Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in
Darlington & Lamar, SC
Roy F. O'Neal
Feb 6, 2017
Roy Foster O'Neal, Sr., age 71, passed away Monday, February 6, 2017. A graveside service will be held 11:00am Friday at Florence National Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born December 17, 1945, Roy is the son of the late Carol S. O'Neal, Sr. and Frances O'Neal Edwards. He served in the U.S. Army, and being talented working with electronics,...
Robbie Earl Benson
Feb 3, 2017
Robert "Robbie" Earl Benson, age 47, passed away Friday, February 3, 2017. A memorial service will be held 2:00pm Wednesday, February 8th in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home. The family will greet friends following the service. Born November 29, 1969 in Silsbee, Texas, Robbie is the son of Debbie Thomas Benson, and the late James Earl Benson. He served...
Frankie Oliver Belk Harrison
Jan 28, 2017
Frankie Oliver Belk Harrison, age 89, died Saturday, January 28, 2017 at the McLeod Hospice House. A funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 31 at the First Baptist Church with burial following in Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Monday at Belk Funeral Home and other times at 123 Alabama Drive. Born in Florence...
Mary 'Baby Sister' Baird
Jan 27, 2017
Mary 'Baby Sister' Gandy Baird, age 91, passed away Friday, January 27, 2017. A graveside service will be held 11:00am Wednesday, February 1, 2017 in Black Creek Cemetery, with a visitation following at Black Creek Baptist Church, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born July 9, 1925, 'Baby Sister' is the daughter of the late Simmons Abel Gandy, Sr. and Nelle...
Albert 'Sam' Amerson
Jan 27, 2017
Albert 'Sam' Marion Amerson, age 74, passed away Friday, January 27, 2017. A memorial service will be held 7:30pm Tuesday, January 31st in the Lamar chapel at Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 6-7:30pm Tuesday at the funeral home. Born October 25, 1942, Sam is the son of the late Woodrow and Marie Windham Amerson. He worked...
Velma Graham
Jan 27, 2017
Velma M. Graham, age 80, passed away Friday, January 27, 2017. Funeral services will be held 11:00am Monday, January 30th in Mechanicsville Baptist Church, with graveside held at 2pm in Florence National Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born December 3, 1936, Velma is the daughter of the late Van and Bertha Jordan Cooper. She loved to cook and was...
Bobbie Langston
Jan 23, 2017
Bobbie Jean Weatherford Drew Langston, age 80, passed away Monday, January 23, 2017. Funeral services will be held 11:00am Saturday, January 28th First Baptist Church in Darlington, with burial following in Darlington Memory Gardens, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born May 19, 1936, Bobbie was the daughter of the late Charlie and Nellie Mae Stokes Weatherford. She worked for the...
Donnie H. Arrants
Jan 15, 2017
Donnie H. Arrants, age 79, passed away January 15, 2017. Funeral services will be held 3:00pm Tuesday, January 17th in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home, with burial following in Grove Hill Cemetery. Born September 21, 1937 in Lee County; Donnie was the son of the late Joel H. Arrants and the late Mable Smith Arrants. He worked as a...
Jo Ann Hawkins Alford
Jan 12, 2017
Jo Ann Hawkins Alford, age 60, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017. A graveside service will be held 11:00am Monday, January 16th at Mechanicsville Baptist Church Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born July 2, 1956 in Sampson County, NC; Jo Ann is the daughter of the late Robie Marshall Hawkins and the late Lottie Mae Guinn Hawkins. She worked...
Cindy Wood Register
Jan 12, 2017
Cynthia "Cindy" Wood Register, age 47, passed away Thursday, January 12, 2017. Funeral services will be held 3:00pm Sunday, January 15th at Flat Creek Pentecostal Church, with burial following at Flat Creek Pentecostal Church Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born February 24, 1969; Cindy is the daughter of the late Charles Kenneth Wood and Pearline Rowell Wood. She enjoyed...
Gladys Tedder Beckham
Jan 10, 2017
Gladys Tedder Beckham, age 90, died Tuesday January 10, 2017 at the McLeod Hospice House. A Memorial service will be held in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 3:00 on Saturday, January 14, 2017. The family will receive friends following the memorial service. Born in Darlington, she was the last surviving child of the late William Thomas Tedder and...
Jerry Dean Windham
Jan 8, 2017
Jerry Dean Windham, age 79 passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017. Funeral services will be held 2:00pm Thursday, January 12th in the chapel at Belk Funeral Home with burial following in Berea Cemetery in Oates, SC. Born July 12, 1937; Dean was the son of the late Fred Windham and Nannie Rogers Windham. He worked for Perfection Gear, and then...
Vendetta Chapman
Jan 8, 2017
Vendetta Jeanne Strickland Chapman, age 68, passed away Sunday, January 8, 2017. Funeral services will be held 4:00pm Thursday, January 12th at Temple Free Will Baptist Church, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born December 29, 1948; Vendetta is the daughter of the late Eugene Strickland and Jeanette Pope Strickland Ruthven. She worked for Page Fencing in Darlington for 21 years....
Mary Ann Greene
Jan 7, 2017
Mary Ann Lyon Greene, 71, of Darlington, passed away on January 7, 2017 after a brave fight with colon cancer. She was born in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky, to Addison Brose and Tessie Agnes Lyon on July 17, 1945. She went to high school at Blacksburg High School in Blacksburg, Virginia. She then attended Radford College and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and...
Mary Hall
Jan 6, 2017
Mary Hall, age 53, died Friday January 6, 2017. A funeral service will be held at Call to Life Family Worship Center in Lamar at 2:00 on Wednesday, January 11, with burial following in Wells Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church and other times at 1045...
Flossie Lee Mccumber
Jan 2, 2017
Flossie Lee McCumber, age 73 passed away Monday, January 2, 2017. The family will have a private memorial service at a later date.
Clayton Cecil Odom
Dec 27, 2016
Clayton Cecil Odom, age 43 passed away Tuesday, December 27, 2016. A visitation will be held from 6-8 pm Friday, December 30th at Belk Funeral Home. Born April 18, 1973; Clay is the son of Robert "Bobby" Earl Odom, Sr and Linda Johnson Odom. He worked for Wellman Plastics in Johnsonville. Being an avid sports fan, he enjoyed Gamecock football,...
Gail Mccown
Dec 24, 2016
Linda "Gail" Green McCown of Darlington, SC, passed away Saturday, Dec. 24, 2016, after a prolonged illness. Born in Lancaster, SC, to John Dolphin and Josephine Hallman Green, Gail was the beloved wife of William Brearley McCown III, and mother to Melissa, Betsy and Meredith. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her sisters Joann Green Brooksbank and...
Hoyt W. Cooper
Dec 20, 2016
Hoyt W. Cooper, age 79, died Tuesday, December 20, 2016 at the McLeod Hospice House. The family will receive friends from 1:00 - 2:00 pm on Friday, December 23rd at Coward Pentecostal Holiness Church, with a graveside following at 2:00 in the church cemetery. The family will be at the home, 603 Wire Road, Darlington. Born in Florence County on...
Carol Chapman Purvis
Dec 17, 2016
Carol Chapman Purvis, age 54, died Saturday, December 17, 2016 at her home. A funeral service will be held at Welsh Neck Baptist Church at 4:00 on Tuesday, December 20th, with burial following in the church cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home. Born in Bennettsville on January 15, 1962 she is the daughter of the late Ronald and Grace Driggers...


