Funeral services for Frances Polson Griswold will be held at 1:00 PM on Wednesday, December 6, 2023 at Malvern Hill Baptist Church, 1514 Malvern Hill Drive, Camden, SC.  Burial in the church cemetery will follow.  Reverend Buster Morris will officiate.  Visitation with family will be held from 12:00-1:00 PM at Malvern Hill Baptist.  Memorials may be made to Malvern Hill Baptist Church. Frances, daughter of the late Norah Tidwell Polson and Charles Lowman Polson, died on...

Funeral services for Thomas “Tommy” M. Jordan will be held at 3:00 PM on Sunday, December 3, 2023 at Emmanuel Baptist Church, 1643 McRae Road, Camden, SC.  Burial in the church cemetery will follow.  Reverend David Brannen will officiate.  Visitation with family will be held from 2:00-3:00 PM at Emmanuel Baptist.  Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association at www.alz.org. Tommy, son of the late Mildred Hornsby Shirley Jordan and Thomas Colin...

Vivien Sherrard Smith (February 28, 1941 – November 28, 2023). The youngest of three daughters of Henry Erskine Sherrard and Cecilia Williams-Freeman Sherrard. Married fifty-one years to Franklin B. Smith of Camden, SC. Mother of Hope C. Smith of Charlottesville, VA. Evacuated as an infant to Portballintrae, Northern Ireland during Great Britain’s fight for survival in WWII, she grew up in Belfast, graduated from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, and acted...

Funeral services for Ann Nason Rainwater Wagner, 87, will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, December 2, 2023, at Concord Community Bible Church, 354 Old Camden Road, Bishopville, SC.  Casket will lie in state one hour prior to the service,  Burial will follow in the church cemetery.  A reception will follow in the Fellowship Hall.  Rev. Champ Squires will officiate.  Memorials may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 140 Stoneridge Dr., #640, Columbia, SC 29210 or...

Betty Hanka Coombs passed away peacefully on November 26 at the age of 97.  Born in Meadville, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Lucile Hanka. Betty received her degree from Millersville University and taught physical education for several years before marrying William (Bill) Coombs in 1950. In 1965 Betty and Bill came to Camden with the DuPont Company and became very involved in community service. They were both active members of Bethesda Presbyterian Church....

Dr. Robert James “Jim” Roquemore, Jr., died on Thursday, November 23, 2023, at the Columbia Presbyterian Community, Lexington, SC.  A Service of Witness to the Resurrection will be held at Bethesda Presbyterian Church in Camden, SC on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at 2:00 PM.  Rev. Dr. Mike Kelly, Rev. Brent Kendall, and Rev. Dr. David Roquemore will officiate.  The family will greet friends in John Knox Hall at the church after the service.  A private family...

Mary Jeffers Goff Rose, age 87, of Camden, SC, died on November 15, 2023.  She was a member of the Highway Pentecostal Holiness Church in Elgin, SC, her entire life.  After a decline in health, she spent the past seven years in assisted living facilities in Lexington, SC, and The Colonial at Old Camden, in Camden, SC. Mary was born in Blaney, SC (now Elgin) on October 30, 1936, to the late David and Lillian Moak Jeffers.  She graduated from Blaney High School in 1954, an...

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Barbara Rhodus Curtis will be held at 6:00 PM on Friday, November 17, 2023, at First Church of the Nazarene 2276 Jefferson Davis Highway, Camden, SC. Rev. Curt Evans will officiate.    The family will receive friends at 5:00 PM, one hour prior to the service. Barbara, daughter of the late Mary and Gabriel Rhodus, died on Monday, November 13, 2023.  She was the widow of Donald Eugene Curtis. Barbara is survived by her children,...

Josephine A. Flowers, 98, died peacefully at her home in Cassatt, SC on Saturday, November 11, 2023.  She was born in Bronx, NY, to the late Bernard and Anne Cannon McCabe. Josephine is survived by her children: Bernice Flowers Corbin (Peter), of Sayville, NY, Ralph Flowers (Cathy), of Jacksonville, FL, Vivian Flowers Johnson (David), of Cassatt, SC, Juliana Flowers Bradley, of Cassatt, Justin Flowers (Laurel), of Jonesboro, GA; grandchildren, Joanna, Danny, Sarah, Jonathan, Katie,...

William “Bill” Franklin Ham, 90, son of the late Lillie Addie White Ham and Frank Lee Ham, passed away on Monday, November 13, 2023.    Bill is survived by his wife of 64 years, Marian Holley Ham; daughter, Holley Ham (Robbie Crayne); daughter-in-law, Robin Floyd; grandsons, Jacob Ham and Travis Ham; granddaughter, Cheyenne Boan; sisters, Frances Parnell and Peggy Gause; and brothers, Ronald Ham, Henry Hoffmeyer and Scott Hoffmeyer. Bill graduated from Timmonsville...