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Robert "Wade" Threatt, Iii

Robert "Wade" Threatt, Iii

Nov 11, 2016

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Robert “Wade” Threatt, III, 47, of Kissimmee, FL, and formerly of Fort Lawn, SC, will be held at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, November 27, 2016, in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church, Lancaster, SC, Rev. Edgar McCall will officiate. A private committal service will precede the service in the Church columbarium. Mr. Threatt...

Barry Dean Usher

Barry Dean Usher

Nov 10, 2016

Funeral services for Barry Dean Usher, 39, of Kershaw, S.C. will be held at 3:00 o’clock p.m., Sunday, November 13, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Michael Owens will officiate. Mr. Usher died suddenly Thursday, November 10, at Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster, S.C. Born in Lancaster, S.C., he was a...

Betty Jo Chewning Davis

Betty Jo Chewning Davis

Nov 10, 2016

Funeral services for Betty Jo Chewning Davis, 79, of Kershaw, S.C., will be held at 3:00 o’clock p.m., Saturday, November 12, 2016, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. David Caughman will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mrs. Davis, loving and devoted wife of the late James B. Davis died, Thursday, November 10, 2016, in...

Bonnie C.  Robinson

Bonnie C. Robinson

Nov 4, 2016

Funeral services for Bonnie Catoe Robinson, 81, of Heath Springs, S.C., will be held at 3:00 o’clock p.m., Sunday, November 6, 2016, in the sanctuary of Flint Ridge Baptist Church. Rev. Kelvin Hinson will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends following the graveside committal in the church Family Life Center and other times...

Kathy Scott Odom

Kathy Scott Odom

Oct 30, 2016

A graveside service for Kathy Scott Odom 81, of Kershaw, S.C., will be held at 11:00 o’clock a.m., Tuesday, November 1, 2016, in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Robin Hewitt will officiate. Mrs. Odom, loving wife of 29 years to Robert E. “Bob” Odom passed away peacefully at KershawHealth, Camden, S.C., on Sunday, October 30, 2016. She was born in...

William Luther "Billy" Adams

William Luther "Billy" Adams

Oct 30, 2016

A graveside service for William Luther “Billy” Adams, 86, of Kershaw, S.C., will be held at 2:00 o’clock p.m., Tuesday, November 1, 2016, in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mr. Adams passed away Sunday, October 30, 2016, at his home. Born April 23, 1930, in Kershaw, S.C., he was a son of the late Luther...

Jerry Singleton Hagins

Jerry Singleton Hagins

Oct 22, 2016

Mr. Jerry Singleton Hagins, 84, of Kershaw, passed away Saturday, October 22, 2016. Mr. Hagins was the son of the late Vernice and Alma Small Hagins. He was married to the late Elizabeth “Betsy” Agnew Hagins. In addition to his parents and his wife, he was preceded in death by a brother, Hal Hagins, a sister, Becky Hagins Norman and...

Judy Faile Love

Judy Faile Love

Oct 21, 2016

Funeral services for Judy Faile Love, 66, of Kershaw, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 23, 2016, in the sanctuary of Pleasant Plain Baptist Church. The Revs. Todd Montgomery and Thurmond Johnson will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Love died Friday, October 21, at CMC-Main, Charlotte, N.C. Born in Lancaster, she was a daughter...

Ferris "Butch" Catoe, Jr.

Ferris "Butch" Catoe, Jr.

Oct 20, 2016

A funeral service for Lt. Ferris E. “Butch” Catoe, Jr., 73, of Kershaw will be held at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, October 23, at Abney Baptist Church. The Revs. Scott Robinson and Larry Plyler will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Highway Patrol honors. Lt. Catoe died Thursday, October 20, at KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Kershaw, he was...

Joyce Delane Champion

Joyce Delane Champion

Oct 19, 2016

Funeral services for Joyce Delane Champion, 76, of Kershaw will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, October 22, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. The Rev. Ronnie Hinson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the service at the cemetery. Mrs. Champion, widow of Jack Edward Champion, Sr., died Wednesday,...

