Recent Obituaries

Mary Ann Glover Mcentire
Apr 28, 2009
Funeral service for Mary Ann Glover McEntire, 58, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, May 1, 2009, in Flint Ridge Baptist Church, Heath Springs. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Kelvin Hinson and Mike Vinson will officiate. Mrs. McEntire died Tuesday evening, April 28, 2009 at her home following a courageous battle with cancer. Born in...

Sallie Brazell Roberts
Apr 28, 2009
A graveside service for Sallie Brazell Roberts, 64, will be held at 11:00 A.M., Thursday, April 30, 2009, in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. John Rogers will officiate. Mrs. Roberts, widow of John Q. Roberts, Jr.,died Tuesday evening, April 28, 2009 in a Florence Nursing Center. Born in Heath Springs, she was the daughter of the late Walter J. and Mary...

John Carl Bryson, Jr.
Apr 26, 2009
John Carl Jake Bryson, Jr., 66, died Sunday, April 26, 2009. Born in Sylva, North Carolina, he was the son of the late John Carl, Sr. and Alma Thompson Bryson. He was retired from Sonoco Products Co. having worked in the research and development department. Mr. Bryson was a US Navy veteran. A gathering of friends and family to celebrate...

John Wayne Baker
Apr 20, 2009
Graveside services for John Wayne Baker, 59, will be held at 2:30 P.M. Wednesday, April 22, 2009, in Cassatt Baptist Church Cemetery, Cassatt. Rev. Donnie Barrett and Rev. Dr. Anita Bozardt will officiate. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of Martha McDonald Baker and the late Simon Baker. Mr. Baker died Monday, April 20, 2009, at his home. He...

Gus Hazel Vincent
Apr 16, 2009
Funeral service for Gus Hazel Vincent, 90, of 113 Survey Street, Lancaster will be held at 4:00 P.M. Saturday, April 18, 2009, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Gus Vanderbilt and Virgie Catoe Vincent. Mr. Vincent died Thursday evening, April 16,...

Thomas J. Lejeune, Sr.
Apr 13, 2009
A memorial service celebrating the life of Thomas J. LeLeune, Sr., 67, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, April 17, 2009, in Bethel United Methodist Church. The Rev. Barbara Segars will officiate. Mr. LeJeune died Monday, April 13, 2009, in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in Torrington, CT , he was the son of the late Alfred and...

Peggy Cobb Marshall
Apr 9, 2009
A graveside service for Peggy Cobb Marshall, 72, will be held at 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2009, in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Heath Springs. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Mrs. Marshall died Thursday, April 9, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Nefford and Sue Lee Bowers Cobb. She was a...

Larry Hugh Faile
Apr 5, 2009
Funeral service for Larry Hugh Faile, 75, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 8, 2009, in Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Mr. Faile died Sunday, April 5, 2009, in White Oak Manor, Lancaster. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Boyd and Sarah Bowers Faile. He was a...

Melvin Hazel Catoe
Apr 3, 2009
Funeral service for Melvin Hazel Catoe, 85, will be held at 4:00 P.M. Sunday, April 5, 2009, in Midway Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Catoe died Friday, April 3, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Hazel John and Bessie Robinson Catoe. He was retired from...

Billy Joe Baker
Mar 29, 2009
A graveside committal service for Billy Joe Baker, 66, of 6182 Lockhart Road, Kershaw,will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Baker died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Ennis Whitaker Baker. He was a painter and attended Southside...

Betty Reeves Seegars
Mar 26, 2009
A graveside service for Betty Frances Reeves Seegars, 69, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 28, 2009, in Kershaw City Cemetery. The Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Born in the Flat Rock community of Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Willie Lee and Nell Gay Reeves. Ms. Seegars died Thursday, March 26, 2009, in the Wayne...
Larry T. Wolfe
Mar 22, 2009
Funeral service for Larry T. Tommy Wolfe, 42, will be held at 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Abney Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Dr. Todd Morris, Carl Hunter and Chadwick Ivester will officiate. Mr. Wolfe died Sunday, March 22, 2009, in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in Camden, he was...
Mildred Truesdale Kelley
Mar 18, 2009
Funeral Service for Mildred Truesdale Kelley, 76, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 21, 2009, in First United Methodist Church. The Revs. Anita Bozardt and Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mrs. Kelly, widow of Dr. E. A. Kelley, Jr., died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in Rochester, New York, she was the...

Edna Coats Phillips
Mar 18, 2009
Funeral service for Edna Coats Phillips, 85, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 21, 2009, in Bethany Baptist Church, Westville. The Rev. Craigan Blankenship and Dr. Charles Rabon will officiate. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Ben Henry and Gertrude Fletcher Coats. Mrs. Phillips died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital,...

Janie Blanche Ray
Mar 16, 2009
Funeral service for Janie Blanche Tolbert Ray, 73, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 19, 2009, in Haile Gold Mine Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ms. Ray died Monday evening, March 16, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Reed and Nealie Catoe Tolbert....

Ned Sowell
Mar 12, 2009
Funeral services for Ned Sowell, 84, will be held Saturday, March 14, 2009, at 3:00 P.M. in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Terry Corder will officiate. Mr. Sowell died Thursday evening, March 12, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late William P. and...

Bobby Gene Denkins
Mar 8, 2009
Funeral services for Bobby Gene Denkins, 71, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Kershaw Church of God. Burial will follow in the Bethany Baptist Church cemetery. Rev. Doug Martin will officiate. Mr. Denkins died Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital. Born in Manila, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Avis Denkins...

L.T. Williams
Mar 7, 2009
Funeral services for L.T. Williams, 86, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, March 10, 2009, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery Rev. Bobby Owens will officiate. Mr. Williams died Saturday, March 7, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late John and Tinnie...

Donnie Steele
Mar 6, 2009
Funeral services for Donnie Steele, 61, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 9, 2009, in Sand Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Chadwick Ivester will officiate. Mr. Steele died Friday, March 6, 2009. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Louise Steele Lyles and the late Walter Sikes Steele. He was retired...
Margaret R. Rowell
Mar 3, 2009
Graveside services for Margaret Ann Raley Rowell, 87, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, March 6, 2009, in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Gerald McCants will officiate. Mrs. Rowell, died Tuesday evening, March 3, 2009, at White Oak Manor-Lancaster, where she was a resident. Born in Bethune, she was the daughter of the late Clifton and Lucy Mae Horton Raley....