Recent Obituaries

Evelyn Louise Watts
Sep 22, 2008
Funeral services for Evelyn Louise Watts, 80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Saturday, September 27, 2008, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Watts died Monday, September 22, 2008, at her home. She was the daughter of the late Burl and Allie Horton. She was married to the late...

Evelyn Outen Gandy
Sep 16, 2008
Funeral services for Evelyn Outen Gandy,80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, September 18, 2008, in Abney Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Dr. Todd Morris, Todd Gandy and Larry Plyler will officiate. Mrs. Gandy died Tuesday, September 16, 2008 in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. She was the daughter of the late Rev. James...

Myrtle Boykin Portman
Sep 12, 2008
Graveside services for Myrtle Boykin Portman, 84, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Saturday, September 13, 2008, at Shiloh Methodist Church Cemetery, Millcreek Road, Kershaw. Rev. Larry Reeves will officiate. Born in Darlington, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Lucille Stephens Boykin. Mrs. Portman died Friday, September 12, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center. She was retired...

Margaret Bowers Catoe
Sep 8, 2008
Funeral services for Margaret Bowers Catoe, 81, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday, September 10, 2008, in Heath Springs Baptist Church, Heath Springs. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Gary Harris and Steve Neal will officiate. Born in Kershaw , she was the daughter of the late Chalmers Calvin and Jerusha Nanalee Faile Bowers. Mrs....

Alma Cleola Mcpherson
Aug 25, 2008
Funeral services for Alma Cleola Coot McPherson, 63, will be held at 3:00 P.M. Wednesday, August 27, 2008, in Timrod Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Ms. McPherson died Monday, August 25, 2008, at her home. Born in Bethune, she was the daughter of the late Walter Graham and Ola Norris McPherson. She was retired from Kendall...

Gettys Albert Baker
Aug 22, 2008
Memorial services for Gettys Albert Baker, 76, of Stockton, California and formerly of Kershaw, S.C. will be held Sunday, August 31, 2008, at 3:00 P.M. in Kershaw Second Baptist Church, Kershaw. Mr. Baker died Friday, August 22, 2008, in Stockton, California. Born in Kershaw, He was the son of the late Whiteford and Lillie Baker. Mr. Baker retired from the...

Ernest Lavon Faile
Aug 19, 2008
Services for Ernest Lavon Faile, 72, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, August 21, 2008, in Charlesboro Baptist Church. The Revs. Buddy Thomas, Buford Hayes and Rodney Nicholson will officiate. Born in Lancaster Co. , he was the son of the late Ernest and Nezzie Gregory Faile. He was retired from the South Carolina Highway Department and a member...
Dean Kirby Williams
Aug 15, 2008
Funeral services for Dean Kirby Williams, 74 of 4377 Fish Hatchery Road, Gaston and formerly of Kershaw will be held at 4:00 P.M. Monday, August 18, 2008 in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr.Williams died Friday, August 15, 2008, in Lexington Medical Center. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of...

Walter Belton West
Aug 12, 2008
Funeral service for Walter Belton West, 81, of 3927 Red Doc Road, Lancaster, will be held at 4:00 P.M. Thursday, August 14, 2008, in the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr. West died Tuesday, August 12, 2008, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Henry...

Jose Ruben Miranda Contreras
Aug 9, 2008
Funeral service for Jose Ruben Miranda Contreras, 28, will be held at his home in La Mesa de Atotonilco, Mexico. Burial will be in La Mesa. Jose died accidentally Saturday, August 9, 2008 in Bethune, S.C. Born in La Mesa, he was the son of Donato Miranda Sanchez and Lidia Isadora Contreras Rosas. He was employed by Holton Farms in...
Frances Inez Mangum Catoe
Aug 9, 2008
Funeral service for Frances Inez Mangum Catoe, 91, will be held at 2:00 P.M.TUESDAY, August 12, 2008, in Timrod Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Catoe, widow of William Clyde Catoe died Saturday, August 9, 2008 at her home. Born in the Timrod Community of Bethune, she was the daughter of the late Henry Thomas and...
Robert Byrd
Aug 5, 2008
The Celebration of Life Service for Robert Bobby Byrd, 80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Friday, August 8, 2008, in Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Rev. Jamie Rogers, Rev. Don Knight, Dr. Charles Rabon, and Rev. Robert Thompson will officiate. Burial will be private. Mr. Byrd died Tuesday, August 5, 2008 at his home. Born in Jefferson (Kershaw County) he...

Thomas Mervelle Watson
Jul 23, 2008
Graveside services for Thomas Mervelle Tommy Watson, 78, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, July 25, 2008, in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mr. Watson died Wednesday, July 23, 2008, at Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Deland, Florida, he was the son of the late John and Dora Peterson Watson. He was retired from...

Pauline Catalano
Jul 19, 2008
Funeral Mass for Pauline M. Catalano, 86, will be held Friday, July 25, 2008 at St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Wilmington, Delaware with burial to follow in the Cathedral Cemetery. Mrs. Catalano widow of Nick J. Catalano and Paul W. Gray died Saturday, July 19, 2008 , at the home of her daughter in Kershaw. Born in Harrington, Delaware, she was...
Sarah Elizabeth Holder Holley
Jul 18, 2008
Funeral services for Sarah Elizabeth Holder Tina Holley, 90, will be held at 3:00 P.M. SUNDAY, July 20, 2008, in Dekalb Baptist Church, Camden. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Keith Coates, Jimmy Holley and Mike Vinson will officiate. Mrs. Holley, widow of Clyde Gettys Holley died Friday, July 18, 2008. Born in Chester, she was...

Ernest Franklin Austin
Jul 13, 2008
Mr. Ernest Franklin Austin, 81, of 1337 Scott Road, Kershaw, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2008 at his home. He was born June 6, 1927 in Lancaster to the late Virgil and Florrie Austin. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, July 16, 2008 at Abney Baptist Church. The Rev. Dr. Todd Morris, Rev. Wayne Flowers, and the...
Manly Junior Faulkenberry
Jul 8, 2008
Funeral services for Manly Junior Faulkenberry, 80, will be held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, July 11, 2008, in Buffalo Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Rev. James Way will officiate. Mr. Faulkenberry, loving husband of 59 years and caregiver to Susie Catoe Faulkenberry died Tuesday, July 8, 2008, in Kershaw County Medical Center, Camden. Born in Kershaw,...

Loriner Bradley Cauthen
Jul 7, 2008
Funeral services for Loriner Bradley Cauthen, 81, will be held at 11:00 A.M. THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2008, in Sand Hill Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Hanging Rock United Methodist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Chadwick Ivester and Charlie Simmons will officiate. Mrs. Cauthen loving wife of Blake E. Cauthen died Monday, July 7, 2008, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster....
Lula Bess Catoe Jenkins
Jul 1, 2008
Graveside services for Lula Bess Catoe Jenkins, 80, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 3, 2008, in Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Jamie Rogers will officiate. Mrs. Jenkins died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in Kershaw Co. Medical Center, Camden. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Eugene Gary Catoe,Sr. and Dessie Neal Catoe. She was married...
Jake Jeff Geiger
Jul 1, 2008
Graveside services for Jake Jeff Geiger, 85, will be held at 11:00 A.M. Thursday, July 3, 2008, at Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Steve Miller will officiate. Mr. Geiger , widower of Grace Rollings Geiger died Tuesday, July 1, 2008, in Lancaster Convalescent Center. Born in Jefferson, he was the son of the late Will and Mattie Hayes Geiger. He was...