Joshua Junior Cantey, 39, was shot in Hemingway, South Carolina, on July 14, 2023, and after months of battling his injuries he died from complications on December 2, 2023. Known locally as Big Boy or Sab Sucker and remembered as a jovial big jokester who loved his six children, Cantey was born April 3, 1984, in Kingstree and raised in Williamsburg County.

No public information has been released about arrests or suspects in the shooting, and the specific circumstances of the incident have not been disclosed. He had worked for Carter’s Lumber in North Carolina and is survived by six children and five sisters; a funeral service was held December 17, 2023, at Hopewell A.M.E. Church.

If anyone knew Joshua, his movements in Hemingway after July 14, 2023, or has information about the shooting, please come forward with what you know.