Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in
Darlington & Lamar, SC
Ronald Laverne Lee
Jun 6, 2024
Ronald "Ron" Laverne Lee, age 67, passed away at McLeod Hospice House on Thursday, June 6, 2024. A visitation will be held from 2:00pm until 3:00pm in Belk Funeral Home on Monday, June 10th. A funeral service will take place in the chapel at 3:00pm immediately following the visitation, burial will follow the service in Pine Grove United Methodist...
Rocky Gannon
Jun 4, 2024
Rocky Gannon was born in Palermo, NJ on March 8th, 1925. He was born on the kitchen table in a house that did not have electricity or running water. He grew up in Ocean City, NJ, the youngest of five children. He passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at the age of 99 years old. He passed quietly and...
Margaret (Berry) Douglas
Jun 4, 2024
Margaret Berry Douglas, age 77, passed away on Tuesday, June 4, 2024 at her residence. Per Mrs. Douglas's wishes no services will be held. Margaret was born in Society Hill on July 16, 1946, she is the daughter of the late Ernest Berry and Viola Ervin Berry. Surviving Margaret is her husband of almost 62 years, James "Jimmy" H. Douglas,...
Cindy Marie Gainey
Jun 1, 2024
Cindy Marie Gainey, age 64, passed away on Saturday, June 1, 2024 at McLeod Hospice House. A visitation for Mrs. Gainey will be held on Thursday, June 6th in Belk Funeral Home from the times of 6:00pm until 8:00pm.
Cindy was born in Florence on July 14, 1959, she is the daughter of the late John Buddy...
Herbert Russell Knotts
May 31, 2024
Herbert Russell Knotts, age 66, passed away on May 31, 2024. Graveside services will take place Sunday, June 9th at 2 pm at Cypress Fork Freewill Baptist Church in Manning, SC.
Russell was born in Darlington County on September 13, 1957, he is the son of the late Major Knotts, Jr. and Louise Watford Knotts. Russell worked...
Randy Turnage
May 30, 2024
Randy Turnage,66, passed away suddenly on Thursday, May 30th, 2024.
Randy Turnage born October 8, 1957 in Wichita, Kansas to Marion and Margaret Turnage while his father was stationed there in the military. He made his home in Hartsville, SC the better part of his life. Randy worked most of his life at A.O. Smith Water Heating...
Debbie (Stanley) Snider
May 30, 2024
Debbie Stanley Snider, age 67, passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2024. A gathering of family and friends will be held from 3:00 until 4:00 on Saturday, June 8th at Belk Funeral Home. A celebration of life service will follow in the funeral home chapel at 4:00.
Debbie was born in Darlington on October 24, 1956. She...
Sharon (Curry) Boykin
May 30, 2024
Sharon Curry Boykin,67 of Lamar passed away Thursday, May 30th, 2024. A visitation for family and friends will be will be Sunday, June 2nd at the Belk Funeral Home Chapel in Lamar from 2 to 4 pm.
Sharon was born August 3rd, 1956, in Timmonsville, SC to J.C. and Lubby Curry. She was the assistant manager of...
Barbara Floyd Watkins
May 27, 2024
Barbara "Bobbie" Floyd Watkins, age 82, passed away on Monday, May 27, 2024. A visitation will be held in Belk Funeral Home on Thursday, May 30, from the times of 2:00pm until 3:00pm. A funeral service will follow the visitation in the chapel at 3:00pm, with interment following in the Watkins Family Cemetery (512 Pettit Street in Darlington).
...Althea (Collins) Roberts
May 21, 2024
Althea Collins Roberts, age 100, passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2024. A graveside service for Mrs. Roberts will be held in Grove Hill Cemetery at 3:30pm on Friday, May 24th. The service will be officiated by her son, Rev. Lloyd J. Roberts and directed by Belk Funeral Home.
Althea was born in Horry County on November...
Dennis "Pistol" Smith
May 18, 2024
Dennis "Pistol" James Smith, age 60, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2024. Friends and family are invited to stop by to visit, share stories, reminisce, and support his family between 5:00pm until 7:00pm on Sunday, May 26th at Belk Funeral Home.
Pistol was born in Hartsville on March 5, 1964, he is the son of the...
Buddy Thomas
May 18, 2024
Buddy Thomas
Claude Alton "Buddy" Thomas, Jr. age 75, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2024 . A graveside service will be held at 11:00am on Wednesday, May 22nd at Lamar Memorial Cemetery, officiated by Rev. Paula Stover and directed by Belk Funeral Home.
Born in Lake City, SC on January 6, 1949, he was...
Fred Kirby
May 16, 2024
Fred Kirby, age 85, passed away on Thursday, May 16, 2024, at McLeod Hospice House surrounded by his family. A graveside service for Mr. Kirby will be held in Riffe Family Cemetery 389 Press Walters Road Hartsville, SC 29550 at 11:00am on Monday, May 20th.
Fred was born in Darlington County on August 21, 1938, he is...
Malcolm E. Carr
May 14, 2024
Malcolm "Mickey" Edward Carr, age 87, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at McLeod Hospice House surrounded by his family. A visitation for Mr. Carr will be held on Friday, May 17th from the times of 5:00pm until 6:00pm at Belk Funeral Home.
Mickey was born in Crestview, Florida on November 29, 1936, he is the...
Vickie Lynn (Hunter) Lunnon
May 11, 2024
Mrs. Vickie Lynn Hunter Lunnon departed her earthly journey on Saturday, May 11, 2024 at McLeod Hospice House, Florence, SC at the age of 65. She was born in Darlington, South Carolina on September 29, 1958 a daughter of the late Leo Hunter and Gladys Elizabeth Hodges Hunter.
Vickie received her education in the Darlington County Public...
Ben Ellisor
May 10, 2024
Wilton "Ben" W. Ellisor, age 88, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2024 at the McLeod Hospice House. A Memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday, May 15th at Cross and Crown Lutheran Church in Florence. The family will be at the home, 118 Timberlake Dr.
Ben was born in West Columbia, SC on...
Kevin James Graham
May 8, 2024
Kevin James Graham, age 52, passed away on May 8, 2024 at his residence.
Kevin was born in Florence on November 15, 1971, he is the son of Linda Mae Graham and the late James Edward Nealey. Kevin was a strength and conditioning trainer, personal trainer and health life coach, he was a competitive bodybuilder since age...
William "Billy" George Odom
May 5, 2024
William "Billy" George Odom, age 74, passed away on Sunday, May 5, 2024 at McLeod Hospice House. A visitation will take place in Belk Funeral Home on Wednesday, May 8th from the times of 6:00pm until 8:00pm. A funeral service will be held Thursday, May 9th in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 2:00pm, with burial following the...
Margaret Virginia (Flowers) Crowley
Apr 26, 2024
Margaret Virginia Flowers Crowley, age 91, passed away on April 26, 2024. A visitation will be held Monday in Belk Funeral Home from the times of 12:00pm until 1:00pm. A private burial will follow.
Born on June 20, 1932, Virginia was the daughter of the late Betty Cassidy Flowers and Clifton Flowers. She worked at Nytronics and...
Tom Dewitt
Apr 25, 2024
Charles "Tom" Thomas DeWitt, age 75, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024.
Tom was born in Florence, son of late Winfield Schley DeWitt, Jr., and Elizabeth Rabb DeWitt Galloway. He is proceeded in death by his brother James "Jim" DeWitt. Tom graduated from St. John's High School in 1967, then Francis Marion University, and later graduated...


