Funeral services to celebrate the life of Chalmers E. “Chank” Hornsby, 88, of Camden were held Friday, June 17, 2011 at 11:00 AM at First Baptist Church of Camden, burial followed in Quaker Cemetery. Rev. Brent Kendall will officiate. The family will receive friends in the Fellowship Center beginning at 10:00AM. Memorials may be made in Mr. Hornsby’s memory to First Baptist Church of Camden, … Continue reading Chalmers E. “Chank” Hornsby
COLUMBIA – Funeral service for Theodore Leroy Wood, 98, of Columbia, will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 12, 2011, at Elmwood Avenue Church of God, officiated by Rev. Byron Powers, Rev. Bruce Fox and Rev. Richard Porterfield. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers will be Bill Meares, Jr., Teddy Roberson, Curtis Wood, Willie Wood, Randy Jones, Jimmy Jones and … Continue reading Theodore Leroy Wood
Deputies investigate killing, robbery A 34-year-old employee was found dead in his car outside a Northeast Richland restaurant, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department said Friday. Steven A. Fowler of Irmo died at the scene from complications of a gunshot wound to the chest, Richland County Coroner Gary Watts said. Deputies responded to a shots-fired call at the Papa John’s Pizza restaurant at 10008 Two Notch … Continue reading BRIEFLY
Three adults and one juvenile from the Lugoff-Elgin area have been arrested following an arson investigation into suspicious wildfires. Law enforcement agents with the S.C. Forestry Commission made the arrests. The juvenile is a member of the Blaney fire station’s Explorer youth program, a SCFC release said. The adults arrested were identified by the SCFC as Charlene Arrington, 38, Mark Branham, 19, and Jacob Eddings, 18. The … Continue reading 4 charged in Kershaw Co. wildfires
Aug/22/1915 – May/28/2011 LUGOFF – Funeral service for Daisy Bell Tucker, 95, will be held Monday at 11:00 a.m. at St. Matthews Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Charles Davis will officiate. The family will receive friends Sunday 6-8 p.m. at Powers Funeral Home. Mrs. Tucker, wife of the late Richard B. Tucker, died Saturday, May 28, 2011 at the … Continue reading Daisy Bell Scott Tucker
1947 Doris Elaine Branham Brazell Williams was born July 7, 1947 in Camden, daughter of Leonard Herbert Branham and Mae Ruth Hare Branham. 2011 Funeral service for Doris Elaine Brazell Williams, 63, will be held Thursday at 5:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Baptist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Rev. Kenneth Jackson will officiate. The family will receive friends Wednesday 5-7 p.m. at … Continue reading Doris Elaine Branham Brazell Williams
1948 Otto Morris “Toby” Jacobs Jr. was born on 16 Jul 1948 in South Carolina, USA a child of Otto Morris Jacobs Sr. and Gladys B Peake. 1950 Otto M Jacobs, Jr was counted in the census on 05 Apr 1950 in Pontiac, Richland, South Carolina, USA, as a 1-year-old, male, single, white, son. Also in the home were; his father, Otto M Jacobs; his … Continue reading Otto “Toby” Morris Jacobs Jr.
CAMDEN MIDDLE SIXTH-GRADER DEVIN GONZALEZ won the Camden Middle School Geography Bee. Gonzalez competed against six other students in grades 6-8. Each grade-level team held a competition and the winners of the team competitions then vied for the title. LAWSON STOKES, a student at Camden Middle School, won third place for his multimedia poster in the National Career Development Association poetry and poster contest. The … Continue reading SCHOOL NEWS
1924 Clara Branham was born on 27 Jul 1924 in Blythewood, Richland, South Carolina, USA a child of James Allen Branham and Mary Cornelia Abbott Branham. 1930 Clara Branham was counted in the census on 14 Apr 1930 in Blythewood, Richland, South Carolina, USA, as a 5-year-old, female, single, white, daughter. Also in the home was her father Allen Branham; her mother, Mary Branham; and … Continue reading Clara Branham Branham
1930 Kathryn Hope Hobbs was born on 25 Dec 1930 in Hobbsville, Gates, North Carolina, USA a child of Harry Clyde Hobbs and Daisy Edla Hollowell Hobbs. 1950 When she was 19, she married James Melvin Ward, son of Julian Ward and Beulah Nixon, on 07 Feb 1950 in Pasquotank, North Carolina, USA. 1955 On January 25, 1955, Kathryn Hope Hobbs was mentioned as the … Continue reading Kathryn Hope Hobbs Ward
