Obituaries

May 29, 2012

Margie Ruth Puckett Peer, 62, of Prosperity, died Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at her residence.

Born on October 1, 1949, in Whitmire, she was a daughter of the late John D. and Florence Littlejohn Puckett. She was a member of the Newberry Church of God.

Mrs. Peer is survived...

May 28, 2012

Jimmie Nell Kyzer Wells, 72, of Newberry, died Monday, May 28, 2012, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on January 31, 1940, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Floyd G. and Ollie Beck Kyzer. She was retired from the Presbyterian Home of Clinton and formerly worked at the Oakland and Mollohon...

May 27, 2012

Cliff Conner passed away at his home in Newberry, on Sunday morning, May 27, 2012. He was surrounded by his loving and devoted wife and many other loving family members.

Mr. Conner was born on August 13, 1930, in Newberry, he was a U.S. Army veteran where he served his country as a...

May 26, 2012

Stanley Harold Lominack, 65, of Newberry, died Friday, May 25, 2012.

Born on September 23, 1946, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Everette Harold and Ruth Hawkins Lominack. Mr. Lominack was a graduate of Limestone College and was a former member of the S.C. National Guard. He retired form American...

May 26, 2012

Linda Crayne Cook, 65, of Whitmire, widow of James Albert Cook, Jr., died Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on February 1, 1947, in Whitmire, she was the daughter of the late William McKinley and Ruth Elizabeth Lindler Crayne. She had worked at Whitten Center and Wilson's Grill. She was...

May 25, 2012

Henrietta Perry Cromer Park, 88, of Saluda, died Thursday, May 24, 2012, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on December 6, 1923, in Saluda, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Rhoda Lee Perry. She was a graduate of Hollywood High School, worked for the Saluda Shirt Plant, Saluda Hosiery Mill...

May 22, 2012

Benjamin Maxcy Stone, 27, of Newberry, died Monday, May 21, 2012.

Born on June 21, 1984, in Greenwood, he was the son of Daniel M. Stone and Karen Mills Stone. He attended Piedmont and Midlands Technical Colleges and was a member of The Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. He was a genuine outdoors-man...

May 18, 2012

Joan Schilling Barfield, 78, of Newberry, widow of George William Barfield, died Thursday, May 17, 2012, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on September 16, 1933, in Richmond, VA, she was a daughter of the late Lewis Nicholas and Pearl Harding Schilling. She was retired from the Episcopal Church Upper Diocese of S.C....

May 17, 2012

Brunell Livingston Dawkins, 89, of Newberry, widow of Herman G. Dawkins, died Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on September 8, 1922, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late George and Lula Martin Livingston. She retired from the Pomaria Elementary School lunchroom and was a member of...

May 14, 2012

James Walter “Buddy Boy” Poulos, 63, of Beaverton, MI, died Monday, May 14, 2012, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on May 24, 1948, in Saginaw, MI, he was a son of the late Donald and Marie Proux Poulos. He was a Vietnam Army veteran and was a member of the VFW. He...

May 13, 2012

Lula Fay Wicker Waites, 85, of Pomaria, widow of Earl Huston Waites, died Sunday, May 13, 2012, at White Oak Manor.

Born on December 25, 1926,in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late John Bachman and Katie Pearl Graham Wicker. She was retired from Old School Manufacturing and was a member of...

May 8, 2012

Destiney Hope Bradley 3 month old daughter of James and Danielle Schiffert Bradley who was born on February 7, 2012 in Newberry, died Monday, May 7, 2012, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Destiney is survived in addition to her parents by brothers, Michael Bradley and Caleb Bradley; maternal grandparents, James and Ramona Schiffert,...

May 7, 2012

Ozie Caldwell Krell, 91, of Prosperity, widow of Claude W. Krell, died Monday, May 7, 2012, at White Oak Manor.

Born on January 16, 1921, in Saluda, she was a daughter of the late Hobson and Phoebe Perry Caldwell. She was retired from Old School Manufacturing. Mrs. Krell was a member of St....

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...