Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Camden, SC & Kershaw County.
Rebecca J. Edwards
Dec 2, 2022
Mrs. Rebecca J. Edwards, 72, retired Associate Probate Judge and wife of Frank Edwards, Jr, entered into eternal rest on Friday, December 2, 2022. The family will receive friends at Collins Funeral Home, Inc from 5 PM until 7 PM on Thursday, December 8, 2022. Graveside funeral services will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1659 Kershaw Hwy, Camden,...
Roger “Rodney” Fletcher, Jr
Nov 21, 2022
MR. ROGER “RODNEY” A. FLETCHER,JR. affectionately known as “Rodney”, loving son of Roger and Marian Fletcher, Sr., was born on May 5, 1983 at Richland Memorial Hospital (now Prisma Health Richland) in Columbia, South Carolina. Rodney was second of two children, one boy and one girl. Rodney attended Camden High School, graduating in 2001. He continued his education at Central...
Doris Cooke
Nov 14, 2022
Funeral services for Doris A. Cooke will be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at Camden First United Methodist Church. There will be no public viewing. Interment will follow in Cedars cemetery.
Viola Lee
Oct 29, 2022
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 On November 18, 1945, a baby girl was born to Willie Mae Brown Thompson (“Ma Mae”) and Glenn Leroy Thompson (“Pa Glen”) whom they named Viola (“Vi”). Viola was the second youngest of seven children in the Thompson household and the...
Sadie Johnson
Oct 25, 2022
MOTHER SADIE R. JOHNSON, daughter of the late Matthew and Nancy Williams Reed, was born in Boykin, South Carolina on December 16, 1919, and was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, after living a full and beautiful life at the age of 102. Sadie, affectionally referred to as “Deepie” by many loved ones, was...
Ruth Robinson
Oct 8, 2022
Ruth Dorothy Brevard Robinson was born on February 20, 1935 and departed this earthly existence on October 8, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Paris and Mary Jane Brevard and attended St. Paul United Methodist Church in Camden, SC. Ruth attended Knights Hill Elementary School and Kirkwood School before graduating from Jackson High School. After graduating she was...
Eugene Lane
Sep 30, 2022
Eugene Lane, 86, went to be with the Lord and Savior on Thursday September 29, 2022. Eugene was born in Charleston County South Carolina to the late James Grady Herndon and Sadie Elizabeth Thigpen Hart Herndon. He was raised by the late Jack C. Lane and Dora Stanley Lane of Walterboro. He was preceded in death by his late wife,...
James Lee Kirkland
Sep 29, 2022
James Lee Kirkland departed this life peacefully on September 29, 2022. He was a son of the late John C. and Cora Kirkland, Sr. In his youth, he attended Kershaw county schools. He moved to New York at an early age. Upon his retirement, he returned home to South Carolina and made Lee county his home. He was preceded in...
Anton Sherrod Blocker
Sep 28, 2022
Anton Sherrod Blocker, a son, brother, husband, father, nephew, uncle, cousin, friend and one of God’s children, who was always being prayed for, left this earthly world on September 28, 2022, in Salisbury, North Carolina. Anton, the son of Calvin and Geneva Blocker, was born July 10, 1982, in Camden, South Carolina. He received his education in the public schools...
Ellen McCarley
Sep 16, 2022
Mrs. Ellen Clara McCarley, age 93, went to be with the Lord on Friday September 16, 2022. She was born December 09, 1928, in Lake Wales, Fl, to the late George and Mabel Duren. Do to the untimely passing of her parents at a young age, Ellen was raised by her older siblings whom she loved and adored. After the...
Bessie Wheeler
Sep 13, 2022
Bessie Truesdale Wheeler peacefully departed this life on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Born on October 15, 1945, in Harlem, New York, NY, she was the proud daughter of the late Charlie and Aurelia Lee Truesdale. Later, she migrated South with her parents becoming a resident of Camden, South Carolina. Bessie accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into her heart at an...
Ruth Ellen Craig
Sep 5, 2022
Ruth Ellen Ritchie-Craig was born to the late Fielden Ritchie Sr. and Ellen McCarley on September 11, 1954, in New Milford, Connecticut. She entered eternity on September 5, 2022, in Camden, South Carolina. Ruth attended school in New Milford, Connecticut, and graduated from New Milford High School in 1973. Ruth was always well liked by her peers and was active...
Thomas Floyd Brown
Sep 1, 2022
Thomas Floyd Brown, 63, affectionately known as “Squeaky”,entered into rest the morning of September 1, 2022 in Lexington, SC, with his mother by his side. He was born March 14, 1959, in Wauwatosa, WI, to Lucretia Holley Brown and Richard Brown, Sr. Thomas was a U.S. Army Veteran serving from1978 until 1984. After servicing his country, he came home to...
Thelma Smalls
Aug 31, 2022
Thelma Belton Smalls, the beloved daughter of Margaret and Fred Belton, Sr, was born on September 11, 1945 in Camden, South Carolina. She was called from her earthly labor to eternal rest on August 31, 2022. Thelma received her education in the Kershaw County Public Schools. After high school graduation, she became a licensed cosmetologist. She later became a Certified...
