Recent Obituaries
Barbara A. Mckay
Jul 20, 2013
A graveside service for Barbara Ann Whitaker McKay, 66 of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 a.m., Monday, July 22, 2013, in Pleasant Plain Baptist Church Cemetery. The Revs. Todd Montgomery, Thurmond Johnson and Larry Plyler will officiate. Mrs. McKay died Saturday, July 20, at White Oak Manor, Lancaster. Born in Camden, she was the daughter of Florence Payne Whitaker...
Jimmie N. Catoe
Jul 13, 2013
Funeral services for Jimmie N. Catoe, 75 of Bethune will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. The Revs. Terry Corder and Randy Creamer will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Catoe died Saturday, July 13, 2013, at Regency Hospital, Florence. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the...
Marguerite T. Clyburn
Jul 12, 2013
Services for Marguerite Truesdale Clyburn, 96 of Kershaw will be held, Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. from the Chapel of Baker Funeral Home. Rev. Dr. Jesse Hegler will officiate. The family will receive friends immediately following in the service at the funeral home and other times at the home of her daughter, 2986 Cane Mill Rd., Lancaster. A...

Margaret H. Adams
Jul 10, 2013
Funeral services for Margaret Delilah Hinson Adams, 85 of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, July 13, 2013, at First Baptist Church. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, July 15, 2013, at Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia, SC. Rev. Rebecca Wilkins will officiate. Mrs. Adams died Wednesday, July...

Ellen Brandon Williams
Jul 4, 2013
Funeral services for Ellen Brandon Williams, 85 of Kershaw, will be held on Saturday, July 6, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in Baker Conference Center, 105 N. Minor St., Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Bryant D. Fersner will officiate. Mrs. Williams died Thursday, July 4, 2013. Born December 21, 1927, she was the daughter of the...
Basil Lee Mcpherson
Jul 1, 2013
Memorial services for Basil Lee McPherson, 61 of Bethune will be held at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 3, at Timrod Baptist Church. Pastor Jackie Knight will officiate. Mr. McPherson died Monday, July 1, 2013, at Regency Hospital, Florence. Born in Bethune, he was the son of the late Walter Graham and Ola Norris McPherson. Mr. McPherson enjoyed looking for arrowheads,...
Johnny Ray Usher
Jun 27, 2013
Funeral services for Johnny Ray Usher, 66 of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 p.m., Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Baker Funeral Home. The Revs. Dr. Frankie Melton and Chadwick Ivester will officiate. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Mr. Usher died Thursday, June 27, at his home. Born in Pageland, S.C., he was the son of the...
Mary S. Ferguson
Jun 23, 2013
Funeral services for Mary Sue Cranford Ferguson, 71, of Kershaw will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at Baker Funeral Home. The Rev. John Hamilton will officiate. Burial will follow in the Shamrock Baptist Church Cemetery, Bethune. Mrs. Ferguson died Sunday, June 23, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital, Columbia. Born in, Bethune, she was the daughter...
Stacy Dion Cearley
Jun 21, 2013
Funeral services for Stacy Dion Cearley, 44 of Camden will be held at 3:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at DeKalb Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Keith Coates will officiate. Mr. Cearley died Friday evening, June 21, 2013, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Wichita Falls, TX, he was the son...
Arthur Cleveland Sowell
Jun 20, 2013
Funeral services for Arthur Cleveland Sowell, 95, will be held Sunday, June 23, 2013, at 3:00 p.m. in Thorn Hill Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Sowell died Thursday, June 20, 2013, in KershawHealth, Camden. Born in Kershaw, he was the son of the late Grover Cleveland and Lillie Coates Sowell. Mr. Sowell retired from...
Kenneth Ray Love
Jun 20, 2013
Funeral services for Kenneth Ray Love, 52, of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 22, 2013, at Pleasant Plain Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Rev. Todd Montgomery will officiate. Mr. Love died Thursday, June 20, 2013, at Springs Memorial Hospital, Lancaster, Born in Camden, S.C., he was the son of the late...
Ronnie Lee Cranford
Jun 17, 2013
Funeral services for Ronnie Lee Cranford, 61, of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20, 2013, at Baker Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. Rev. Curtis Cameron will officiate. Mr. Cranford, widower of Carolyn Diane Cranford, died Monday, June 17, 2013, in an automobile accident. Born in Camden, S.C., he was the son...

Corrie Williams Vincent
Jun 17, 2013
Funeral services for Corrie Williams Vincent, 88, of Kershaw will be held at 4:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Buffalo Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Vincent, widow of Benjamin Franklin Vincent died Monday, June 17, 2013, at her home. Born in Kershaw, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Franklin and Lauria Roberts...
Marguerite Hunter Neal
Jun 8, 2013
Marguerite Hunter Neal died on Saturday, June 8, 2013 in Springs Memorial Hospital. A daughter of the late John E. Hunter and Floride Cauthen Hunter, she was the widow of Woodrow Neal of Kershaw, South Carolina. She was a member of the Kershaw First Baptist Church, the Deborah Sunday School Class, and a former member of Kershaw’s Senior Citizens group....
Mary Leigh Ussery Cicotello
Jun 4, 2013
Mrs. Mary Leigh Ussery Cicotello, 70, died Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at her home. A memorial service to celebrate her life is at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 15, in the chapel of Baker Funeral Home in Kershaw, officiated by the Rev. Dr. Jesse Hegler. Mary was born August 20, 1942, near Kershaw and was a daughter of the late Ralph...
Shirley Taylor Hudson
Jun 1, 2013
Funeral services for Shirley Taylor Hudson, 77, of Lancaster will be held at 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Baker Funeral Home, Kershaw. Burial will follow in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Camden. The Rev. Stephen Owens and Ben Moorefield will officiate. Mrs. Hudson, loving wife of 60 years of Rev. Jack Hudson died Saturday, June 1, at her...

Eleanor B. Watkins
May 29, 2013
Funeral services for Eleanor Baker “Snookie” Watkins, 76, of Bethune will be held at 3:00 p.m. Saturday, June 1, 2013, at Timrod Baptist Church, Bethune. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The Revs. Jackie Knight and Jim Wallace will officiate. Mrs. Watkins, widow of Bobby Fred Watkins, Sr. died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at her home. Born in Kershaw,...
Oakie Lee Boone
May 26, 2013
Memorial services for Oakie Lee Boone, 52, of Kershaw will be held at 5:00 p.m., Friday, May 31, 2013, at DeKalb Baptist Church, Camden, SC. The Revs. Keith Coates and Brian Cobb will officiate. The viewing and receiving of friends will be held, Thursday, May 30, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Baker Funeral Home. Surviving are his wife of...

Paula A. Whitaker
May 18, 2013
Funeral services for Paula A. Whitaker, 50, of Kershaw will be held at 3:00 p.m., Monday, May 20, 2013, at First Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Revs. Bryant D. Fersner and Todd Montgomery will officiate. Mrs. Whitaker died Saturday, May 18, 2013 at Springs Memorial Hospital. Born in Lancaster, she was the daughter of...
Rebecca C. Phillips
May 10, 2013
Funeral services for Rebecca Casey “Becky” Phillips, 70, of Kershaw will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday May 13, 2013, at Kershaw Second Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the Kershaw City Cemetery. The Rev. Don Knight and Mr. Dean Casey will officiate. Mrs. Phillips died Friday, May 10, at her home. Born in Laurens, SC, she was the daughter...