Obituaries

Aug 12, 2014

Mary Street Lewis, 84, of Newberry, widow of William F. “Bill” Lewis, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on August 29, 1929, in Clemson, she was a daughter of the late James Fred Street, Sr. and Geneva Benson Street. She was retired form Monsanto and was a member...

Aug 12, 2014

Hugh Benjamin Jones, 90, of Little Mountain, died Tuesday, August 12, 2014, at his residence.

Born on February 12, 1924 in Columbia, he was a son of the late Bachman McCoy and Sarah Allene Dent Jones. He was a World War II Army Air Force veteran and was retired from U.S. Steel. He...

Aug 11, 2014

Clarence Edward Wright, 98, of Stone Mountain, GA, widower of Frances Dawkins Wright, died Sunday, August 10, 2014, at his residence.

Born on January 26, 1916, in Montgomery, AL, he was a son of the late John Frank and Emma Pearl Goodson Wright. He was an Army veteran of World War II and...

Aug 7, 2014

Itzayana Elias infant daughter of Axayacatl Elias and Lorenna Arroyo died Wednesday, August 6, 2014, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Funeral mass will be celebrated at 2:00 pm Saturday, August 9, 2014, at St. Mark Catholic Church by Father Arnulfo Jara. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

A...

Aug 5, 2014

Margaret Shirley Weakley Eader ,89, died on August 5, 2014. She was the daughter of Edna G. Roberts Weakley and Jacob 0. Weakley. She was born in Shookstown, Maryland on October 15, 1924.

She was the widow of the late Cdr. Blaine E. Eader (USN Ret. ) whom she married immediately...

Aug 3, 2014

James Robert O'Donnell, Sr., 72, of Newberry, died Sunday, August 3, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on September 10, 1941, in Washington, DC, he was a son of the late William James and Alvina R ö ssler O'Donnell. He was a Navy veteran, retired from Ellett Brothers and was a member of...

Aug 1, 2014

James Thaddeus Wicker, Jr., of Newberry, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on July 7, 1933 in Newberry County, he was the son of the late James Thaddeus Wicker, Sr. and Alliene Free Wicker. Mr. Wicker received his bachelor degree from Newberry College and his masters degree from the...

Aug 1, 2014

Cleo Amick Wise, of Prosperity, beloved widow of Kirby Clarkson Wise, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at her residence.

Born on February 8, 1930, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Seber Franklin and Minnie Mae Amick. Mrs. Wise was a member of Macedonia Lutheran Church where...

Jul 31, 2014

Carrie Elizabeth White Slice, 100, of Charleston, formerly of Newberry, died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at her residence.

Born on March 25, 1914, in Augusta, GA, she was a daughter of the late William and Cora Ellen Berry White. She was retired from Kendall Company, Oakland Plant and was a member of Lewis...

Jul 31, 2014

Rebecca Dominick Alewine, 93, of Pomaria, widow of Carroll Brooks Alewine, Sr., died Thursday, July 31, 2014, at White Oak Manor.

Born on November 22, 1920, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Henry Webster and Mamie Lucille Shealy Dominick. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Jul 29, 2014

Frances Ellison Cooper, 85, of Prosperity, died Monday, July 28, 2014, at her residence.

Born on November 26, 1928, in Baltimore, MD, she was a daughter of the late Rawls Walter and Ella Jane Bolling. She was a member of the Prosperity Church of God and was involved with the Waldrop Senior Center....

Jul 29, 2014

Everett McQuerns Hughes, M.D., 79, of Newberry, widower of Marjean Davis Hughes, died Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at his residence.

Born on January 31, 1935, in Union County, he was a son of the late Everett Holmes and Jean Sanders Hughes.

He was an Eagle Scout and graduated from...

Jul 29, 2014

Drusilla Garnett Pitts Kauke, 79, of Newberry, died Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at White Oak Manor.

Born on September 16, 1934, in Travelers Rest, she was a daughter of the late Jabus William and Annie Drusilla Kesterson Garnett. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Kauke...

Jul 28, 2014

Marquis Emanuel “Mark” Hallman, 90, of West Columbia, died Sunday, July 27, 2014, at Lexington Medical Center.

He was born in Leesville to the late Oliver Davis and Sarah Ethel Kleckley Hallman. He was a graduate of Newberry College and was a World War II Army veteran. Mr. Hallman taught school for a...

Jul 25, 2014

Mary Reese Felder, 91, of Newberry, formerly of Denny Terrace, died Thursday, July 24, 2014. Born June 4, 1923, in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late John H. and Pearl Berley Reese. Widow of Albert Edward Felder, Mary was an active, long-time member of St. John’s United Methodist Church before she moved to...

Jul 24, 2014

Margaret Sue Berley Doolittle, 93, of Whitmire, widow of Tommy Roy Doolittle, died Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at Wallace Thomson of Union.

Born on January 12, 1921, in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Cyrus Edward “Teet” and Lucy Graham Berley. She was retired from J.P. Stevens and was a member...

Jul 24, 2014

Docia Mae West, 91, of Prosperity, widow of James B. West, died Thursday, July 24, 2014, at Generations of Chapin.

Born on December 26, 1922, in Rutherfordton, NC, she was a daughter of the late Samuel E. and Birdie Huntley Miller. She was a member of Corinth Lutheran Church.

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Jul 23, 2014

Dorothy Fallaw Crapps, 95, of Columbia, widow of Olen R. “Dick” Crapps, died Wednesday, July 23, 2014, at White Oak Manor-Newberry.

Born on February 10, 1919, in Aiken, she was a daughter of the late Eunice G. Fallaw, Sr. and Katie Garvin Fallaw. She was a member of Killian Baptist Church.

Jul 21, 2014

Paul Winslow Hughey, Sr., 88, of Prosperity, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at Springfield Place in Newberry.

Born on November 6, 1925, in Columbia, he was the fourth of six children born to the late Marvin Moore and Sadie Elizabeth Hutchison Hughey. Mr. Hughey attended the public schools of Columbia and the University...

Jul 21, 2014

Vernon Robert “Possum” Hunter, 79, of West Columbia, died Sunday, July 20, 2014, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on December 11, 1934, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Dudley and Nancy Hunter. He was a former member of the S.C. National Guard.

Mr. Hunter is...