Lois Jeffcoat Steedley, 85, of Bamberg, died Thursday, June 5, 2008, at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Funeral services were held Sunday, June 8, 2008, at Word of Life Pentecostal Holiness Church in Bamberg.

Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie Hicks, 69, of Ehrhardt, were held Sunday, June 8, 2008, at the St. Lukes United Methodist Church in Ehrhardt.

Funeral services for Hilda Barnwell, 81, of Bamberg, were held Sunday, June 8, 2008, at the Gethsemane Baptist Church in Bamberg.

Herbert Clyde Ayers, 80, of the Sandridge community, husband of Geneva Bunch Ayers, died Sunday, June 1, 2008, in a Charleston hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday, June 4, 2008. at the Spring Hill United Methodist Church.

Funeral services for Johnson Heyward Cope, 90, of Clemson, formerly of Cope, were held Thursday, June 5, 2008, at Cope United Methodist Church in Cope.

Leon Faust Jr. of Denmark, died Monday, May 26, 2008, at Northwest Hospital, Randallstown, Md. The service of triumph was held Friday, June 6, 2008, at Rome Baptist Church in Denmark.

Funeral services for Mrs. Inez Kearse, 93, of Capernaum community, Denmark, formerly of Ehrhardt, were held Saturday, June 7, 2008, at Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church in Olar.

Funeral services for Marian C. Nipper, 76, of Cordele were held Tuesday, June 10, 2008. Mrs. Nipper died Saturday, June 7, 2008 at her residence.

James W. ‘Jimmy’ Dukes, 75, husband of Carol Ann Robinson Dukes, of Summerville, SC died Thursday evening June 5, 2008 in a Charleston hospital. Funeral services were held June 9, 2008 at Summerville Baptist Church.