Obituaries

May 30, 2014

Ned M. Richardson, 95, of Newberry died Thursday, May 29, 2014.

Born May 1, 1919, he was the son of Henry B. and Bessie McGraw Richardson. Ned grew up in the Jolly Street area of Newberry County. He served in the US Army in WWII from 1942-1945 and fought in the...

May 27, 2014

Nora Kendrick Sumner, 91, of Newberry and formerly of Clintwood, VA, widow of George Sumner, died Monday, May 26, 2014, at White Oak Manor.

Born on June 23, 1922, in Pikeville, KY, she was a daughter of the late Willie and Lydia Mills Kendrick. She was a member of Freewill Baptist Church of...

May 25, 2014

Mrs. Doris Johnson Gambrell, 84, stepped into the presence of our Lord on Saturday May 24, 2014 with her family by her side in her home in Little Mountain, South Carolina. A gathering of family and friends will be held beginning at 1:00 pm followed by a celebration of life and memorial service...

May 25, 2014

A funeral service celebrating the life of John E. Campbell of Newberry, SC will be held at 4:00 pm Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at Glenn Street Baptist Church. Reverend Michael Whitesides will officiate. Burial will follow in Newberry Memorial Gardens. The family will greet friends from 5:00 – 7:00 pm Tuesday at McSwain-Evans...

May 24, 2014

Vickie Lynn Hare Baker, 57, of West Columbia, died Friday, May 23, 2014, at Lexington Medical Center.

Born on February 22, 1957, in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late James L. and Frances Wallace Hare. Mrs. Baker was retired from the SC Department of Employment and Workforce. She was a member...

May 18, 2014

Glenn Heyward Shealy, 45, of Little Mountain, died Saturday, May 17, 2014.

Born on June 21, 1968 he was the son of Anne Bedenbaugh Shealy and the late Heyward Glenn Shealy. He was a 1986 graduate of Mid Carolina High School where he was a member of the 1985 State Championship...

May 10, 2014

Angela Melitta Teseniar, 39, of Newberry, died Friday, May 9, 2014, at her residence.

Born on May 16, 1974, she was the daughter of Mayana Angela Kunz Teseniar and the late Michael Thomas West. She had worked at P.J.'s Restaurant and was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church.

May 10, 2014

Irene Agnes Scurry, 84, of Newberry, widow of Jerry D. Scurry, died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at White Oak Manor.

Born on April 24, 1930, in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late Bernice Mitchell Behrens. She was retired from Milliken and was a member of Zoar United Methodist Church of Saluda....

May 10, 2014

Adelaide Haltiwanger Jones, 85, of Little Mountain, died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at her residence.

Born on August 21, 1928, in Little Mountain, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur L. and Carrie Koon Haltiwanger. She attended Columbia Business College and was retired from Weisz Graphics of Chapin. She was a member...

May 9, 2014

Johnny Gray Edwards, 71, of Prosperity, died Friday, May 9, 2014, at his residence.

Born on May 13, 1942, in Pinnacle, NC, he was a son of the late Robert Grayson and Kathryn Kirby Edwards. He was a retired heavy equipment operator.

Mr. Edwards is survived by his wife,...

May 9, 2014

Dorothy Anderson Merrymon, 93, formerly of Miami, FL, widow of Jack Eugene Merrymon, died Thursday, May 8, 2014, at White Oak Manor.

Born on November 2, 1920, in Hammond, IN, she was a daughter of the late John and Marry Derring Anderson. She was retired from Covinant College and was a...

May 6, 2014

William Franklin “Bill” Miller, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at his home in Prosperity, SC. He was born on June 24, 1934 in Charleston, WV. He was a son of the late Angelo and Gertrude Layne Miller.

Mr. Miller retired from Midwest Corporation in Nitro, WV where he worked for 35 years....

May 1, 2014

Brenda Matthews Amick, 69, of Newberry, widow of Bobby Gene Amick, died Thursday, May 1, 2014, at her residence.

Born on February 4, 1945, in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Marjorie Burnette Matthews. She was reared by her grandmother, Mary Elese Burnette. Mrs. Amick was retired from Renfro....

Apr 28, 2014

Betty J. Wicker, 76, of Newberry, passed into the eternal presence of our Lord on Monday, April 28, 2014.

Born on October 5, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Vincent L. and Helen R. Mills. Ms. Wicker was a homemaker and will be best remembered in her unique way of making...

Apr 27, 2014

The Rev. Milas “Mike” Sease III, 64, of Columbia, went to be with his loving Lord on Saturday, April 26, 2014.

Born January 31, 1950, he was the son of the late M.Y. and Edith Whittle Sease. He was a 1968 graduate of Eau Claire high school in Columbia,...

Apr 25, 2014

Abram Nevan Chapin infant son of Adam and Michele Chapin died Friday, April 25, 2014 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

He is survived by his parents, his big sister, Alyssa; maternal grandparents, Robbie and Cathy Franklin, paternal grandparents, John and Trudy Shell; maternal great-grandmother, Doris Wicker; paternal great-grandmother, Ruth Ann Chapin; Aunt Amanda...

Apr 24, 2014

Thomas Brian Mundy, 37, of Whitmire, died Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Wallace Thomson Hospital.

Born on January 19, 1977, in Newberry, he was a son of George Jerry and Karen Sink Mundy. He was an HAVAC Technician.

Mr. Mundy is survived in addition to his parents of Whitmire...

Apr 23, 2014

Mildred Ann Sease, 70, of Prosperity, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born November 6, 1943, in Calhoun Falls, she was a daughter of the late Benton Woodrow and Mildred Burdette Gosnell. She was retired from Generations of Chapin, a member of Wightman United Methodist Church and the Eastern...

Apr 19, 2014

Catherline Turner Amick, 73, of Newberry, died Saturday, April 19, 2014, at Hospice House of Greenwood.

Born on October 18, 1940, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Robert Turner and Essie T. Suit. Mrs. Amick was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church.

She was the...

Apr 14, 2014

Robert Marc Smith, 66, of Lake City, FL,died Monday, April 14, 2014.

Born on June 9, 1947, in Syracuse, NY, he was a son of the late Donald Elijah and Emma Ruth Harrington Smith. He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and was the owner of O.S. Smith Service.