Obituaries

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

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 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 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

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 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 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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Mar 18, 2012

Thomas “Tommy” Holloway Martin, 64, of Newberry, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at White Oak Manor.

Born on November 16, 1947, in Newberry, he was a son of Myrtle Boozer Martin and the late John W. Martin. He was formerly employed with Monsanto, was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and the...

Mar 18, 2012

James Richard “Ricky” Cain, 56, of Newberry, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at his residence.

Born on May 26, 1955, in Newberry, he was a son of Mabel Lindler Cain and the late William F. Cain. He was an employee of Danny Riley's Garage and a member of Lebanon United Methodist Church.

Mar 17, 2012

Paul Edward Shealy of Prosperity passed away at Newberry County Memorial Hospital on Saturday, March 17, 2012 with complications with pneumonia.

Born on January 4, 1921 in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Ethon Jacob and Alice Elise Richardson Shealy. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Pomaria,...

Mar 17, 2012

Laura Monts Longshore, 91, of Silverstreet, widow of F.W. “Bushy” Longshore, died Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on May 20, 1920, in Chapin, she was the daughter of the late John Henry and Lula Mayer Monts. Mrs. Longshore was a former cosmetologist and retired from ISE America. She...

Mar 16, 2012

James E. “Duck” Wheeler, 67, of Prosperity, died Friday, March 16, 2012, at the Hospice House of Laurens County.

Born on September 15, 1944, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late James Carlisle and Mable Derrick Wheeler. Mr. Wheeler served in the S.C. National Guard and was retired from Newberry County...

Mar 9, 2012

Zelma Odessa Barbee Rawls, 93, of Pomaria, died Friday, March 9, 2012.

Born on August 14, 1918 in Pageland, South Carolina, she lived her early years in Pageland and Concord, North Carolina before moving to Dawkins, South Carolina at age 8.  She was the daughter of the late Albert Franklin Barbee, Sr. and Martha Ellen Burris Barbee....

Mar 8, 2012

Steve Mitchell Radford, 59, of Whitmire, died Wednesday, March 7, 2012, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on December 7, 1952, in Whitmire, he was a son of the later A.V. And Shirley Stewart Radford. Mr. Radford was a mechanic and attended Evans Street Church of God.

He is...