Recent Obituaries

Joyce Croxton Etter
Oct 16, 2008
Funeral services for Joyce Cook Croxton Etter, 91, of Lexington and formerly of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, October 19, 2008, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Cook Family Plot at Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Jesse Hegler will officiate. Born in Kershaw, S.C. on November 6, 1916, she was the youngest...

Louise Catoe Ingram
Oct 14, 2008
Funeral services for Louise Catoe Ingram, 91, widow of the late William Charlie Ingram, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 17, 2008, in Baker Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Jamie Rogers and Hugh McKinney will officiate. Mrs. Ingram died Tuesday, October 14, 2008. She was the daughter of the late...

Geraldine Carnes
Oct 13, 2008
Funeral services for Geraldine Leslie Horne Carnes, 89, widow of the late Rev. Thurman Carnes, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 16, 2008, in Buffalo Baptist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Don Coppedge, Rev. Dr. Todd Morris and Rev. James Way will officiate. Mrs. Carnes died Monday, October 13, 2008,...

Henry Alex Fletcher
Oct 4, 2008
Funeral services for Henry Alex Fletcher, 89, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 7, 2008, in Bethany Baptist Church, Westville. Burial will follow in the Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery with Masonic Rites. The Revs. Von Cockrell and Craigan Blankenship will officiate. Mr. Fletcher died Saturday, October 4, 2008, in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C.. He was the son...
Glenda Hendrix Ellis
Oct 4, 2008
Funeral services for Glenda Hendrix Ellis, 81, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, October 6, 2008, in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Don Knight and Hugh McKinney will officiate. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Mary Rowell Hendrix. Mrs. Ellis died Saturday, October 4,...
Walter Preston Davis, Jr.
Sep 30, 2008
Funeral services for Walter Preston W.P. Davis, Jr., will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, October 3, 2008, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Craigan Blankenship will officiate. Born in Westville, he was the son of the late Walter Preston and Lula Livingston Davis. Mr. Davis died Tuesday, September...

Lester Clyburn L.C." Reeves
Sep 28, 2008
Graveside services for Lester Clyburn L.C. Reeves, 84, will be held at 2:00 P.M Wednesday, October 1, 2008, in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Mr. Reeves died Sunday, September 28, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Lester and Maude Whitley Reeves. Mr. Reeves was retired from...

Ozie Taylor
Sep 27, 2008
Funeral services for Ozie Taylor, 80, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 30, 2008, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow with military honors in the Abney Baptist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Dr. Todd Morris and Kenneth Catoe will officiate. Mr. Taylor died Saturday evening, September 27, 2008, in the Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden....

Bertha Roach Griffin
Sep 26, 2008
Bertha Roach Griffin, 86, died Friday, September 26, 2008, at her home. Services will be held Sunday, September 28, 2008, at 3:00 P.M. in Center Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Steve Miller and Bobby Wallace will officiate. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Charlie L. and Sarah Robinson...

Evelyn Louise Watts
Sep 22, 2008
Funeral services for Evelyn Louise Watts, 80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 27, 2008, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Watts died Monday, September 22, 2008, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Burl and Allie Horton. She was married to the late...

Evelyn Outen Gandy
Sep 16, 2008
Funeral services for Evelyn Outen Gandy,80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 18, 2008, in Abney Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Dr. Todd Morris, Todd Gandy and Larry Plyler will officiate. Mrs. Gandy died Tuesday, September 16, 2008 in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Rev. James...

Myrtle Boykin Portman
Sep 12, 2008
Graveside services for Myrtle Boykin Portman, 84, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 13, 2008, at Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Millcreek Road, Kershaw. Rev. Larry Reeves will officiate. Born in Darlington, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Lucille Stephens Boykin. Mrs. Portman died Friday, September 12, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center. She was retired...

Margaret Bowers Catoe
Sep 8, 2008
Funeral services for Margaret Bowers Catoe, 81, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 10, 2008, in Heath Springs Baptist Church, Heath Springs. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Gary Harris and Steve Neal will officiate. Born in Kershaw , she was the daughter of the late Chalmers Calvin and Jerusha Nanalee Faile Bowers. Mrs....

Alma Cleola Mcpherson
Aug 25, 2008
Funeral services for Alma Cleola Coot McPherson, 63, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 27, 2008, in Timrod Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ms. McPherson died Monday, August 25, 2008, at her home. Born in Bethune, she was the daughter of the late Walter Graham and Ola Norris McPherson. She was retired from Kendall...

Gettys Albert Baker
Aug 22, 2008
Memorial services for Gettys Albert Baker, 76, of Stockton, California and formerly of Kershaw, S.C. will be held Sunday, August 31, 2008, at 3:00 P.M. in Kershaw Second Baptist Church, Kershaw. Mr. Baker died Friday, August 22, 2008, in Stockton, California. Born in Kershaw, He was the son of the late Whiteford and Lillie Baker. Mr. Baker retired from the...

Ernest Lavon Faile
Aug 19, 2008
Services for Ernest Lavon Faile, 72, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 21, 2008, in Charlesboro Baptist Church. The Revs. Buddy Thomas, Buford Hayes and Rodney Nicholson will officiate. Born in Lancaster Co. , he was the son of the late Ernest and Nezzie Gregory Faile. He was retired from the South Carolina Highway Department and a member...
Dean Kirby Williams
Aug 15, 2008
Funeral services for Dean Kirby Williams, 74 of 4377 Fish Hatchery Road, Gaston and formerly of Kershaw will be held at 4:00 P.M. Monday, August 18, 2008 in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr.Williams died Friday, August 15, 2008, in Lexington Medical Center. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of...

Walter Belton West
Aug 12, 2008
Funeral service for Walter Belton West, 81, of 3927 Red Doc Road, Lancaster, will be held at 4:00 P.M. Thursday, August 14, 2008, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr. West died Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Henry...

Jose Ruben Miranda Contreras
Aug 9, 2008
Funeral service for Jose Ruben Miranda Contreras, 28, will be held at his home in La Mesa de Atotonilco, Mexico. Burial will be in La Mesa. Jose died accidentally Saturday, August 9, 2008 in Bethune, S.C. Born in La Mesa, he was the son of Donato Miranda Sanchez and Lidia Isadora Contreras Rosas. He was employed by Holton Farms in...
Frances Inez Mangum Catoe
Aug 9, 2008
Funeral service for Frances Inez Mangum Catoe, 91, will be held at 2:00 P.M.TUESDAY, August 12, 2008, in Timrod Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Catoe, widow of William Clyde Catoe died Saturday, August 9, 2008 at her home. Born in the Timrod Community of Bethune, she was the daughter of the late Henry Thomas and...