Obituaries

Carrie Lee McSwain Pritchard

Carrie Lee McSwain Pritchard

Sep 28, 2024

Carrie Lee McSwain Pritchard, 101, widow of James D. Pritchard, Sr. passed away Saturday, September 28, 2024. 

Mr. & Mrs. Pritchard were married for 64 years. Carrie Lee was the daughter of the late Lucius Lee McSwain and Agnes McSwain Wallace and the step-daughter of Haskell Neel Wallace. She is predeceased by her daughter Agnes P. Beckham, by her brother John...

Doris Bedenbaugh Shealy

Doris Bedenbaugh Shealy

Sep 28, 2024

Doris Bedenbaugh Shealy, 92, of Joanna, widow of Lewie Verbee Shealy, passed away on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at her home.

Born on November 5, 1931, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Jones M. and Rae Smith Bedenbaugh. She was retired from Greenwood Mills – Joanna Mills after 28 years service in the spinning department. She was a...

Destinee Senn

Destinee Senn

Sep 26, 2024

Destinee Larice Senn, 25, of Newberry, who was born on April 7, 1999 in Lexington, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at Prisma Health Baptist Parkridge.

Destinee is survived by her mother, Rebecca Senn; step-father and step-mother, Craig Clark and Doddy Clark; sisters, Jaden Floyd, Nevaeh Clark and Shada Suber; brothers, Malachi Senn, Corbin Clark, Cody Cureton, Zion Clark; maternal...

Stanley Silver

Stanley Silver

Sep 26, 2024

Stanley Jay Silver, 69, of Prosperity, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2024. 

Mr. Silver was born on January 1, 1955 to the late Agnes Holder and Larry Tracy Silver. After high school he attended Spartanburg Methodist College where he received his Associates Degree in Criminology. Mr. Silver would go on to work for Norfolk Southern Railway as a special agent...

Keith Bartley

Keith Bartley

Sep 26, 2024

Michael Keith Bartley, 65, of Prosperity, passed away on Thursday, September 26, 2024, at Lexington Medical Center. 

Born on April 27, 1959, in Newberry, he was a son of Doris Rodgers Bartley and the late Frank E. Bartley. Keith was retired  April 30, 2024 after 34 years with Kraft-Heinz (formerly Louis Rich). He was a member of Cross Point Church and...

Fred R. Harmon

Fred R. Harmon

Sep 25, 2024

*Please note, in response to Hurricane Helene, Mr. Harmon’s visitation will take place from 1:30-2:30pm on Saturday, September 28, 2024 at the McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. 

Mr. Fred Raymond Harmon, 98, went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at Veterans Victory House in Walterboro, S.C. He was predeceased by his wife, Ruby Elizabeth Berry Harmon in 2004. Mr....

Bobbie Baker Wagner

Bobbie Baker Wagner

Sep 23, 2024

*Please note, in response to Hurricane Helene, Mrs. Wagner’s funeral services will now take place at 11:00 am next Saturday, October 5, 2024. Visitation will be held from 6:00-8:00 pm on Friday, October 4.

Bobbie Baker Wagner, 86, of Newberry, died September 23, 2024 at Prisma Health Richland Hospital.

 Born on November 18, 1937 in Opp, Alabama, she was a daughter of...

Judy Summer

Judy Summer

Sep 22, 2024

Mrs. Judith Anita Knight Summer, 84, of Newberry, went to heaven on Sunday, September 22, 2024.  

She retired from running a child care business which she loved. She loved taking care of children and did so for many years. After Judy retired she spent her time enjoying life and spending time with her family and traveling. She loved going to...

John Earle Smith, Jr.

John Earle Smith, Jr.

Sep 22, 2024

John Earle Smith Jr., 90, of Kinards passed away Sunday, September 22, 2024. 

Born on October 5,1933, he was the son of John Earle Smith Sr. and Helen Clary Smith. 

He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Dannette Wise Smith, a son, William Bryan Smith (Donna Walsh Smith), and a grandson, Drew William Smith (Lauren Pace Smith). He was predeceased...

Jean Dawkins Norman

Jean Dawkins Norman

Sep 20, 2024

Jean Dawkins Norman, 92, of Newberry, widow of Vello Norman, passed away on Friday, September 20, 2024, at Springfield Place.

