Recent Obituaries
Marvin Jones Mccaskill, Sr.
Jun 11, 2016
Marvin Jones McCaskill, Sr., 86, of Bethune, SC, died June 11, 2016. He was a son of the late Edward Small McCaskill and Maud Jones McCaskill. A graduate of Bethune High School and a 1951 graduate of Clemson College, he was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and was awarded the Purple Heart and the Silver Star. He...
Elizabeth Ann Deaton
Jun 9, 2016
A graveside service for Elizabeth Ann Deaton, 76 of Lancaster, will be held at 3:30 p.m., Sunday, June 12, in the Kershaw City Cemetery, Kershaw. The Rev. Donald W. Tillman will officiate. The family will receive friends from 2:30 – 3:15 p.m. prior to the service on Sunday at Baker Funeral Home. Mrs. Deaton, widow of the late L.J. Deaton...
Julius Eugene Taylor
Jun 5, 2016
A funeral service for Julius E. Taylor, 75 of Kershaw, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 7, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. Doug Taylor will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr. Taylor died Sunday, June 5, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, he was a son of the late...
Bruce C. Williams
Jun 1, 2016
A funeral service for Bruce C. Williams, 76 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, June 5, at Bethany Baptist Church, Westville. Rev. Craigan Blankenship will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Military honors and Masonic rites. Mr. Williams died Wednesday, June 1, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was a son of the...
Mary Allen Morgan
Jun 1, 2016
A funeral service for Mary Allen Morgan, 88 of Kershaw, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 5, at Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Rev. Ronnie Hinson will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on Sunday, beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the church Family Life Center...
Jane Henson Kennedy
May 28, 2016
A gathering to celebrate the life of Jane Ann Henson Kennedy, 87 of Kershaw, South Carolina and formerly of Springfield, Massachusetts, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 31, at Baker Funeral Home. Mrs. Kennedy passed away, Saturday, May 28, at KershawHealth in Camden. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Esther Regan...
Louise Stroud Sullivan
May 13, 2016
A funeral service for Louise Stroud Sullivan, 91 of Kershaw, will be held at 3:00 o’clock p.m., Sunday, May 15, in the sanctuary of Buffalo Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Ray Lowe, James Way, Steve Brumley and Tom Bingol will officiate. Mrs. Sullivan, loving wife of the late Steve Preston Sullivan passed away...
George Thomas Rudd, Jr.
May 7, 2016
Services for George T. Rudd, Jr., 75, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, May 11, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Mr. Rudd died Saturday, May 7. The family will receive friends following the service at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Fort Jackson National Cemetery. Born in Arlington, Mass., he was the only son...
Annie F. Young
May 4, 2016
A funeral service for Annie Theo Faulkenberry Young, 85 of Kershaw, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May7, 2016, in the sanctuary of Hanging Rock United Methodist Church. The Revs. Ken Land and Bart Sistare will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Young, widow of Edgar Wellington “E.W.” Young, Jr., died Wednesday, May 4, at KershawHealth,...
Mary Frances Belk
May 1, 2016
Mary Frances Crockett Belk, 94 of Lancaster, died Sunday, May 1, 2016 at her home. Born in Gastonia, NC, she was a daughter of the late Robert H. and Macie Melissa Whitesides Crockett. She was married to the late Don Belk, who was associated with the Kershaw Golf Course in the 1960’s and 1970’s. Surviving are two daughters, Donna Thompson...
Donald E. Williams
Apr 29, 2016
A funeral service for Donald E. Williams, 69 of Kershaw, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, May 2, in Pineview Baptist Church, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Masonic rites. Pastor Cotton Pate and Rev. Kelvin Hinson will officiate. Mr. Williams passed away at his home on Friday, April 29. Born in Kershaw, he was a...
Mendel Lee Williams
Apr 25, 2016
A funeral service for Mendel Lee Williams, 73 of Kershaw, will be held at 3:00 o’clock p.m., Thursday, April 28, in the sanctuary of Pineview Baptist Church, Kershaw. The Rev. Trent McLaughlin will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Masonic rites. Mr. Williams passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, April 25, surrounded by his family....
Larry F. Robinson
Apr 19, 2016
A memorial service for Larry Franklin Robinson, 74 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 o’clock p.m., Friday, April 22, 2016, in New Haven Baptist Church. The Rev. Larry Humphries and Kenneth Wrenn will officiate. Mr. Robinson, loving husband of 53 years of Joyce Thompson Robinson died Tuesday, April 19, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was a son...
Myrtle Gandy Hinson
Apr 19, 2016
A funeral service for Myrtle Gandy Hinson, 91 of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 o’clock a.m., Friday, April 22, in the sanctuary of White Bluff Baptist Church. The Revs. Doug Humphries and Gene Lawhorne will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Hinson, loving wife of the late Lewis J. Hinson passed away, Tuesday, April 19, at...
Yvonne Estridge Parker
Apr 17, 2016
Yvonne Estridge Parker, 77, passed away on April 17, 2016, in Hopkins, South Carolina. Yvonne graduated from the former Flat Creek High School in Kershaw, SC in 1956, where she was selected Miss Flat Creek, lettered in basketball, and played coronet in the band. Following high school, she graduated from Columbia Business College and began her life-long career as an...
Carol Hinson Bowers
Apr 17, 2016
A gathering to celebrate the life of Carol Hinson Bowers, 69 of Heath Springs, will be held at 5:00 o’clock p.m., Wednesday, April 20, 2016, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Burial will be private in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the gathering beginning at 4:00 o’clock p.m. at the...
Ruby Mosier Bass
Apr 8, 2016
A graveside service for Ruby Leona Mosier Bass 86, of Lancaster and formerly of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 11, in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mrs. Bass, widow of Thomas P. Bass, Sr., died Friday, April 8, at her son’s home in Camden. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and...
Julie Jones Weeks
Apr 4, 2016
A graveside service with military honors for Julie Irene Jones Weeks, 58 of Kershaw, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, April 8, in Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mrs. Weeks, loving wife of Albert W. Weeks died Monday, April 4, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Lancaster, she was a daughter of...
Thomas Eugene (Gene) Baker
Mar 28, 2016
A funeral service remembering the life of Thomas Eugene “Gene” Baker, 82 of Kershaw, South Carolina, will be held at 3:00 o’clock p.m., Sunday, April 3, 2016, in the sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church, 201 North Cleveland Street, Kershaw. Entombment will follow in the family mausoleum in Kershaw City Cemetery. The Reverends Bryant Doyle Fersner and Steven Ray Winburn will...
Barbara S. Whitley
Mar 24, 2016
A graveside service for Barbara Ann Stogner Whitley, 66 of Kershaw, will be held at 4:00 p.m., Monday, March 28, 2016, in New Testament Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery. Rev. James Aldridge will officiate. Ms. Whitley died Thursday, March 24, in Lexington Medical Center, Columbia. Born in Lancaster, she was a daughter of the late Lewis and Lois Humphries Stogner. She...