Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in

Darlington & Lamar, SC

Sylvia Cameron Britton

Sylvia Cameron Britton

Mar 6, 2024

Sylvia Cameron Britton, age 84, passed away on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. A visitation will take place from the times of 2:00pm until 3:00pm on Sunday, March 10th in Belk Funeral Home, with a funeral service following at 3:00pm in the Chapel of Belk Funeral Home. Interment will immediately follow the funeral service in Grove Hill Cemetery.

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Ella Mae (Jordan)  Copeland

Ella Mae (Jordan) Copeland

Mar 1, 2024

Ella Mae Jordan Copeland, age 95, passed away on Friday evening, March 1, 2024. A funeral service will be held in the Chapel of Belk Funeral Home in LAMAR on Monday, March 4 at 2:00pm. Burial will follow in Fair Hope Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 at the chapel in Lamar.

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Wayne Everette Smothers

Wayne Everette Smothers

Feb 27, 2024

Wayne Everette Smothers, age 44, passed away on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, at McLeod Hospice House surrounded by his family. A visitation will be held in First Church of God Darlington from the times of 2:00pm until 3:00pm on Thursday, February 29, with a funeral service being held in the church following at 3:00pm. Interment will immediately follow the...

Garrett Allen Gainey

Garrett Allen Gainey

Feb 24, 2024

Garrett Allen Gainey, age 30, passed away Saturday evening, February 24, at home with his family by side. A funeral service to honor his life will beheld in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 3:00 on Tuesday, February 27, 2024. A burial will follow in Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2:00...

Susan Elgiva (Fogle)  Dewitt

Susan Elgiva (Fogle) Dewitt

Feb 24, 2024

Susan Elgiva Fogle DeWitt, age 79, passed into eternal rest Saturday, February 24, 2024. Sullivan-King Mortuary of Anderson and Belk Funeral Home of Darlington will be handling arrangements. As requested by Mrs. DeWitt, there will be no visitation and the burial will be private.

Mrs. DeWitt was born in Orangeburg County, daughter of the late Lloyd Gillespie...

Janice Ray (Shoffstahl)  Himes

Janice Ray (Shoffstahl) Himes

Feb 22, 2024

Janice Himes passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at the home of her son, Michael and his wife Francie, on Thursday, February 22, 2024 at the age of 88 after a long battle with dementia.  She was born in Bradford, Pennsylvania on January 11, 1936 to Harry Albert and Violet Georgie Bell Shoffstahl.   After graduating from Kersey High...

Ladd Dutton

Ladd Dutton

Feb 21, 2024

Ernest Laddie "Ladd" Dutton, age 56, passed away on Wednesday, February 21, 2024. A visitation will be held from 2:00pm until 3:00pm in Belk Funeral Home on Wednesday February 28th. A graveside service will immediately follow the visitation at 3:00pm in Grove Hill Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Ladd's family will be at the home of his mother, ...

William Hazle Bristow, Jr.

William Hazle Bristow, Jr.

Feb 21, 2024

William Hazle Bristow, junior of Darlington died on Wednesday, February 21st, 2024. A celebration of his life will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, February 24th at the Darlington Presbyterian Church. Immediately following the service, the family will receive friends at the church's Fellowship Hall, and other times at 305 Cashua Ferry Road in Darlington.

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Matthew Glen Tyndall

Matthew Glen Tyndall

Feb 16, 2024

Matthew Glen Tyndall, a beloved son, brother, father and friend, passed away on February 16, 2024, at the age of 31 in Florence, SC.

Matt's life was marked by adventure, intelligence, and a country boy spirit that endeared him to all who knew him. His passions were varied, from fishing to riding his go-kart, working on cars,...

