All Obituaries

James Allan DeFee, age 79, passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020.  A graveside service will be held 4:00pm Friday, January 17 in Grove Hill Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will greet friends following the service and other times at 1168 Wilds Hall Dr, Darlington. Allan was born September 8, 1940 in Florence County; He was the son of the late James and Mary DeFee.  He worked for DuPont in Florence for 23 Years and retired from DeFee’s Heating and...

Louise Flowers Windham passed away Wednesday, January 15, 2020.  A graveside service will be 2:00 Friday, January 17th in Philadelphia Southern Methodist Church Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will greet friends following the service Born November 28, 1918 in Florence County, she was the daughter of the late William P. and Julia Lucas Flowers.  Louise was a housewife that enjoyed cooking and loved her children and their family.  She was a member of...

Anne Weatherford Brown, age 58, died Monday, January 13, 2019 at her residence. A memorial service will be held in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home at 3:00 on Friday, January 17, 2019. The family will receive friends following the service. Born June 24, 1961 in Darlington, she is the daughter of the late Buster and Ella Griggs Weatherford. Anne was proud to call herself a “country girl” and a “jack of all trades”. She enjoyed fishing and spending time with family. She...

Wanda “Candy” Atkinson Williamson, age 66, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020. A graveside service will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 15th at Darlington Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 5-7 p.m. at Belk Funeral Home. Born April 7, 1953, Wanda was the daughter of the late Willie E. Atkinson and Rowena Andrews Atkinson. She worked as a Pharmacy Tech for CVS in Darlington and Hartsville. She was of the Baptist faith and attended Mt. Elon Baptist...

Margaret Ann Middleton, age 80, passed away Wednesday, January 8, 2020. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Sunday, January 12th at Bethea Baptist Community, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service in the Fellowship Hall. A graveside service will be held 10:00 a.m. Monday at Florence National Cemetery. Margaret Ann Bradley Middleton was born in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, the daughter of the late Thomas Eric Bradley, Sr. and Margaret Payne...

Sarah “Frankie” Frances Jordan Harrell, age 84, passed away Monday, January 06, 2020. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home with burial following at Philadelphia Southern Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior at the funeral home and other times at the home of Ricky and Janice Harrell, 132 Knotty Pine Rd. Darlington. Born November 12, 1935, Frankie was the daughter of the late Charles Leslie Jordan...

Sidney Raymond Nettles, 62, passed away January 3, 2020 from complications from Frontotemporal Dementia. Sidney was born in Darlington, SC January 22, 1957 to John L. Nettles and Ann Rogers Nettles. He grew up a free range child in Darlington and Florence and especially on Lake Robinson. Sidney learned to sail almost as soon as he learned to ride a bike and he could water ski and windsurf much better than his older and better looking brothers. His swimming skills were used as a lifeguard at...

Frank Iseman, Jr., age 78, passed away Saturday, January 4, 2020. A graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 7th at Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Monday from 6-7 p.m. at Belk Funeral Home, and other times at 2325 Iseman Rd. Darlington. Born December 4, 1941, Frank was the son of the late Frank Iseman, Sr. and Christine Dudley Iseman. He retired from Sonoco after 40 years. Frank liked to tinker and fix things, and always had a story to tell. Frank was...

Otis “Pete” Edwards, age 87, passed away Friday, January 3, 2020. A memorial service will be held 5:30 p.m. Saturday, January 11th at the Darlington Moose Lodge, 1056 N. Governor Williams Hwy. Darlington. Born in Darlington County on June 11, 1932, Pete was the son of the late Alec Edwards and Margurite Gainey. He served in the Army National Guard Reserve for ten years, and then worked for Tucker Enterprise. Pete loved his community and was involved in the construction of the...

Margaret Linda Watson McCoy, age 75, died Friday, January 3, 2020. A graveside service will be held 3:30 p.m. Sunday, January 5th at Lamar Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. Sunday at Belk Funeral Home in Lamar. Born in Lee County on November 29, 1944, Linda was the daughter of the late Elvie Watson and Bertha Stokes Watson. She will be remembered for being a loving and caring wife, mother, and grandmother. Linda was a member of First Baptist Church in...