Rebecca J. Edwards
Dec 2, 2022
Mrs. Rebecca J. Edwards, 72, retired Associate Probate Judge and wife of Frank Edwards, Jr, entered into eternal rest on Friday, December 2, 2022. The family will receive friends at Collins Funeral Home, Inc from 5 PM until 7 PM on Thursday, December 8, 2022. Graveside funeral services will be held at Forest Lawn Memorial Park, 1659 Kershaw Hwy, Camden,...
Roger “Rodney” Fletcher, Jr
Nov 21, 2022
MR. ROGER “RODNEY” A. FLETCHER,JR. affectionately known as “Rodney”, loving son of Roger and Marian Fletcher, Sr., was born on May 5, 1983 at Richland Memorial Hospital (now Prisma Health Richland) in Columbia, South Carolina. Rodney was second of two children, one boy and one girl. Rodney attended Camden High School, graduating in 2001. He continued his education at Central...
Doris Cooke
Nov 14, 2022
Funeral services for Doris A. Cooke will be held at 2 pm on Wednesday, November 16, 2022 at Camden First United Methodist Church. There will be no public viewing. Interment will follow in Cedars cemetery.
Viola Lee
Oct 29, 2022
“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith.” 2 Timothy 4:7 On November 18, 1945, a baby girl was born to Willie Mae Brown Thompson (“Ma Mae”) and Glenn Leroy Thompson (“Pa Glen”) whom they named Viola (“Vi”). Viola was the second youngest of seven children in the Thompson household and the...
Sadie Johnson
Oct 25, 2022
MOTHER SADIE R. JOHNSON, daughter of the late Matthew and Nancy Williams Reed, was born in Boykin, South Carolina on December 16, 1919, and was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, after living a full and beautiful life at the age of 102. Sadie, affectionally referred to as “Deepie” by many loved ones, was...
Ruth Robinson
Oct 8, 2022
Ruth Dorothy Brevard Robinson was born on February 20, 1935 and departed this earthly existence on October 8, 2022. She was the daughter of the late Paris and Mary Jane Brevard and attended St. Paul United Methodist Church in Camden, SC. Ruth attended Knights Hill Elementary School and Kirkwood School before graduating from Jackson High School. After graduating she was...
Eugene Lane
Sep 30, 2022
Eugene Lane, 86, went to be with the Lord and Savior on Thursday September 29, 2022. Eugene was born in Charleston County South Carolina to the late James Grady Herndon and Sadie Elizabeth Thigpen Hart Herndon. He was raised by the late Jack C. Lane and Dora Stanley Lane of Walterboro. He was preceded in death by his late wife,...
James Lee Kirkland
Sep 29, 2022
James Lee Kirkland departed this life peacefully on September 29, 2022. He was a son of the late John C. and Cora Kirkland, Sr. In his youth, he attended Kershaw county schools. He moved to New York at an early age. Upon his retirement, he returned home to South Carolina and made Lee county his home. He was preceded in...
Anton Sherrod Blocker
Sep 28, 2022
Anton Sherrod Blocker, a son, brother, husband, father, nephew, uncle, cousin, friend and one of God’s children, who was always being prayed for, left this earthly world on September 28, 2022, in Salisbury, North Carolina. Anton, the son of Calvin and Geneva Blocker, was born July 10, 1982, in Camden, South Carolina. He received his education in the public schools...
Ellen McCarley
Sep 16, 2022
Mrs. Ellen Clara McCarley, age 93, went to be with the Lord on Friday September 16, 2022. She was born December 09, 1928, in Lake Wales, Fl, to the late George and Mabel Duren. Do to the untimely passing of her parents at a young age, Ellen was raised by her older siblings whom she loved and adored. After the...
Bessie Wheeler
Sep 13, 2022
Bessie Truesdale Wheeler peacefully departed this life on Tuesday, September 13, 2022. Born on October 15, 1945, in Harlem, New York, NY, she was the proud daughter of the late Charlie and Aurelia Lee Truesdale. Later, she migrated South with her parents becoming a resident of Camden, South Carolina. Bessie accepted the Lord Jesus Christ into her heart at an...
Ruth Ellen Craig
Sep 5, 2022
Ruth Ellen Ritchie-Craig was born to the late Fielden Ritchie Sr. and Ellen McCarley on September 11, 1954, in New Milford, Connecticut. She entered eternity on September 5, 2022, in Camden, South Carolina. Ruth attended school in New Milford, Connecticut, and graduated from New Milford High School in 1973. Ruth was always well liked by her peers and was active...
Thomas Floyd Brown
Sep 1, 2022
Thomas Floyd Brown, 63, affectionately known as “Squeaky”,entered into rest the morning of September 1, 2022 in Lexington, SC, with his mother by his side. He was born March 14, 1959, in Wauwatosa, WI, to Lucretia Holley Brown and Richard Brown, Sr. Thomas was a U.S. Army Veteran serving from1978 until 1984. After servicing his country, he came home to...
Thelma Smalls
Aug 31, 2022
Thelma Belton Smalls, the beloved daughter of Margaret and Fred Belton, Sr, was born on September 11, 1945 in Camden, South Carolina. She was called from her earthly labor to eternal rest on August 31, 2022. Thelma received her education in the Kershaw County Public Schools. After high school graduation, she became a licensed cosmetologist. She later became a Certified...
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