Recent Obituaries
Darline Hall Rollins
Oct 20, 2021
A service to celebrate the life of Darline Hall Rollins, 69, of Kershaw, S.C., will be held at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, November 7, 2021, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. The Revs. Bobby Massey and Cody Huneycutt will officiate. Ms. Rollins passed away Wednesday, October 20, 2021, at MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center, Lancaster, S.C. Born in Lancaster, S.C,...
Billy Griggs Poston
Oct 14, 2021
Billy Griggs Poston, 80 of Kershaw, S.C., passes away, Thursday evening, October 14, 2021, at his home. Born in Lancaster County, he was a son of the late Bud Poston and Rumsey Holden Poston. Mr., Poston retired from the former Lehigh Steel. He enjoyed fishing and working on tractors. He also loved going to car shows and his 1938 Oldsmobile...
Lonzo Wesley Rollings, Sr.
Oct 12, 2021
Mr. Lonzo “Wesley” Rollings, Sr., 84, of Heath Springs, passed away on October 12, 2021, surrounded by his loving family. Mr. Rollings was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather, brother and uncle. He was a one of a kind mechanic. He enjoyed making someone’s trash into someone else’s treasure. He could fix most anything and enjoyed...
Stephen Joseph Reheiser
Oct 9, 2021
Stephen Joseph “Steve” Reheiser, 72, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Saturday morning, October 9, 2021, at his home. Born in Long Island, NY, he was a son of the late Anthony Charles Reheiser and Agnes Gardella Reheiser. Mr. Reheiser was a former EMT and attended Buffalo Baptist Church. He also enjoyed fishing and loved the outdoors. He is survived by...
Carl William Miles
Oct 9, 2021
Carl William “C.W.” Miles, 93, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Saturday evening, October 9, 2021, at Legacy of Camden, Camden, S.C. Born in McBee, S.C., he was a son of the late Archie Alford Miles and Nettie Louisa Snipes Miles. Mr. Miles retired from the US Postal service. He was a faithful member of Buffalo Baptist Church, where he had...
Hazelene Sims Jewett
Oct 8, 2021
Hazelene Sims “Hazel” Jewett, 90, of Heath Springs, S.C., passed away, Friday morning, October 8, 2021, at her home. Born in the Midway community of Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Steward Heath Sims and Effie Neal Sims. She was a graduate of Flat Creek High School, Class of 1947, a faithful member of First Baptist Church...
Charles "Sonny" Neal
Oct 8, 2021
Charles Wilson “Sonny” Neal, 82, of Lancaster, S.C., passed away peacefully, Friday, October 8, 2021, at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Kershaw, S.C., the son of the late Woodrow and Marguerite Hunter Neal. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Joanne Holley Connell Neal; his sister, Reba Neal Wilkins of Greenville, S.C.; his...
Irene V. Ogburn
Oct 8, 2021
Irene Vinson Ogburn, age 96, was called home on October 8, 2021. She was born May 25, 1925, in Lancaster County, SC, and was the oldest of Effie and Luther Vinson Sr.’s twelve children. She is survived by her brothers, Luther Jr., “J.W.”, “Bill” and his wife, Joanne, Stanley, Ralph and his wife Vivian, and Carroll and his wife Sandy;...
Timothy "T.R." Rollings
Oct 6, 2021
Douglas Timothy “T.R.” Rollings, 56, of the Flat Creek community, Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at the home of his daughter. Born in Lancaster, S.C. he was a son of the late William Henry and Margaret Loutee Deese Rollings. Mr. Rollings worked in maintenance and was a US Army veteran. He also loved working outdoors. Surviving are...
Janis Sue Baker
Oct 4, 2021
Janis Sue Baker, 62, of Lancaster, S.C., passed away Monday, October 4, 2021, at her home. Born in Marion, VA, she was a daughter of Eleanor Russell Leonard and the late Richard Dunn. She is survived in addition to her mother by 5 children, Billy Testerman, Mark Campbell, Shannon Campbell, Trista Sumner and Tosha Nye: 6 grandchildren, Dakota Sumner, Jayden...
