Recent Obituaries
Ollie Mae Payne
Dec 14, 2018
Funeral services for Ollie Mae Payne, 83, of Camden, will be held at 11:00 o’clock a.m., Tuesday, December 18, 2018, in the sanctuary of DeKalb Baptist Church. Rev. Andrew Gunter will officiate. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Payne, loving wife of the late Raymond Jack Payne, died Friday, December 14, at KershawHealth, Camden. Born in...
G. C. Truesdale, Jr.
Dec 12, 2018
Graveside services for Grover C. Truesdale, Jr. , 97, of Heath Springs, will be held at 1:00 o’clock p.m., Saturday, December 15. Rev. Bill McCown will officiate. Mr. Truesdale died Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at his home. Born in the Stoneboro community of Heath Springs, he was a son of the late Grover C. Truesdale, Sr. and Hettie Denton Truesdale....
Louis Gene Holland
Dec 5, 2018
Gene Holland, 76, died Wednesday, December 5, at Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia, SC. Born in Camden, he was a son of the late Henry Bryan and Jeannette Cauthen Holland. Mr. Holland was a self employed welding contractor. He was a member of Thorn Hill Baptist Church and a US Navy veteran having served three tours in Vietnam. Gene and...
James Weldon Roberts
Nov 30, 2018
James Weldon Roberts, 61, of Heath Springs, died Friday, November 30, 2018, at his home. Born in Heath Springs on February 20, 1957, he was a son of the late James Willie “Bud” Roberts and Edna Robinson Roberts. Mr. Roberts was a member of Flint Ridge Baptist Church. He is survived by sisters, Jean Faulkenberry (Dan) of Fort Lawn and...
Judy Catoe Cook
Nov 29, 2018
A service to celebrate and remember the life of Judy Lynn Catoe Cook, 71, of Kershaw, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, December 2, 2018, in the sanctuary of Kershaw Second Baptist Church, where she was a member. The Revs. Ronnie Hinson and Claude Moore will officiate. Burial will be private in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mrs. Cook, loving...
Nancy Sandifer Hurst
Nov 8, 2018
Memorial services for Nancy Sandifer Hurst, 85, of Monroe, NC and formerly of Kershaw, SC, will be held at 2:00 o’clock p.m., Wednesday, November 14, 2018, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw, SC. The family will greet friends one hour prior to the service on Wednesday at the funeral home beginning at 1:00 o’clock p.m. Ms. Hurst passed...
Shirley Riek Ahlers
Nov 8, 2018
Shirley Riek Ahlers, 80, of Kershaw, SC died Thursday, November 8, 2018, at her home. Born in Buffalo, NY, she was a daughter of the late Charles Lorenz Riek and Mabel Matilda Freund Riek. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Ahlers enjoyed gardening and making crafts. She also loved assisting her husband in performing Magic Shows for many years. She is...
James Cecil "Jimmy" Hunter
Nov 5, 2018
Graveside services for James Cecil “Jimmy” Hunter, 67, of Kershaw, SC, will be held Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at 11:00 o’clock a.m. in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Larry Humphries will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the graveside service in the cemetery. Mr. Hunter died Monday, November 5, 2018, at his home. Born in Camden, he was a...
Joni R. Joyner
Nov 3, 2018
Funeral services for Joni Rice Joyner, 62, of Bessemer City, NC, will be held at 1:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, November 8, 2018, in the sanctuary of Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Jefferson, SC. Rev. Bobby Ferguson will officiate. Burial will follow the church cemetery. The family will receive friends, one hour prior to the service beginning at 12:00 o’clock noon in...
Michael Allen Tarte
Oct 30, 2018
Michael Allen “Mike” Tarte, 48, of Stanley, NC and formerly of Westville, SC, died, Tuesday, October 30, 2018, at the Robin Johnson Hospice House, Dallas, NC. Mike was the son of Grover S. Tarte of Clover, SC and Gayle Vincent Hunter of Lancaster, SC. He was the grandson of the late Grover Cleveland Tarte and Daisy Lucille Tarte and the...
