Obituaries

Sep 13, 2009

Billy D. Morris, 73, of Newberry, died Sunday, September 13, 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on June 28, 1936 in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Dudley Morgan and Myrtle Estelle Livingston Morris. He was retired as a supervisor-carpenter with American Fiber & Finishing. He was a member of Colony Lutheran Church and...

Sep 11, 2009

Gertie West Donald, 90, of Newberry, died Friday, September 11, 2009 at J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on October 12, 1918 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Burnest Hampton and Ella Gertrude Baker Wilson. She enjoyed being a homemaker and caring for her many family members and friends. She formerly worked in the...

Sep 11, 2009

Andrew “Andy” Carol Longshore, 55, of Silverstreet, died Friday, September 11, 2009 at his residence.

Born on December 27, 1953 in Newberry, he was a son of Andrew Wilson Longshore and the late Betty Floyd Longshore. He was employed with Tidewater Equipment for 31 years, was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church and was a Mason....

Sep 10, 2009

C. Gilbert Bouknight, 78, of Newberry, died Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at his residence.

Born on August 7, 1931 in Newberry, he was a son of the late Claude Adam and Clara Bell Smith Bouknight. He was retired from AF&F, was a member of the S.C. National Guard Battery C for 15 years and was a member...

Sep 10, 2009

Linda Hancock Bedenbaugh, 76, of Prosperity, died Thursday, September 10, 2009 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on January 16, 1933 in Dobson, NC, she was a daughter of the late William Escar and Lucille Pugh Hancock. She was a 1955 graduate of Erskine College and retired as a teacher from Rikard Middle School. She was a...

Sep 10, 2009

Ernestine Kinard Derrick Bedenbaugh Wofford, 72, of Prosperity, died Wednesday evening September 9, 2009 at Ascension Hospice House in Irmo.

She was born in Prosperity on June 18, 1937, a daughter of the late John E. and Tommie Lee Long Kinard. Mrs. Wofford was a life-long, active member of Bachman Chapel Lutheran Church. A loving wife, mother,...

Sep 9, 2009

Ernest Mitchel Perdue, 62, of North Augusta, SC died Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at his residence.

Born on November 12, 1946 in Newberry, he was the son of Nina Adams Perdue and the late William Mitchel Perdue, Jr. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War having served in the 9 th Infantry during the TET...

Sep 2, 2009

Susan Rush Hunter, 79, of Greenwood, died Wednesday, September 2, 2009 at Lowman Home.

Born on November 6, 1929 in Kershaw, she was a daughter of the late Alva Jason and Pearl Haydon Mahoney Rush. She was a member of South Main Baptist Church of Greenwood.

Surviving is her daughter, Lynn H. Ackerman and...

Aug 31, 2009

Helen Pearl Dubois, 86, of Newberry, widow of Henry Joseph Dubois, died Monday, August 31, 2009 at J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on August 4, 1923 in Roanoke Rapids, NC, she was a daughter of the late Wade and Jacqueline Keeter Bullard. She was retired from American Fiber and Finishing and was a member...

Aug 31, 2009

Doris Ruth Taylor Brown, 87, of Newberry, widow of Henry W. Brown, died Monday, August 31, 2009 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on October 29, 1921 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Joseph S. and Mamie Rister Taylor. She was a lifelong member of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church where she was...

Aug 30, 2009

Darwin Lee Crawford, 62, of Newberry, widower of Janice Dickert Crawford, died Saturday, August 29, 2009. He was born on September 14, 1946 in Salisbury, NC and was reared in St. Stephens. He was a son of the late Claudius H. and Verl Wessinger Crawford. Mr. Crawford was a graduate of Newberry College and retired from Packaging Corporation of America....

Aug 21, 2009

Mary Ann Williamson Hembree of Newberry, age 72, died Friday, August 21, 2009 at Palmetto Health Richland. She was born on January 1, 1937 to the late David Lester and Annie Lee Shealy Williamson.

Surviving are her daughters, Susan (Tom) Wilson of Richmond, Virginia and Missy (Anthony) Dennis of Prosperity; granddaughters, Bella Rose and Anne...

Aug 17, 2009

Lena Murrell Hazel, 78, of Newberry, widow of Leland Hazel, died Monday, August 17, 2009 at Lowman Home.

Born on August 22, 1930 in Edgefield, she was a daughter of the late Tolbert and Frances Covington Murrell. Mrs. Hazel was a former employee of Newberry Mills and a member of Faith Assembly of God.

...

Aug 15, 2009

Lewis F. Sligh, 73, of Prosperity died August 14, 2009 at his residence.

Born in Silverstreet on August 14, 1936, he was a son of the late Thomas Claude and Elizabeth Waters Sligh. He served in the South Carolina  Army National Guard and was retired from General Electric. He was a member of Colony Lutheran...

Aug 14, 2009

Joseph Allen Stewart, 73, of Prosperity, died Thursday, August 13, 2009 peacefully at his home after an extended illness.

Mr. Stewart was born on July 8, 1936 in Longtown, SC, a son of the late David Palmer Stewart and Louise Guyton Stewart Sharpe. He was retired from Mayfield Dairy. He was a member of Macedonia Lutheran...

Aug 12, 2009

Barbara Jeanne Roby, 59, of Prosperity, died Tuesday night, August 11, 2009 at her residence. She was a devoted wife to Gerald A. Roby, Chief Radioman, US Navy, (Ret.) for 42 years and loving mother to Darlene J. Wilbur (husband – Tom) of Hopkins, SC and James J. Roby (wife - Kim) of Brandon, SD. She was...

Aug 5, 2009

Hurley Preston Hamm, 86, of Newberry, died Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at White Oak Manor.

Born on July 8, 1923 in Elon, NC, he was a son of the late John Elton and Maude Ann Abernathy Hamm. He was retired from Kendall Company and was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church.

Surviving are...

Aug 4, 2009

Larry D. Jolly, 49, of Newberry, went to “rest in peace” on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at home.

Born on July 28, 1960 in Union, he was the son of R.H. Jolly and Julie W. Jolly. He was a retired painter from local Union 1730 of Augusta, GA who had to retire due to multiple heart problems....

Aug 3, 2009

Grover S. (Buddy) Parnell, Jr. of Wellesley, Massachusetts, formerly of Greenville, SC, died Saturday, August 1, 2009, in Boston from complications with cancer.

Born on August 4, 1942, Mr. Parnell was the son of the late Grover Sefton and Irene Dipner Parnell of Chappells, SC. He was a 1964 graduate of Wofford College, where he...

Aug 3, 2009

Ethel May Wright Harrelson, 91, of Prosperity SC, died August 3, 2009, at Agape Senior in Conway.

Mrs. Harrelson was born on February 28, 1918, in Spring Hope NC, the only daughter and youngest child of the late Arthur A. and Bertha Crawford Wright.  She graduated from Hallsboro High School in 1935.  She and our father, the late...