Recent Obituaries
Curtis Faile Jr.
Nov 29, 2022
Curtis Faile, Jr., age 84, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at his home. Born in Kershaw, S.C., he was a son of the late Curtis Columbus Faile and Hattie Watts Faile.
Mr. Faile was a faithful member of White Bluff Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. He loved to fish and watch NASCAR racing. He also loved his...
Billy Davis Rickman
Nov 25, 2022
Billy Davis Rickman, 69, of Liberty Hill, S.C., passed away, Friday, November 25, 2022, at his home. He was born October 12, 1953, in Bedford, VA. He was a son of the late Alton Davis Rickman and Irma June Carlton Rickman. Mr. Rickman was preceded in death by a sister, Deborah Ann Kennington.
Billy was a retired veteran from the United...
Ernest Harold Stroud
Nov 24, 2022
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ernest Harold Stroud, age 90, of the Midway Community near Kershaw, SC. He was the first born of Hazel H. and Ida Bell (Neal) Stroud of the Midway/Buffalo/Mt. Pisgah Communities. Immediately after graduating from The Flat Creek High School in 1951, he enlisted in The US Air Force, and...
Virgie Ann S. Boone
Nov 23, 2022
Virgie Ann Sowell Boone, age 70, passed away, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at her home. Born in Camden, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Melvin Sowell and Mary Jane West Sowell. Mrs. Boone was in the food service industry and attended New Haven Baptist Church. She loved to rescue animals, especially cats. She enjoyed cooking, browsing flea markets...
Jerry Martin Adams
Nov 23, 2022
Jerry Martin Adams, 69, of the Babcock Center, Columbia, S.C., passed away, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at the center. Born in Camden, S.C., he was a son of the late William Robert Adams and Zoe Gay Adams Truesdale.
Jerry is survived by his siblings, Robert Adams and his wife, Young, Rhonda Carnes and her husband, Dwight and Randall Lee Truesdale and...
Richard Allen Layman
Nov 21, 2022
Mr. Richard Allen Layman, 72, of Cassatt, S.C., passed away, Monday, November 21, 2022, in Columbia, S.C.
Private services are under the care of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw, S.C.
Sherry M. Deese
Nov 20, 2022
Sherry Moseley Deese, 67, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Sunday, November 20, 2022, in MUSC -Kershaw Health Medical Center, Camden, S.C. Born in Camden, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Ernest Moseley, Sr. and Mary Ellen Stroud Moseley. She was a Home Health caretaker and a member of Church of Christ, Camden, S.C. Sherry loved reading her bible....
Willis J. Catoe
Nov 20, 2022
Willis James Catoe, 103, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Sunday, November 20, 2022, at his home. Born in Rock Hill, S.C., he was a son of the late Ed Catoe and Molly Parish Catoe. Mr. Catoe was a United States Army veteran having served in the Pacific. He was a State Farm Insurance agent for 63 years. He was a...
Kevin William Hicks
Nov 20, 2022
Mr. Kevin William Hicks, 51, of Indian Land, S.C., passed away, Sunday, November 20, 2022, at his residence.
An obituary will be forthcoming.
Arrangements are under the care of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw, S.C.
Renee Hinson Moseley
Nov 16, 2022
Renee Hinson Moseley, 58, of Kershaw, S.C., wife of Danny Joe Moseley, died Wednesday, November 16, in Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C.
Born in Lancaster, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Bobby Haire and Marlene Adams Knight. Mrs. Moseley loved to hunt, fish, sew, and spend time with her grandchildren.
Surviving in addition to her husband of 38 years,...
Carolyn Williams Gay
Nov 10, 2022
Carolyn Williams Gay, 81, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away Thursday, November 10, 2022 at her home. Born in Kershaw County, she was a daughter of the late Horace B. Williams and Ruby Diana Gay Williams. She retired from Springs Industries, Grace Bleachery and was a faithful member of Bethany Baptist Church, Westville, S.C.
