Obituaries

Aug 24, 2013

James Wyman Goodman, Sr., 67, of Whitmire, died Friday, August 23, 2013, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on August 14, 1946, in Laurens, he was a son of the late John Franklin Goodman, Sr. and Dorothy Oberia Rowe Goodman. He was a retired carpenter.

Mr. Goodman is survived by his wife, Vonetta Ayers Goodman;...

Aug 24, 2013

Stella Frick Cotney, 95, of Joanna widow of Virgil Lee Cotney, died Saturday, August 24, 2013, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Born on February 26, 1918, in Chapin, she was a daughter of the late Horace Dale and Bessie Connelly Frick. She retired from Greenwood Mills and was a member of Epworth United Methodist Church.

She...

Aug 23, 2013

Jane Elizabeth Benckert, 66, of Newberry, died Friday, August 23, 2013, at her home.

She was born on November 30, 1946, in Waynesville, NC. Mrs. Benckert and her husband were missionaries in South America for 20 years. She was a graduate of the Rowan School of Nursing and was employed at Newberry County Memorial Hospital for the...

Aug 21, 2013

Faye Metts Sease, 76, of Prosperity, widow of John Oliver “Ollie” Sease, died Tuesday, August 20, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on March 16, 1937, in Prosperity, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Blease “C.B.” and Lila Mae Wise Metts. She was retired from the Newberry County Public School as a lunchroom manager. Mrs....

Aug 12, 2013

Marion Gruber, 80, of Newberry, died Saturday, August 10, 2013, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Born in Newberry, he was a son of the late Ernest Hugh Gruber, Sr. and Eugenia Peigler Gruber. He was retired from the State Department of Education and later as a employee of Fort Jackson.

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Aug 2, 2013

Elvin Eugene Edgins, 82, of Newberry, died Thursday, August 1, 2013, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on June 12, 1931, in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Elvin Eugene and Nora Crocker Edgins. He was retired from Satterwhite Dairy.

He is survived by a daughter,...

Aug 2, 2013

Funeral services for Horace Eugene Warren, 84, of Columbia, SC, will be held on Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at West Side Baptist Church, West Columbia, with the Reverend Clint Lawyer officiating. Burial will follow in West Side Church Cemetery on Delree Street. Visitation will be held Sunday, August 4, from 1-2:00 p.m. at the...

Jul 25, 2013

Benjamin Kenneth Collins, 79, of Saluda, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at his residence.

Born on August 30, 1933, in Hillsborough, NC, he was a son of the late Guy Garner and Blanche Lou Frederick Collins. He served in Germany as a Russian...

Jul 17, 2013

James Paul “Pete” Dowd, Sr., 89, of Pomaria, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013, at his residence.

Born on April 18, 1924, in Newberry County, he was a son of the late Mary Dowd Duckett. He was a Army veteran, retired as a civil service employee from Fort Jackson and was a member of...

Jul 17, 2013

Elizabeth Buzhardt Dickert, 82, of Columbia, died Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Heartland of Lexington.

Born on August 15, 1930, in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Eugene and Annie Vaughn Buzhardt. She was retired from Shakespeare of Columbia after 30 years and was a member of Crescent Hill Baptist...

Jul 16, 2013

Earl Asbury Graham, Jr., 66, of Pomaria died on July 15, 2013 at his residence. He was born on November 12, 1946 in Newberry to the late Earl Asbury Graham, Sr. and Lurlene Kinard Graham.

He was employed with Epting and Ballenger Construction Company and Road Builders and Graham until the late 1970's....

Jul 15, 2013

Jacob Alvin Kibler, 92, of Lexington, SC departed this life on Sunday, July 14, 2013, surrounded by his loving family.

Born on October 30, 1920 in Prosperity, he was the son of the late John AC and Minnie Ellen Bowers Kibler. He was a World War II Army veteran having received numerous awards...

Jul 15, 2013

Ann Elizabeth Simons Pagan, 79, of Newberry, died Sunday, July 14, 2013, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on July 28, 1933, in Savannah, GA, she was the daughter of the late Hurlick R. and Mary Elizabeth Dopson Simons. Mrs. Pagan was a member of St. Mark's Catholic Church.

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Jul 14, 2013

Otis L. Shealy, 89, a native of Little Mountain, S.C., died July 13, 2013 in Wilmington, DE. Born in October 1923, Shealy was the son of the late Jacob L. and Lorane Fulmer Shealy. He graduated from Newberry College and during World War Two served as an intelligence officer with the 14th Air Corps (the "Flying Tigers")...

Jul 10, 2013

The Christopher M. McManus Family, Greenville

Funeral services for The McManus Family of Greenville, SC, Christopher M McManus, MD (46), Stacey Dickert McManus (46), Meghan Alexandra (17) and Connor Michael (14) who perished together Sunday, July 7, 2013, in a...