Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in

Darlington & Lamar, SC

Lynn Barber Thornton Tolson

Lynn Barber Thornton Tolson

Aug 21, 2019

Lynn Barber Thornton Tolson, age 70, died Wednesday, August 21, 2019. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, August 24th at Mechanicsville Baptist Church with burial following at Florence Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Friday from 6-8 p.m. at Belk Funeral Home, and other times at her brother, David Barber's home, 920 E. Billy Farrow Hwy....

Connie Sherrill Truluck

Connie Sherrill Truluck

Aug 19, 2019

Connie Sherrill Truluck, age 65, passed away Monday, August 19, 2019 in Murrells Inlet, SC. A memorial service will be held 6:00 pm Thursday, August 22nd in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends following the service.

Doris Alma (Housand)  Pearson

Doris Alma (Housand) Pearson

Aug 15, 2019

Doris Alma Housand Pearson, age 73, died Thursday evening, August 15, at the McLeod Hospice House. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 Saturday, August 17, 2019 in the Chapel of Belk Funeral Home with burial following in Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3:00 until 4:00 at the funeral home on Saturday.

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Inez Edwards Walters

Inez Edwards Walters

Aug 14, 2019

Inez Catherine Edwards Walters, age 91, passed away Wednesday, August 14, 2019. Funeral services will be held 11:00 am Saturday, August 17th at Welsh Neck Baptist Church in Society Hill with burial following at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from 6-8 pm at Belk Funeral Home, Darlington, SC.

Born March 17, 1928, Inez...

Stella W. Timmons

Stella W. Timmons

Aug 8, 2019

Stella Whisenhunt Timmons, age 86, died Thursday, August 8, 2019. A funeral service will be held in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 4:00 on Sunday, August 11, with burial following at Darlington Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 3:00 until 4:00 on Sunday at the funeral home.

Born In Florence on August 31,...

Carolyn Dodd Shelley

Carolyn Dodd Shelley

Aug 7, 2019

Carolyn Shelley

DARLINGTON – Carolyn Dodd Shelley, 72, died Wednesday, August 7, 2019. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday,  August 10 at Southside Free Will Baptist Church in Darlington, with burial following in Florence Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 Friday evening at Belk Funeral Home, Darlington....

Irene R Ownby

Irene R Ownby

Aug 7, 2019

Irene Ruth Ownby

01/25/1929-08/07/2019

Irene Ruth Moon Ownby, 90 years old, passed away on August 7, 2019 at the McLeod Hospice House in Florence, SC. A graveside memorial service celebrating her life will be held later on November 5, 2019, at Woodlawn Cemetery, 4500 Woodlawn Pike, Knoxville, TN. Officiating will be Rev. Gene Hurley, Associate...

Gwendolyn Faye Privette

Gwendolyn Faye Privette

Aug 7, 2019

Gwendolyn Faye Privette of Lamar, age 67, South Carolina passed away on August 7, 2019. Faye is survived by her mother, Ruby Stokes Adams and predeceased by her father, the late Newton Privette, Jr. She is also predeceased by step-father, Tommy Adams.

In addition to her mother, Faye is survived by sisters, Dianne Dormon, Carol (Bobby) Richardson,...

Wade "Buddy" Albert O'Neal

Wade "Buddy" Albert O'Neal

Aug 5, 2019

Wade "Buddy" Albert O'Neal, age 83, passed away Monday, August 05, 2019. Funeral services will be held 4:00 pm Wednesday, August 7th in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home with burial following at Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3-4 pm Wednesday at the funeral home.

Born January 5, 1936, Buddy is the son...

Eula Lee Hudson

Eula Lee Hudson

Aug 2, 2019

Vivian "Eula Lee" Huggins Hudson, age 97, passed away Friday, August 2, 2019 in Summerton, SC. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Wednesday, August 7th at Newman Swamp United Methodist Church with burial following at Newman Swamp Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm Tuesday at Belk Funeral Home in Lamar.

Born October 26,...

