Recent Obituaries

Apr 25, 2016

A funeral service for Mendel Lee Williams, 73 of Kershaw, will be held at 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, April 28, in the sanctuary of Pineview Baptist Church, Kershaw. The Rev. Trent McLaughlin will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Masonic rites. Mr. Williams passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, April 25, surrounded by his family....

Apr 19, 2016

A memorial service for Larry Franklin Robinson, 74 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 o’clock p.m., Friday, April 22, 2016, in New Haven Baptist Church. The Rev. Larry Humphries and Kenneth Wrenn will officiate. Mr. Robinson, loving husband of 53 years of Joyce Thompson Robinson died Tuesday, April 19, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was a son...

Apr 19, 2016

A funeral service for Myrtle Gandy Hinson, 91 of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 o’clock a.m., Friday, April 22, in the sanctuary of White Bluff Baptist Church. The Revs. Doug Humphries and Gene Lawhorne will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hinson, loving wife of the late Lewis J. Hinson passed away, Tuesday, April 19, at...

Apr 17, 2016

Yvonne Estridge Parker, 77, passed away on April 17, 2016, in Hopkins, South Carolina. Yvonne graduated from the former Flat Creek High School in Kershaw, SC in 1956, where she was selected Miss Flat Creek, lettered in basketball, and played coronet in the band. Following high school, she graduated from Columbia Business College and began her life-long career as an...

Apr 17, 2016

A gathering to celebrate the life of Carol Hinson Bowers, 69 of Heath Springs, will be held at 5:00 o’clock p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Burial will be private in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the gathering beginning at 4:00 o’clock p.m. at the...

Apr 8, 2016

A graveside service for Ruby Leona Mosier Bass 86, of Lancaster and formerly of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 11, in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mrs. Bass, widow of Thomas P. Bass, Sr., died Friday, April 8, at her son’s home in Camden. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and...

Apr 4, 2016

A graveside service with military honors for Julie Irene Jones Weeks, 58 of Kershaw, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 8, in Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mrs. Weeks, loving wife of Albert W. Weeks died Monday, April 4, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Lancaster, she was a daughter of...

Mar 28, 2016

A funeral service remembering the life of Thomas Eugene “Gene” Baker, 82 of Kershaw, South Carolina, will be held at 3:00 o’clock p.m., Sunday, April 3, 2016, in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church, 201 North Cleveland Street, Kershaw. Entombment will follow in the family mausoleum in Kershaw City Cemetery. The Reverends Bryant Doyle Fersner and Steven Ray Winburn will...

Mar 24, 2016

A graveside service for Barbara Ann Stogner Whitley, 66 of Kershaw, will be held at 4:00 p.m., Monday, March 28, 2016, in New Testament Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. James Aldridge will officiate. Ms. Whitley died Thursday, March 24, in Lexington Medical Center, Columbia. Born in Lancaster, she was a daughter of the late Lewis and Lois Humphries Stogner. She...

Mar 23, 2016

Funeral services for Naomi Threatt Vincent will be held Saturday, March 26, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in Buffalo Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Paul Stephens and Ray Lowe will officiate. Mrs. Vincent, widow of David Vincent, died Wednesday, March 23. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Lee Clarence and...

Mar 14, 2016

A funeral service for Dawn Elizabeth Horton, 67 of Kershaw, SC, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 17, in the sanctuary of Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Rev. Ronnie Hinson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Miss Horton died peacefully, Monday, March 14, at her home. Born in Lancaster, SC, she was a daughter of...

Mar 4, 2016

A funeral service for Tanya Marie Knight, 37 of Jefferson, SC, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 7, 2016, in New Testament Baptist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. James Aldridge will officiate. Tanya died Friday, March 4, in KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Chesterfield County, she was a daughter of Peggy Barrett Craig and...

Feb 26, 2016

Feb 23, 2016

A graveside service for Steve Anthony Faulkenberry, 61 of Lancaster, will be held at 4:00 p.m., Thursday, February 25, 2016, in Pineview Baptist Church Cemetery, Kershaw. Rev. Greg Gunter will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service at the cemetery. Mr. Faulkenberry died Tuesday, February 23. Born in Lancaster, he was a son of the late Hazel Eugene,...

Feb 21, 2016

A funeral service for Alvin Mills Bowers, 78 of Heath Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, February 24, 2016, in the sanctuary of Hanging Rock United Methodist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with military honors. Mr. Bowers, loving husband of 54 years to Sue Phillips Bowers, died Sunday, February 21, at his home. Born...

Feb 11, 2016

The family will hold a memorial service for Richard T. Truesdale, 75 of Lancaster on Monday, February 15, at 3:00 p.m. in the sanctuary of Midway Baptist Church, Kershaw. Mr. Truesdale died Thursday, February 11, in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte from injuries received in a automobile accident. He was the son of the late Raymond Truesdale and Martha Jane Poston....

Feb 6, 2016

A graveside service for Vera Nathera Horne Robinson, 84 of Heath Springs, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 9, 2016, in Flint Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Robinson, loving wife of the late John Lake Robinson died Saturday, February 6, at her home. Born in Savannah, GA., she was a daughter of the late Wesley C. and Berdie...

Jan 28, 2016

A funeral service for Rebecca Coates ”Becky” Farmer, 76 of Kershaw, will be held at 2:00 o’clock p.m., Sunday, January 31, in the sanctuary of Shamrock Baptist Church, Bethune. The Revs. Luke Morrison and Odell Sullivan will officiate. Burial follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mrs. Farmer, loving wife of the late Jack E. Farmer died Thursday, January 28, in...

Jan 25, 2016

Annie Pauline Bowers Westberg, devoted wife and mother, entered into eternal rest on January 25, 2016, at Hospice of Charleston. Pauline was born April 5, 1933, in Kershaw, SC., daughter of the late Thomas Bennet (TB) Bowers and Faye Robinson Bowers. She was a certified cosmetologist for over 40 years. She loved to spend time with her family and friends,...

Jan 24, 2016

Funeral services for Peggy Sue Truesdale Pokrant, 80 of Camden, S.C., will be held at 11:00 o’clock a.m., Friday, January 29th, 2016, in the sanctuary of Lyttleton Street United Methodist Church. The Rev. Steve Patterson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery, Kershaw, S.C. Mrs. Pokrant, loving wife of Major Edmund R. Pokrant, USAF (Ret) passed away...