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Roger A. Dubois

Roger A. Dubois

Apr 21, 2014

Roger Allen Dubois, 73 of Bethune, SC died Monday, April 21, 2014, at McLeod Hospice House, Florence. Born in Luton, Iowa, he was the son of the late Glenn and Elaine Stokes Dubois. Mr. Dubois was the owner/operator of poultry farms and served in the Army National Guard. He was also a graduate of Wayne State Teachers College. Surviving are...

Tommy Coates

Tommy Coates

Apr 13, 2014

A graveside service for William Tommy Coates, Jr., 65 of Lugoff, SC will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in Oak Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery, Kershaw. Rev. Bobby James will officiate. Mr. Coates died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was a son of the late William Tommy, Sr. and Mabel Baker...

Doug C. Vincent

Doug C. Vincent

Apr 13, 2014

Funeral services for Douglas Craig “Doug” Vincent, 67 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 16, 2014, in Abney Baptist Church. Rev. David Turner will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Vincent died Sunday, April 13, 2014, in KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Kershaw, he was a son of the late Clyde Jefferson, Sr. and...

Florence Payne Whitaker

Florence Payne Whitaker

Apr 8, 2014

Florence Payne Whitaker, 90, of Kershaw, widow of Robert Vertis “R.V.” Whitaker, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014, at her home. Born in Lancaster County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Elmore Payne and Sally Joyner Phillips. Mrs. Whitaker was a member of Pleasant Plain Baptist Church where she worked in the nursery for many years. She also enjoyed...

Ernest Doson Taylor

Ernest Doson Taylor

Apr 7, 2014

Funeral services for Ernest Doson Taylor, 89 of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in the sanctuary of Abney Baptist Church. The Revs. Larry Plyler and David Turner will officiate. Burial will follow with military honors in the church cemetery. Mr. Taylor, widower of Mary Katherine Mills Taylor died Monday, April 7, 2014, in KershawHealth,...

Helen Jeanette A. Gardner

Helen Jeanette A. Gardner

Apr 5, 2014

A graveside service for Helen Jeanette Adams Gardner, 70 of Heath Springs, SC will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, April 8, 2014, in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Dr. Frankie Melton will officiate. Mrs. Gardner died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at Carolinas Specialty Hospital, Charlotte, NC. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Wilbur and Annie...

Edna H. Threatt

Edna H. Threatt

Apr 5, 2014

Funeral services for Edna Louise Hunter Threatt, 98 of Spartanburg and formerly of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 9, 2014, in the sanctuary of Kershaw Second Baptist Church. The Revs. Hugh McKinney and Edgar Horton will officiate. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden. Mrs. Threatt died Saturday, April 5, 2014, at her...

Cletus Wade Broughton

Cletus Wade Broughton

Apr 5, 2014

Cletus Wade Broughton, 66, of 331 Rowland Avenue, Heath Springs, died Saturday, April 5, 2014 at White Oak Manor -Lancaster. A native of Lancaster County, Mr. Broughton was born March 31, 1948, a son of the late Cletus M. Broughton and Mary W. Starnes. He was a mechanic with Dupont Co. and a police officer with the Town of Heath...

Danny Faile

Danny Faile

Mar 15, 2014

A memorial service for Danny M. Faile, 63 of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, March 18, 2014, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Pastor Cotton Pate will officiate. Inurnment will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr. Faile died Saturday, March 15, 2014, in Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of...

Peggy Young

Peggy Young

Mar 15, 2014

Funeral services for Peggy Boykin Young, 54 of Kershaw will be held at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 18, 2014, from the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Shiloh United Methodist Church Cemetery, Millcreek Rd. Rev. Larry Reeves will officiate. Mrs. Young died Saturday, March 15, 2014, at Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster. Born in Kershaw, she was...

Jerry Wayne Blackmon

Jerry Wayne Blackmon

Mar 13, 2014

A graveside inurnment service for Jerry Wayne Blackmon, 76 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, March 17, 2014, at White Bluff Baptist Church Cemetery. The Rev. Doug Humphries will officiate. Mr. Blackmon died Thursday, March 13, 2014, at his home. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late John Theron and Willie Ruth Killough Blackmon....

Pauline H. Taylor

Pauline H. Taylor

Mar 8, 2014

Mrs. Pauline H. Taylor was the loving wife of the late Ira E. Taylor, Jr. She passed away Saturday, March 8, 2014, surrounded by her family. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Ruth Roberts Hunter. She retired from the Kendall Company and was a member of Sand Hill Baptist Church where she served on the Prayer Chain...

James Edward Gardner

James Edward Gardner

Mar 7, 2014

A memorial service for James Edward Gardner, 73 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 11, 2014, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. Frankie Melton will officiate. Mr. Gardner died Friday, March 7, in Carolinas Hospital, Florence. Born in Kershaw, he was a son of the late James Lee and Dona Ada Shute Gardner....

Dorothy Hegler Copeland

Dorothy Hegler Copeland

Mar 7, 2014

Dorothy Hegler Copeland, 92 of Bethune died Friday, March 7, 2014 in Westminster Health and Rehab, Rock Hill. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late William and Belvia Gardner Hegler. She was a member of Bethune Baptist Church, Order of the Eastern Star –Bethune Chapter and a homemaker. Mrs. Copeland was married to the late Wayne Harold...

Jeanette P. Gardner

Jeanette P. Gardner

Mar 3, 2014

A graveside service for Jeanette Peach Gardner, 79 of Kershaw will be held at 1:00 p.m., Friday, March 7, 2014, in Lancaster Memorial Park, Lancaster. Mrs. Gardner died Monday, March 3, 2014, at KershawHealth-Camden. Born in Westville, she was the daughter of the late Eddie Roy and Ruby Horton Peach. She was a homemaker and a member of The Kingdom...

Grace Eubanks Gainey

Grace Eubanks Gainey

Mar 2, 2014

Funeral services for Grace Eubanks Gainey, 72, of Bethune will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in Timrod Baptist Church, Bethune. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Jim Wallace and Jackie Knight will officiate. Mrs. Gainey, loving wife of Curtis Gainey died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in...

Lennie Junior Self

Lennie Junior Self

Mar 2, 2014

A memorial service for Lennie Junior Self, 70 of Bethune will be held at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 8, 2014, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. The Rev. Terry Corder will officiate. Mr. Self died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Bethune, S.C., he was the son of the late Dalton Washington and Sadie Sarah Warr...

Emma Dine Wright

Emma Dine Wright

Mar 1, 2014

Funeral services for Emma Dine Sullivan Wright, 94 of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, March 3, 2014, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Dr. Larry Twitty and Scott Robinson will officiate. Mrs. Wright, widow of Walter Wright died Saturday, March 1, 2014, at Springs Memorial Hospital,...

Peggy Reeves Hunter

Peggy Reeves Hunter

Feb 28, 2014

A memorial service for Peggy Joyce Reeves Hunter, 79 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, March 4, 2014, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. Donald Coppedge will officiate. Ms. Hunter died Friday, February 28, 2014, at her home. Born in Camden, she was the daughter of the late Perry and Lucille Beam Reeves. She retired...

Bobby Dean Craig

Bobby Dean Craig

Feb 16, 2014

Graveside services for Bobby Dean Craig, 54 of Kershaw will be held at 2:30 P.M., Tuesday, February 18, 2014, in Fork Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Heath Springs. The Rev. Don Knight will officiate. Mr. Craig died Sunday, February 16, 2014, at his home. Born in Lancaster, he was the son of James William “Billy” Craig, Jr. and Maggie Bell Starnes...

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