Michael Vance "Mickey" Lyles
Feb 24, 2025
Michael Vance "Mickey" Lyles died Monday, February 24, 2025 at his home. A Memorial Service will be held 1:00 PM Friday, February 28, 2025 at Barron Funeral Home with Mike Hunter officiating. The family will receive friends also Friday at Barron Funeral Home from 12:00 Noon until service time. Mickey was born on August 7, 1946 and was the son...
Margaret Carolyn Locke
Feb 20, 2025
Margaret Carolyn Knox Locke, 84, born February 14, 1941, passed away on February 20, 2025. Carolyn’s funeral service will be held 1:00 PM Monday, February 24, 2025 at Union ARP Church in Richburg, SC. Visitation with the family will be held in the sanctuary of the church following the burial. Carolyn was the daughter of the late Ira W. Knox,...
William Joe Cooper
Feb 16, 2025
William Joe Cooper, Jr., 48, died Sunday, February 16, 2025. A Memorial Service will be held 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at Barron Funeral Home Chapel with Evangelist Xavier Baez officiating. The family will receive friends from 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM also Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at the funeral home. "Billy Joe" was born in Chester, SC on...
Aldaray Stone Carns
Feb 16, 2025
Aldaray Stone Carns, of Chester SC, passed away peacefully on February 16 at the age of 87. She was born on March 5, 1937, daughter of the late Dan and Maggie Stone. She was preceded in death by her husband, Hutchinson Ware Carns, and her two brothers, Donald Stone and Harvey Stone. Ms. Carns was a long time resident of...
Margaret Elizabeth Baker
Feb 16, 2025
Margaret Elizabeth Thomas Baker Margaret Elizabeth Baker, age 102, passed away on February 16, 2025, in Smithfield, North Carolina, home of her beloved only daughter Carolyn “Chee Chee” Baker Nall. She is preceded in death by her cherished husband Curtis “Curt” Charles Baker who passed away in 2012 in Chester. Margaret was born in 1922, the daughter of Ada Lipford...
Jacquelyn Jacobs Schulte Levister
Feb 15, 2025
Jacquelyn "Jac Jac" Schulte Levister, 68, of Chester, South Carolina, passed away peacefully in her sleep on February 15, 2025. Her husband of 34 years, Jeffery Scott Levister, was with her when she passed. The family will receive family and friends Thursday, February 20, 2025 from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at Barron Funeral Home. Born on January 3, 1957,...
Mark Speer Dickson
Feb 12, 2025
Mark Speer Dickson, 68, died Wednesday, February 12, 2025, at his home. A private service will be held at a later date.
Mark was born January 3, 1957 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and was a son of the late Milton Dickson and Margaret Evelyn Speer Dickson. He was a graduate of Fountain Valley High School, Fountain Valley, CA...
Julina M. Bright
Feb 8, 2025
Julina M Bright Ms. Julina M Bright , 73, died Saturday, February 8, 2025 at MUSC Columbia after a short illness. A graveside service will be held Thursday at 11:00 AM at Memorial Gardens in Chester. Friends and family are welcome to attend. Jody was born August 16, 1951 in York SC and was the daughter of the late Margaret...
Robert Wylie Mahaffey
Feb 7, 2025
Mr. Robert Wylie Mahaffey, 75 died Friday, February 7, 2025 at his home. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, February 11, 2025 at Parkway Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Lando Cemetery.
Mr. Mahaffey was born October 27, 1949 in Chester, SC and was the son of the late Robert Mahaffey and Mary...
Roger Hall Atkinson, Jr.
Feb 3, 2025
Roger Hall Atkinson, Jr., 52, died Monday, February 3, 2025, at his home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Thursday, February 6, 2025, at Armenia Methodist Church with Rev. Bryan Meares and Rev. Michael Shaffer officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Wednesday, February 5,...
