Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in
Darlington & Lamar, SC
Evelyn Spires Simpkins
Feb 18, 2019
Annie Evelyn Spires Simpkins, age 78, passed away Monday, February 18, 2019. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 22 in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home. Burial will take place at a later time at Florence National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10-11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home. Born June 6, 1940, Evelyn is...
Sarah Elizabeth Belk King
Feb 16, 2019
Sarah Elizabeth Belk King "Libba", loving wife of Harold L. King, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, February 16, 2019. A funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19th at Darlington Presbyterian Church, and will be led by the Reverend Kevin Cauley of Darlington Presbyterian Church and Reverend Snow Donmoyer of the Presbyterian Community in...
Patricia Ralley Gandy
Feb 15, 2019
Patricia Ralley Gandy "Miss Pat", age 77, passed away Friday, February 15, 2019. A visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, February 19th at Belk Funeral Home, and other times at 527 Elm St. Darlington. Born August 22, 1941, Patricia was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Ralley and the late Bertha Elise Watkins Ralley. She worked as...
Wesley Gilliam Mcknight
Feb 12, 2019
Wesley Gilliam McKnight, Sr., age 77, passed away Tuesday, February 12, 2019. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Thursday, February 14th in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home with burial following in Darlington Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Wesley was born September 8, 1941. He was the last surviving...
Albert Parrott Coggeshall
Feb 10, 2019
Albert Parrott Coggeshall, Jr., of Rock Hill, SC passed away peacefully Sunday morning, February 10, 2019. A memorial service will be held at Darlington Presbyterian Church at 11:30am on Thursday, February 14, 2019, diected by Belk Funeral Home. A reception will follow in the McCown Building at the church. Al was born in Darlington, SC on April 7, 1958, son...
Johnson Lee Collins
Feb 10, 2019
Johnson Lee Collins, age 58, died February 10, 2019 at his residence in Mills River, NC. He was born in Latta, SC , son of Sally McInnis Philbrick and the late LeGrande Collins. Mr. Collins worked as a carpenter in the construction industry. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his daughters, Shaina (Allen) Rogers, Brenda Collins Welch,...
Betty Earline Adams
Feb 9, 2019
Betty Earlene Williamson Adams, age 86, died Saturday, February 9, 2019. Her funeral service will be held in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 2:00 on Wednesday, February 13, 2019 with burial following in Darlington Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Born on April 4, 1932, she was...
Mary Balken
Feb 9, 2019
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George W. Dargan
Feb 9, 2019
George William Dargan, 88, died on February 9, 2019. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, February 12, 2019 at St. Matthew's Church, 210 South Main Street, Darlington with The Reverend Hunter Jordan officiating. Burial will follow the ceremony at the Grove Hill Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. George was born In Darlington, December 20, 1930,...
Mary Amerson Stephens
Feb 7, 2019
Mary Dell Amerson Stephens, died Thursday, February 7, 2019. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2019 in Christian Pathway Church with burial following in Lamar Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 Saturday evening at Belk Funeral Home Lamar. Born in Lamar on June 24, 1934, she was the daughter...
Ronnie Smith
Feb 7, 2019
Ronnie Smith, age 72, passed away Thursday, February 7, 2019 at his home surrounded by his loving wife and daughters. A memorial service will be held 3:00 p.m. Monday, February 11 in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 2-3 Monday at the funeral home, and other times at 421 Arabian St. Darlington. Born April...
Madelyn Sandra Hendricks
Feb 4, 2019
Madelyn Sandra "Sandy" Hendricks, age 74, passed away Monday, February 4, 2019. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, February 7 at Christian Pathway Church, with burial following in Newman Swamp Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at Belk Funeral Home in Lamar, and other times at the home. Born March 20, 1944, Sandy is...
Amy Danielle Gibson
Feb 3, 2019
Amy Danielle Gibson, age 44, passed away Sunday, February 3, 2019. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February 7 at First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Hartsville, with burial following at Rivers of Living Water Church Cemetery, formally Pond Hollow. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at Belk Funeral Home. Born February 6, 1974, Danielle is...
Carolyn Smith Abbott
Jan 30, 2019
Carolyn Smith Abbott, age 72, passed away Wednesday, January 30, 2019. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, February 2nd at Darlington Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Friday at Belk Funeral Home, and other times at the home. Carolyn was born in Winston-Salem, the daughter of the late Elbert E. Smith and...
Peggy Bryant Andrews
Jan 27, 2019
Peggy Bryant Andrews, age 89, passed away Sunday, January 27, 2019. A graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, January 29 at Lamar Memorial Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born May 8, 1929, Peggy is the daughter of the late Josh Bryant and Shelby Johnson Bryant. She loved working in her yards and keeping her grandchildren. Peggy was...
Rodney W Dease
Jan 25, 2019
Rodney W. Dease, Sr., age 54, passed away Friday, January 25, 2019 in Lexington, SC. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 29 in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial following in Temple Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2-3 Tuesday at the funeral home. Born July 25, 1964 in Tucson...
Mary Ellen Register Langston
Jan 22, 2019
Mary Ellen Register Langston, of Darlington, died Tuesday, January 22, 2019. She was born in Oates, SC on July 22, 1931, daughter of the late Jack and Lena Register. Being raised the daughter of a sharecropper during the depression, made her a hardworking, independent woman. She had many jobs in her 87 years, but the job she did the best...
Tillie O. Carnes
Jan 22, 2019
Tillie Mae O'Neal Carnes, age 82, died Tuesday, January 22, 2019 in Lexington, NC. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, January 25, 2019 in Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 Thursday evening at Belk Funeral Home. Born in Dovesville, SC on July 22, 1936, she was the daughter of...
William A. Bollinger
Jan 19, 2019
William A. "Bill" Bollinger, age 75, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, January 19, 2019. A memorial service will be held Tuesday at 1:00 in Mechanicsville Baptist Church. The family will receive friends at the home, 429 South Charleston Road, Darlington. Bill was born in Wilmington, NC on September 21, 1943, son of the late George and Sarah Royal...
Daiford Hodge
Jan 13, 2019
Daiford Hodge, age 69, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Friday, January 18 in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial following in Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home, and other times at 1057 Georgeanna Ln. Darlington. Born January 20, 1949, Daiford...


