All Obituaries

Mrs. Gladys Hodges passed away on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Her funeral service will be held at 1:00 PM  Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at Lake Swamp Baptist Church. The family will receive friends following the service, and burial will take place in Lake Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery, privately, prior to the funeral.  

Joshua “Josh” Dewey Clark, age 40 died Thursday, January 20, 2022. A memorial service will be held 5:00 p.m. Sunday, January 23rd in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends following the service. Born on January 26, 1981, Josh is the son of Scott Clark and Debra Bellamy. He worked in construction as a steel erector. Josh loved music and enjoyed playing guitar, and he loved being around people. In addition to his parents, Scott Clark and Debra Bellamy,...

Sammie Louise Morrell Plummer, age 97 died Wednesday, January 19, 2022. A funeral service will be held 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 23rd at Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in Lydia with burial following at Lamar Memorial Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior at the church. Born on October 21, 1924, Sammie was the daughter of the late Charlie Morrell and Janie Sellers Morrell. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and grandmother,...

Joanne Carnes Elliotte, age 86 died Tuesday, January 18, 2022. A funeral service will be held 3:00 p.m. Saturday, January 22nd in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior. A private burial will take place prior to the visitation. Born April 19, 1935, Joanne was the daughter of the late Raymond E. Carnes and Ruth Morrison Carnes. She worked as a secretary for the Department of Agriculture at Clemson Extension in Darlington. She was a member of...

Marion Baxley, Jr., age 67 died Tuesday, January 18, 2022. A funeral service will be held 3:00 p.m. Thursday, January 20th in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior. Born in Hopewell, Virginia on August 16, 1954, Marion was the son of the late Marion Baxley, Sr. and Lorrine Alford Tart. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army; and then was a police officer for Marlboro, Dillon, and West Columbia. Marion was a talented musician who enjoyed playing the piano...

Virginia Shepard Howell, age 94 died Monday, January 17, 2022. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 Saturday, January 29, 2022 at Calvary Baptist Church in Darlington, with burial following in Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 on Saturday (1/29) at Calvary.

Barbara Russ Powell, age 81 died Saturday, January 15, 2022. A funeral service will be held 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, January 19th at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church with burial following at Florence Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at Belk Funeral Home.  A Rosary service will be held prior to the visitation. Born in Staten Island, New York on September 6, 1940, Barbara was the daughter of the late Thomas Dewitt Russ and Marion Faulkner Russ. She...

William “Bill” Robert Dunbar, age 77 died at home on Saturday, January 15, 2022. A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 18th at Midway Baptist Church, 4777 Hoffmeyer Rd. Darlington, SC with burial following at the church cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior at the church. Pastor Jamie Weatherford will officiate. Born in Concord, New Hampshire on November 1, 1944, Bill was the son of the late William Dunbar and...

Johnny Suggs, Sr., age 90, died Monday, January 10, 2022. A funeral service will be held 1:00 p.m. Friday, January 14th in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home with burial following at Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12-1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Johnny was born in Darlington on January 10, 1932, son of the late Harvey Franklin Suggs and Edna Lucille Register Suggs. He worked for Sonoco Products Company until his retirement after 45 years. He was known to be a...

Charles “Charlie” Reid Baldwin, Sr., age 87, passed away Monday, January 10, 2022. He was born in Richmond, Indiana on September 22, 1934, son of the late Edgar C. Baldwin and Anna G. McCoy Baldwin Gray. Mr. Baldwin served in the United States Marine Corps during the Korean War. After serving his country, Charlie went to work for the United States Postal Service from 1954–57, and then became a bookkeeper and accountant for Peelle Enterprise from 1967-71 and joined Ashland...