Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in
Darlington & Lamar, SC
Donald Edward Small
Jan 13, 2019
Donald "Don" Edward Small, age 87, passed away Sunday, January 13, 2019. A graveside service will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, January 17 at Darlington Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Belk Funeral Home. Born May 19, 1931, Donald was the son of the late Herbert Lee Small and Ella Bailey Small. Mr. Small...
Lee W. Dubose
Jan 10, 2019
Lee Weber DuBose, age 45, died Thursday, January 10, 2019. A funeral service will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday, January 13th in the Chapel of Belk funeral Home with a burial following in Lamar Memorial Cemetery. Born March 20, 1973, he was the son of the late Robert Glenn DuBose, Jr. and the late Madeline Goodson DuBose. Lee was...
Jerry Leon Rogers
Jan 7, 2019
Jerry Leon Rogers, Sr. age 57, passed away Monday, January 7, 2019. The family will receive friends from 1-2 p.m. Thursday, January 10th, with funeral service following in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial at Odom Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made as donations to Belk Funeral Home. Visitation
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Julia "Betty" M Bell
Jan 7, 2019
Julia "Betty" McCutcheon Bell, 78, died Monday, January 7, 2019. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 am on Saturday, January 12th in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery (Bell Cemetery) on Lee State Park Road in Lamar, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born in Lee County, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Rose McCutcheon and the late Elizabeth Hudson...
John Preston Lowery
Jan 7, 2019
John Preston Lowery, age 79, passed away Monday, January 7, 2019. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Friday, January 11th at Faith Baptist Church, 2316 Faith Rd. Hartsville, SC 29550 , with burial following at Darlington Memory Gardens, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1-2 Friday at the church. Born June 7, 1939, John...
Joshua David Macdonald
Dec 31, 2018
Joshua David Macdonald, age 26, died on December 31, 2018. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 am on Friday, January 4th at Darlington Presbyterian Church. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 on Thursday evening at Belk Funeral Home. Born in Seneca, SC on August 13, 1992, he is the son of Allan R. and Echo-Leigh...
Alyce C. Stengel
Dec 27, 2018
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Stella Hudson Borders
Dec 25, 2018
Stella Hudson Borders, age 70, died Tuesday, December 25, 2018. She was born in Florence, daughter of the late Jim and Sarah Bailey Hudson. She is survived by her son, Michael L. Borders, Jr. of Myrtle Beach, two brothers, James (Doris) Hudson and William (Jeannie) Hudson, all of Florence, and her brother-in-law, Roger Sawyer. In addition to her parents she...
Donald Huggins
Dec 24, 2018
Donald "Don" Huggins, age 77, passed away Monday, December 24, 2018. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 29th at Lamar United Methodist Church, with burial following at Lamar Memorial Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1-2 Saturday at the church. Born April 8, 1941, Don is the son of the late...
Burnice T. Windham
Dec 21, 2018
Burnice T. Windham passed away Friday, December 21, 2018. She was born Burnice Ervena Truett in 1927 in Lamar, SC. She was a graduate of Lamar High School and Carolina College of Commerce, and worked for and retired from Southern Bell (now AT&T). Burnice was devout in her Christian faith and enjoyed traveling when able. She is preceded in death...
Opal Langston Shepard
Dec 21, 2018
Opal Langston Shepard of Wilmington died Friday December 21, 2018 at Davis Health Care Center She was born February 20, 1926 in Florence County, S.C. daughter of the late Claude and Georgia Carter Langston and was preceded in death by her husband Francis Shepard, sister, Mary Defree and her brothers, Bill, Chris, Carter, Reuel and Theo. Opal was a member...
Mary Howell Wilkes
Dec 20, 2018
God granted peace for Mary Lee Derrick Howell Wilkes on Thursday, December 20, 2018 at the age of 86. Funeral services will be held 3:00 p.m. Sunday, December 23 in the Lamar chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial following at Newman Swamp Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 2-3 Sunday at the funeral home. Mary was born in...
Andrew Tazewell Baird
Dec 18, 2018
Andrew Tazewell "Taz" Baird, III, age 71, passed away Tuesday, December 18, 2018. A graveside service will be held 3:00 p.m. Friday, December 21 at Black Creek Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends following the service. Born November 14, 1947, Taz was the son of the late Andrew Tazewell Baird Jr., and Virginia Pearce Baird....
Wille Frank Lunnon
Dec 17, 2018
Willie Frank Lunnon, age 78, of Darlington, died at his residence on Monday, December 17, 2018. A funeral service will be held in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 12:00 noon on Friday, December 21, with burial following in Hart Cemetery #2 in Timmonsville. The family will receive friends from 11:00 until 12:00 at the funeral home on Friday....
Gwendolyn A. Carraway
Dec 15, 2018
Gwendolyn "Gwen" Amerson Carraway, age 74, passed away Saturday, December 15, 2018. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 18th at Christian Pathway Church in Lamar, with burial following at Florence Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Monday at Belk Funeral Home in Lamar. Born May 5, 1944, Gwen is the daughter of the...
Elsie Garner Bullard
Dec 15, 2018
Elsie Garner Bullard of Darlington, SC, age 86, passed away December 15, 2018. She was the widow of Lairon Carlton Bullard Jr. Born in Hope Mills, North Carolina, Elsie was the daughter of John Wesley Garner and Pauline Taylor Garner. She worked at First Citizens Bank for over 40 years as a teller, loan officer, and branch manager. Elsie was...
Betty Jean Galloway Bell
Dec 10, 2018
Betty Jean Galloway Bell, age 82, passed away Monday, December 10, 2018 in Sumter, SC. Funeral services will be held 2:00 pm Thursday, December 13th in the Lamar chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial following in Lamar Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1-2 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Born September 12, 1936, Betty is the...
Josephine T. Spears
Dec 10, 2018
Josephine T. Spears (known to friends and family as Jo), 85 years of age, of Florence, South Carolina, passed away on December 10, 2018 in Columbia, South Carolina. Josephine was born in Sardis, S.C. on December 18, 1932. She graduated from Sardis Highschool with Honors in 1949. Josephine was an avid athlete during her school years and was a star...
John "Buddy" Hudson Pickett
Dec 5, 2018
John "Buddy" Hudson Pickett, age 79, passed away Wednesday, December 5, 2018. A memorial service will be held 11:00 am Saturday, December 15th at Southside Free Will Baptist Church, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Born March 4, 1939, John is the son of the late James I. Pickett and...


