Recent Obituaries

Jul 9, 1942

Graveside funeral services for Harry Edward “Ed” Blakeney, will be held Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. at Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Bryant Fersner will officiate. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service beginning at 1:00 p.m. in the First Baptist Church Parlor. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 67, Kershaw,...

Funeral services for Eleanor Baker Watkins, 76, of Bethune, S.C. will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, June 1, 2013 at Timrod Baptist Church. The Revs. Jackie Knight and Jim Wallace will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends, Friday, May 31, 2013, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw and...

Keith Alan Gibson, 50 of Camden, SC died Saturday, November 17, 2012 at Tanglewood Healthcare Center, Ridgeway, SC. A private service will be held at a later date. Mr. Gibson was the son of the late Roy Hartness and Inez Vivian Bradshaw Gibson. He was a carpenter and enjoyed fishing. Surviving are 2 sisters; Patti Moak and her husband Jackie...

Mildred Thompson, 92, of Heath Springs, SC, died Tuesday, April 16, 2013, at her home. Funeral plans will be announced by Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw

Funeral services for Terry Lee Waldrop, 42 of Bethune will be held at 3:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 5, at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Jefferson, where he was a member. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Waldrop died Saturday, December 1, at Medical University Hospital, Charleston. Born in Spartanburg, he was the son of Gwendolyn Gilbert Ogburn of Jefferson...

Patsy Lee Ussery died Thursday, April 9, 2015 at KershawHealth, Camden, SC. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Baker Funeral Home.

Funeral services for Michelle Lynn Gartrell, 25, of Fort Pierce Florida, will be held Monday, June 18, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Buffalo Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. James Way will officiate. Miss Gartrell died Wednesday, June 13, born in West Palm Beach, Florida, she was the daughter of Major...