Recent Obituaries
Glenn Colby Frazier, Jr.
Aug 5, 2024
Glenn Colby Frazier, age 51, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Monday, August 5, 2024, at his home. Born in Danvers, Massachusetts, he was a son of Glenn Colby Frazier, Sr. and Doris Anne Belanger Frazier. He was employed with Service Experts HVAC residential sales. He played hockey and was an avid Boston Bruins fan. He also enjoyed playing his guitar...
Karen Williams Faulkenberry
Aug 5, 2024
Karen Williams Faulkenberry, age 50, of Lancaster, S.C., passed away Monday, August 5, 2024, at her home.
Born in Lancaster, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Cecil Wayne Williams and Pauline Estridge Williams. Karen was formerly employed as a receptionist with Haile Gold Mine. She was also a former employee of Kanawha Insurance Company. Karen loved the beach, traveling...
Doris Payne Robinson
Aug 3, 2024
Doris Elaine Payne Robinson, age 95, of Mount Pleasant, South Carolina and formerly of Kershaw, South Carolina passed away peacefully on August 3rd, 2024, at Oak Harbor Healthcare in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
She was born to Foster Herbert Payne and Ruby Payne Melton on January 4th, 1929, in Kershaw, South Carolina and grew up in the nearby Haile Gold Mine...
Dennis Wade Ivey, Sr.
Aug 1, 2024
Dennis Wade Ivey, Sr., age 60, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Thursday morning, August 1, 2024, surrounded by his family at his home. Born in Lancaster, S.C., he was a son of the late Wade F. Ivey and Ruth Catherine Ellis Ivey. Mr. Ivey was a faithful employee of Prestage Farms. He enjoyed watching racing and football. He never turned...
Robert Lewis Hinson
Jul 31, 2024
Robert Lewis “Rock” Hinson age 71, of Cassatt, S.C. died Wednesday, July 31, 2024, at his home surrounded by family.
Born in Camden, S.C., he was the son of the late Robert and Kathleen Hearon Hinson. Mr. Hinson was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church, Camden, S.C. He loved to hunt, work in his garden, spend time with his grandchildren and...
Jasper MacKenzie Kelly
Jul 27, 2024
Jasper MacKenzie Kelly, infant son of MacKenzie Phelan Kelly and Elizabeth Noel Stephens, passed away, Saturday, July 27, 2024, at his home. He was born in Columbia, S.C., on May 24, 2024.
Jasper is survived by his parents of Cassatt, S.C.; his sister, Cheyanne; his brother, Brayden; maternal grandparents, Kim and John Fulmer and Bert Mays; his paternal grandfather, Larry Kelly;...
Jerry Wayne Sowell
Jul 27, 2024
Jerry Wayne Sowell, age 77, of Columbia, South Carolina, passed away on July 27, 2024. He was born in Camden, South Carolina, to the late Emmett L. Sowell and Kathryn Sims Sowell. He graduated from Mount Pisgah High School and attended Clemson University, later graduating from Richland Tech. He retired from the V. C. Summer Nuclear Station (SCANA) after 36...
Johnny Leroy Hunter
Jul 25, 2024
Johnny Leroy Hunter, age 64, of Lancaster, S.C., passed away, Thursday, July 25, 2024, at Lexington Hospice House, Lexington, S.C. Born in Lancaster, S.C. he was a son of the late Jerry Baxter Hunter and Barbara Ann Stroud Hunter. Mr. Hunter was an automotive mechanic.
He is survived by his children, April Hunter (Joel), Donna Hunter (Able), Brenda Booth (Ray), Joyce...
Lawrence W. Polson
Jul 24, 2024
Lawrence William “Larry” Polson, age 71, of Kershaw, S.C. died Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at his home surrounded by his family.
Born in Camden, S.C., he was a son of the late Paul William Polson and Iva Lee “Polly” Owens Allen. Mr. Polson was retired from Bowater. Mr. Polson was a member of Abney Baptist Church where he was the former...
Diane B. Portman
Jul 23, 2024
Diane Baker Portman, age 74 of Kershaw, S.C., widow of John Ray Portman, died Tuesday, July 23, 2024, at her home surrounded by her family.
Born in Hartsville, S.C., she was the daughter of the late L.E. and Geneva Watkins Baker. Mrs. Portman loved spending time with her grandchildren and watching birds.
