Obituaries
Brian Byrd
Mar 20, 2022
Eddie Brian Byrd, 48, of Newberry, died Sunday, March 20, 2022.
Born on April 27, 1973, in Newberry, he was a son of Eddie L. and Sharon O'Donald Byrd. He was a carpenter and a member of the Newberry College Street Church of God.
Brian is survived in addition to his parents, Eddie and Sharon Byrd by his wife, Shannon...
Nancy Faye Griffith
Mar 20, 2022
Nancy Faye Street Griffith of Newberry went home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on Sunday, March 20, 2022 at the age of 77.
She was born in Newberry County to the late James Fred Street, Sr. and Geneva Benson Street on June 27, 1944. Their sixth child and fifth daughter. Nancy was married to the late Ralph D...
Bonnelle Ethel Graham Yarborough
Mar 20, 2022
Bonnelle Ethel Graham Yarborough passed peacefully Sunday, March 20, on her 91st birthday, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
She was born on March 20, 1931 and was the only child of the late Felix Daniel and Ethel Waites Graham of Livingston Road, Pomaria.
Bonnelle is preceded in death by her husband Joel Foster Yarborough, Jr., who she married on...
Myra W. Berley
Mar 19, 2022
Myra Elizabeth Willingham Berley, 94, of Newberry died Saturday, March 19, 2022, at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
She was born on August 14, 1927 to Ambrose O. and Alda Miller Willingham. She worked for many years at Wertz Music & Appliance Company in Newberry. Myra enjoyed vegetable gardening, canning, cooking, reading and working in her yard. She was a...
Carl Ferrier
Mar 15, 2022
Carl W. Ferrier from Prosperity, SC, formerly from Waynesburg, PA, passed from this world on March 15, 2022 surrounded by his loving family.
He was born on October 16, 1943 and grew up in Masontown, PA. Carl served in the US Air Force from August 1961 to August 1965 where he was trained as a mechanic and welder. He then...
Gerald Mount
Mar 15, 2022
Gerald Fred “Jerry” Mount, 85, of Pomaria, died Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at Lexington Medical Center.
Born on June 1, 1936, in Port Arthur, Texas, he was the son of the late James Fred and Irene Creed Mount. Mr. Mount was the 1954 second honor graduate of St. Andrew’s Parish High School (Charleston, S.C.), and earned his B.S. degree...
Ronnie W. Crumpton
Mar 8, 2022
Ronald W. Crumpton, 72, of Newberry, died peacefully at home with his wife, Dianne, by his side on Tuesday, March 8, 2022.
Ronnie was the oldest son of the late John and Peggy Crumpton.
The proudest highlights of his life were when his daughter Ronda Kay was born and when he was baptized as one of the Jehovah's Witnesses. He...
Joanne Hill
Mar 8, 2022
Joanna Hill, 59, of Little Mountain, died Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at the Agape Hospice House of Lexington.
Born on June 4, 1962, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Albert Franklin and Dorothy Elizabeth Howell Hill. She worked at White Oak Manor in Newberry. Ms. Hill was the ultimate care giver and took great pride in helping...
Charles Pagan
Mar 8, 2022
MSGT Charles Strickland Pagan, US Air Force, Retired, 93, of Newberry, widower of Ann Elizabeth Simon Pagan, died March 8, 2022.
Born on September 4, 1928 in Erie, PA, he was the son of the late Ralph and Catherine Crowley Pagan.
Mr. Pagan retired from the United States Air Force where he was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and...
Nancy West
Mar 6, 2022
Nancy Lindsey West, 86, of Prosperity, widow of Grover Frank West, died Sunday, March 6, 2022, at her residence.
Born on October 10, 1935, in Greer, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Worthy and Minnie Reid Lindsey. She retired from Jackson Mills after 42 years of service and was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Greer....
Brett Wicker
Mar 4, 2022
Brett Albert Wicker, 63, of Newberry, died Friday, March 4, 2022, at his residence.
