Obituaries

Mar 4, 2025

With heavy hearts we announce the passing of John Andrew Ventra on March 4, 2025. He was the loving son of Jerome and Betty Ventra.

John was a devoted, loving father and grandfather. He is deeply mourned and survived by his Mother Betty Ventra, his children Zachariah Ventra (Christy), Cecelia Ventra (Shane), Joshua Ventra (Kelly), Dylan Ventra...

Mar 4, 2025

Eugene Estes Jennings passed away on Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 at Six Mile Retirement Center.

The funeral service will be held at Calvary Baptist Church, located at 760 Calvary Church Rd., Carlisle, SC, on Sunday, March 9th at 3PM, with his lifelong friend, Rev. David Sealy, officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 2PM...

Mar 2, 2025

Vivian Vernelle Beckham Roof, 97, died Sunday, March 2, 2025, at Piedmont Medical Center. A Celebration of Life service will be held at 1:00 PM Tuesday, March 4, 2025, at Cornwell Presbyterian Church with Rev. Tim Foster officiating. Mrs. Roof was born August 23, 1927 in Rock Hill, SC and was a daughter of the late Marvin Beckham and Frances...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...