Funeral services for Mrs. Ollie Mae ‘Tutt’ James Bamberg, 73, of Bamberg, was held Wednesday, June 8, 2011, at Capernaum Missionary Baptist Church, Denmark. Ollie was born August 10, 1937, in Bamberg County to the late Ida Mae and Joe James.

Leona Barnes Gallop, 98, widow of A. Lincoln Gallop, died peacefully Sunday, May 29, 2011 at her residence in Seabrook, SC with her family in attendance. Leona was born December 25, 1912 in Hampton County near Cummings, SC to Florence Virginia Mixson and Cornelius Arrie Barnes. Memorial services were held on Saturday, June 4, 2011 in The Baptist Church of Beaufort.

Funeral services for Mrs. Helen Moody James, 89, of Denmark were held Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at Capernaum Baptist Church in Denmark. Mrs. James was the daughter of the late Deacon Jake and Mrs. Elizabeth Moody. She was born February 12, 1922, in Bamberg.

Mrs. Curlyn Pearlstine Kearse-Jones, 63, of Bamberg, died Tuesday, May 30, 2011, at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg. Services were held Saturday, June 4, 2011, at Ebenezer United Methodist Church in Bamberg. She was born January 25, 1948, in Bamberg County to the late Ervin and Addie Mae Kearse Franklin.

Funeral services for Eddie Mays Sr., 73, of UPAC Nursing Home, Barnwell, formerly of Blackville, were held Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Frost Branch Baptist Church in Elko. Mr. Mays died Saturday, May 28, 2011, after an extended illness. Eddie Mays Sr. was born May 1, 1938, in Barnwell County to the late Harold (Zelma) Mayes.

Mrs. Nesber Kemmerlin Wrenn of Orangeburg died Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at the Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg. The funeral was held Friday, June 3, 2011, at Crestview Baptist Church in Orangeburg. She was born in Neeses, the daughter of the late Jesse O. Kemmerlin and the late Mary Evie Fogle Kemmerlin. She was a member of Crestview Baptist Church and was retired from the Regional Medical Center and Orangeburg Regional Hospital.