Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in
Darlington & Lamar, SC
James 'Bubba' E. Cooper
Dec 23, 2017
James "Bubba" Edward Cooper; 55, of Darlington, SC went to join the other angels on December 22, 2017. He was born on March 7, 1962 in Darlington where he resided most of his life. Mr. Cooper graduated in 1981 from Spartanburg School for the Deaf & Blind. He was on the wrestling, baseball, and football teams. Annually, he would...
Danny T. Mercer
Dec 21, 2017
Danny T. Mercer, age 63, formerly of Wilson, NC, died Thursday, December 21, 2017 . A Graveside service will be held at 2:00 on Saturday, December 23, in Lamar Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born in Wilson, NC on May 12, 1954, he is the son of the late Roney and Peggy Walston Mercer. Danny graduated from Rock Ridge...
Danny T. Mercer
Dec 21, 2017
Danny T. Mercer, age 63, formerly of Wilson, NC, died Thursday, December 21, 2017 . A Graveside service will be held at 2:00 on Saturday, December 23, in Lamar Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born in Wilson, NC on May 12, 1954, he is the son of the late Roney and Peggy Walston Mercer. Danny graduated from Rock Ridge...
Lucius Hiers
Dec 21, 2017
Darlington -- Lucius Hiers, age 92, died December 21, 2017 in Florence, SC after several years of declining health. The family will hold a private burial Friday, December 22nd at Grove Hill Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. He was born January 6, 1925 in Williston, SC to Bertha Renew Hiers and Robert Gary Hiers. He served in the US...
Richard Mcknight
Dec 21, 2017
Richard McKnight, 61, husband of Peggy Barnes McKnight, passed on Thursday, December 21, 2017 surrounded by loved ones. Richard resided in Olive Branch, MS but came home to spend his final time surrounded by family and friends in Darlington, SC, where he passed away after a brave 6 year battle against cancer. Richard was born in Darlington, South Carolina, the...
Phillip R. Anderson
Dec 17, 2017
Darlington - Phillip R. Anderson, age 68, passed away Sunday, December 17, 2017. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 21st in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial following at Florence National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Born June 28, 1949, Phillip is the son of the...
Schubert 'Sonny' Page
Dec 13, 2017
Darlington - Schubert "Sonny" McKeiver Page, age 93, passed away Wednesday, December 13, 2017. Funeral services will be held 1:00 p.m. Saturday, December 16th at Red Hill Southern Methodist Church in Aynor, with burial following in Zion Cemetery in Aynor, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Born January...
Charlie H. Morse
Dec 11, 2017
Darlington - Charlie "Chip" H. Morse, age 76, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017. A memorial service will be held 4:00 p.m. Friday, December 15th at the home of his niece, 417 Potato House Rd. Darlington, SC 29532. The family will receive friends from 3-4 p.m. Friday at the house. Born September 23, 1941, Chip is the son of the...
Marian Elizabeth Wilson Carter
Dec 11, 2017
Lamar - Marian Elizabeth Wilson Carter, age 96, passed away Monday, December 11, 2017. A graveside service will be held 11:00 a.m. Thursday, December 14th at Fair Hope Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born October 10, 1921, Marian is the daughter of the late Hartwell N. Wilson and Lillie Wilson Ward. She loved spending time in the mountains and...
Janice Wallace Stewart
Dec 11, 2017
DARLINGTON - Janice Wallace Stewart, age 59, died Monday, December 11, 2017. A memorial service will be held in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home at 3:00 Saturday, December 16th. The family will receive friends from 2:00 until 3:00 Saturday at the Funeral Home. Janice was born in Darlington, daughter of the late Paul and Janie Mae Wallace, and was...
Lisa Knotts
Dec 10, 2017
Lamar - Mary "Lisa" Britt Knotts, age 50, passed away Sunday, December 10, 2017. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Thursday, December 14th in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home in Lamar, with burial following in Lamar Memorial Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in Lamar. Born July 21, 1967, Lisa...
Rebecca C. Shoemake
Dec 8, 2017
Lamar - Rebecca C. "Becky" Shoemake asked God to please end the pain of her battle with cancer, and God answered her request the next day, December 8, 2017, when He called her to her eternal Heavenly home. Becky also asked God to let her sing with Vestal Goodman when she got there, so we know that Becky is having...
Charlene Amerson Lloyd
Dec 7, 2017
Charlene Amerson Lloyd,age 49, of Lamar passed away on Thursday, December 7, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer. A Memorial service will be held at Will of Faith Church , Saturday, December 9th at 2:00 PM, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1:00 until 2:00 PM at the church, and other times at the...
W.P. 'Bill' Dubose
Dec 1, 2017
William Perry DuBose III of Darlington, a devoted believer in His Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, passed away on December 1, 2017, surrounded by his family. Services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6, 2017, at Darlington Presbyterian Church with interment to follow at Grove Hill Cemetery, Darlington, S.C. The family will receive visitors at Belk Funeral...
Larry Keith Moody
Nov 29, 2017
Larry Keith Moody, age 55, died Wednesday, November 29, 2017. A Memorial service will be held at 2:00 on Sunday, December 3, in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends following the service. Born in Darlington on September 22, 1962, he is the son of the late Tom Brooks Moody and the late Ivy Elizabeth Ard...
Azalee R. Smith
Nov 28, 2017
Azalee Elizabeth Rutland Smith died November 28, 2017 in a local hospital. A graveside service will be held 2:00pm Wednesday, November 29th in Lamar Cemetery directed by Belk Funeral Home. She was born April 10, 1943 in Atlanta, GA, to the late Edgar H. Rutland and Betty Lula Bell Hendrix. Azalee ran a store for 10 years in Lamar and...
Martha D Williams
Nov 28, 2017
Martha Dibbert Williams, age 64, died Tuesday, November 28, 2017 in a local hospital. Born on March 15, 1953, in Bat Cave, NC, she was the daughter of the late Rodric and Margaret "Peggy" Moore Dibbert. Martha previously worked at One Hour Martinizing in Florence and also in the restaurant business. She was a devoted housewife who enjoyed making various...
Glenda Page Weatherford
Nov 27, 2017
Glenda Page Weatherford, age 76, died Monday, November 27, 2017. A funeral service will be held at 2:00 on Friday, December 1st at Mechanicsville Baptist Church, with burial following in the church cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born on August 9, 1941 in Dublin, Georgia, she was the daughter of the late James T. and Minnie Simmons Page. Glenda...
Robert Edward Joye
Nov 24, 2017
Darlington - Robert "Robbie" Edward Joye, Sr., age 75, passed away Friday, November 24, 2017. Funeral services will be held 2:30 p.m. Sunday, November 26th at Freedom Baptist Church in Darlington, with burial following in Lamar Memorial Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 1:30-2:30 p.m. Sunday at the church. Born September 8, 1942, Robbie...