Harry Ossian Stoddard
Oct 30, 2018
A celebration of life memorial service for Harry Ossian Stoddard, 88, of Kershaw, SC, will be held at 11:00 o’clock a.m., Friday, November 2, 2018, at White Bluff Baptist Church. Rev. Doug Humphries will officiate. Burial will be held in Fort Jackson National Cemetery at a later date. The family will receive friends immediately following the service in the church...
Betty Sue Price
Oct 28, 2018
Betty Sue Stevens Price, 76, of Kershaw, passed away, Sunday, October 28, 2018, at White Oak Manor, Lancaster. Born in Lancaster, she was a daughter of the late William Hayward Stevens and Lola Morgan Stevens. She retired from Tic-Tac, Heath Springs as a seamstress. Mrs. Price attended Center Grove Baptist Church and was of Baptist faith. She was married to...
Jimmy Horton
Oct 22, 2018
Funeral services for Jimmy Horton, 82, of Bethune, SC, will be held MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2018, at 11:00 am in Shamrock Baptist Church, Bethune. Burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Jackie Knight and Billy Coates will officiate. Mr. Horton, widow of Hazel Lynn Horton, died Monday, October 22, at his home. Born in Bethune, he was a...
Mary J. Mackey
Oct 22, 2018
Mary Brenda Johnson Mackey, age 78, died peacefully on October 22, 2018, at home after a brief struggle with cancer. Mary was born, May 3, 1940, in Heath Springs, South Carolina, the daughter of the late Walter Hazel and Bernice Helms Johnson. She was a graduate of Heath Springs High School and worked for 44 years at Springs Industries as...
Laney G. Lucas
Oct 13, 2018
Funeral services for Laney Gardner Lucas, 75, of Kershaw, will be held at 11:00 o’clock am, Tuesday, October 16, in the sanctuary of Flat Creek Baptist Church. Rev. Bart Miles will officiate. Burial will be private for the family in the in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends immediately following the private family burial in the church sanctuary...
James Crawford Deese
Oct 6, 2018
Funeral services for James Crawford Deese, 81, of Kershaw, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 8, 2018, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. Mike Hammond and Mr. Floyd Helms will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The family will receive friends, Monday, one hour prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m. at...
Amber Nicole Moore
Sep 28, 2018
Visitation for Amber Nicole Moore, 25, of Cassatt, and her infant son, Mason Brett Carnes, will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2018, in Baker Conference Center, 105 N. Minor Street, Kershaw, SC. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, October 4, 2018,in Hyde Park Baptist Church, 1898 Flat Creek Road, Lancaster. The...
Gregory Ross "Greg" Blackmon
Sep 28, 2018
Funeral services for Gregory Ross “Greg” Blackmon, 35, of Heath Springs, will be held at 4:00 o’clock p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2018, in Baker Funeral Home Chapel. Pastor Cotton Pate will officiate. Greg will be cremated following the funeral services. The family will receive friends Wednesday, October 3, one hour prior to the service beginning at 3:00 o’clock p.m. at...
Betty Payne Deese
Sep 27, 2018
Funeral services for Betty Payne Deese, 80, of Kershaw, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, October 1, 2018, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. Mike Hammond and Mr. Floyd Helms will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The family will receive friends, Monday, one hour prior to the service beginning at 10:00 a.m. at...
Sylvia M. Rohr
Sep 25, 2018
A memorial service to celebrate the life of Sylvia M. Gregory Rohr, 69, of Heath Springs, will be held at 2:00 o’clock p.m., Saturday, October 13, 2018, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Mrs. Rohr, loving daughter, wife, mother and grandmother passed away, Tuesday, September 25, 2018, at Lancaster Convalescent Center, Lancaster. Born in Ketsch, Germany, she was...