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Ricardo Mendez

Ricardo Mendez

Sep 12, 2011

Services for Ricardo Mendez, 85, of Kershaw and formerly of New York and Miami will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 15, 2011, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. The family will receive friends and family following the service. Mr. Mendez will be cremated following the service and inurnment will take place in New York. Born in San...

Billy Byrd

Billy Byrd

Sep 9, 2011

Funeral services for Billy Byrd, 79, of Camden and formerly of Lancaster will be held at 3:00 P.M., Monday, September 12, 2011, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Lancaster Memorial Park, Lancaster. The Revs. Bobby James and Donald Tillman will officiate. Mr. Byrd died Friday, September 9, in Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia....

Alice Stevens Huggins

Alice Stevens Huggins

Sep 8, 2011

Funeral services for Alice Stevens Huggins, 90, of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 P.M., Sunday, September 11, 2011, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the St. Matthews United Methodist Church Cemetery, Bishopville, S.C. Brother J.R. Rosado will officiate. Mrs. Huggins, widow of Fred M. Huggins, Sr. died Thursday, September 8, in KershawHealth, Camden. Born...

Ruby Horton Stover

Ruby Horton Stover

Sep 1, 2011

Mrs. Ruby Horton Stover, 94, of Heath Springs, widow of the late David Woodrow “Top” Stover, died Thursday, September 1, 2011 at her home. Born May 15, 1917 in Kershaw County, she was a daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth Bowers and James Ervin Horton. She was a homemaker, a devoted wife and loving Mother. Mrs. Stover enjoyed gardening, reading...

Juanita Hendrix

Juanita Hendrix

Aug 31, 2011

Graveside services for Juanita Hendrix will be held Friday, September 2, at 11:00 a.m. at Kershaw City Cemetery. Revs. Bryant D. Fersner and Don Knight will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service at the graveside. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 67, Kershaw, S.C. 29067. Ms. Hendrix died...

Mitchell Todd Bowers

Mitchell Todd Bowers

Aug 29, 2011

Funeral services for Mitchell Todd Bowers, 45, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 31, 2011, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial with Masonic Rites will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Doug Humphries will officiate. Mr. Bowers died Monday, August 29, in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of...

John 'Jack' Priefer

John 'Jack' Priefer

Aug 27, 2011

Funeral services for John Erman “Jack” Priefer, 78, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Monday, August 29, 2011, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. Todd Gandy will officiate. Mr. Priefer will be cremated following the funeral service. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of the late John Frances and Evalyn Georgia James Priefer. Mr. Priefer died...

Lois Catoe Sullivan

Lois Catoe Sullivan

Aug 24, 2011

Funeral services for Lois Catoe Sullivan, 86, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, August 27, 2011, in Buffalo Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Sullivan, widow of Clayton Thomas Sullivan, Sr., died Wednesday, August 24, at Bethea Baptist Retirement Community and Healthcare, Darlington. Born in Kershaw County, she was the daughter of the late Burrell...

Jessie Darnell Reeves

Jessie Darnell Reeves

Aug 21, 2011

Funeral services for Jessie Darnell Reeves, 26, of Bethune will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, August 24, 2011, in Oak Ridge Baptist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Reeves died Sunday, August 21, from injuries received in an ATV accident. Born in Camden, he was the son of Tracy Jeffcoat and the late Deborah Potter...

Pauline Faulkenberry Williams

Pauline Faulkenberry Williams

Aug 13, 2011

Funeral services for Pauline Faulkenberry Williams, 72, of Lugoff will be held at 11:00 A.M., Tuesday, August 16, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Mrs. Williams died Saturday, August 13, at her home. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late James Melvin and...

Grover Snelson Robinson

Grover Snelson Robinson

Aug 9, 2011

Grover Snelson Robinson, 79, of Columbia, passed away peacefully at home on August 9, 2011 after fighting a courageous battle with lymphoma. Funeral services will be held on Friday, August 12, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. at White Bluff Baptist Church in Kershaw, where Snelson’s father was pastor for many years. Following burial in the church cemetery, friends and family are...

Bernice Phillips

Bernice Phillips

Aug 3, 2011

Funeral services for Bernice Madaline Phillips, 87, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, August 6, in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Miss Phillips died Wednesday, August 3, at her home. Born in the Buffalo Township of Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Agnes Victoria Phillips. She was retired from Springs...

William Oscar Knight

William Oscar Knight

Aug 2, 2011

Funeral services for William Oscar “Bill” Knight, 79, will be held at 2:30 P.M., Thursday, August 4, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Sand Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with family only attending. Mr. Jackie Knight will officiate. Mr. Knight died Tuesday, August 2, 2011, in Columbia, S.C. Born in Kershaw, he was the son...

Lucielle Russell Christmas

Lucielle Russell Christmas

Jul 31, 2011

Funeral services for Lucielle Russell Christmas, 93, of Kershaw, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, August 3, 2011, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mrs. Christmas died Sunday, July 31, 2011. Born in Rock Hill, she was the daughter of the late...

Alvis Kent Collier

Alvis Kent Collier

Jul 31, 2011

Memorial services for Alvis Kent Collier, 63, of Lancaster will be held at a later date in Immanuel Baptist Church, Waxhaw, N.C. Mr. Collier died Sunday, July 31, 2011, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Greensboro, N.C., he was the son of the late Theodore and Sara Ledbetter Collier. He was a retired long distance truck driver. Surviving are...

Carliene Sowell Hancock Dorman

Carliene Sowell Hancock Dorman

Jul 29, 2011

Carliene Sowell Hancock Dorman, 90 of Kershaw, died at her home, Friday, July 29, 2011, after an extended illness. She was born March 21, 1921; the first born of the late Edgar Luther and Ila Gay Sowell. Mrs. Dorman was a 1938 graduate of Kershaw High School and retired from RCA, West Palm Beach, Florida. She was a member of...

Dorothy Faulkenberry Williams

Dorothy Faulkenberry Williams

Jul 28, 2011

Funeral services for Dorothy Faulkenberry Williams, 92, will be held at 2:00 P.M, Saturday, July 30, 2011, in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Jamie Rogers and Don Knight will officiate. Mrs. Williams, widow of Ross Edward Williams died Thursday, July 28, in KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter...

Darlene Vaughn

Darlene Vaughn

Jul 20, 2011

Funeral services for Darlene Copeland Vaughn, 52, of Lancaster, will be held at 3:00 P.M., Friday, July 22, 2011, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Blackmon Cemetery. Rev. Michael Carnes will officiate. Mrs. Vaughn died Wednesday, July 20, in Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill. Born in Rock Hill, S.C., she was the daughter of...

Ansoyaben Patel

Ansoyaben Patel

Jul 16, 2011

Services to celebrate the life of Ansoyaben Patel, 57 will be held at 11:00 A.M., Monday, July 18, 2011, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. A Cremation Ceremony will follow. Ansoyaben was born in Anandi, Gujarat, India. She was the daughter of Prabhudasbhai and Hiraben Patel. She joined her extended family, 7 months ago with her daughter in Kershaw,...

Donald F. Sullivan

Donald F. Sullivan

Jul 12, 2011

Funeral services for Donald Franklin Sullivan, 58, of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, July 16, 2011 in Pineview Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Greg Gunter and Steve Mackey will officiate. Mr. Sullivan died Tuesday evening, July 12, at his home. Born in Camden, he was the son of Mary Alice...