Recent Obituaries

Jessie Sims Payne
Dec 1, 2008
Funeral services for Jessie Sims Payne, 80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, December 3, 2008, in Flat Creek Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Bart Miles and Robert Jeske will officiate. Mrs. Payne died Monday, December 1, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the...

Bertie Phillips Williams
Nov 30, 2008
Funeral services for Bertie Phillips Williams, 91, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 2, 2008, in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Jamie Rogers and Hugh McKinney will officiate. Mrs. Williams, widow of Bud Fred Williams died Sunday, November 30, 2008 in Lancaster Convalescent Center, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, she...

Wanda Darnell Ford
Nov 29, 2008
Graveside services for Wanda Darnell Ford, 54, formerly of Fort Mill, will be held at 1:00 P.M. Monday, December 1, 2008, in Lakeland Memorial Park, Monroe, N.C. Pastor Tommy Cole will officiate. Miss. Ford died Saturday, November 29, 2008 at her home. Born in York, she was the daughter of the late Lee Roy and Lucy Lee Deese Ford. She...
Johnnie Willard Jones
Nov 27, 2008
A service to celebrate the life of Johnnie Willard Jones, 77, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Sunday, November 30, 2008, in Salem United Methodist Church. Mr. Jones died Thursday, November 27, 2008, in Palmetto Heath Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in Bethune, he was the son of the late Cramer Willard and Edna Elizabeth Stokes Jones. He was a retired...

Erline Jewett Boltz
Nov 20, 2008
Funeral services for Erline Jewett Boltz, 82, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, November 22, 2008, in Midway Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Todd Gandy will officiate. Mrs. Boltz died Thursday, November 20, 2008, in Lancaster Convalescent Center. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Luther Benson and Maybell Montgomery Jewett....
Charles Thomas Johnson
Nov 4, 2008
A service of remembrance for Charles Thomas Charlie Johnson, 60, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, November 8, 2008 in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. Todd Gandy will officiate. Mr. Johnson died Tuesday evening, November 4, 2008, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of the late Walter Hazel, Sr. and Bernice...

Zula Lee Fletcher
Nov 2, 2008
Services for Zula Lee Fletcher, 90, will be held at Wednesday, November 5, 2008, at 1:00 P.M in Shamrock Baptist Church, Bethune. Rev. Roy Broughman will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Fletcher died Sunday, November 2, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in the Gatesford Community of Kershaw County, November 30, 1917, she was...

Clara June Catoe Gainey
Nov 2, 2008
Clara June Gainey, 71, of Okeechobee, Florida and formerly of Kershaw, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, November 7, 2008, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. James Way will officiate. Mrs. Gainey died Sunday, November 2, 2008, in Raulerson Hospital in Okeechobee. She was born May 22, 1937 in...

Ronald Gaskill, Jr.
Oct 30, 2008
Services for Ronald William Gaskill, Jr., 36, of 608 E. Hilton Street, Kershaw will be held at 6:00 P.M. Monday, November 3, 2008 in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Mr. Gaskill died Thursday, October 30, 2008, from injuries sustained in an accident. Born in Somers Point, NJ, he grew up in Egg Harbor Township....
Bobby Sims
Oct 24, 2008
Funeral Services for Bobby Sims, 68, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, October 26, 2008, in First Baptist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mr. Sims died Friday, October 24, 2008 in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C. Born in Kershaw,he was the son of the late Hunter and Bessie...

Sandra Adams Truesdale
Oct 20, 2008
Funeral services for Sandra Adams Truesdale, 61, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Thursday, October 23, 2008, in Bethany Baptist Church, Westville. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Truesdale born in Kershaw, died Monday, October 20, 2008, at her home. She was the daughter of the late William Robert Adams and Zoe Martin Gay Adams Truesdale. Mrs. Truesdale...

Joyce Croxton Etter
Oct 16, 2008
Funeral services for Joyce Cook Croxton Etter, 91, of Lexington and formerly of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 P.M. Sunday, October 19, 2008, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Cook Family Plot at Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Jesse Hegler will officiate. Born in Kershaw, S.C. on November 6, 1916, she was the youngest...

Louise Catoe Ingram
Oct 14, 2008
Funeral services for Louise Catoe Ingram, 91, widow of the late William Charlie Ingram, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, October 17, 2008, in Baker Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Jamie Rogers and Hugh McKinney will officiate. Mrs. Ingram died Tuesday, October 14, 2008. She was the daughter of the late...

Geraldine Carnes
Oct 13, 2008
Funeral services for Geraldine Leslie Horne Carnes, 89, widow of the late Rev. Thurman Carnes, will be held at 3:00 p.m. Thursday, October 16, 2008, in Buffalo Baptist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Don Coppedge, Rev. Dr. Todd Morris and Rev. James Way will officiate. Mrs. Carnes died Monday, October 13, 2008,...

Henry Alex Fletcher
Oct 4, 2008
Funeral services for Henry Alex Fletcher, 89, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 7, 2008, in Bethany Baptist Church, Westville. Burial will follow in the Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery with Masonic Rites. The Revs. Von Cockrell and Craigan Blankenship will officiate. Mr. Fletcher died Saturday, October 4, 2008, in Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C.. He was the son...
Glenda Hendrix Ellis
Oct 4, 2008
Funeral services for Glenda Hendrix Ellis, 81, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Monday, October 6, 2008, in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Don Knight and Hugh McKinney will officiate. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Mary Rowell Hendrix. Mrs. Ellis died Saturday, October 4,...
Walter Preston Davis, Jr.
Sep 30, 2008
Funeral services for Walter Preston W.P. Davis, Jr., will be held at 3:00 P.M. Friday, October 3, 2008, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. Craigan Blankenship will officiate. Born in Westville, he was the son of the late Walter Preston and Lula Livingston Davis. Mr. Davis died Tuesday, September...

Lester Clyburn L.C." Reeves
Sep 28, 2008
Graveside services for Lester Clyburn L.C. Reeves, 84, will be held at 2:00 P.M Wednesday, October 1, 2008, in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Mr. Reeves died Sunday, September 28, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Lester and Maude Whitley Reeves. Mr. Reeves was retired from...

Ozie Taylor
Sep 27, 2008
Funeral services for Ozie Taylor, 80, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, September 30, 2008, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow with military honors in the Abney Baptist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Dr. Todd Morris and Kenneth Catoe will officiate. Mr. Taylor died Saturday evening, September 27, 2008, in the Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden....

Bertha Roach Griffin
Sep 26, 2008
Bertha Roach Griffin, 86, died Friday, September 26, 2008, at her home. Services will be held Sunday, September 28, 2008, at 3:00 P.M. in Center Grove Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Steve Miller and Bobby Wallace will officiate. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Charlie L. and Sarah Robinson...