for Thomas Curtis Lowery will be held Saturday, August 29 at 2:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Juan Garces will officiate. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, 128 Stonemark Lane, Columbia, SC 29210. Mr. Lowery died Monday, August 24. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Paul Marion and Wilma...

William Leroy Humphries, Jr.
Aug 20, 2009
Funeral services for William Leroy W.L. Humphries, Jr. , 73 will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, August 23, in Abney Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Dr. Todd Morris will officiate. Mr. Humphries died Thursday, August 20, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late William Leroy Sr. and Virgie...
Annie Mae Neal Smith
Aug 8, 2009
Funeral services for Annie Mae Neal Smith, 86, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, August 11, at Center Grove Baptist Church. Rev. Steve Miller will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mrs. Smith died Saturday, August 8, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Charlie T. and Eva...

J.E. Watson, Sr.
Aug 5, 2009
Funeral services for John Edward (J.E.) Watson, Sr., 86, will be held Saturday, August 8, at 11:00 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Kershaw with burial to follow in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner and Doug Barfield, Sr. will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at 10:00 a.m. in the church sanctuary....

Hilda Lois Gardner
Aug 1, 2009
Funeral services for Hilda Lois Gardner, 73, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, August 4, at Laurel Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery. Miss Gardner was called home to be with the Lord on Saturday evening, August 1. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Mae Kennington Gardner....

Edith G. Faulkenberry
Jul 30, 2009
Funeral services for Edith Floye Gaynor Faulkenberry, 85, will be held Saturday, August 1, at 2:00 p.m. in Abney Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Dr. Todd Morris and Rev. Eric Boone will officiate. The family will receive friends Friday, July 31, at Baker Funeral Home from 6:00 8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers,...

Paul Hazel Truesdale
Jul 25, 2009
Funeral service for Paul H. (Hazel) Truesdale, 93, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, July 26, in Bethany Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Craigan Blankenship will officiate. Born in Westville, Mr. Truesdale died Saturday, July 25, in Kershaw Health Medical Center, Camden. He was the son of the late Shelly and Alice Moseley...

Daniel Ray Stroud
Jul 18, 2009
22, in Flat Creek Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Bryan Rabon and Bart Miles will officiate. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Charles Ray and Marcie Bradley Stroud. Mr. Stroud re Funeral service for Daniel Ray Danny Stroud, 58, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, July tired from...

Mattie W. Bass
Jul 16, 2009
Funeral service for Mattie Weaner Bass, 92, of the Pleasant Hill Community, Heath Springs, will be held at 3:00 P.M., Saturday, July 18, 2009, in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Burial will be private in the Salem Cemetery. Rev. Buford Hayes will officiate. Mrs. Bass, widow of Mason Bass died Thursday, July 16, 2009, in McLeod Hospice in Florence. Born January...

William Truesdale West
Jul 10, 2009
Funeral services for William Truesdale Billy West, 81, will be held at 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 13, 2009, in Midway Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Todd Gandy will officiate. Mr. West died Friday, July 10, 2009, at his home. Born in Winnsboro, S.C., he was the son of the late John Matthew and Juanita Truesdale...