All Obituaries

Mr. Lathen (Butch) Porter was a loving father, grandfather, great grandfather and loyal friend. He was born October 29, 1941, in Lancaster County.  He entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at MUSC in Lancaster, SC. He was the son of the late Joe Lee Porter and Pearlie Lowery Porter.   Lathen accepted Christ at an early age and was an exceptionally dedicated and devoted member and trustee of New Hope AME Zion church. He served faithfully until his decline in...

Lakisha Patterson ,  41,  died  Monday, April 1, 2024. Funeral Service will be held Monday, April 15, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. Crawford Funeral Home Chapel, Rev Billy Barnes will officiate.  Burial in Lancaster Memorial Park.  The family received friends Sunday, April 14, 2024 from 1:00 until 5:00 at the funeral home.   Lakisha Patterson, daughter of Jimmy Truesdale and Carolyn Patterson was born January 17, 1983 in Lancaster, SC .    Survivors include...

Crawford Lee McIlwain , 73,  died  Saturday, April 6, 2024. Funeral Service was held Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. Mt. Moriah AME Zion Church, Rev. Sheresa Ingram  officiated.  Burial was in the church cemetery.     Crawford Lee McIlwain, son of James and Freddie Bell McIlwain   was born December 7, 1950 in Lancaster, SC .    Survivors include  one daughter, Pastor Monica Dye of Lancaster, SC two sons, Roderick ...

LEVY PATE, 72 , died Tuesday, April 2, 2024.  Memorial Service will be held Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 11:00 A.M. Mount Zion Baptist Church, Kershaw, SC, Rev. James R. Belton will officiate.      Levy Pate, a son of the late Harry Pate and Lucille Cauthen Pate was born July 3, 1951 in Lancaster, SC.  He was married to Ramona Barnes Pate   Survivors include his wife of Lancaster, SC, one son Eric Lamont Duncan of Greensboro, NC, four brothers, William...

Spc. Carol Santiago-Santiago 19 was called to her eternal home on Saturday March 16th, 2024. Carol was born on September 16th, 2004, in Monroe NC. Spc. Carol entered Clinton Elementary School at an early age where she received first place on a drawing. Her art was published in the newspaper.  Spc. Carol went to her parents’ home country of Mexico in 2010 until 2021. Upon Carol return she entered Lancaster High School where she...

Terry Robinson Jr. ,  75,  died  Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Funeral Service will be held Thursday, April 11, 2024 at 2:00 P.M. Bright Light Baptist Church , Rev William S. Coleman will officiate.  Burial in the church cemetery .  The family will  receive friends Wednesday, April 10, 2024 from 1:00 until 5:00 at the funeral home.   Terry Robinson Jr. a son of the late Terry Robinson Sr. and the late Rose William Robinson was born August 24, 1948 in...

Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is above rubies. Proverbs 31:10  ​Lois Carol Mungo was born on October 25, 1943,in Lancaster, S.C. to loving parents who were the lateJohn Lewis McKinney and Maebell Mcllwain Myers. At the age of nine years old Lois was blessed to have the late Murkerson and Geneva Smith as bonus parents. At that time, she began her Christian journeyat Mt. Zion A. M. E....

Christine Jackson Cauthen, humbly bowed to God’s will and peacefully entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 in Augusta, GA.  A daughter of the late Tom Jackson and the late Jearlean Drakeford was born May 21, 1958 in Lancaster County, South Carolina.   She was united in holy matrimony to Henry Lee Jones.   Christine as she was affectionally called was reared in a Christian environment...

Andrea Renee Frierson , 44 , died Saturday, March 23, 2024. Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, April 2, 2024 at 2:00 P.M.  Crawford Funeral Home Chapel, Rev. Ronnie Barber and Rev. Billy Barnes will officiate. Viewing will be Monday, April 1, 2023 at Crawford Funeral Home from 1:00 PM until 5;00 PM   Andrea Renee Frierson a daughter of the late John P. Frierson and the late Ruby Belton Frierson was born April 13, 1979 in Lancaster, SC .   Survivors include, one...

Obituary Death is not the enemy of life, but its friend for it is acknowledged that our years are limited which makes this so precious. It is truth that time is lent to us as our best look up years as a trust handed unto our temporary keeper. The temporary keeper of our earthly life ended for Isiah Miller on March 15, 2024 at Prisma F. Richland hospital, Columbia SC. He was born on July 29, 1939 to the late Oscar Miller and Mary Miller in Kershaw SC and educated in the public school...