All Obituaries

On Monday, May 6, 2024, at the age of 77, Teddy L. Derrick of Lexington, SC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior. Teddy was the youngest of 5 children born to Nettie Lee Snelgrove Derrick and Blease Butler Derrick in Leesville, SC. Teddy learned the importance of a strong work ethic from an early age starting with work on the family farm and worked during high school at Winn Dixie Grocery. Later, he served in the Saluda Army National Guard. Teddy began a career with Southeastern...

Funeral services for John Wesley Price, 70, will be conducted 11:00 a.m. Friday, May 10, 2024 at Beulah Methodist Church with the Rev. Tony Rowell and the Rev. Ralph Schneck officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at First Baptist of Lexington Fellowship Hall, 415 Barr Rd., Lexington, SC 29072 In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Lupus Foundation of America, 2820 Selwyn Ave. #701, Charlotte, N.C....

John Temple Frierson IV, husband of Savon Love Frierson, passed away on May 6,2024. Born in Savannah, Georgia on September 7, 1941. He was the son of the late Harrie Frierson Talbert and John Temple Frierson III; the late Elbrage Craig Talbert was his “Pop”. In 1951, they moved to the Columbia, South Carolina area where he was a 1959 graduate of Columbia High School. John served his country in the US Navy and then following he also served in the United States Naval Reserve as an...

On May 5, 2024, Kimberly L. Harris (48) of Gaston, daughter of Thomas E. Harris and Joyce Bledsoe, passed away unexpectedly. Kim is survived by her brother, Keith Harris (Jenny); daughters; Amber Price (Joey) and Ashley Morris (Israel); grandchildren; Morgan, Leighlynn, Riley and Jaxon; her nieces and nephews as well as her significant other Rodney Isbill (and children). She was predeceased by her father, Thomas E. Harris, her ex-husband; Vernon “Randy” Morris, her...

Frances Doolittle Dantzler, 80, of Gilbert, passed away on May 5, 2024. She was born on May 4, 1944, in Wendell, North Carolina, the daughter of the late Pattie Jeru Doolittle and Nellie Kate Fuller Doolittle.   Frances was a graduate of Brookland-Cayce High School class of 1962. Her life-long career was working in insurance at Colonial Life Insurance, Seibels Bruce, Policy Management Systems Corporation (PMSC), and First South Insurance.  Frances was a member of Beulah...

Bernard Timothy (Tim) Havird, 64, of Lexington, passed away peacefully on May 5,  2024. Born January 1, 1960, Tim was the 1st baby to be born in South Carolina in 1960. He grew up in Red Bank on the same piece of property and he grew up surrounded by family and country air.  Tim was a military buff that could tell you just about anything you wanted to know about tanks and wars. He also was a very talented artist that loved to share his drawings and point out each little detail. Tim...

Rev. Peter Mondeel was born on May 18, 1933, in Hollandale, Minnesota. His parents, immigrants from the Netherlands, lived in a rural farming community that largely spoke Dutch, so he learned English only after he started going to school. As a teenager, he worked on the family farm and also on construction crews. The first of his family to graduate from high school, he went on to Central College in Iowa and then Western Theological Seminary. He was ordained as a minister in the Reformed...

Lula (Lou) B. Hendrix, 86, also affectionately referred to as "Butch" by some of her friends and family, of Lexington, South Carolina, passed away peacefully on May 4, 2024. Born on December 10, 1937, in Anderson County, South Carolina, she was a compassionate and thoughtful woman. Lou was a loving mother, grandmother, and friend to many. She was a dedicated payroll clerk at Mepco before her retirement. Her life was a testament to her generosity and kindness, and she always found...

Margaret Timmons Collins, beloved wife, mother, Mimi, and business owner, passed away on May 3rd, 2024. Born on November 5th, 1949, in Columbia, SC, Margaret graduated from Brookland Cayce High School in Cayce, SC, the class of 1968. She was predeceased by her parents, the late Hattie Sanders Watkins of Hampton, SC and Clarence Polk of Varnville, SC; step father, William Quint Watkins; sister, Grace Carolyn Hutto (Leon) of West Columbia and James (Jimmy) Sanders of Orangeburg,...