Mr. Ray Marshall Billodeau, 77, of Bamberg, died Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at home after an extended illness. A memorial service was held Friday, February 19, 2010, at his home. Mr. Billodeau was born on January 10, 1933, in Bedford, N. H., a son of the late Ernest M. Billodeau and the late Wilhelmina Klardie.

Mr. Theodore L. Edwards of Hephzibah, Ga., entered into rest on Monday, February 15, 2010, at University Hospital in Augusta. The funeral service was held Saturday, February 20, 2010, at Good Shepherd Baptist Church.

Mrs. Thelma C. Faust, 63, of Blackville, died February 16, 2010. The funeral was held Monday, February 22, 2010, at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Lees. Mrs. Faust was born on September 7, 1946, to Mrs. Daisy Copeland and the late Mr. Alonzer Copeland.

The funeral for Ms. Linell Singleton Johnson, 79, of Bamberg, and formerly of Ehrhardt, was held Saturday, February 20, 2010, at Union Baptist Church in Bamberg. She was born on April 30, 1930, in Ehrhardt. the last of 12 children born to Joseph Jefferson and Hattie May Halyard Singleton.