Delores M. Blackmon
Oct 4, 2021
Delores M. Blackmon, 78, of Lugoff, S.C., passed away, Monday evening, October 4, 2021, at MUSC Kershaw Health Medical Center, Camden, S.C. Born in Great Falls, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Johnny D. Maree and Bertha Lorianne Granger Maree. Mrs. Blackmon was formerly employed with Springs Mills, J.P. Stevens and retired from Kendall Co. She enjoyed sewing,...
Ssgt John Allen Cawley, Usaf, Retired
Oct 3, 2021
John Allen Cawley, 89, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Sunday morning, October 3, 2021, in MUSC Health, Lancaster Medical Center, Lancaster, S.C. Born in Waynesboro, Ga., he was a son of the late William Lindsay Cawley and Helen Beckham Cawley. He enlisted in the United States Air Force, retiring as a Staff Sergeant after 20 years of service. He also...
Lucille Blackmon Ellis Lee
Oct 1, 2021
Mrs. Lucille Blackmon Beckham Ellis Lee, 98, entered her eternal home by faith in Jesus Christ on Friday, October 1, 2021, at Wellmore Memory Care of Tega Cay, South Carolina. Lucille was born in Heath Springs, South Carolina on August 25, 1923, to Earl Roy Beckham and Bertha "Allie" Blackmon Beckham. She was the widow of William Heath Ellis of...
Henry Kenneth Catoe, Jr.
Oct 1, 2021
Henry Kenneth Catoe, Jr., 52, of Florence, S.C. and formerly of Bethune, S.C. passed away unexpectedly, October 1, 2021, while working in Nevada. Born in South Carolina, he was a son of the late Henry Kenneth Catoe, Sr. and Patricia Gregory Catoe. He was a safety director in the construction industry. Mr. Catoe is survived by his wife of 34...
Ralph B. Jones, Jr.
Sep 26, 2021
Ralph Burrell Jones, Jr., 66, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Sunday, September 26, 2021, at his home. Born in Camden, S.C., he was a son of Ralph Burrell Jones, Sr. and Dolores Taylor Jones. Mr. Jones attended USC-Lancaster and was a carpenter. He loved music, cooking, spending time on the farm and all animals. He was a member of Sand...
Rev. Keith D. Coates
Sep 26, 2021
Rev. Keith Derrick Coates, 52, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Sunday afternoon, September 26, 2021, at MUSC Health-Lancaster Medical Center, Lancaster, S.C. Born in Lancaster, S.C., he was a son of William Lloyd “Bill” Coates and the late Bobbie Jean Roberts Coates. Keith was a graduate of North Greenville College and attended Wingate College. Keith was a retired Baptist minister...
George L. Roberts
Sep 25, 2021
George Ludlow Roberts, 84, of Westville, S.C., passed away, Saturday morning, September 25, 2021, at MUSC Health – Lancaster Medical Center, Lancaster, S.C. Born in Lancaster, S.C., he was a son of the late George Washington Roberts and Rhoda “Cecil” Rhodus Roberts. He retired from the US Navy after 21 years of service and later retired from Kershaw County Memorial...
Billy Joe Mooneyham
Sep 15, 2021
Billy Joe Mooneyham, 78, of Bethune, S.C., passed away, Wednesday, September 15, 2021, in Prisma Health Richland, Columbia, S.C. Born in Hartsville, S.C., he was a son of the late Francis Bannon Mooneyhan and Odelle Lyles Mooneyhan. Mr. Mooneyham was formerly employed with Cal-Maine Foods. He enjoyed go-kart racing, fishing, riding his golf cart and gardening in his yard. In...
Tony James Williams
Sep 13, 2021
Tony James Williams, 40, of Bethune, S.C., passed away, Monday, September 13, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. The Williams family has chosen private family cremation services.
Lonnie Marion Horton
Sep 11, 2021
Lonnie Marion Horton, 58, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Saturday, September 11, 2021, at his home. Born in Lancaster, S.C., he was a son of Joyce Ann Robinson Horton and the late Wilbur Lee Horton, Sr. Mr. Horton was a former employee of the Town of Kershaw. He loved to fish. He also loved spending time with his family and...
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