Roy Leon Lee
Feb 2, 2025
Roy Leon Lee, 88, died Sunday February 2, 2025, at his home. A graveside service will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at Chester Memorial Gardens. Roy was born May 5, 1936 and was a son of Leon Wylie Lee and Vernelle Byars Lee. He retired from Springs Industries in 1999 after 45 years of service in...
Marvin Thomas Odom
Jan 31, 2025
Marvin Thomas Odom, 56, died Friday, January 31, 2025, at Prisma Health Richland in Columbia. A memorial service will be held at 4:00 PM Wednesday, February 5, 2025, at Woodward Baptist Church with Pastor Keith Hinson officiating. The family will receive friends from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM Wednesday at the church. Interment will be private.
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Larry Eugene Torbert
Jan 25, 2025
Mr. Larry E. Torbert, 78, of Chester SC passed away On January 25, 2025, at his home. Larry was born on December 12, 1946, in Cuthbert, Georgia. He was the only child of the late John Eugene Torbert and Betty Bass Torbert of Bluffton, Georgia. Growing up, he attended school in Clay County Georgia, attended college in Atlanta, Georgia, and...
Joyce Louise Engerson
Jan 24, 2025
It is with deep sorrow that we announce the passing of our beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, Joyce Louise Engerson, who left us peacefully on January 24, 2025, at the age of 85 at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Born Joyce Louise Aydlette on April 3, 1939, in Norfolk, Virginia, to the late Leonard Odell Aydlette and...
James Simpson Darby, Iii
Jan 23, 2025
Mr. James Simpson Darby III, "Jim," 53, passed away Thursday, January 23, 2025 at his home in Lowrys where he claimed "he never bothered nobody.” A graveside service will be held at 3:00 PM, Sunday, January 26, 2025 at Zion Cemetery with Rev. Kevin Taylor officiating. The family will receive friends from 1:30 PM to 2:45 PM at his...
Boyd Archie Crouch, Sr.
Jan 21, 2025
Boyd Archie Crouch Sr. 90 of Chester, SC, left us peacefully on January 21, to be with the Lord. Boyd will always be remembered as a beloved husband, father, and grandfather. Born on December 15, 1934, in Chester SC. Boyd grew up as the son of Mr. Harvey Crouch and Mrs. Nina Crouch, alongside eight sisters and six brothers. On...
Gerald "Jerry" Thomas Locke
Jan 17, 2025
Gerald (Jerry) Thomas Locke, 84, born March 10, 1940, passed away on January 17, 2025. Jerry was the son of the late John Franklin Locke, Sr. and Nancy Mae Thomas Locke. He was the grandson of Henry Jefferson Locke and Margaret Annie Simpson Locke on his father’s side and William Calvin Thomas and Zillah Frances Parker Thomas on his mother’s...
Betty Marie Gould Kuffner
Jan 15, 2025
Betty Kuffner left this world to be with her Lord and Savior on January 15, 2025. She was born March 24, 1923 in Caro, Michigan. She grew up on a farm in Kingston, Michigan, but spent most of her life in Allen Park, Michigan after marrying Charles Kuffner. During WW II she worked for Fleetwood Industries in Detroit, a company...
Stephen Lee Counterman, Sr.
Jan 15, 2025
Mr. Stephen Lee Counterman, Sr., affectionately known as "Steve and Pawpaw", passed away on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, at Prisma Health Laurens County Hospital at the age of 76.
Born on April 13, 1948 in Celina, Ohio, Steve was the beloved son of the late Leroy Counterman and Mary Juanita Yocum Counterman. He was married 51 years...
Terry Clark Rawls
Jan 15, 2025
Terry Clark Rawls, 67, of Chester, SC, passed away peacefully at his home on January 15, 2025. A visitation will be held January 19, 2025 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm at Barron Funeral Home. The funeral service will be held at 2:00 pm on January 20, 2025 at Wilksburg Baptist Church with C.E. Taylor officiating. Family also receiving...
