Elsie Jane Whitaker

Graveside services for Elsie Jane Whitaker, 98, of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, August 7, 2013, in Midway Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the cemetery. Miss Whitaker died Monday, August 6, 2013, in Lancaster Convalescent Center, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late R.E. and Florence Hunter Whitaker. She was a homemaker and a talented seamstress. Miss Whitaker attended First Baptist Church where she was a former Sunday School teacher and was a member of Midway Baptist Church. Surviving are a number of nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Harriett Whitaker, Nettie Mae Roberts, her twin sister, Ennis Baker and three brothers, Emsey Watts, Curtis Langley and Kelly “Jack” Whitaker. Memorial contributions may be made to K. A. R. E., Post Office Box 364, Kershaw, S.C. 29067