Obituaries

David Dendy

David Dendy

Jun 27, 2009

David Ray Dendy, 47, of Prosperity, died Saturday, June 27, 2009 at his residence.

Born on August 2, 1961 in Clinton, he was a son of Ray Thomas and Emma Allen Dendy. He was an insurance salesman and a member of First Baptist Church of Clinton. He was a graduate of Clinton High School and...

Ernest Cooper

Ernest Cooper

Jun 23, 2009

Ernest Jerry Cooper, 68, of Newberry, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at his residence.

Born on April 19, 1941 in Franklin County, VA, he was a son of the late Benjamin and Mildred Hill Cooper. He was an Army and Navy Vietnam veteran. Mr. Cooper was the retired plant manager for Sea Pro Boat and...

Ulysses "John" Mercier

Ulysses "John" Mercier

Jun 23, 2009

Ulysses Calvin “John” Mercier, 90, of Newberry, widower of Lori Mercier, died Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at his residence.

Born on May 28, 1919 in St. Ann, IL, he was a son of the late Clifford and Isabel Dubuque Mercier. He was retired from L.T.V. Steel Mill of East Chicago, Indiana, a World War II...

William "Bill" Suber, Sr.

William "Bill" Suber, Sr.

Jun 22, 2009

William Henry “Bill” Suber, Sr., 88, of Columbia, passed away Sunday, June 21, 2009 at his residence on his 64 th wedding anniversary.

Born on April 12, 1921 in Peak, he was a son of the late Henry Lionel and Marie Fulmer Suber. He was a graduate of Newberry College, retired from the automobile industry...

John Lindler, Jr.

John Lindler, Jr.

Jun 22, 2009

John Lomas Lindler, Jr. 85, of Prosperity died June 21, 2009 at Palmetto Health Heart Hospital.

Born in Peak, on February 4, 1924 he was a son of the late John Lomas, Sr. and Lila Stoudemire Lindler. Mr. Lindler was retired from Kendall Company, Oakland Plant and was a World War II Marine veteran. He...

Ola Abbott

Ola Abbott

Jun 22, 2009

Ola Belle Abbott, 83, of Newberry, widow of Ernest Belton Abbott, died Monday, June 22, 2009.

Born on January 3, 1926, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Johnie Arthur and Emma Mae Johnson Bobb. She was a member of Bachman Chapel Lutheran Church.

Surviving are her daughters, Sandra Faye...

George Pitts

George Pitts

Jun 18, 2009

George Edgar Pitts, 58, of Newberry, died Thursday, June 18, 2009 at his residence.

Born on December 17, 1950 in Newberry, he was a son of the late William Edgar and Grace Derrick Pitts. Mr. Pitts was an employee of ISE-Newberry and retired from the S.C. National Guard. He was a member of Trinity United...

Ethel Cook

Ethel Cook

Jun 17, 2009

Ethel Sligh Cook, 91, of Newberry, widow of J.C. Cook, died Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on June 6, 1918 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late James William Jacob and Rose Lee Bobb Sligh. Mrs. Cook was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church where she was...

Harry Rhodes, Sr.

Harry Rhodes, Sr.

Jun 10, 2009

Harry “Dusty” Glenn Rhodes Sr., 87, of Prosperity, died Wednesday, June 10, 2009, at Saluda Nursing Center.

Born on October 11, 1921 in Hartsville, he was a son of the late Walton Anthony and Vermelle Blackmon Rhodes. He served in the US Navy as a 2 nd Class Torpedoman on the USS Sterrett during World...

Myrtle Sharpe

Myrtle Sharpe

Jun 10, 2009

Myrtle Ruth Ramsey Sharpe, 88, of Newberry, died Tuesday, June 9, 2009 at White Oak Manor.

Born on May 26, 1921 in Woodruff, she was a daughter of the late William and Lilly Morris Ramsey. She was retired after 20 years of service from Louis Rich.

Surviving are her sons, Paul Wayne...

