William Irons

William Ballentine Irons, Jr., 31, of Newberry, died Friday, July 16, 2010, at his residence.

Born on May 21, 1979, in Greenwood, he was a son of William Ballentine Irons, Sr. and Cindy Mundy Irons. He was the owner of WSM Metal Processing and a member of St. James Lutheran Church. Mr. Irons enjoyed hunting, fishing and racing.

Surviving are his father William (Cynthia) Ballentine Irons, Sr. of Cross Hill; his mother, Cindy Mundy Irons of Prosperity; his wife, Melissa Gomeringer Irons; daughters, Summer Rae Irons and Autum Belle Irons both of the home; sisters, Nikki (Rob) Nelson of Greenwood and Brianna Irons of Cross Hill; paternal grandmother, Emma Julia Sease of Newberry and maternal grandfather, George Jerry Mundy, Sr. of Prosperity; nieces and nephews, Trey Nelson, Elijah Nelson, Jacob Nelson, Ashton Nelson, Katelynn Lowe, Luke Wright and Evan Roughton; mother-in-law, Lorri (Randy, Sr.) Roughton of Waterloo; father-in-law, Joseph Gomeringer, Jr. of Joanna; sister-in-law, Amy (Jerry) Lowe; brothers-in-law, Randy Roughton, Jr., Nathan Roughton, Nicholas Roughton and Fredrick (Sara) Roughton. He was predeceased by his maternal grandmother, Wanda Mae Mundy, paternal grandfather, Virgil Elsworth Irons and step-paternal grandfather, Elisha Sease.

Funeral services will be held at 3:00 p.m. Sunday, July 18, 2010, at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Charlie Clinton and Rev. Teressa Free. Burial will follow in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be Saturday from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at McSwain-Evans. Memorials may be made to the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins, 100 North Charles Street, Suite 234, Baltimore, MD 21201.

The family would like to give special thanks to Shannon Hendrix and Dawn Rikard and the entire staff of Palmetto Health Hospice.

Active pallbearers: Jerry Lowe, Steve Mundy, Steven Hendrix, Nick Grosshuesch, Kevin Hatcher, Brandon Mundy, Charles Irons, Donnie Forbis and Kirby Shipes

Honorary pallbearer: John Paul Irons

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