Charlie Wayne Woodham

Charlie Wayne Woodham

Feb 16, 2024

Charlie "Wayne" Woodham, age 76, passed away at his home on Friday, February 16, 2024. Funeral services will be held in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 3:00 pm on Monday, February 19, 2024 with burial following in Philadelphia Southern Methodist Church Cemetery.  The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

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Joshua Michael Parrish

Joshua Michael Parrish

Feb 15, 2024

Joshua Michael Parrish, age 36, passed away from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. A visitation will be held on Sunday, February 18th in Freedom Baptist Church from 4:00pm until 5:00pm. A memorial service will follow the visitation at 5:00pm.

Joshua was born in Florence, SC on May 28, 1987, he is the son of Grady...

Gordon Brown

Gordon Brown

Feb 14, 2024

Samuel Gordon Brown, Jr., a southern gentleman who devoted his life to his Lord, Church, and community passed away at the age of 97 on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at McLeod Hospice House. A visitation will be held in Belk Funeral Home Lamar on Saturday, February 17th from the times of 5:00pm until 7:00pm. A funeral service will be...

Anne (Helms)  Graham

Anne (Helms) Graham

Feb 11, 2024

Anne Helms Graham, age 82, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2024. The visitation will take place on Tuesday, February 13th in Belk Funeral Home from the times of 6:00pm until 8:00pm. A funeral service will be held in the Mechanicsville Baptist Church Worship Center on Wednesday, February 14th at 3:00pm, with burial following the service in Mechanicsville Baptist...

Dorothy Watford Alexander

Dorothy Watford Alexander

Feb 7, 2024

Dorothy Watford Alexander, 92, went home to be with  her Lord on Wednesday, February 7th, 2024 surrounded by her family.

Funeral services for Dorothy, will be held in the Chapel of Belk Funeral Home in Lamar, South Carolina on February 9th, 2024 at 3pm. Interment to follow in the Cemetery of Pine Grove United Methodist Church. Visitation...

Michael B Easterling

Michael B Easterling

Feb 5, 2024

Michael B Easterling, 31, died Monday at his residence in Columbia after a brief illness. Funeral services will be held Saturday in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home in Darlington at 2:00pm, with a visitation being held one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.

Michael was born in Florence County, son of Dr. James...

Franklin Charles White, Jr

Franklin Charles White, Jr

Feb 4, 2024

Franklin Charles White, Jr., age 51, passed away on Sunday, February 4th 2024. A visitation will take place in Belk Funeral Home on Tuesday, February 6th from the times of 6:00pm until 8:00pm. A private family only graveside service will be held at a later date.

Franklin was born in Darlington on November 16, 1972, he is...

Ruth Ann (Plummer)  Miller

Ruth Ann (Plummer) Miller

Feb 1, 2024

Ruth Ann Plummer Miller, age 67, passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2024.

Ruth was born in Florence on January 12, 1957, daughter of Harriett Ann Godbold Witt and the late Thomas Plummer. Ruth worked at the Wal-Mart in Florence. She was a very crafty and artistic woman; she loved to crochet and do Diamond Dotts (painting...

Miriam Ann Munn

Miriam Ann Munn

Jan 28, 2024

Ms. Miriam Ann Munn, 89, went home to the Lord on January 28th, 2024 after spending the last 15 years of her life at The Presbyterian Communities of SC in Florence.

Miriam was born March 29th, 1934 in Lamar, where she was raised and spent most of her life.  She graduated from Anderson Jr. College.  She was...

William Alan Bland

William Alan Bland

Jan 28, 2024

William Alan Bland, age 82, passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at the McLeod Hospice House. A graveside service will be held in Grove Hill Cemetery at 4:00 on Friday, February 2nd, directed by Belk Funeral Home.

Born in Darlington on July 1, 1941, he was the son of the late William Thomas Bland and the...

Tony Christopher Truett

Tony Christopher Truett

Jan 26, 2024

Tony Christopher Truett, age 48, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2024. A memorial service will be held on Friday, February 2nd at 4:00pm in Belk Funeral Home, with a visitation taking place one hour prior to the service in the funeral home.

Tony was born in Darlington on June 2, 1975, he is the son of...