Nancy Collins

Nancy Collins

Jun 10, 2009

Mary Nancy Miller Collins, 62, of Newberry, died June 9, 2009 at Providence Hospital.

Born on March 30, 1947 in Big Stone Gap, VA, she was a daughter of the late D. B. and Winfred Helen Bishop Miller. Mrs. Collins was a former employee of the Newberry Department of Social Services and a member of...

Becky French

Becky French

Jun 8, 2009

Rosetta Rebecca “Becky” Barnes French, 76, of Prosperity, died Monday, June 8, 2009 at Columbia Heart at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on September 27, 1932 in Gettysburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late James B. and Minnie Stevens Barnes. She was retired from Kendall Company, Oakland Plant and worked for several years with...

Maria Sanchez Carrillo

Maria Sanchez Carrillo

Jun 7, 2009

Maria Antonia Sanchez Carrillo, 63, of Newberry, died Saturday, June 6, 2009 at her residence.

Born on August 16, 1945 in Hermanas Coahuila, Mexico, she was a daughter of the Jesus and Venancia Sanchez. She was of the Catholic faith.

Surviving are her husband, Jesus Carrillo Romero; children, Leticia Carrillo, Luis Carrillo,...

Ruth Parker

Ruth Parker

Jun 4, 2009

Ruth B. Parker, 76, of Prosperity, died Thursday, June 4, 2009 at her residence.

Born on February 21, 1933 in Asheville, NC, she was a daughter of the late Judson Luther and Mildred Ann Rice Ballard. Mrs. Parker was a member of Freedom Baptist Church.

Surviving are her husband, Herbert H. Parker;...

Christina Spriggs

Christina Spriggs

Jun 3, 2009

Christina Taylor Spriggs, 46, of Pomaria, died May 31, 2009 at her residence.

Born on February 13, 1963 in Annapolis, MD, she was a daughter of Clinton R. Taylor and Erna Gleissl Harms. She was of the Catholic faith.

Surviving are her father, Clinton R. (Carol) Taylor; her mother, Erna Harms and...

Darrell Billiot

Darrell Billiot

Jun 2, 2009

Darrell Austin Billiot, 45, of Newberry, widower of Jean Rowe Billiot, died Monday, June 1, 2009.

Born on August 21, 1963 in New Orleans, LA, he was a son of Clovis Billiot and the late Jennie Hatton Billiot. He was the owner of Franklin Mobile Home Park.

Surviving are his father and step-mother,...

Bertha Nichols

Bertha Nichols

Jun 1, 2009

Margaret Bertha Nichols, 92, of Newberry, died Sunday, May 31, 2009 at White Oak Manor.

Born on November 6, 1916 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Andrew Mark and Pearl Schumpert Nichols. Miss Nichols received her A.B. Degree from Winthrop College in 1938. She was an educator in Aiken County in the...

Clair Crossland Cannon

Clair Crossland Cannon

May 31, 2009

Clair Crossland Cannon, 50, of Newberry, died Saturday, May 30, 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on June 27, 1958 in Newberry, she was a daughter of Y-Genia Hogge Crossland and the late J. D. “Jake” Crossland. Mrs. Cannon was a member of West End Baptist and an avid fan of the Kansas City...

Linda Busby

Linda Busby

May 23, 2009

Linda Axman Busby, 60, of Newberry, died Saturday, May 23, 2009 at her residence.

Born on November 8, 1948 in Anderson, she was a daughter of the late Albert Lee and Hazel Craft Axman. Ms. Busby was a graduate of Erskine College and an employee of 30 years at Newberry County Memorial Hospital, a member of...

Grace W. Evans

Grace W. Evans

May 22, 2009

Mrs. Grace Werts Evans, 68, of 1503 Clarkson Avenue , Newberry, widow of C. Eugene Evans, died Thursday evening at the Ashley River Towers of the Medical University of South Carolina.

Born and raised in the Jolly Street section of Newberry County , Mrs. Evans was the daughter of the late George Talbert and Edna Wicker Werts....

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