Recent Obituaries
Ronnie Lee Cranford
Jun 17, 2013
Funeral services for Ronnie Lee Cranford, 61, of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20, 2013, at Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Curtis Cameron will officiate. Mr. Cranford, widower of Carolyn Diane Cranford, died Monday, June 17, 2013, in an automobile accident. Born in Camden, S.C., he was the son...

Corrie Williams Vincent
Jun 17, 2013
Funeral services for Corrie Williams Vincent, 88, of Kershaw will be held at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Buffalo Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Vincent, widow of Benjamin Franklin Vincent died Monday, June 17, 2013, at her home. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Franklin and Lauria Roberts...
Marguerite Hunter Neal
Jun 8, 2013
Marguerite Hunter Neal died on Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Springs Memorial Hospital. A daughter of the late John E. Hunter and Floride Cauthen Hunter, she was the widow of Woodrow Neal of Kershaw, South Carolina. She was a member of the Kershaw First Baptist Church, the Deborah Sunday School Class, and a former member of Kershaw’s Senior Citizens group....
Mary Leigh Ussery Cicotello
Jun 4, 2013
Mrs. Mary Leigh Ussery Cicotello, 70, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at her home. A memorial service to celebrate her life is at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 15, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home in Kershaw, officiated by the Rev. Dr. Jesse Hegler. Mary was born August 20, 1942, near Kershaw and was a daughter of the late Ralph...
Shirley Taylor Hudson
Jun 1, 2013
Funeral services for Shirley Taylor Hudson, 77, of Lancaster will be held at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden. The Rev. Stephen Owens and Ben Moorefield will officiate. Mrs. Hudson, loving wife of 60 years of Rev. Jack Hudson died Saturday, June 1, at her...

Eleanor B. Watkins
May 29, 2013
Funeral services for Eleanor Baker “Snookie” Watkins, 76, of Bethune will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2013, at Timrod Baptist Church, Bethune. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Jackie Knight and Jim Wallace will officiate. Mrs. Watkins, widow of Bobby Fred Watkins, Sr. died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at her home. Born in Kershaw,...
Oakie Lee Boone
May 26, 2013
Memorial services for Oakie Lee Boone, 52, of Kershaw will be held at 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2013, at DeKalb Baptist Church, Camden, SC. The Revs. Keith Coates and Brian Cobb will officiate. The viewing and receiving of friends will be held, Thursday, May 30, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home. Surviving are his wife of...

Paula A. Whitaker
May 18, 2013
Funeral services for Paula A. Whitaker, 50, of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, May 20, 2013, at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Bryant D. Fersner and Todd Montgomery will officiate. Mrs. Whitaker died Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Springs Memorial Hospital. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of...
Rebecca C. Phillips
May 10, 2013
Funeral services for Rebecca Casey “Becky” Phillips, 70, of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday May 13, 2013, at Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Rev. Don Knight and Mr. Dean Casey will officiate. Mrs. Phillips died Friday, May 10, at her home. Born in Laurens, SC, she was the daughter...

Benjamin N. Campbell
May 9, 2013
Funeral services for Benjamin Norwood Campbell, 87, of Heath Springs will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 11, 2013, at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery with Military Honors and Masonic Rites. Rev. Buddy Thomas will officiate. Mr. Campbell died Thursday, May 9, 2013, at his home. Born in Angelus, SC, he was...
Douglas Edward Schakett
Apr 26, 2013
Funeral services for Douglas Edward “Doug” Schakett, 65 of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, April 28, 2013, at DeKalb Baptist Church, Camden. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Keith Coates will officiate. Mr. Schakett died Friday, April 26, 2013 at his home. Born in Columbus, Ohio, he was the son of the late Sanford and...

William Bryant Fersner
Apr 23, 2013
A funeral service to celebrate the life of William Bryant “Will” Fersner, 31, of Marion SC and formerly of Kershaw, SC will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, April 26, 2013, at First Baptist Church, 210 N. Matson, St., Kershaw. Rev. Bert Fersner and Chaplain Steve Shugart will officiate. Entombment will follow with military honors in the Kershaw City Cemetery....
Blake E. Cauthen
Apr 21, 2013
Funeral services for Blake Esmond Cauthen, 85 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Sand Hill Baptist Church. The Revs. Charlie Simmons and Chadwick Ivester will officiate. Burial will follow in the Hanging Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Cauthen, widower of Loriner Bradley Cauthen died Sunday, April 21, 2013, at Lancaster Convalscent Center,...
Peggy Lucas Coker
Apr 21, 2013
Graveside services for Peggy Lucas Coker, 69 of Schererville, IN and formerly of Darlington, SC will be held at 1:00 p.m., Thursday, April 25, 2013, at Midway Baptist Church Cemetery, Kershaw. Rev. Terry Corder will officiate. The family will receive friends, Wednesday, April 24, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home, 210 E. Hilton St., Kershaw and other...
Anne Taylor Mungo
Apr 16, 2013
Funeral services for Anne Taylor Mungo, 87, of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, April 20, 2013, at Charlesboro Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Flat Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Jackie Bailey and Jerry Potoka will officiate. Mrs. Mungo, widow of Bruce Gay Mungo died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at her home. Born in the...
Gladys Garris Baker
Apr 16, 2013
Funeral services for Gladys Garris Baker, 92, will be held Friday, April 19, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home with burial to follow in Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. April Baker will and Jamie Rogers will officiate. Mrs. Baker, widow of James Cleo Baker, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, in Lancaster Convalscent Center, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, she...
Mildred Vincent Thompson
Apr 16, 2013
Funeral services for Mildred Vincent Thompson, 92, of Heath Springs, SC, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday. April 19, 2013, at Hanging Rock United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Hope Avins and Todd Gandy will officiate. Mrs. Thompson, widow of Wallace Brown Thompson died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at her home. Born in...
Jack H. Plyler
Apr 14, 2013
Funeral services for Jack H. Plyler, 75, of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Gene Stokes will officiate. Mr. Plyler died Sunday, April 14, 2013, at his home. Born in Jefferson, SC, he was the son of the late Astro Lee...
Sara Frances Faulkenberry Rowell
Apr 9, 2013
Graveside funeral services for Sara Frances Faulkeberry Rowell, 88, will be held Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. in Hanging Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery. Rev. Hope Avins will officiate. Mrs. Rowell, widow of Harvey Granson Rowell, died Tuesday, April 9, in Lancaster Convalescent Center. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Luther Ferris and Minnie...

Donnie Young
Mar 30, 2013
Funeral services for Donnie Wayne Young, 60, of Westville, SC will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at DeKalb Baptist Church, Camden. Rev. Keith Coates will officiate. Mr. Young died Saturday, March 30, 2013, at KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Camden, he was the son of the late Joseph Rae and Margie Owens Young. He was the former...