Funeral services for Mrs. Betty Darnell Arnold Bozard, 76, formerly of Orangeburg, were held Monday, March 7, 2011, at Double Branch Baptist Church in Orangeburg. She was born September 13, 1934, in Bamberg County, the daughter of the late Luther Darnell and the late Mander Judy Darnell Gray.

Infant Bryndin Parker Elledge, 2 months, of Swansea, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011. Funeral services were held Saturday, March 5, 2011, at Mount Beulah Pentecostal Holiness Church near Neeses. Bryndin was born in Columbia, a son of Clarence Curtis and Ashlee Kelly Elledge.

Thomas ‘Tommy’ Eugene Graham, 70, of Bamberg, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at his home. He was born August 5, 1940, in Fairfax to the late Cleophus Graham and the late Mary Elizabeth Peeples Graham. He served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Dominant from 1958 to 1963. He also loved playing the bass guitar, gospel music, and enjoyed fishing and hunting. Funeral services were held Sunday, March 6, 2011 in Bamberg.

Funeral services for John D. ‘Bubba’ Maxwell, 62, of Orangeburg, were held Wednesday, March 2, 2011, at Edisto Fork United Methodist Church. John D. Maxwell, son of the late Elliot Maxwell and Almeta Grant, was born August 11, 1948, in Orangeburg County.

Mrs. Julia M. ‘Monkey’ Rentz, 82, of Branchville, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011, at UniHealth Post-Acute Care in Bamberg. Funeral services were held Friday, March 4, 2011, at Zion United Methodist Church in Branchville. She was born December 24, 1928, in the Midway community of Bamberg to the late Herbert Malcolm Folk and the late Mozelle Black Folk.