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Ollie Mae Payne

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...