All Obituaries

Betty Jean Swann, age 86, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2022. Arrangements will be announced at a later date.

Stanley Eugene Drawdy, age 68, passed away on Wednesday, September 28, 2022 after a brief illness. The family will receive friends on Saturday, October 1 from 2:00 until 4:00 at Belk Funeral Home. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, October 2 at 3:00 pm in the gymnasium at Hannah-Pamplico High School. Following the service, the family will greet friends at the Raider Stadium.Stan was born in Fairfield, California on May 5, 1954. He is the son of Harvey Eugene Drawdy and Merle Louise...

Edward Colgate “Chip” Dennis, III, age 73, passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022, from a brief illness. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, September 27 from 4:00pm until 7:00pm at the home of Pete and Judy Dennis, 1532 Woodspond Road in Darlington. A funeral service will be held at 3:00pm on Wednesday, September 28 at Saint Matthew’s Church in Darlington, with burial following in Grove Hill Cemetery. Born on October 6, 1948, Chip is the son of the late Edward...

Ida Lou Kennedy Bishop of Bishopville, South Carolina passed away on Sep 20, 2022. A memorial service will be held on Friday, September 30 at 2:00pm in the Lamar Chapel of Belk Funeral Home. She was born on March 21, 1961 in Darlington County, daughter of Francis "F.L." Kennedy and Geraldine Cowick Lloyd. Mrs. Bishop was a "collector" of items, and enjoyed going to thrift stores and buying and then "restoring" items. She is survived be her four children: Amy...

Leonard “LC” Clifford Jordan, 79, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, September 20th, 2022. “LC” was born June 19th, 1943 in Florence, SC to his loving parents William and Katherine Jordan.  As a young man “LC” served in the Marine Corps and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. “LC” was a career mechanic and retired from Smurfit-Stone Paper Mill (now West Rock).  In his later years of life he had his dream job of being a fishing...

Howard “Bucky” Vernon Bazen, Jr.  was born on October 16th, 1958. He passed away peacefully at home in Darlington on September 19th, 2022.  “Bucky” was a beloved brother, uncle, and friend to many.  He was an avid Gamecock fan and in rivalry with his late brother Michael Bazen the Clemson fan.  “Bucky” was always willing to lend a hand in his family’s restaurant businesses, that were opened in the 1940’s by his father. He...

Ruby Fields Copeland, age 89, passed away on Saturday, September 17, 2022. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home in Lamar on Tuesday, September 20. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, September 21 in Lamar United Methodist Church at 2:00pm, with burial following at Lamar Memorial Cemetery. Ruby was born in Lee County on February 4, 1933. She is the daughter of the late Lewis H. Fields and Bertha Bell Fields. Ruby worked as a...

Martha Jane Pope Godley, age 71, passed away on Thursday, September 15, 2022 at her home surrounded by family. A visitation will be held on Sunday, September 18 in the Lamar Chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 1:00 until 3:00, a graveside service will follow in Lamar Cemetery.   Martha was born on November 13, 1950 in Darlington County. She is the daughter of the late Laverne Pope and Lila Mae Jones Pope. Martha worked in the shipping department of Nucor for 20 years. She enjoyed...

Jessie Mae Cooper, age 85, passed away on September 15, 2022 at home with her loving family. The family will receive friends Saturday, September 17 from 1:00 until 2:00 in Belk Funeral Home; a memorial service will follow at 2:00 in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home. Jessie Mae was born August 4, 1937 in Darlington. She was the daughter of the late John Frank Brown and Nancy Jane O’Neal. She worked at Dixie Cup for 33 years before later retiring. Her hobbies were crafts, bird watching,...

Mrs. Mary Lucille McKay Harrell, age 78 beloved wife of Wayne Hepburn Harrell entered the glorious gates of Heaven Wednesday morning September 14, 2022 surrounded by family at McLeod Hospital after a brief illness. Mrs. Mary was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, sister, and friend to everyone she met. Mary was born August 31, 1944. She was the daughter of the late Curtis A. McKay and Irene Griggs McKay of Darlington; SC. Mrs. Harrell was retired from St. John’s Elementary...