Recent Obituaries
Wayne Blackwell
Jan 2, 2019
Wayne Christopher Blackwell, 74, husband of the late Shelia Marie Blackwell, of 413 Pawnee Drive, Walhalla, passed away Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at Oconee Memorial Hospital. A native of Chesterfield County, SC, Mr. Blackwell was the son of the late Louie Blackwell and Luciel Steen Blackwell. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. After his service in the...
James Huggins
Jan 1, 2019
McBee, S.C.
Funeral services for James Roosevelt Huggins, age 90, will be held Friday at 3:00 at the Beauford Baptist Church. Rev. Tim Williams and Rev. Duane Stegall will officiate. Burial will be in the Beauford Baptist Church Cemetery directed by Norton Funeral Home, Hartsville. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church....
Geraldine Brown Doherty
Dec 31, 2018
Hartsville, S.C.
Geraldine Brown Doherty age 71 of Hartsville South Carolina passed away December 31, 2018. Memorial services will be held Saturday January 12, 2019 at 1:30 pm at Oakham Congregational Church, 4 Coldbrook Road, Oakham, MA. She was born on September 28, 1947 to the late Theron Elbert and Grace Elizabeth Iffland Brown. She was a 1965 graduate...
David Williams
Dec 23, 2018
Mr. David Wayne Williams, 57, of Hartsville, passed away Sunday December 23rd, 2018, at his residence.
The memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 27th, 2018, in the Chapel of Norton Funeral Home. The family will be receiving friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Mr. Williams...
Laverne Hopkins
Dec 16, 2018
Hartsville, S.C.
Funeral services for Laverne Hopkins, Sr. age 63, will be held Saturday at 3:00 at the Chapel Norton Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Bethany Cemetery in Lee County. Visitation will be Friday 5-7 pm at the funeral home.
Laverne was born in Bishopville a son of the late Eugene and Annie...
Sam Gardner
Dec 15, 2018
McBee, S.C.
Funeral services for Sam William Gardner age 82, will be held Tuesday at 3:00 at the Union United Methodist Church. Rev. Paige Wheeler and Rev. Charlie Short will officiate. Burial will be in the Union Methodist Church Cemetery directed by Norton Funeral Home, Hartsville. Visitation will be Monday 5-7 pm at the funeral home.
...Ricky Tolson
Dec 15, 2018
Mr. Ricky Dale Tolson of Hartsville, passed away Saturday morning, December 15th, 2018, at Carolina Pines Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Wednesday Dec. 19 at 1:00pm at the Florence National Cemetery directed by Norton Funeral Home. Rev. Jim Murray will officiate. The family will receive friends at the residence of Mrs. Louise Weeks at 810 Gilbert Street,...
Lide Winburn
Dec 14, 2018
Lide Marvin (Buddy) Winburn Sr., age 82, went to be with his Lord on December 14, 2018. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:00 at the Emmanuel Baptist Church. Rev. Paul Coward, Jr., Dr. Ernest Winburn and Rev. Joey Colson will officiate. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery directed by Norton Funeral Home. Visitation will be Monday 5-7 pm...
Curtis Stewart, Sr.
Dec 14, 2018
Mr. Curtis Cooper Stewart, Sr., 66, of Columbia, went to be with Jesus on Friday, December 14th, 2018 at University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.
Mr. Stewart was born on November 14, 1952 in Lamar, South Carolina. Curtis graduated from Lamar High School in 1971, where he played and captained the Lamar Silver Foxes Football and Basketball teams. ...
Birch Beasley
Dec 13, 2018
Hartsville, S.C.
Mr. Birch (BL) Lee Beasley, 78, passed away December 13 at Carolina Pines RMC. Memorial services will be held Saturday Dec. 22 at 11:00 am at the Chapel Norton Funeral Home. Rev. Charlie Short will officiate. Visitation will be following the service.
Mr. Beasley was born in Chesterfield a son of the late Birch Lee Beasley,...