Timothy Rabon Horton

Timothy Rabon Horton

Oct 18, 2016

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Timothy Rabon “Tim” Horton, 53, of Catawba, S.C., will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 22, in the sanctuary of Catawba Baptist Church, Rock Hill. The Revs. Ron Richardson and Terry Corder will officiate. Tim passed away, Tuesday, October 18, at CMC-Pineville. Born in Monroe, N.C., he was a son of...

Richard Lee "Rock" Thompson

Richard Lee "Rock" Thompson

Oct 11, 2016

A memorial service remembering the life of Richard Lee “Rock” Thompson, 58, of Liberty Hill, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, October 15, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Mr. Thompson passed away Tuesday, October 11, at his home. Born in Greenville, S.C., he was a son of the late Thomas Neil and Katie Robinson Thompson. “Rock”...

Johnny Shack

Johnny Shack

Oct 10, 2016

A funeral service for Johnny Shack, 80, of Kershaw, S.C., will be held at 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, October 13, 2016, in the sanctuary of Laurel Hill Baptist Church. Rev. John Odell Sullivan will officiate. Mr. Shack died Monday, October 10, in Novant Health, Charlotte, N.C. Born in Paden, Mississippi, he was a son of the late J. Stanley and...

Claude W. Barrett

Claude W. Barrett

Oct 9, 2016

Funeral services for Claude W. Barrett, 76, of Jefferson, SC, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, October 12, in the sanctuary of Pine Grove Freewill Baptist Church. The Revs. George Brasington and Jackie Jenkins will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Barrett died Sunday, October 9, at Lancaster Convalescent Center, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw Co., he...

Fred Cauthen

Fred Cauthen

Sep 30, 2016

Fred Martin Cauthen, 62 of Heath Springs died Friday evening, September 30, at McLeod Regional Medical Center, Florence. Born in Camden, he was a son of the late James Alvin and Frances Alma Hilton Cauthen. Fred was talented at all types of construction work. He also loved hunting for arrowheads and fishing. Surviving are his sister, Mary C. Sullivan and...

Shirley Faile

Shirley Faile

Sep 28, 2016

A graveside service for Shirley Carnes Faile, 69, of Kershaw will be held at 1:00 p.m. Friday, September 30, in New Haven Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Buddy Thomas and Mr. John Jenkins will officiate. Mrs. Faile died Wednesday, September 28, at her home. Born in Pageland, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Virginia Williams Carnes. Mrs. Faile...

John Whitley

John Whitley

Sep 28, 2016

John Whitley, 50 of Kershaw, died Wednesday, September 28, at his home. Born in Camden, he was a son of the late William C. and Elizabeth Ann Young Whitley. He enjoyed fishing, watching television and listening to music. Surviving are his wife, Tina Hunter Whitley of the home; 3 sisters, Margaret W. Williams of Kershaw, Dorothy Roseann Talley of New...

Mary Mangum Stogner

Mary Mangum Stogner

Sep 28, 2016

Mary Mangum Stogner, 91 of Lexington, SC, and formerly of Kershaw, SC, passed away Wednesday, September 28, 2016. Born August 31, 1925, in Bethune, SC, she was a daughter of the late Ervin and Mary West Mangum. Mary was the wife of 53 years to the late John Marion Stogner. She is survived by her son, Donald Stogner and his...

Dennis L. Wilson

Dennis L. Wilson

Sep 28, 2016

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Dennis Lee Wilson, 67 of Irmo, SC, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday morning in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, 210 E. Hilton St., Kershaw, SC. The Revs. Tim Bupp, Rev. Todd Montgomery and Mr. Ronald Wilson will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the...

Eva Maloney

Eva Maloney

Sep 27, 2016

Eva Brock Maloney, 107, widow of Rev. Dr. J.L. Maloney, DD, daughter of the late John William and Minnie Cox Brock died peacefully in her sleep September 27, at her home. She was born in Abbeville County, SC, on May 26, 1909. Mrs. Maloney attended Erskine College after graduating from Honea Path High School in 1927. She was a dietitian...