All Obituaries

Roosevelt “Ro Ro” Durham was born October 28, 1960, in Fairfield County.  He was the beloved son of the late Elex Durham and Elizabeth Barber-Bailey.  On Sunday night, August 8, 2022, at Providence Hospital Northeast, God sent His angels to take him home to be with the Lord. Roosevelt attended Fairfield County Schools and was employed for many with years with the South Carolina Department of Highways and Richland County where he worked in construction.  Roosevelt...

Sister Elizabeth Cokley Wright was born August 31, 1954, in Cayce, South Carolina.  She was the beloved daughter of the late Solomon and Annie Bell Cokley.   She departed this earthly life and went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, August 7, 2022, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital, in Columbia, South Carolina. Elizabeth, affectionately called “Lilibet”, attended the public schools of Lexington County, and graduated from Brooklyn Cayce High School.  She...

Deacon John Adams, Jr. was born on June 24, 1959, in Columbia, SC., the Beloved son of the late John Adams, Sr. and Carrie B. Jackson Adams. He was called home to be with the Lord on Saturday, August 6, 2022. John was a lifelong resident of Gadsden, SC and attended public schools in Richland County before graduating from Orangeburg Wilkinson High School in 1977. He attended Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama and earned an associate degree in Automotive Technology from Midlands...

Ruby Alice Hoefer entered her eternal rest on Saturday, August 6, 2022, at her residence in Columbia, South Carolina.  Born in Upper Richland County, Columbia, South Carolina on June 20, 1937, Ruby was the tenth child born to the late Zellie and Geneva Gantt Hoefer. Ruby was educated in the public schools of Richland County.  Upon graduation, she relocated to Brooklyn, New York.  While residing in New York, she worked as a telephone Switch Operator for the City of New York...

Julius Thomas Wesley, Jr. was born July 22, 1954, in Eastover, SC, the son of the late Deacon Julius, Sr. and Julia L. Wesley.  On Friday, August 5, 2022, he passed from Life to eternity at Pruitt Health in Columbia, South Carolina. “JT”, as he was affectionately called, graduated from Lower Richland High School in the class of 1972.  After graduation, he enlisted in the Unites States Army and served our country for thee (3) years as an automobile mechanic. After the...