Recent Obituaries
Robert Byrd
Aug 5, 2008
The Celebration of Life Service for Robert Bobby Byrd, 80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 8, 2008, in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Rev. Jamie Rogers, Rev. Don Knight, Dr. Charles Rabon, and Rev. Robert Thompson will officiate. Burial will be private. Mr. Byrd died Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at his home. Born in Jefferson (Kershaw County) he...

Thomas Mervelle Watson
Jul 23, 2008
Graveside services for Thomas Mervelle Tommy Watson, 78, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, July 25, 2008, in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mr. Watson died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Deland, Florida, he was the son of the late John and Dora Peterson Watson. He was retired from...

Pauline Catalano
Jul 19, 2008
Funeral Mass for Pauline M. Catalano, 86, will be held Friday, July 25, 2008 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Wilmington, Delaware with burial to follow in the Cathedral Cemetery. Mrs. Catalano widow of Nick J. Catalano and Paul W. Gray died Saturday, July 19, 2008 , at the home of her daughter in Kershaw. Born in Harrington, Delaware, she was...
Sarah Elizabeth Holder Holley
Jul 18, 2008
Funeral services for Sarah Elizabeth Holder Tina Holley, 90, will be held at 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY, July 20, 2008, in Dekalb Baptist Church, Camden. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Keith Coates, Jimmy Holley and Mike Vinson will officiate. Mrs. Holley, widow of Clyde Gettys Holley died Friday, July 18, 2008. Born in Chester, she was...

Ernest Franklin Austin
Jul 13, 2008
Mr. Ernest Franklin Austin, 81, of 1337 Scott Road, Kershaw, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2008 at his home. He was born June 6, 1927 in Lancaster to the late Virgil and Florrie Austin. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Abney Baptist Church. The Rev. Dr. Todd Morris, Rev. Wayne Flowers, and the...
Manly Junior Faulkenberry
Jul 8, 2008
Funeral services for Manly Junior Faulkenberry, 80, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, July 11, 2008, in Buffalo Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. James Way will officiate. Mr. Faulkenberry, loving husband of 59 years and caregiver to Susie Catoe Faulkenberry died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in Kershaw,...

Loriner Bradley Cauthen
Jul 7, 2008
Funeral services for Loriner Bradley Cauthen, 81, will be held at 11:00 A.M. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008, in Sand Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Hanging Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Chadwick Ivester and Charlie Simmons will officiate. Mrs. Cauthen loving wife of Blake E. Cauthen died Monday, July 7, 2008, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster....
Lula Bess Catoe Jenkins
Jul 1, 2008
Graveside services for Lula Bess Catoe Jenkins, 80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Mrs. Jenkins died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in Kershaw Co. Medical Center, Camden. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Gary Catoe,Sr. and Dessie Neal Catoe. She was married...
Jake Jeff Geiger
Jul 1, 2008
Graveside services for Jake Jeff Geiger, 85, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 3, 2008, at Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Steve Miller will officiate. Mr. Geiger , widower of Grace Rollings Geiger died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in Lancaster Convalescent Center. Born in Jefferson, he was the son of the late Will and Mattie Hayes Geiger. He was...
Ehrline Copeland Truesdale
Jun 29, 2008
Funeral services for Ehrline Copeland Truesdale, 90 ,will be held at 3:00 P.M. Tuesday, July 1, 2008, at Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mrs. Truesdale, widow of Harry Hampton Truesdale, died Sunday, June 29, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of...
Patricia Lane Presley Mcmanus
Jun 21, 2008
Patricia Lane Presley McManus , 63, went home to be with the Lord on June 21, 2008 after a long and painful illness. Patricia, known by family and friends as Pat was born January 9, 1945 in Monroe, N.C. She was the youngest of six children born to the late Claude and Bertha Preslar Presley. She is survived by her...

Elizabeth Mackey Truesdale
Jun 19, 2008
Funeral service for Elizabeth Mackey Truesdale, 85, will be held at 3:00 P.M. SATURDAY, June 21, 2008, in Salem United Methodist Church. Rev. Scott Cloninger will officiate. Burial will follow in the Salem Cemetery. Mrs. Truesdale ,wife of G.C. Truesdale , Jr. died Thursday, June 19, 2008, at her home. Born February 2, 1923, in Heath Springs, she was the...
James William Junior" Hilton, Jr.
Jun 17, 2008
Funeral service for James William Junior Hilton, Jr., 51, will be held at 2:00 P.M. FRIDAY, June 20. 2008, in Baker Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Kershaw City Cemetery with Masonic Rites. The Revs. Bryant D. Fersner and John Rogers will officiate. Mr. Hilton died Tuesday, June 17, 2008. Born in Camden, he was the son of Sara...
Vincent Edward Pierro
Jun 13, 2008
Funeral Mass for Vincent Edward Pierro, 81, will be held at 9:00 A.M. Monday, June 16, 2008, in St. Catherine's Catholic Church, Lancaster. Father John O' Holohan will officiate. Burial with full military honors will be held at sea. Mr. Pierro passed away Friday, June 13, 2008, in Springs Memorial Hospital. Born in New Jersey, he was the son of...
James Edward Freeman
Jun 8, 2008
James Edward Freeman of Bethune, age 67, passed away at his home surrounded by his loved ones on June 8th, 2008. Born in Bethune, he was the son of the late J.T. and Hattie Rollins Freeman. Jim was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother and uncle. He served his country in the United States Marine Corps from June 14th 1960...

Darrell Eugene Catoe
Jun 5, 2008
Graveside services for Darrell Eugene Catoe, 49, will be held at 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY, June 7, 2008, in Blackmon Cemetery. Rev. Bobby Owens will officiate. Mr. Catoe died Thursday, June 5, 2008, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of Alice Faile Catoe and the late Arthur Miller Catoe. He was formerly employed with Haile Gold Mine...
Louis Clay Mitchell
Jun 2, 2008
Funeral services for Louis Clay Mitchell, 75, will be held at 2:00 P.M. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2008, in Hanging Rock United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Masonic Rites. Rev. Scott Cloninger will officiate. Mr. Mitchell, husband of the late Mildred Louise Fletcher Mitchell died Monday, June 2, 2008. Born in Red Oak, N.C. , he...
Edward Bruce Catoe
May 30, 2008
Funeral services for Edward Bruce Catoe, 75 formerly of Charlotte, N.C. will be held at 2:00 P.M. TUESDAY, JUNE 3, 2008, in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Jamie Rogers and Earl Pennell will officiate. Mr. Catoe died Friday, May 30, 2008, in Presbyterian Hospital, Charlotte, N.C. Born in Kershaw, he was...

James Rufus Jim" Williams
May 20, 2008
James Rufus Jim Williams Kershaw, SC Funeral services for James Rufus Jim Williams, 64, will be held at 11:00 A.M. FRIDAY, MAY 23, 2008, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Rev. Bryant Fersner will officiate. Mr. Williams died Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center. Born in Camden,...
Edwin Lee Buddy" Gibson
May 20, 2008
Edwin Lee Buddy Gibson Kershaw, S.C. Funeral services for Edwin Lee Buddy Gibson, 71 will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, May 23, 2008 in Flat Creek Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Honors will be performed by S.C. Highway Patrol Honor Guard. The Revs. Bart Miles and Marvin Faile will officiate. Born in Hartsville, Mr. Gibson...