C. Grainger Kornegay III

Funeral Director/Embalmer

Caleb Grainger Kornegay, III, co-owner of Kornegay Funeral Home Camden and Lugoff-Elgin Chapels, is a licensed Funeral Director and Embalmer. He is a member of Selected Independent Funeral Homes, the National Funeral Directors Association and the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association.

Grainger is a 1982 graduate of the University of South Carolina where he earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Buisness Administration and a 1983 graduate of the Gupton-Jones College of Funeral Service where he earned an Associate of Science Degree in Mortuary Science.

Grainger is married to Molly Jones Kornegay, they have two sons, Grainger IV and Will. He is a member of Bethesda Presbyterian Church where he has served as a Deacon and is currently serving as a member of the committee developing a Memorial Garden on the church grounds. Grainger is a member of Kershaw Lodge #29 and the York Rite. He is a past member of the Camden Jaycees and a longtime committee member and former chairman of the Wateree Chapter of Ducks Unlimited.

G. Van Metre Kornegay Jr.

Funeral Director/Manager-Kornegay Crematory

Van Kornegay, co-owner of Kornegay Funeral Home Camden and Lugoff-Elgin Chapels, is a licensed Funeral Director and manager of Kornegay Crematory.

Van is a member of Selected Independent Funeral Homes, the National Funeral Directors Association and the South Carolina Funeral Directors Association.

Van has one daughter- Caroline. He is a member of Bethesda Presbyterian Church, the Camden Jaycees and the Blythewood Rotary Club.

John Dunbar Kornegay Jr.

Funeral Director/Embalmer

John Dunbar Kornegay, Jr., co-owner of Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel and Lugoff-Elgin Chapel, is a Licensed Funeral Director and embalmer. A 1985 honors graduate from Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science, he is a member of Selected Independent Funeral Homes, the National Funeral Directors’ Association and the South Carolina Funeral Directors’ Association.

Johnny attended Wofford College on a football scholarship, where he was named to the honorable mention All American Football Team as an outside linebacker his sophomore year before injuries ended his career his junior year. Johnny also was an honorable mention high school All American and All State Defensive End while at Camden High School. He was selected to play in the 1978 Shrine Bowl and he and his father, John, were the first father and son Shrine Bowlers at the time, his father having played in 1952.

Johnny has served as a volunteer coach for the Camden-Kershaw County Recreation Department for football, basketball, softball and baseball and volunteered as a Camden Middle School football coach, as well as a Lugoff-Elgin JV and 9th grade football coach. He is an avid offshore fisherman having won several fishing tournaments in South and North Carolina.

Johnny is a member of Kershaw Lodge #29 and the York Rite, past member of the Camden Jaycees and a member of the Camden Rotary Club and The Society of Lower Richland. He served as a committee member of the Wateree Chapter of Ducks Unlimited and a Board member of the Camden Bulldog Club. Johnny is a life long member of Grace Episcopal Church.

VV Kornegay

Funeral Director/Administration

Telephone: 1-803-432-3583

Sherrie Potter

Administration-Camden

Telephone: 1-803-432-3583

Deni Sibley

Office Manager

Sharon Singleton

Office Manager

John D Kornegay III

Funeral Director

Cell Phone: 803-272-1467

Johnny Kornegay is a sixth generation funeral director. He also is a certified crematory operator.

Johnny is a proud graduate of the Kershaw County public school system. He also holds a bachelor degree in psychology and a master degree in human resources from the University of South Carolina.

Johnny has worked as a human resource consultant, roofer, food runner, and mascot for a fast food chain. In his free time, he likes to improve his Spanish and travel.

Johnny is very active in the Kershaw County community; he recently was in the Fine Arts Center's Dancing with the stars, and has acted in several local productions. Additionally, he served on the executive board for Habitat for Humanity, was the Junior Warden for Kershaw Lodge #29, and served on the Alpha Prison Ministry team to Wateree Correctional Facility.

Telephone: 1-803-432-3583

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Horace Cannaday

Funeral Assistant

George Lane

Funeral Assistant

George Lane is married to Margaret Lane. He and Margaret have 6 children and 7 grandchildren. Originally from New Jersey, George retired from Mack Trucks Incorporated after 27 years. During his spare time, George likes to work in his yard and swim in his pool. He also serves as the assistant verger at Grace Episcopal Church in Camden. Helping grieving families that Kornegay Funeral Home serves, inspires George to be on staff at the funeral home.

John Clark

Funeral Assistant

Trez Boulware

Funeral Assistant

Steve Smith

Funeral Assistant

Walter Smith

Funeral Assistant

Marvin Padgett

Funeral Assistant

Marvin was born in Bethune SC on July 11, 1949. Marvin graduated from Bethune High School in 1967. He atttended Wingate Junior College and graduated from Appalachian State University in 1971. Marvin taught for 30 years at Camden Middle, and he is now retired. His favorite hobbies are golf and shagging.

Joe Perrotta

Funeral Assistant

Originally from New Castle, Pennsylvania, Joe arrived in South Carolina, serving in the United States Air Force at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C.

After obtaining a B.S. in Business Administration from Coastal Carolina in 1984, Joe went to work for United Parcel Service as a delivery driver until he retired in December of 2014.

Joe is married to the former Karen Williams. Together they raised three daughters and are proud grandparents of two girls and a boy.

Joe and Karen are active members of OLPH Catholic Church here in Camden.

Reverend Taylor Wells

Funeral Assistant

Taylor Wells and his wife Lynn have two grown children, Sam and Sarah. Taylor grew up in Camden and graduated from Camden High School in 1976. He graduated from Clemson University in 1980 with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Taylor worked as an engineer for Santee Cooper Electric Utility at Myrtle Beach and Conway from 1981 to 1984. In 1985 Taylor enrolled at Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee to prepare for the gospel ministry. He earned a Master of Divinity degree from Mid-America Seminary and has pastored churches in Malden, Missouri, Union, Winnsboro, Aiken, and Camden, SC. Taylor is presently the pastor of Wateree Baptist Church in Camden.