Recent Obituaries
David Robert West
Jun 6, 2014
Funeral services for David Robert West, 61 of Pageland, SC will be held at 4:00 p.m., Monday, June 9, 2014 from the sanctuary of First Freewill Baptist Church, 209 S. Pine Street, Pageland. Rev. Melvin Keziah will officiate. Burial will follow in the Greenlawn Memorial Park, Pageland. Mr. West died Friday evening, June 6, 2014 at his home. Born in...
Charles Olin Amerson, Iii
May 20, 2014
A funeral service for Charles Olin Amerson, III, 7 months old will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, May 25, 2014 in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Pastor Abbie Wheeler will officiate. He will be cremated following the service. The viewing and visitation will be held Sunday from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral...

Cora Gardner Bowers
May 12, 2014
Cora Gardner Bowers, 83 of Kershaw, wife of the late James Archie Bowers, and daughter of the late Doctor Jack and Mollie Pittman Gardner, passed away on May 12, 2014, in KershawHealth, Camden. Mrs. Bowers was a lifelong resident of Kershaw until moving to Springdale Healthcare in Camden in 2007. After graduating from Kershaw High School, she was an Operator...

Donald Ray Poston
May 12, 2014
Donald Ray Poston, 52 of Lancaster died Monday, May 12, 2014 in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte. NC. Born in Lancaster County, he was the son of the late Ward “Coot” and Azilee Irene Chappell Poston. Mr. Poston worked for Jim Mahaffey’s and enjoyed his dogs. Surviving are his sister, Debra Brady of Kernersville, NC and his brother, Jerry Poston and...
Westley Reed Phillips
May 11, 2014
Funeral services for Westley Reed Phillips, 26 of Kershaw will be held at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr. Phillips died Sunday, May 11, from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born in Lancaster, he was the son...

Clifford Blackmon, Jr.
May 11, 2014
Funeral services for Clifford Blackmon, Jr., 79 of Heath Springs will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 14, 2014, in the sanctuary of Flint Ridge Baptist Church. Rev. Kelvin Hinson will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Blackmon, loving husband of Sarah Humphries Blackmon died Sunday, May 11, 2014, at his home. Born in Heath Springs,...
Carolyn Boone Baker
May 9, 2014
A graveside service for Carolyn Boone Baker, 61 of Camden will be held at 4:00 p.m., Monday, May 12, in Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Burch Kelly will officiate. The family will receive friends, anytime at the home, 1423 Davis Street and following the service at the cemetery. Mrs. Baker, widow of Celtis E. Baker, Sr. died Friday, May 9,...
Lorene Vincent Gardner
Apr 28, 2014
Funeral services for Lorene Vincent Gardner, 89 of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 pm, Wednesday, April 30, 2014, in the sanctuary of Buffalo Baptist Church. The Revs. Ray Lowe, Donald Coppedge and Chaplain Brian Ogburn will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 2:00 pm...
Margie Faulkenberry Wilson
Apr 26, 2014
Funeral services for Margie Faulkenberry Wilson, 87 of Kershaw, SC will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday, April 27, 2014, at Pleasant Plain Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Todd Montgomery, Thurmond Johnson and Will Washburn will officiate. Mrs. Wilson, widow of Curtis Lee Wilson died Saturday, April 26, 2014, at her home. She was...
Steve G. Williams, Sr.
Apr 26, 2014
Funeral services for Steve Gardner Williams, Sr., 91 of Kershaw will be held at Baker Conference Center, 105 North Minor Street, Kershaw on Monday, April 28, 2014, at 3:00 pm. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr. Williams, widower of Ellen B. Williams died Saturday, April 26, 2014 at A. Sam Karesh...
Pasty Hicks Holden
Apr 25, 2014
Funeral services for Patsy Hicks Holden, 75 of Camden, SC will be held at 1:00 pm, Monday, April 28, 2014, in Wateree Baptist Church, Camden. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery, Kershaw. The Revs. Charles Miller and Bobby James will officiate. Mrs. Holden died Friday, April 25, 2014, at KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Lancaster County, she was the...
Cleora Jones
Apr 23, 2014
Funeral services for Cleora Estridge Jones, 97 of Bethune, SC will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 26, 2014, in the sanctuary of Timrod Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Jim Wallace and Todd Montgomery will officiate. Mrs. Jones, widow of Leon Jones died Wednesday evening, April 23, 2014, at her home. Born in...
Roger A. Dubois
Apr 21, 2014
Roger Allen Dubois, 73 of Bethune, SC died Monday, April 21, 2014, at McLeod Hospice House, Florence. Born in Luton, Iowa, he was the son of the late Glenn and Elaine Stokes Dubois. Mr. Dubois was the owner/operator of poultry farms and served in the Army National Guard. He was also a graduate of Wayne State Teachers College. Surviving are...
Doug C. Vincent
Apr 13, 2014
Funeral services for Douglas Craig “Doug” Vincent, 67 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in Abney Baptist Church. Rev. David Turner will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Vincent died Sunday, April 13, 2014, in KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Kershaw, he was a son of the late Clyde Jefferson, Sr. and...
Tommy Coates
Apr 13, 2014
A graveside service for William Tommy Coates, Jr., 65 of Lugoff, SC will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Kershaw. Rev. Bobby James will officiate. Mr. Coates died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was a son of the late William Tommy, Sr. and Mabel Baker...
Florence Payne Whitaker
Apr 8, 2014
Florence Payne Whitaker, 90, of Kershaw, widow of Robert Vertis “R.V.” Whitaker, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at her home. Born in Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Elmore Payne and Sally Joyner Phillips. Mrs. Whitaker was a member of Pleasant Plain Baptist Church where she worked in the nursery for many years. She also enjoyed...
Ernest Doson Taylor
Apr 7, 2014
Funeral services for Ernest Doson Taylor, 89 of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in the sanctuary of Abney Baptist Church. The Revs. Larry Plyler and David Turner will officiate. Burial will follow with military honors in the church cemetery. Mr. Taylor, widower of Mary Katherine Mills Taylor died Monday, April 7, 2014, in KershawHealth,...
Helen Jeanette A. Gardner
Apr 5, 2014
A graveside service for Helen Jeanette Adams Gardner, 70 of Heath Springs, SC will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Dr. Frankie Melton will officiate. Mrs. Gardner died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Carolinas Specialty Hospital, Charlotte, NC. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Annie...
Edna H. Threatt
Apr 5, 2014
Funeral services for Edna Louise Hunter Threatt, 98 of Spartanburg and formerly of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in the sanctuary of Kershaw Second Baptist Church. The Revs. Hugh McKinney and Edgar Horton will officiate. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden. Mrs. Threatt died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at her...
Cletus Wade Broughton
Apr 5, 2014
Cletus Wade Broughton, 66, of 331 Rowland Avenue, Heath Springs, died Saturday, April 5, 2014 at White Oak Manor -Lancaster. A native of Lancaster County, Mr. Broughton was born March 31, 1948, a son of the late Cletus M. Broughton and Mary W. Starnes. He was a mechanic with Dupont Co. and a police officer with the Town of Heath...