Recent Obituaries

Billy Joe Baker
Mar 29, 2009
A graveside committal service for Billy Joe Baker, 66, of 6182 Lockhart Road, Kershaw,will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, April 1, 2009, in Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Baker died Sunday, March 29, 2009 at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Lloyd and Ennis Whitaker Baker. He was a painter and attended Southside...

Betty Reeves Seegars
Mar 26, 2009
A graveside service for Betty Frances Reeves Seegars, 69, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 28, 2009, in Kershaw City Cemetery. The Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Born in the Flat Rock community of Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Willie Lee and Nell Gay Reeves. Ms. Seegars died Thursday, March 26, 2009, in the Wayne...
Larry T. Wolfe
Mar 22, 2009
Funeral service for Larry T. Tommy Wolfe, 42, will be held at 4:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Abney Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Dr. Todd Morris, Carl Hunter and Chadwick Ivester will officiate. Mr. Wolfe died Sunday, March 22, 2009, in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in Camden, he was...
Mildred Truesdale Kelley
Mar 18, 2009
Funeral Service for Mildred Truesdale Kelley, 76, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, March 21, 2009, in First United Methodist Church. The Revs. Anita Bozardt and Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mrs. Kelly, widow of Dr. E. A. Kelley, Jr., died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in Rochester, New York, she was the...

Edna Coats Phillips
Mar 18, 2009
Funeral service for Edna Coats Phillips, 85, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, March 21, 2009, in Bethany Baptist Church, Westville. The Rev. Craigan Blankenship and Dr. Charles Rabon will officiate. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Ben Henry and Gertrude Fletcher Coats. Mrs. Phillips died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital,...

Janie Blanche Ray
Mar 16, 2009
Funeral service for Janie Blanche Tolbert Ray, 73, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, March 19, 2009, in Haile Gold Mine Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ms. Ray died Monday evening, March 16, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Reed and Nealie Catoe Tolbert....

Ned Sowell
Mar 12, 2009
Funeral services for Ned Sowell, 84, will be held Saturday, March 14, 2009, at 3:00 P.M. in Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Terry Corder will officiate. Mr. Sowell died Thursday evening, March 12, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late William P. and...

Bobby Gene Denkins
Mar 8, 2009
Funeral services for Bobby Gene Denkins, 71, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in Kershaw Church of God. Burial will follow in the Bethany Baptist Church cemetery. Rev. Doug Martin will officiate. Mr. Denkins died Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital. Born in Manila, Arkansas, he was the son of the late Avis Denkins...

L.T. Williams
Mar 7, 2009
Funeral services for L.T. Williams, 86, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, March 10, 2009, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery Rev. Bobby Owens will officiate. Mr. Williams died Saturday, March 7, 2009, in Springs Memorial Hospital. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late John and Tinnie...

Donnie Steele
Mar 6, 2009
Funeral services for Donnie Steele, 61, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, March 9, 2009, in Sand Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Chadwick Ivester will officiate. Mr. Steele died Friday, March 6, 2009. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of Louise Steele Lyles and the late Walter Sikes Steele. He was retired...
Margaret R. Rowell
Mar 3, 2009
Graveside services for Margaret Ann Raley Rowell, 87, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, March 6, 2009, in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Gerald McCants will officiate. Mrs. Rowell, died Tuesday evening, March 3, 2009, at White Oak Manor-Lancaster, where she was a resident. Born in Bethune, she was the daughter of the late Clifton and Lucy Mae Horton Raley....

Barbara Opal Boone
Mar 3, 2009
Funeral services for Barbara Opal Boone, 71, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, March 8, 2009, in Refuge Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Tim Broughton and Donnie Barrett will officiate. Mrs. Boone died Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at her home. Born in the Lucknow Community of Lee County, she was the daughter of...

George Benjamin Morrow, Sr.
Feb 28, 2009
A Memorial service celebrating the life of George Benjamin Ben Morrow, Sr. , 77, will be held at 2:30 P.M. Sunday, March 8, 2009, in the sanctuary of First Baptist Church, Kershaw. The Revs. Bryant D. Fersner and Dr. George Crow will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. Ben went to be with the Lord on February...
Rickey Clayton Payne
Feb 23, 2009
Graveside inurnment service for Rickey C. Payne, 59, formerly of Kershaw, will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, March 2, 2009, in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. John Rogers will officiate. Mr. Payne died Monday, February 23, 2009 . Born in Camden, he was the son of Bobbie Ruth Reeves and the late Billy Coleman Payne. He was a loving...
Nettie T. Taylor
Feb 18, 2009
Funeral services for Nettie Elizabeth T. Taylor, 92, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, February 21, 2009 in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Abney Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Buster Morris will officiate. Mrs. Taylor widow of Randall N. Taylor died Wednesday, February 18, 2009 in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in Kershaw,...
Evelyn Reeves Faulkenberry
Feb 18, 2009
Funeral services for Evelyn Reeves Faulkenberry, 89, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, February 20, 2009, in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Hugh McKinney and Don Knight will officiate. Mrs. Faulkenberry died Wednesday, February 18, 2009, in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the...

Harold Foss Twitchell
Feb 14, 2009
Harold Foss Twitchell, 75, died Saturday, February 14, 2009, in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in Weston, Maine, he was the son of the late Wendell and Margaret Twitchell. He was a security manager with Dunbar Armored Security for 30 years. Mr. Twitchell was a member of Sphinx Temple in Connecticut, Hejaz Temple in Columbia, Jackson Shrine Club and...

Louisa Brown Traxler
Feb 12, 2009
Louisa May Brown Traxler, 90, died Thursday, February 12, 2009, in A. Sam. Karesh Longterm Care where she was a resident. Born in Chiefland, FL., she was the daughter of the late Randall Brown and Ruby Williamson. She was a former district sales manager with AVON Cosmetics, where she received a bronze plaque for sales projection. Mrs. Traxler was a...

Ollie Farmer Baker
Feb 7, 2009
Funeral services for Ollie Gertrude Ghent Farmer Baker, 92, will be held at 2:00 P.M., Monday, February 9, 2009, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mrs. Baker died Saturday, February 7, 2009, in White Oak Manor, Lancaster, where she was a resident. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the...

Albert Thomas Mixon
Feb 6, 2009
Albert Thomas Mixon , 68, died Friday, February 6, 2009, in W.J. Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, S.C.. He was born in Connecticut. Mr. Mixon will be cremated at his request. There will be a gathering of friends, Sunday, February 15, 2009, from 3 to 5 P.M. at the home of Jeff Knight, 8524 Old Jefferson Highway, Kershaw. Mr....