Obituaries

May 7, 2012

Lewis Edgar Summer, 73, of Newberry, widower of Bernice Bratcher Summer, died Sunday, May 6, 2012 at Providence Hospital.

Born on February 16, 1939 in Pomaria, he was the son of the late Louise Summer. He was formerly employed by Kaywood and was a paper carrier for The State Newspaper and the Newberry...

May 4, 2012

Shirley Bowers Fellers, 73, of Prosperity, died Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Intermedical Hospital of SC at Palmetto Health Baptist Medical Center.

Born on May 2, 1939, in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Asa Furman Bowers and Bertha Cromer Bowers. She worked for Old School Manufacturing and Damon International before...

May 1, 2012

Jerry Wayne Green, 63, of Silverstreet, died Tuesday, May 1, 2012, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on April 11, 1949, in Charleston, he was a son of Richard Carl Levister and Rebecca Morris Levister Blue. He was an Army veteran, the former owner of several collision repair centers in Florida and was employed...

Apr 28, 2012

Glenn Carroll Long, 62, of Little Mountain, died Saturday, April 28, 2012, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on October 15, 1949, in Newberry, he was the son of the late Jacob Carroll and Ola Mae Metze Long. He was a longtime employee of SCE&G V.C. Summer Nuclear Station and a member of...

Apr 25, 2012

Guy Leon Williamson, 78, of Newberry, passed on April 25, 2012, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Born on April 12, 1934 in Aiken County, SC, he was a son of the late Elliott Williamson and Daisy Hoover Williamson.

Mr. Williamson was a graduate of Dreher High School where he was a Junior on...

Apr 23, 2012

Cynthia Duncan Franklin, 64, of Newberry, widow of Dennis Alvin Franklin, died Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on December 5, 1947, Ms. Franklin was the daughter of the late Callie Ligon Duncan, Jr. and the late Margaret McCarty Duncan. She was a homemaker for 44 years. Ms. Franklin was...

Apr 17, 2012

George Wayne Hiller, 63, of Newberry, died Tuesday, April 17, 2012, at home with family and friends at his bedside.

Born on September 23, 1948, in Newberry, he was a son of the late George and Josie Derrick Hiller. Mr. Hiller served in the United States Army for four...

Apr 14, 2012

John Luie Metts, 92, of Newberry, widower of Sudie Mae Kibler Metts, died Friday, April 13, 2012, at White Oak Manor.

Born on June 16, 1919, in Little Mountain, he was a son of the late Paul and Carrie Amick Metts. He was a retired farmer and had worked for Senior Catering and...

Apr 14, 2012

Glenda Ruth Collins, 65, of Prosperity, died Saturday, April 14, 2012, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on February 14, 1947, in Clovis, NM, she was a daughter of Glenn and Ruth Winegeart Holland. Mrs. Collins was retired from South Carolina Oncology Associates and was a member of Zion United Methodist Church. She was...

Apr 13, 2012

Joan Best Dubovsky, 80, formerly of Greenville, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, April 13, 2012, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on November 18, 1931, in Washington, DC, she was a daughter of the late Armond Bergman and Phoebe Crandall Best. Mrs. Dubovsky was retired from the...

Apr 10, 2012

James Robert “Jim” Kelly, 88, of Newberry, died Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on November 28, 1923, in Greenville, he was the son of the late Simon Marx and Pauline Wardell Kelly. Mr. Kelly attended Columbia Tech in Washington, DC, and was a World War II...

Apr 10, 2012

Cynthia Dianne Crumpton Morris, 64, of Prosperity, died Monday, April 9, 2012, at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital.

Born on March 26, 1948, in Prosperity, she was the daughter of Kathleen Kinard Crumpton and the late J.D. Crumpton. She was retired from the City of Newberry Finance Department and a member of St. Luke's...

Apr 8, 2012

Henry Hubert Stockman, 89, of Prosperity, widower of Winifred Shealy Stockman, died April 8, 2012 at White Oak Manor.

Born on August 4, 1922, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late John Henry and Blanche Bowers Stockman. He was retired from Claude Lake Dominick Construction. He was a member of Macedonia Lutheran Church...

Apr 4, 2012

Richard Bruce Turner, 57, of Newberry, died Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at his residence.

Born on November 19, 1954, in Columbia, he was a son of the late Clyde Wilburn Turner, Sr. and Jenece Odom Turner. He was an Army veteran.

Mr. Turner is survived by his wife, Meryl...

Apr 2, 2012

John “Johnny” Burton Bouknight, 59, of Prosperity, died Monday, April 2, 2012.

Born on November 8, 1952, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Virgil Bouknight and Rosemary Folk Oxner. He was an employee of Bel Ivy Trucking and a member of Colony Lutheran Church.

Mr. Bouknight...

Apr 1, 2012

Roy Bruce Abrams, 86, of Pomaria, died Saturday, March 31, 2012, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on October 24, 1925, in Joanna, he was a son of the late Joe and Olie Crowe Abrams. Mr. Abrams was a World War II U.S. Navy veteran who served as a Boatswain Mate 2 nd...

Mar 29, 2012

The Reverend Marian Ruthe Woodle Dyer, 53, of Pomaria, died Thursday, March 29, 2012 at her residence.

Born in Chester, she was a daughter of Clarence Marion and Hattie Ruthe Parker Woodle. She was a graduate of Lugoff-Elgin High School and received her undergraduate degree from Columbia College and her Master of Divinity...

Mar 28, 2012

Kathleen Frick Shealy, 99, of Prosperity, widow of Eugene Shealy, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on December 17, 1912, in Little Mountain, she was a daughter of the late Wilber Roland Frick and Nina Catherine Riddle Frick. She was a member of Zion United Methodist Church...

Mar 28, 2012

Nancy Ann Taylor Bouknight, 74, of Newberry, widow of Charles Gilbert Bouknight, died Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at White Oak Manor.

Born on August 2, 1937, in Goldville, SC, she was a daughter of the late Ezra Thomas and Birdia Ann Carter Taylor. She was retired from Bilo and was a member of...

Mar 20, 2012

Jessie James Benson, 21, of Newberry, died Sunday, March 18, 2012.

He was born on April 13, 1990, in Eldorado, AR, a son of James E. Benson and Melissa Holmes Fisher.

No formal funeral service is planned.

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