Blake E. Cauthen

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, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Robert Edgar and Ethel Williams Cauthen. He retired from Springs Industries . Mr. Cauthen was a lifetime member of Flat Rock Masonic Lodge # 178 and a United States Navy Veteran. He enjoyed gardening and cutting grass. Surviving are 3 daughters; Delores Catoe and her husband Mark of Kershaw, Cynthia Sanders and her husband Steve of Stanfield, NC, Kathy Gardner and her husband Mike of Kershaw, 3 sons; Kenneth Cauthen and his wife Janice, Wayne Cauthen and his wife Terry, Gerald Cauthen and his wife Missy all of Kershaw, 17 grandchildren, 26 great grandchildren, 2 sisters; Earlene Phillips and her husband Joe of Kershaw and Irma Huckabee and her husband Julius of Westville. The family will receive friends, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home and other times at the home of her son, 1274 Three C’s Road, Kershaw. Memorials may be made to Sand Hill Baptist Church, 6895 Highway 341, Kershaw, SC 29067.