Meres Hatchell Davis

Meres Hatchell Davis

Aug 1, 2019

Meres Evelyn Hatchell Davis, age 101, passed away Thursday, August 1, 2019. Services will be held in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home Saturday, August 3rd at 3:00 pm with visitation prior to the service, beginning at 2:00 pm.  Burial will be at Magnolia Cemetery in Darlington following the service.

She was born March 31, 1918 in...

Floyd Edward Driggers

Floyd Edward Driggers

Jul 31, 2019

Floyd Edward Driggers, age 68, died Wednesday, July 31, 2019. Mr. Driggers was born in Bennettsville, SC on December 28, 1950, son of the late Floyd Driggers and the late Hazel (Jack) Rogers. He made a living working in the technology field, and enjoyed playing golf.

He is survived by his sons, Joey (Mandy) Driggers of Lamar,...

Dorie Van Stone

Dorie Van Stone

Jul 28, 2019

Dorie Van Stone went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 28, 2019. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Thursday, August 1st in the chapel at Bethea Baptist Retirement Community, directed by Belk Funeral Home.

Dorie was proceeded in death by her husband of 36 years, Lloyd Van Stone. She is survived by...

Bobby Dean Purvis

Bobby Dean Purvis

Jul 25, 2019

Bobby Dean Purvis, age 59, passed away Thursday, July 25, 2019. Funeral services will be held 3:00 pm Monday, July 29th at Welsh Neck Baptist Church in Society Hill with burial following at the church cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Sunday evening at the home, 6186 Society Hill Rd. Society Hill, SC 29593....

Francis Marion Campbell

Francis Marion Campbell

Jul 25, 2019

Francis Marion "Woogie" Campbell, age 79, died Thursday, July 25, 2019. A graveside service will be held at Grove Hill Cemetery on Saturday, July 27 at 11:00am, directed by Belk Funeral Home.

Born in Darlington on August 10, 1939, he was the son of the late Roland and Roxie Campbell.  Marion never met a stranger and loved...

Faye Calcutt Langley

Faye Calcutt Langley

Jul 20, 2019

Garland Faye Calcutt Langley, age 69, died Saturday, July 20th, 2019. Her funeral service will be held at 11:30 Tuesday, July 23 in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home, with burial following in Florence National Cemetery.  The family will receive friends from 10:30 until 11:30 Tuesday morning at the funeral home.

Born in Florence, she was the...

Stewart C. Chapman

Stewart C. Chapman

Jul 18, 2019

Stewart C. Chapman, age 82, passed away at his residence Thursday, July 18, 2019. He was born on February 2, 1937 in Wensleydale Yorkshire, England. After moving from England, he lived in the Carolinas and settled in Darlington in the early 1970s, and worked as an electrical and mechanical engineer. He was an avid golfer, enjoyed traveling, and was...

Tyler H. Gaymon

Tyler H. Gaymon

Jul 13, 2019

Tyler H. Gaymon, age 21, passed away Saturday, July 13, 2019. Funeral services will be held 3:00pm Thursday, July 18th in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home with burial following at Black Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2-3pm Thursday at the funeral home.

Born February 18, 1998, Tyler is the son of Henry Gaymon...

Charles Joseph "Joey" Moody, Jr.

Charles Joseph "Joey" Moody, Jr.

Jul 11, 2019

Charles Joseph Moody, Jr., age 61 and beloved son and fifth child of the late Ada Lee Allen Moody and Charles Joseph Moody, Sr., passed away Thursday, July 11th at Roper Hospice in Mt. Pleasant, SC.  He was born October 17, 1957, in Darlington, SC, at Wilson's Clinic.  Joey was raised in Darlington's First Baptist Church and was a...

Kenneth Ervin Bryant

Kenneth Ervin Bryant

Jul 7, 2019

Kenneth Ervin Bryant, Sr., age 87, died Sunday, July 7, 2019.  Funeral services will be held in the Chapel at Bethea Retirement Community, at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, July 9, directed by Belk Funeral Home.  Visitation will follow the service.

Born in Darlington, he was the son of Alton Lee Bryant and Mildred Bryant Davis.  He was...