Seventy-four years after his death, a S.C. Highway Patrol (SCHP) trooper with Kershaw County ties was recently honored in Lancaster County. Walter T. Bell, a native of the town of Kershaw whose family includes residents of Kershaw County, died in a traffic crash on Feb. 4, 1939. A section of Matson Street is now named for Patrolman Bell.
Lancaster road named for SCHP trooper with Kershaw County ties
Bell killed in 1939 crash