Mrs. Gay loved to garden, sew and ride...
Shirley T. Sims
Nov 6, 2022
Shirley Twitty Sims, 87 of Great Falls, formerly of Kershaw, passed away on Sunday afternoon in Rock Hill Post Acute Care Center, November 6.
Born May 27, 1935 in Kershaw, she was a daughter of the late Georgie and Eliza Langley Twitty. Mrs. Sims retired from Duracell Incorporated after 20 plus years service. She was member of First Baptist Church in...
Rose Mary Knight
Nov 5, 2022
Rose Mary Knight, age 93, of Kershaw, South Carolina and formerly of New Paris, Ohio passed away on Saturday, November 5, 2022, in Kershaw, South Carolina. Born on March 23, 1929, in Hagerstown, Wayne County, Indiana, she was the daughter of the late Chester E. & Cida A. (Coomes) Keever. Rose was a 1947 graduate of the Arsenal Technical High...
Helen W. Peterson
Nov 2, 2022
Helen Woody Peterson, 69, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Wednesday, November 2, 2022, at her residence. Born in Camden, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Douglas Arlie and Johnnie “Trudy” Hegler Woody.
Mrs. Peterson was an LPN and enjoyed making crafts.
She is survived by her loving husband of 42 years, Rodney A. Peterson of the home; her son, Stephen...
Mary L. "Teet" Elder
Oct 31, 2022
Mary Lee Lucas “Teet” Elder, 93, of Kershaw, SC, passed away, Monday morning, October 31, 2022, in White Oak Manor, Lancaster, SC. Born in Kershaw, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Coleman and Fannie Lee Robinson Lucas. Mrs. Elder retired from Springs Industries after 42 years of service. She was a member of Kershaw Second Baptist Church.
She is...
Bobbie Sullivan Reeves
Oct 28, 2022
Bobbie Ruth Sullivan Payne Reeves, 92, of Heath Springs, S.C., passed away, Friday morning, October 28, 2022, in Heath Springs Residential Care Center, Heath Springs, S.C. Born in Kershaw County, she was a daughter of the late Minor and Madge Myrtis Johnson Sullivan. Mrs. Reeves had been a caretaker. She was a faithful member of Oakhurst Baptist Church. She enjoyed...
Loretta C. Rodgers
Oct 28, 2022
Loretta Catoe Rodgers, 82, of Bethune, S.C., passed away, Friday, October 28, 2022, at her home. Born in Bethune, S.C., she was a daughter of the late William Clyde Catoe and Frances Inez Mangum Catoe. She was a graduate of Mt. Pisgah High School and retired from International Paper. She was of Baptist faith.
She is survived by 4 children, Billy...
Deborah K. Payne
Oct 27, 2022
Deborah K. Morgan Payne, 67, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Thursday morning, October 27, 2022, at her home. Born in Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Billy Ray Morgan and Clara Mae Payne Self. She was a homemaker and a former beautician.
She is survived by her loving husband of 39 years, Keith Landon Payne; 2 daughters, Hope...
Nancy West Hilton
Oct 27, 2022
Mrs. Hilton, 94, widow of the late David Eric Hilton, went to be with our heavenly father Thursday morning, October 27, 2022. She retired from Springs Industries to help raise children and help her mother take care of her father.
She was a lifelong resident of Kershaw County and member of Providence Baptist Church. She served Providence Baptist Church faithfully in...
Jennifer M. Knight
Oct 21, 2022
Jennifer Michelle Mangum Knight, 50, of Lancaster, S.C., passed away unexpectedly, Friday, October 21, 2022, in MUSC Heath Lancaster Medical Center, Lancaster, S.C. Born in Charlotte, N.C., she was a daughter of Cecil Mangum and the late Lola Mae Johnson Mangum. Jennifer enjoyed spending time with her family. She also loved going to the mountains, the beach and attending dances.
She...