Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in
Darlington & Lamar, SC
Ruth (Goodson) Flowers
Jul 10, 2023
Vera Ruth Goodson Flowers, age 95, passed away on July 10, 2023. A visitation will be held in Belk Funeral Home from 10:00am until 11:00am on Friday, July 14th. A graveside service will follow the visitation in Grove Hill Cemetery at 11:00am.
Ruth was born on December 23, 1927 in Darlington County to the late Walter and...
Jesse Clifford Eastman
Jul 5, 2023
Jesse Clifford Eastman, age 63, passed away on July 5, 2023. A funeral service will be held at Freedom Baptist Church on Tuesday, July 11th at 11:00am, burial will follow the service at 1:00pm in Florence National Cemetery. The family will be receiving friends at the home of his mother, Mary S. Eastman 135 Jewel Drive Darlington, SC from...
David Colby Redick
Jul 3, 2023
David Colby Redick, age 36, died Monday July 3, 2023. His family will receive friends from 1:30 until 3:00 on Saturday, July 8th at First Church of God Darlington, with a funeral service following at 3:00pm. Burial will follow in Grove Hill Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home.
Born in Florence County on March 23, 1987, he...
Paul Peet Anderson
Jun 26, 2023
Paul Peet Anderson, age 88, of Darlington passed away after a short illness on June 26, 2023. A graveside service will be held at Oconee Memorial Garden on Saturday, July 1, at 11:00 a.m., followed by visitation with the family.
A native of Saluda, NC, he was born on May 7, 1935, to Edward Leroy Anderson and...
Bascom Leroy Wilkes
Jun 25, 2023
Bascom Leroy Wilkes, age 79, of Sylva, formerly of Darlington, SC, passed away on Sunday, June 25, 2023. Bascom was born in Florence, SC on September 12, 1943, to the late Colie Wilkes and Ruth Broach Wilkes Mack. Bascom enjoyed fishing, camping, cooking, playing his guitar, singing, but most of all he loved spending time with his wife, children,...
Joann (Buie) Stephens Mcknight
Jun 19, 2023
JoAnn Buie Stephens McKnight, 85, of Darlington went home to the Lord on Monday June 19, 2023. Visitation will be at Belk Funeral Home on Thursday June 22, from 6 to 8pm and other times at the home of Susan Holladay. Funeral services will be Friday June 23, at 11am in the Belk Funeral Home Chapel with Internment following...
Tommy Harrison
Jun 15, 2023
Thomas "Tommy" Max Harrison, age 80, passed away at his residence on June 15, 2023. A visitation will be held on Sunday from the times of 2:00pm until 3:00pm. A funeral service will follow the visitation in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 3:00pm, with burial immediately following the service in Grove Hill Cemetery.
Tommy Harrison...
Lawrence Raymond Lynch
Jun 15, 2023
Lawrence Raymond Lynch, age 73, passed away at his residence on June 15, 2023. A visitation will be held on Monday in Belk Funeral Home from the times of 6:00pm until 8:00pm. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday at 11:30am in Freedom Baptist Church, with burial following at 1:00pm at Florence National Cemetery.
Lawrence was...
Helen Wiggins Coker
Jun 12, 2023
Helen Wiggins Coker, age 76, passed away on June 12, 2023 at her residence. A visitation will be held on Saturday, June 17 in Belk Funeral Home from the time of 1:00pm until 2:00pm. A funeral service will follow the visitation at 2:00pm in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home, a private burial at the Florence National Cemetery will...
Elsie Jacobs (Melton) Andrews
Jun 10, 2023
Elsie Jacobs Melton Andrews, age 76, passed away on Saturday, April 10, 2023. Funeral arrangements are pending at this time and will be announced by Belk Funeral Home.
Scotty Jeffords
Jun 9, 2023
Graveside services for Johnie Scott Jeffords, Jr will be held on Friday, June 16, 2023 at Grove Hill Cemetery in Darlington at 10:30 a.m. directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family invites everyone to a luncheon immediately following the graveside service in the fellowship hall of Trinity United Methodist Church.
Scotty passed away on June 9 at...
Glenn "Dusty" R. Lee
Jun 5, 2023
Arrangements are incomplete at this time.
An obituary will be posted at a later date.
Susan Marlene (Welch) Perkins
Jun 5, 2023
Susan Marlene Welch Perkins, age 61, passed away on Monday, June 5, 2023. A visitation will be held on Friday in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home Lamar from the times of 11:00am until 12:00pm, with a service following in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home Lamar.
Susan was born on November 23, 1961 in Hartsville, SC...
Dawn Mcmillen-Kelly
Jun 5, 2023
Dawn Lee McMillen-Kelly,52, of Darlington passed away on, June 5th, 2023. A visitation will be held at Belk Funeral Home on Friday, June 9th from 1:30 to 2:00pm. A service will follow in the chapel at 2:00 pm with a private family burial following in Grove Hill Cemetery.
She was born in Ogdensburg, New York to Richard...
Rev. Randel J. Lambert
Jun 5, 2023
Reverend Randel Jeb (R. J.) Lambert, 95, died peacefully at McLeod Hospice House surrounded by his loved ones, on Monday, June 5, 2023.
Born January 29, 1928, in Georgetown County, South Carolina, R. J. was the son of Elizabeth Rowe and William Randall Lambert. He was one of seven children that included sisters, Ruth L. Lee and...
Betty (Fechter) Blanton
Jun 4, 2023
Betty F. Blanton was born on February 14, 1956 to the late Robert Fechter Sr. & Mary Shaw in Virginia. She passed away peacefully at McLeod Hospice House in Florence, SC on Sunday, June 4th, 2023 with family by her side.
Betty was a career engineer . She loved sharing memories of her time with her family...
Jay Watford
Jun 1, 2023
Jay W. Watford, age 60, passed away on June 1, 2023. A graveside service will be held at 4:00 Monday, June 5 at Philadelphia Southern Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 4:00 until 6:00 on Sunday at Belk Funeral Home in Darlington and other times at his daughter's home, 5033 Oates Hwy, Timmonsville.
Born...
Charles L. Davis
May 31, 2023
Charles Davis, age 86 passed away at McLeod Hospice House on Wednesday, May 31,2023.
Charles was born in Bethune, SC on March 13,1937 to Donnie B and Verlie C. Davis. He graduated from Bethune High School. He married Linda McKinnon in 1959.
Charles served in The United States Army from 1960 to 1962 in Washington...
Shelly Rae Sizemore
May 28, 2023
Shelly Rae Sizemore, 38 of Columbus Ohio, left us on May 28, 2023. Shelly was born on October 14, 1984, in South Boston Virginia. She was raised in Buffalo Junction, Virginia and attended Averett Baptist Church. She graduated from Bluestone Highschool in 2003 and later moved to Columbus Ohio. There she welcomed her daughter, Madison Rae, with her life...
William Lanier Sumner, Jr.
May 28, 2023
William "Little Billy" Lanier Sumner, Jr. passed away on Sunday, May 28th, 2023.
The family will receive friends from 10:00 until 11:00 at Welsh Neck Baptist Church in Society Hill, with a graveside service immediately following in the church cemetery.
Billy was born October 6th, 1957 in Bennettsville, son of William "Bill" L. Sumner, Sr....


