Essie Mae Washington Williams

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Funeral services for Dr. Essie Mae Washington -Williams were held Saturday, Feb. 9, at Brookland Baptist Church, West Columbia, with entombment in Celestial Memorial Gardens. Dr. Essie Mae Washington-Williams passed away, at the age of 87, on Sunday, February 3, 2013. She was born in Aiken, South Carolina, on October 12, 1925 […]

Juanita “Nita” Parrott Tompkins

COLUMBIA, S.C. – Funeral service for Juanita Parrott Tompkins, 99, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 13, 2013, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo, with burial 3:00 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in Welsh Neck Baptist Church Cemetery, in Society Hill. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, February […]

Yuvonne Bacon Barnes

EDGEFIELD, S. C. – Mrs. Yuvonne Bacon Barnes, 50, of Youngblood Road, entered into rest February 4, 2013. Funeral services will be held 1 p.m. Saturday, February 9, 2013 at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Willie Patten officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Barnes, a native of Edgefield County attended […]

Earl Zimmerman

AIKEN, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mr. Earl Zimmerman, age 68, will be held Thursday, February 7, 2013 at 11 am at Bland Funeral Home, Johnston, with burial to follow in Mt Calvary Lutheran Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday, Feb. 6 from 6-8 pm. Mr. Zimmerman, a native […]

Sara Ann Corley

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Miss Sara Ann Corley, 68, of Edgefield, died Sunday February 3, 2013 at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday February 5, 2013 at 4 P.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home. Miss Corley was born in Greenwood, SC and was the daughter of the late Ralph and Sara […]

William B. (Bill) Coleman

GREENWOOD, S.C. – William B. (Bill) Coleman, 66, of Rumford Court, husband of Pamela Darmer Coleman, died January 31, 2013 in Greenwood. Funeral Services will be held Sunday February 3, 2013 at 2 P.M. at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home. Graveside Services will be at 4 P.M. in Greenwood Memorial Gardens in Greenwood. Mr. Coleman was […]

Ernest Williams

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Ernest Williams AKA Haneef El-Amin Popcorn, entered into rest January 26, 2013. Funeral service was held from 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, January 29, at G. L. Brightharp & Sons Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. G. L. Brightharp officiating. Interment was in Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery. Survivors include his siblings, Sammie (Dorothy) Scurry, Roosevelt, […]

Ophelia Adams Little

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ophelia Adams Little was born on September 24, 1923, in Edgefield, S.C., to the late Johnnie Jasper Adams and Minnie Lee Mitchell Adams. She was the second oldest of 13 children. Mrs. Ophelia Little came to Washington, D.C., in the early 1950s where she worked at the Latch String Cafeteria.  There she […]

Catherine Eve Nicholson Willis

EDGEFIELD, S.C. – Catherine Eve Nicholson Willis passed away peacefully at home on January 23, 2013. Catherine Eve (Cat-Eve) was born July 7, 1924 in Edgefield, SC to Dr. Albert Rhett Nicholson and Elizabeth Hammond Bryan. Raised in Edgefield, she graduated as Valedictorian from Edgefield High School. She attended Winthrop College where she  was Queen […]

Marjorie Thomas Yonce

JOHNSTON, S.C. – Funeral Services for Mrs. Marjorie Thomas Yonce, age 88, will be held Sunday, January 27, 2013 at 2 o’clock at Dry Creek Baptist Church, Ward, SC. with burial to follow in Mt. of Olives Cemetery, Johnston. The family will receive friends at Bland Funeral Home Saturday evening from 5-7 pm. Mrs. Yonce, […]