Linda Mixon Barr
Dec 10, 2018
Hartsville, SC
Funeral services for Linda Mixon Barr age 68 will be held Sunday at 3:00pm at Bible Truth Holiness Church. Rev. Hazel Mixon, Rev. Eddie Fleming and Rev. Steve Winburn will officiate. Burial will be in Westview Cemetery, directed by Norton Funeral Home. Visitation will be one hour prior to the services on...
Annette Gardner
Dec 10, 2018
Bethune, SC
Graveside services for Annette Dixon Gardner age 83 widow of James Rudolph Gardner will be held Thursday at 2:00pm at Bethany Cemetery. Dr. Guy Oliver will officiate, directed by Norton Funeral Home, Hartsville Chapel. Visitation will be held Wednesday from 5:00-7:00pm at Norton Funeral Home in Hartsville.
Mrs....
Frank Walters
Dec 9, 2018
Hartsville, S.C.
Funeral services for Frank Albert (Buddy) Walters, Jr. age 72 will be held Wednesday at 3:00 at the Chapel Norton Funeral Home. Rev. Lin Kirkman will officiate. Burial will be in the Kelleytown Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be Tuesday 5-7 pm at the funeral home and anytime Wednesday at the residence of Robbie Gainey,...
Frederick Denner
Dec 5, 2018
Mr. Frederick Lee “Fred” Denner, 60, of Bishopville passed away Wednesday morning, December 5th, 2018, at his residence.
A memorial service will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Monday, December 10th, 2018, in the Hartsville Advent Christian Church with Reverend Charles McLendon officiating. The family will be speaking with friends following the service at the church.
...Vivian Stives
Dec 5, 2018
Camden, S.C.
Graveside services for Vivian Levasseur Stives, age 84, will be held Tuesday at 1:00 at the Florence National Cemetery directed by Norton Funeral Home, Bishopville. Visitation will be Monday 5-7 pm at the funeral home. Rev. Brandon Barkley will officiate.
Mrs. Stives was born in Thornton, NH a daughter of the late Rene...
Henry Julius Kirkley
Dec 3, 2018
McBee, S.C.
Funeral services for Henry Julius Kirkley age 69, will be held Wednesday at 1:00 at the Beauford Baptist Church. Rev. Tim Williams will officiate. Burial will be in the Beauford Baptist Church Cemetery directed by Norton Funeral Home, Hartsville. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church.
Julius was...
Anna Mae Polson-Oglesby
Dec 2, 2018
Hartsville, SC
Mrs. Anna Mae Polson-Oglesby age 79, of Hartsville, went home to be with The Lord on Sunday morning, December 2, 2018 at her residence surrounded by her loving family.
A service of celebration will be held on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at 3:00pm at the Chapel of Norton Funeral Home. ...
Mary Ritch
Dec 1, 2018
Mrs. Mary Ellen Ritch, 69, of Hartsville, passed away Saturday morning, December 1st, 2018, at her residence. Graveside Memorial services will be held Friday December 14, 2018 at 2:00 at the Florence Natlional Cemetery directed by Norton Funeral Home. Mrs. Ritch was born in the Bronx area of New York, a daughter of the late Frank & Anne Voudy. ...
Keith (Harley) Amerson, III
Nov 30, 2018
Hartsville, SC
Services for Keith (Harley) Amerson, III age 40 will be held Monday, December 3, 2018 at 4:00pm at Liberty Hill Baptist Church. Jimmy Beck and Pastor James E. Beck, Jr. will officiate. Burial will be in the church cemetery, directed by Norton Funeral Home. Visitation will be held 3:00-4:00pm Monday at the...
Bernadette Littlefield
Nov 28, 2018
Bernadette (Chretien) Littlefield, 97, of Hartsville, SC, formerly of Westport and Fall River, wife of the late Edward Littlefield, passed away Wednesday, November 28, 2018.
During WWII, she worked at the Newport Naval Torpedo Station. Then, she was employed by the Fall River YMCA and UMass Dartmouth, retiring in 1983. An avid Red Sox and Patriots fan,...