Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in
Darlington & Lamar, SC
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...
Lucas M. Dargan
Dec 14, 2016
Lucas McIntosh Dargan, 99, husband of the late Frances Edwards Dargan, died at his residence on Wednesday, December 14, 2016. Born in Darlington County on July 18, 1917, he was the son of the late Rosa Evans McIntosh Dargan and William Edwin Dargan. He graduated from St. John's High School, Class of 1934, and attended North Carolina State University for...
Dolly Coker Cross
Dec 13, 2016
Dolly James Brown Coker Cross, affectionately known as "Granny", age 90, entered Heaven on December 13, 2016. She is survived by her children, Elaine Moore of Evergreen, Ann Humphries (Henry) of Darlington, Naomi Player (Michael) of Darlington, Larry Coker (JoEllyn) of Aiken, Bobby Coker (Phyllis) of Aiken, Danny Coker of Scranton, and Yolanda Courie of Columbia. She is also survived...
Gene Knight Mccallum
Dec 3, 2016
Gene Knight McCallum, age 68 passed away Saturday, December 3, 2016 in Lexington, KY. A graveside service will be held 1:00pm Thursday, December 8th in Parnassus United Methodist Church Cemetery in Blenheim, SC directed by Belk Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 12-1pm Thursday in Parnassus United Methodist Church. Born December 25, 1947; Gene is the son of...
James B Harrill
Dec 2, 2016
James Bryant Harrill died Friday, December 2, 2016 at the McLeod Hospice House. Mr. Harrill was the son of the late Bryan Holbert Harrill and Maggie Ruth Nickles Harrill, and grandson of the late Glannie and Charles Harrill of Bennettsville, SC and the late Margaret and Hunter Nickles of Hodges, SC. He was loved by his wife of 40 years,...
Mary Anne H. Sansbury
Dec 1, 2016
Mary Anne Harris Sansbury, 90, passed away on December 1, 2016 after a brief illness. She is survived by her children: Clevie (Tony) Daniels of Ypsilanti, MI, Andy (Patti) Sansbury of Spartanburg, Dan (Joye) Sansbury of Hartsville; and Susan (Artie) Hall of Managua, Nicaragua; 12 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. Mary Anne was a native of Anderson, SC and the younger...
Terry Lee Andrews
Nov 30, 2016
Terry Lee Andrews, age 65, died Wednesday, November 30, 2016. A funeral service will be held in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home at 4:00 on Saturday, December 3, with burial following in Grove Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 - 8:00PM Friday at the funeral home. Born in Darlington on April 3, 1951, he is the...
Vera Griggs Mcinville
Nov 29, 2016
Vera Griggs McInville, age 54, died Tuesday, November 29, 2016. A funeral service will be held in the chapel of Belk Funeral Home on Saturday, December 3, at 2:00 PM. Burial will follow in Black Creek Cemetery. Born in Darlington on July 5, 1962, she was the daughter of the late W.S. and Frances Cagle Griggs. Vera was a devoted...