Born on July 13, 1958, in Prosperity, he was a son of Estelle Gilliam Wicker and the late Ralph B. Wicker. He was a 1976 graduate of Mid Carolina High School and retired from Lowe's Food after a long career in the grocery industry which included...
Bonnie Goodall
Mar 3, 2022
Bonnie Sue Toler Goodall, 89, of Prosperity, died Thursday, March 3, 2022, at White Oak Manor.
Born on October 11, 1929, in Amherstdale, WV, she was a daughter of the late Marshall Aldine and Lena Mae Kite Toler. Bonnie graduated from Mann High School in 1948 and St. Mary's Nursing School in Huntington WV in 1951. She ministered to others...
Larry Spotts
Mar 3, 2022
Sergeant Larry Miller Spotts, 74, of Prosperity, SC went to be with his Lord and Savior on March 3, 2022 at his home. He was born in Newberry, SC on March 16, 1947 to the late Joe Miller and Frances Hunt Spotts.
He graduated in 1965 from Mid-Carolina High School.
His many accomplishments include serving in the United States Marine...
Estelle Boland
Mar 2, 2022
Martha Estelle Shealy Boland, 89, of Little Mountain, widow of Thomas Simpson Boland, died Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at her residence.
Born on December 30, 1932 in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late Charlie Coker and Arie Amick Shealy. She was a graduate of Macedonia and Prosperity School, and later retired from Damon International after 28 years...
Frances F. Edwards
Feb 24, 2022
Frances Ferguson Edwards, 97, formerly of Union, widow of Joseph Eugene Edwards, died Thursday, February 24, 2022, at Springfield Place in Newberry.
Born on January 19, 1925, in Union, she was a daughter of the late Burrell Hampton “B.H.” Ferguson and Ellen Cogdell Ferguson. She was a retired kindergarten teacher and was a lifelong member of Tabernacle Baptist Church in...
Maria Socorro Ramirez De Serrano
Feb 24, 2022
Maria Del Socorro Ramirez De Serrano, 83, of Newberry, widow of Gerardo Serrano, died Thursday, February 24, 2022, at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Born on March 18, 1938, in San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, she was a daughter of the late Santiago Ramirez and Santiaga Gonzales. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Mark's...
Tommy Lipscomb
Feb 16, 2022
Tommy Lipscomb, age 89, of Smyrna, Delaware, passed away on Saturday, February 12, 2022, at the Delaware Hospice Center in Milford, Delaware.
Tommy was born on September 5, 1932, in Newberry, South Carolina, the son of the late Howard and Mabel Lipscomb. Tommy served in the Air Force and was employed as an atomic electrician and helped build the...
Michelle E. Sherman
Feb 14, 2022
Michelle Elyse Sherman, 52, of Newberry, died Monday, February 14, 2022, at Self Regional HealthCare.
Born on October 3, 1969, in Poplar Bluff, MO, she was the daughter of Michael Bouknight and Carol Erbar Higgins. She was employed with the Beckman Center for Mental Health Services in Greenwood.
Ms. Sherman is survived in addition to her parents, Michael...
Cindy Ruonavaara
Feb 14, 2022
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Cynthia Spires “Cindy” Ruonavaara, 61, of Newberry, died at her residence.
Born on July 29, 1960 in Merced, CA, she was a daughter of Joseph Nathaniel Spires, Sr. and the late Alice Goodman Davis. Cindy worked for Family Dollar and Dollar General for many years. She enjoyed jigsaw puzzles, playing games on her phone, and playing...
Tommy Connelly
Feb 14, 2022
George Thomas “Tommy” Connelly, 85, of Newberry, died Monday, February 14, 2022, at Springfield Place.
Born on June 5, 1936, he was born in Newberry, he was a son of the late George Hugh and Mattie Connelly. Tommy attended Newberry High School and served in the US Air Force. He retired from Shakespeare in Newberry and was a member...
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