Recent Obituaries
Frank Arant
Feb 1, 2013
Funeral services for Frank Edward Arant, 60, of Kershaw will be held Monday, February 4, 2013, at 2:00 p.m., at Charlesboro Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Jackie Bailey, Jerry Potoka and Steve Neal will officiate. The family will receive friends prior to the service beginning at 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m in the church...
John Levi Legrande
Jan 30, 2013
John Levi LeGrande, 76, of Kershaw died Wednesday, January 31, 2013, at Lancaster Convalscent Center. Born October 22, 1936 in Lancaster, he was the son of the late John Levi, Sr. and Ruth McAteer LeGrande. Mr. LeGrande was a retired truck driver. Surviving are 2 sons; Frank LeGrande (Gwen) and Jeff LeGrande (Joan), grandchildren; Johnnie F. LeGrande, Jr. (Amy) and...
David Vincent
Jan 30, 2013
Funeral services for David Vincent, 79, of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, February 2, 2013, at Buffalo Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Paul Stephens and James Way will officiate. Mr. Vincent died Wednesday, January 30, at Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Leonard...
Alice Faile Catoe
Jan 29, 2013
Graveside services for Alice Faile Catoe, 83 of Kershaw, will be held Friday, February 1, 2013, at 3:00 pm at Blackmon Cemetery, Kershaw. Mr. David Faile will officiate. Mrs. Catoe, widow of Arthur Miller Catoe, died Tuesday, January 29, in Lancaster Convalescent Center, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late George Washington and Dora Morgan Faile....
Linda Mae Mcdonald
Jan 26, 2013
Linda Mae Boone McDonald, 57 of Kershaw, died Saturday, January 26, 2013, at her daughter’s home. Born in Camden, SC, she was the daughter of the late William and Geneva Gainey Boone. She was a former resturant hostess. Surviving are her children; Heather Goins and Michael McDonald of Kershaw, 2 grandchildren; Nathan and Adrian Goins, 3 sisters; Ellen Polson of...
Betty Janelle Roberts Hunter
Jan 18, 2013
A funeral service for Betty Janelle Roberts Hunter, 75, of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 21, 2013, at Baker Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Sand Hill Baptist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Gary Roberts and Donald Tillman will officiate. Mrs. Hunter, widow of David L. Hunter died Friday, January 18, at Carolinas Medical Center,...
Genolia Deese
Jan 17, 2013
A funeral service for Genolia Shaw “Jean” Deese, 86 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 20, 2013, at Midway Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Todd Gandy will officiate. Mrs. Deese, loving wife of 68 years to Fred Albert Deese died Thursday, January 17, at Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Chesterfield,...
Faye Lucas
Jan 14, 2013
A graveside service to celebrate the life of Faye Catoe Lucas, 98, of Lancaster, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 16, 2013, at Lancaster Memorial Park. Rev. Bill Sumner will officiate. Mrs. Lucas, widow of Leonard W. Lucas died Monday, January 14, at Lancaster Convalescent Center, Lancaster. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late George...
Jolynn Farmer
Jan 10, 2013
A funeral service for JoLynn Williams Farmer, 78 of Bethune will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, January 13, 2013, at Timrod Baptist Church, Bethune. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Jim Wallace, Joe Stines and Curtis Cameron will officiate. Mrs. Farmer died Thursday, January 10, at her home. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of...
Jean Harding
Jan 10, 2013
A graveside inurnment service for Jean Marion Harding, 80, of Columbia and formerly of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, January 21, 2013 at Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Miss Harding died at Uni-Health Post Acute Care, Columbia, SC. Born in Chicago, Illinois, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Sturat R. and Marie...

Joseph Elbert Gregory
Jan 5, 2013
Joseph Elbert Gregory entered into rest Saturday, January 5, 2013 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, SC. He was born at home in Kershaw, SC, on September 21, 1922 to Theron L. and Annie Pittman Gregory. Elbert served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II in the Pacific theatre. He returned from the war and on...
Myrtice Faile Hunter
Dec 30, 2012
Funeral services for Myrtice Faile Hunter, 90, of Columbia and formerly of Kershaw will be held Friday, January 4, 2013, at Sand Hill Baptist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Chadwick Ivester and Charlie Simmons will officiate. Mrs. Hunter, widow of J. T. Hunter, Jr. died Sunday, December 30, 2012, at Lexington Medical Center, Lexington....

Adam Whitley
Dec 27, 2012
A service to celebrate the life of Adam Nathaniel Whitley, 34, of Kershaw, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, December 31, 2012, at Baker Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends, Sunday, December 30, 2012, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home and following the service. Adam died Thursday, December 27, 2012, at his home. Born...
Charles Edgar George
Dec 26, 2012
Charles Edgar George, 93, of Camden died Wednesday, December 26, 2012, in KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Slaton, Texas, he was the son of the late Carl Edgar and Myrtle Ethel Smith George. Mr. George, formerly of Artesia, New Mexico moved to Camden with his wife to live with his daughter and son-in-law. Mr. George served in the US Army during...
Milford Wilson Sears, Iii
Dec 24, 2012
Milford Wilson “Mick” Sears, III, 69, of Kershaw, formerly of Sumter, SC died Monday, December 24, 2012, at his home. Mr. Sears moved to Kershaw in 2008, born in Centreville, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Milford Wilson, Jr. and Ruth Kathleen Griffin Sears. Mr. Sears was the owner / operator of Mick’s Custom Knives. He was a...
Billy Ray Gainey
Dec 9, 2012
Funeral services for Billy Ray Gainey, 53, of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 p.m., Friday, December 14, 2012 at Baker Conference Center, 105 N. Minor Street, Kershaw. The Revs. Charles Watkins, Bobby Owens and Mr. Timmy Bowers will officiate. Burial will follow in the House of Prayer Church Cemetery, John Munn Road, Bethune, SC. Mr. Ganiey died Sunday, December...
Catherine Mann Truesdale
Dec 4, 2012
Graveside funeral services for Catherine Mann Truesdale, 93, will be held Friday, December 7, 2012, at 11:30 a.m. at Kershaw City Cemetery, Kershaw, S.C. Mrs. Truesdale, widow of Johnnie Maurice Truesdale, died Tuesday, December 4, at Grandstrand Healthcare, Myrtle Beach, S.C. Born in Greenville, she was the daughter of the late Dr. James Lewis Mann and Amelia Moss Mann. Mrs....
Terry Lee Waldrop
Dec 1, 2012
Funeral services for Terry Lee Waldrop, 42 of Bethune will be held at 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 5, at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Jefferson, where he was a member. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Waldrop died Saturday, December 1, at Medical University Hospital, Charleston. Born in Spartanburg, he was the son of Gwendolyn Gilbert Ogburn of Jefferson...
Maxine Catoe
Nov 25, 2012
Funeral services for Maxine Baker Catoe, 84, of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Jamie Rogers and Hugh McKinney will officiate. Mrs. Catoe, widow of Robert Hoyt Catoe, Sr. died Sunday, November 25, at Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in...
Odeis Cauthen
Nov 20, 2012
Graveside services for Odeis Cauthen, 93, of Summerton, SC will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, November 21, 2012 at Center Grove Cemetery, Kershaw, SC. Rev. Steve Mackey will officiate. Mr. Cauthen died Tuesday, November 20, at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Furman and Bessie Reeves Cauthen. Mr. Cauthen had...