Surviving are sons; Sam Portman (Amy) and Eddie Portman; 7...
Deannie Hyatt Reeves
Jul 16, 2024
Mrs. Dean Hyatt “Deannie” Reeves, 91, of Kershaw, S.C. and loving wife of the late C. Joe Reeves, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at MUSC Health, Lancaster, Medical Center, Lancaster, S.C.
Deannie was born May 25, 1933, in Augusta, Georgia and was a 1951 graduate of Lancaster High School. She was a retiree of The Kendall Company in Bethune, S.C....
Cecil Wayne Williams
Jul 8, 2024
Cecil Wayne Williams, age 77 of Kershaw, S.C. passed away, Monday evening, July 8, 2024, at Lancaster Health and Rehab, Lancaster, S.C. Born in Kershaw County, S.C., he was a son of the late Reese Williams and Cletus Connell Williams. Mr. Williams retired form Springs Industries and was a member of Pineview Baptist Church. He enjoyed spending time with his...
Charles Dean Threatt, Sr.
Jul 8, 2024
Charles Dean Threatt, Sr. age 73, of Lancaster, S.C., passed away peacefully from stage 4 lung cancer on Monday, July 8, 2024, at his home. Born in Lancaster, S.C., he was a son of Mary Joyce Seegars Threatt and Marion Threatt. He was a lifelong brick mason, and well known in the community for his work. Mr. Threatt cherished his...
William Monroe "Billy" Melton, Sr.
Jul 5, 2024
William Monroe “Billy” Melton, Sr., 80, of Kershaw, S.C. passed away on Friday, July 5, 2024, at his residence. Born in Moncks Corner, S.C., on January 3, 1944, to the late Monroe D. Melton and Janie Brunson Melton, Billy was a truck driver.
Surviving him are his daughter, Karen Bacon, and her husband, Bruce; son, William Monroe “Will” Melton, Jr., and...
Laura Jean Farmer
Jul 5, 2024
Laura Jean Gainey Farmer, 71, of Kershaw, SC passed away to her forever home on July 5, 2024, at Piedmont Hospital in Rock Hill, SC. Born on February 6, 1953, in Kershaw, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walker and Sadie Cassidy Gainey.
She is survived by her husband, Larry Farmer; sisters, Lila Shepherd of Georgia, Evelyn Hammond of...
Rev. Dr. J. Donald McManus
Jul 5, 2024
James Donald McManus from Lancaster, SC died early Friday afternoon at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte, NC. He was born in 1942 to the late James Hawley McManus and the late Willie Mae McManus from the Taxahaw community of Lancaster County. Donald was married to the late Judie Baskin McManus and is survived by their two sons, James Donald McManus, Jr....
Marlowe F. Jones
Jul 3, 2024
Marlowe Faulkenberry Jones, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. She was born in Lancaster County, S.C., a daughter of the late Lula Mae Bowers Faulkenberry and Edward N. Faulkenberry. In addition to her parents, she is also predeceased by her husband, Lawrence Jones, a sister-in-law, Cathy Faulkenberry and a brother-in-law, Lanny Robinson. Marlowe graduated from Kershaw...
Danny Ray Tidwell
Jul 2, 2024
Danny Ray Tidwell, age 63, of McBee, S.C., passed away, Tuesday, July 2, 2024, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center, Hartsville, S.C. He was a son of the late William Tidwell and Janet Anderson Tidwell. He was self employed in the landscaping industry.
No formal services service will be held.
Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw, S.C. is assisting the family with cremation services.
Walter Hurley Craig, Jr.
Jun 22, 2024
Walter Hurley “Walt” Craig, Jr., age 57 of Kershaw, S.C., passed away at his home on Saturday, June 22, 2024, after a valiant, nearly six-month struggle with glioblastoma.
He was born in Lancaster, S.C. on December 20, 1966, to Melody Clyburn Craig and the late Walter Hurley Craig, Sr. Walt was a 1985 graduate of Andrew Jackson High School and...
Clara T. Vincent
Jun 22, 2024
Clara Threatt Vincent, age 94 of Camden, S.C. and formerly of Kershaw, S.C. passed away, Saturday evening, June 22, 2024, at Karesh at Beechwood, Camden, S.C. Born in Kershaw, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Lee Clarence Threatt and Eva Elizabeth Gardner Threatt. She retired from Springs Industries as a supervisor. Mrs. Vincent was a faithful member of...
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