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Bonnie Lou Snipes

Bonnie Lou Snipes

Dec 19, 2022

A service of worship remembering the life of Bonnie Lou Ellis Snipes, age 83, of Kershaw, S.C., will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Kershaw Church of God. Pastor Brandon Skipper and Pastor Tommy Suttle will officiate.

The family will greet friends following the service in the church Family Life Center.

Mrs. Snipes, loving wife of the late...

Franklin Henry Treadway

Franklin Henry Treadway

Dec 17, 2022

It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Mr. Franklin Henry Treadway. Franklin Henry Treadway, 93, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Saturday, December 17, 2022, at his home. Born in Tennessee, he was a son of the late George Treadway and Lorene Bishop Treadway. Mr. Treadway was a former employee of Springs Industries, Lancaster Plant. He also...

Johnny Dale Branham

Johnny Dale Branham

Dec 16, 2022

Johnny Dale Branham, age 84, of Gaston, S.C., passed away Friday, December 16, 2022, at his daughter’s home in Kershaw, S.C. Born in Camden, S.C., he was a son of the late Ausman Emmanuel Branham and Georgia Rebecca Jackson Taylor. He was a carpenter and a faithful member of Antioch Baptist Church, Gaston, S.C. In his earlier years he enjoyed...

Faye  West Bennett

Faye West Bennett

Dec 11, 2022

Faye West Bennett, 96, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Sunday morning, December 11, 2022, in White Oak Manor-Lancaster, where she had been a resident for a short time. Born in Kershaw, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Dalton C. West and Winnie Crow West. Mrs. Bennett worked in the textile industry for a brief period but devoted most...

John George Dunbar

John George Dunbar

Dec 10, 2022

It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of John George Dunbar, age 69, of Bethune, S.C. Born in Jenkins, Missouri, he was a son of the late John James Dunbar and Betty Jean Ludke Wesoloski. He attended Shamrock Baptist Church and was a United States Marine Veteran serving during the Vietnam Era. He loved to hunt and...

Tamara Ann Horton

Tamara Ann Horton

Dec 7, 2022

Tamara Ann Horton, age 61, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away suddenly Tuesday, December 7, 2022, from injuries from an auto accident. Born in Charleston, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Bill Hemphill and Bonnie Jean Horton Logan. She was former employee of Hardee’s and a member of Abney Baptist Church. Tamara enjoyed dirt track racing and going fishing.

She...

William Ronnie Reeves

William Ronnie Reeves

Dec 6, 2022

William Ronnie Reeves, age 71, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Tuesday, December 6, 2022, at his home. Born in Lancaster, S.C., he was a son of the late W. L. Reeves and Nell Gay Reeves. Mr. Reeves was a graduate of Kershaw High School and retired three times, first, from Springs Industries, second, from Duracell and third, from H &...

Abby Jack Brewer

Abby Jack Brewer

Dec 6, 2022

Abby Jack “Happy Jack” Brewer, 84, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away Tuesday, December 6, 2022, in MUSC Kershaw Health, Camden, S.C. Born in Pageland, S.C., he was the son of the late Niven Brewer and Irma White Brewer Beckham.

Mr. Brewer loved to watch his grandchildren play sports and was a life-long member of the Kershaw Country Club. He loved the...

Linda Sue Mills

Linda Sue Mills

Dec 4, 2022

Linda Sue DeLancey Mills, age 75, of Lancaster, S.C. passed away Sunday, December 4, 2022, at her home. Born in Parkersburg, West Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Eugene DeLancey and Cora Virginia Burdette DeLancey. She was a former employee of Springs Industries and a CNA where she had worked at Lancaster Convalescent Center, Lancaster, S.C.

She is...

Curtis Faile Jr.

Curtis Faile Jr.

Nov 29, 2022

Curtis Faile, Jr., age 84, passed away Tuesday, November 29, 2022, at his home. Born in Kershaw, S.C., he was a son of the late Curtis Columbus Faile and Hattie Watts Faile.

Mr. Faile was a faithful member of White Bluff Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. He loved to fish and watch NASCAR racing. He also loved his...