Born on January 24, 1932, in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Fitzue Bryan Dawkins and Reba Long Dawkins. Mrs. Norman was a graduate of Newberry High School and attended Newberry College and the University of North Carolina at...

Tony Langford

Tony Langford

Sep 18, 2024

Tony Ray Langford, 69,of Prosperity, widower of Patricia Sheppard Langford, passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 2024, at Lexington Medical Center.

Born on July 20, 1955, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Thomas Ray and Dorothy Jean Fulmer Langford. Tony retired after a distinguished career of over 40 years with Louise Rich/Kraft Foods. He was a member of...

Birdie Frick

Birdie Frick

Sep 14, 2024

Birdie Marie Shealy Frick, 88, of Little Mountain, died September 14, 2024, at her residence.

Born in Little Mountain on October 4, 1935, she was the daughter of the late William David and Bera Fulmer Shealy. She graduated from Little Mountain High School in 1953. After graduation she began work as a secretary and new accounts clerk at Citizens and Southern...

Ollie Dominick

Ollie Dominick

Sep 14, 2024

William Oliver “Ollie” “Great” Dominick, 97, of Prosperity, passed away on Saturday, September 14, 2024, at his home.

Born on March 31, 1927, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late William Lee and Annie Elizabeth Summer Dominick. Mr. Dominick proudly served in the Marines. He was a building contractor and operated Oliver Dominick and Son for over forty years....

James Edward Satcher

James Edward Satcher

Sep 13, 2024

*Please note, in response to Hurricane Helene, Mr. Satcher’s memorial service will now take place at 2:00 pm on Saturday, September 28, 2024.

James Edward Satcher, 72, of Newberry, passed away on Friday, September 13, 2024, at his home. 

Born on September 21, 1951, in Columbia, he was the son of the late James Ludford and Lila Ouzts Satcher. Ed was a...

Samuel Frick

Samuel Frick

Sep 11, 2024

Samuel Ray Frick, 92, of Little Mountain, died Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at his residence. 

Born in Little Mountain on September 3, 1932, he was the son of the late Claude E. and Rachel Long Frick. He graduated from Little Mountain High School in 1950. After graduation, he went to work with his father laying brick. He was a brick mason...

Sandra Brown

Sandra Brown

Sep 11, 2024

Sandra Lee Douglass Brown, 80, of Prosperity, widow of Ronald Wayne Brown, passed away on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at her home. 

Born on April 5, 1944, in Napa, CA, she was a daughter of the late Frank Gordon and Donna Martin Douglass. Mrs. Brown retired from the Department of Defense. She was a quilter who had previously owned her own...

Hubert M. “Hugh” Bedenbaugh, Jr.

Hubert M. “Hugh” Bedenbaugh, Jr.

Sep 11, 2024

Hubert Murchison Bedenbaugh Jr., fondly known to everyone as "Hugh," passed away September 11, 2024 at Jesse Frank Hawkins Nursing Home. 

Hugh was born in Prosperity, S.C. on September 18, 1950 and was the elder son of the late Hubert M. Bedenbaugh, Sr. and Geraldine Riley Bedenbaugh. 

Hugh was a 1968 graduate of Mid-Carolina High and a 1972 graduate of Clemson University...

Arthur "Billy" Boland

Arthur "Billy" Boland

Sep 10, 2024

Arthur Reynold “Billy” Boland, Jr., 76, of Pomaria, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, at his home. 

Born on November 28, 1947, in Newberry, he was the son of the late Arthur Reynold Boland, Sr. And Ruth Ellis Stone Boland. Billy was a master mechanic in the automotive industry before settling into his longest career as a millwright at Georgia...

Glenn Scott

Glenn Scott

Sep 2, 2024

Glenn Gerald Scott, 88, of Pomaria, passed away at his residence.

Born on December 30, 1935 in Maple Grove Township, WI, he was a son of the late Gerald and Eva Hartzell Scott. Glenn and his family moved to southern California at a young age. He drove trucks and worked construction for many years. He lived and worked in several states...

Michael Griffith

Michael Griffith

Sep 1, 2024

Ralph Michael Griffith, 62, of Newberry, passed away on Sunday, September 1, 2024, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Born on June 7, 1962, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Ralph D. “Shorty” and Nancy Faye Street Griffith. Mike  worked for Senior Catering and at Komatsu. He was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church where he was...

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