Obituaries

Apr 1, 2025

Mr. Leonard Wade Broome, 89, died Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at White Oak Manor York. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 AM, Friday, April 4, 2025 at Dantzler Baker Funeral Home with Pastor Mark Bagwell officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM also Friday at  Dantzler Baker...

Mar 21, 2025

Mr. Larry Glenn Loflin, 71, died Friday, March 21, 2025 at his home.  A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at Greenlawn Cemetery with Rev. Jim Williams officiating. The family will receive friends immediately following  the service at the cemetery, or anytime at  106 Duke Street, Great Falls.

Larry was born...

Mar 16, 2025

Marvin Keith Black, 69, died Sunday, March 16, 2025. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM, Sunday, March 23, 2025 at First Baptist Church in Great Falls, SC with Dr. Jackie Jenkins officiating.  The family will receive friends from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM also Sunday, March 23, at First Baptist Church in Great Falls, SC. Interment will...

Mar 15, 2025

Mrs. Cynthia Sue Schurz Nester, 76, died Saturday, March 15, 2025 at MUSC Health Florence Medical Center. No services will be held at this time.

Mrs. Nester was born September 28, 1948 and was the daughter of the late Frank Schurz and Mary Sue Gambrell French. She was a graduate of Chester High School and Lander College....

Mar 4, 2025

George Junior McAbee, 90, died Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at Agape House of Lexington.  Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Thursday, March 6, 2025, at Great Falls Church of God with Pastor Roy Puckett officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Thursday at the church....

Feb 26, 2025

James Earle Weaver, 77, died Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at MUSC Lancaster Medical Center.  A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday, March 15, 2025, at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Johnson officiating.  The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Saturday, March 15, at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home.

James was born...

Feb 26, 2025

Richard L. Morrison, Sr., 77, died Wednesday, February 26, 2025, at his home.  A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home with Rev. John Epps officiating.  The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM Sunday at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home.  Interment will be private.

Mr. Morrison...

Feb 24, 2025

Ronald Avery Pettit 71, of Fort Lawn SC died peacefully surrounded by his family at home on Monday February 24, 2025.  Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM. Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at White Springs Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Wednesday, February 26 2025 at White Springs Baptist Church. Interment...

Feb 22, 2025

Mrs. Elizabeth Morris Gee Daughtery, 84, died, Saturday, February 22, 2025 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at Lando Church of God with Pastor Andrew Flippo officiating. Interment will follow in Lando Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, also Wednesday at Lando Church of...

Feb 19, 2025

Mrs. Helen Lenora Justice Steele, 92, died Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at her home. A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM, Sunday, February 23, 2025 at Greenlawn Cemetery with Rev. Michael Shaffer officiating. The family will receive friends after the service at Dantzler Baker Funeral Home. Mrs. Steele was born May 9, 1932 in Spartanburg, SC and was...

Feb 18, 2025

Mr. Stephen Keith Austin, 73, died Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at Palmetto Oaks Residential Care in Pageland, SC. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Mitford Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM also Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Mitford Baptist...

Feb 10, 2025

Minnie Morrison Baker, 98, formerly of Great Falls, SC, died Monday, February 10, 2025 at Azalea Trace Health Care Facility in Pensacola, FL. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, February 15, 2025 at Greenlawn Cemetery, Great Falls, S.C. A Celebration of Life service will be held on March 8, 2025 in Pleitz Chael, First Baptist Church...

Feb 2, 2025

Jo Anne Nichols, a native of Great Falls, South Carolina, and a longtime resident of Columbia, South Carolina, died peacefully in the early morning hours of February 2, 2025. At the time of her death, she was a resident of Carolina Village, a retirement community in Hendersonville, North Carolina.

Ms. Nichols was the daughter of the late...

Jan 28, 2025

Lancaster

Mrs. Vera Helen Deese Wright, 89, died Tuesday, January 28, 2025. All services will be private.

Mrs. Wright was born March 8, 1935 in Lancaster, SC and was the daughter of the late Leavi Deese and Ella Pardue Deese. She attended Lancaster High School and was retired from Springs Industries. Mrs. Wright attended Lancaster...

Jan 28, 2025

Mrs. Antionette (Toni) Simpson Snead, 89, of Great Falls, died Tuesday, January 28, 2025. Born on September 13, 1935 in Chester County, SC, she was the youngest daughter of the late Charles Betts Simpson and Antoinette “Lady” Hollis Simpson. She was a 1957 graduate of the Columbia Hospital School of Nursing. Antoinette used her nursing skills in support of...

Jan 26, 2025

Nellie Green Roof, 99, went to her heavenly home on January 26, 2025. Visitation will be held on Friday, January 31, 2025, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Dantzler Baker Funeral Home, followed by a graveside memorial service at 2:00 p.m. at Greenlawn Cemetery, with Rev. Dr. Marty Roberts officiating.

Mrs. Roof was born on February 23,...

Jan 24, 2025

Mr. Jeffrey Peter Liptak, 58, passed away Friday, January 24, 2025. Born December 21, 1966 in Leechburg, Pennsylvania, Jeff was the son of the late Julius and Virginia Barisone Liptak. Jeff loved spending time with family and friends, whether it be watching one of his favorite teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Carolina Gamecocks play or just being in each...

Jan 23, 2025

Mr. Russell Gregory Kee, 62, died Thursday, January 23, 2025 at Ridgeway Manor. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev. Chase Catledge officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM also at the church. Interment will be private.

Mr. Kee was...

Jan 17, 2025

Susan Anjanette Baker, 60, died Friday, January 17, 2025, at MUSC Medical Center Lancaster.  All services will be private.

Susan was born May 29, 1964 in Charlotte, NC and was a daughter of Shirley Gladden Baker and the late Albertus Baker.  She was a graduate of Olympic High School in Charlotte.  Susan worked as a clerk in...

Jan 5, 2025

Elaine Blackmon Hollis, 75, died Sunday, January 5, 2025, at White Oak Manor in Lancaster. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday, January 8, 2025, at Dantzler-Baker Funeral Home with Rev. Henry Adams and Rev. Tommy Howell officiating. Interment will follow in Greenlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM on Wednesday at...