Billy Davis Rickman

Billy Davis Rickman

Nov 25, 2022

Billy Davis Rickman, 69, of Liberty Hill, S.C., passed away, Friday, November 25, 2022, at his home. He was born October 12, 1953, in Bedford, VA. He was a son of the late Alton Davis Rickman and Irma June Carlton Rickman. Mr. Rickman was preceded in death by a sister, Deborah Ann Kennington.

Billy was a retired veteran from the United...

Ernest Harold  Stroud

Ernest Harold Stroud

Nov 24, 2022

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Ernest Harold Stroud, age 90, of the Midway Community near Kershaw, SC. He was the first born of Hazel H. and Ida Bell (Neal) Stroud of the Midway/Buffalo/Mt. Pisgah Communities. Immediately after graduating from The Flat Creek High School in 1951, he enlisted in The US Air Force, and...

Jerry Martin Adams

Jerry Martin Adams

Nov 23, 2022

Jerry Martin Adams, 69, of the Babcock Center, Columbia, S.C., passed away, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at the center. Born in Camden, S.C., he was a son of the late William Robert Adams and Zoe Gay Adams Truesdale.

Jerry is survived by his siblings, Robert Adams and his wife, Young, Rhonda Carnes and her husband, Dwight and Randall Lee Truesdale and...

Virgie Ann S. Boone

Virgie Ann S. Boone

Nov 23, 2022

Virgie Ann Sowell Boone, age 70, passed away, Wednesday, November 23, 2022, at her home. Born in Camden, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Melvin Sowell and Mary Jane West Sowell. Mrs. Boone was in the food service industry and attended New Haven Baptist Church. She loved to rescue animals, especially cats. She enjoyed cooking, browsing flea markets...

Richard Allen Layman

Richard Allen Layman

Nov 21, 2022

Mr. Richard Allen Layman, 72, of Cassatt, S.C., passed away, Monday, November 21, 2022, in Columbia, S.C.

Private services are under the care of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw, S.C.

Sherry M. Deese

Sherry M. Deese

Nov 20, 2022

Sherry Moseley Deese, 67, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Sunday, November 20, 2022, in MUSC -Kershaw Health Medical Center, Camden, S.C. Born in Camden, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Ernest Moseley, Sr. and Mary Ellen Stroud Moseley. She was a Home Health caretaker and a member of Church of Christ, Camden, S.C. Sherry loved reading her bible....

Willis J. Catoe

Willis J. Catoe

Nov 20, 2022

Willis James Catoe, 103, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away, Sunday, November 20, 2022, at his home. Born in Rock Hill, S.C., he was a son of the late Ed Catoe and Molly Parish Catoe. Mr. Catoe was a United States Army veteran having served in the Pacific. He was a State Farm Insurance agent for 63 years. He was a...

Kevin William Hicks

Kevin William Hicks

Nov 20, 2022

Mr. Kevin William Hicks, 51, of Indian Land, S.C., passed away, Sunday, November 20, 2022, at his residence.

An obituary will be forthcoming.

Arrangements are under the care of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw, S.C.

Renee Hinson Moseley

Renee Hinson Moseley

Nov 16, 2022

Renee Hinson Moseley, 58, of Kershaw, S.C., wife of Danny Joe Moseley, died Wednesday, November 16, in Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, S.C.

Born in Lancaster, S.C., she was a daughter of the late Bobby Haire and Marlene Adams Knight. Mrs. Moseley loved to hunt, fish, sew, and spend time with her grandchildren.

Surviving in addition to her husband of 38 years,...

Carolyn Williams Gay

Carolyn Williams Gay

Nov 10, 2022

Carolyn Williams Gay, 81, of Kershaw, S.C., passed away Thursday, November 10, 2022 at her home. Born in Kershaw County, she was a daughter of the late Horace B. Williams and Ruby Diana Gay Williams. She retired from Springs Industries, Grace Bleachery and was a faithful member of Bethany Baptist Church, Westville, S.C.

Mrs. Gay loved to garden, sew and ride...

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