Obituaries

Oct 8, 2021

Elizabeth Long Graham, 89, of Pomaria, widow of Vernon E. “Deebe”Graham, died October 8, 2021 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on July 6, 1932 in Chapin, she was a daughter of the late Louie Franklin and Lillie Wessinger Long. She was a retired seamstress. She was a member of New...

Oct 4, 2021

Larry Smith Summer, 73, of Newbery, died Sunday, October 3, 2021, at Springfield Place.

Born on February 20, 1948, in Newberry, he was the son of the late Claude Sligh and Claudine Smith Summer. He was a graduate of Newberry High School and Piedmont Tech. Mr. Summer served an honorable career...

Oct 2, 2021

William Marvin Hawkins, 84, of Prosperity, widower of Peggy Bouknight Hawkins, died Friday, October 1, 2021, at his residence.

Born on October 17, 1936, in Prosperity, to the late William Leslie and Mary Long Hawkins. He operated Marvin Hawkins Building Contractors for many years. He was a member of Mt. Pilgrim...

Sep 29, 2021

Mildred Jones Hurst, 85, of Whitmire, widow of William Evan Hurst, died Tuesday, September 28, 2021.

Born on January 22, 1936, in Whitmire, she was a daughter of the late Bosie “Bo” and Maggie Lee Bishop Jones. She served in the U.S. Air Force and was a former member...

Sep 26, 2021

Betty Hartman Jernigan, 82, widow of William Earl Jernigan, died Saturday, September 25, 2021 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on December 19, 1938 in Prosperity, she was the daughter of the late James Leslie and Cleo Lou Bowers Hartman. Mrs. Jernigan worked in banking for many years and...

Sep 23, 2021

Jacqueline “Jackie” Tarlton Long Hendrix, 81, of Newberry, died Thursday, September 23, 2021, at White Oak Manor.

Born on December 22, 1939, in Aiken, she was a daughter of the late James Willard and Eunice Smith Tarlton. She was a 1958 graduate of Newberry High School and a 1961 graduate of...

Sep 22, 2021

Dorothy Gale Chattley, 48, of Gaston, SC, passed away on September 21, 2021, at Prisma Health Richland.

Dorothy was born on December 18, 1972, to the late James Wyman Goodman, Sr. and Vonetta Ayers Goodman. She was employed at Bi-Rite of Gaston.

She is survived...

Sep 22, 2021

Leonard David “L.D.” “Dick” Garland, Sr., 69, of Silverstreet, died Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on January 5, 1952, in Greenville, OH, he was a son of the late William F. and Clora Elizabeth Garland. He was an Army veteran and a former iron worker....

Sep 21, 2021

Alma “Ann” Steading McIntyre Harris, 90, of Pomaria, died Monday, September 20, 2021, at her residence.

Born on March 4, 1931, in Wellford, she was a daughter of the late Troy B. Steading, Sr. and Marie Layne Steading. She was a member of Mt. Pleasant United Methodist Church where she was...

Sep 21, 2021

Edward Ray Mace, 64, of Prosperity, died Monday, September 20, 2021, at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on May 26, 1957, in Cherokee County, he was a son of the late Charles Ray Mace and Elizabeth Ragsdale Wessinger. He was a retired truck driver and a member of Prosperity Wildlife...

Sep 16, 2021

Janie Adams Nichols, 101, widow of Frank E. Nichols, of Newberry, died Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at White Oak Manor.

Born on February 28, 1920, in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Ernest and Carrie Cromer Adams. She had worked at the Outlet Shoe Store and was a faithful...

Sep 15, 2021

Joann Baldwin Wallace, 88, of Newberry, widow of Ted Wallace, Sr., died Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on September 6, 1933, in Ozark, AL, she was a daughter of the late William Jefferson and Jewell Woodham Baldwin. She was retired from Kaywood in Joanna and...

Sep 15, 2021

Rebecca G. “Becky” Shealy, 70, of Prosperity, died Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on January 28, 1951, in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late William Earl and Lucia Mell Whisonant Gossett. She worked for Tom Gibson State Farm and was a member of Zion...

Sep 11, 2021

Deborah Kay Peeples, 68, of Prosperity, died Friday, September 10, 2021, at Prisma Health Richland.

Born on January 17, 1953, in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Edgar Roland and Willie Grace Catoe Peeples. She was a nurse at the South Carolina State Hospital for many years.

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Sep 11, 2021

Edgar Marion Fulmer, 85, of Prosperity, widower of JoAnn Whitman Fulmer, died Saturday, September 11, 2021, at his residence.

Born on July 16, 1936, in Lexington, he was a son of the late Matthew Stack and Ione Hamm Fulmer. He served in the S.C. National Guard and was retired after 34...

Sep 9, 2021

Bobby Dale Chapman, 70, of Chapin, died Thursday, September 9, 2021, at Lexington Medical Center.

Born on June 24, 1951, in Lexington County, he was a son of the late William Grady and Mertie Arnold Chapman. He was an auto technician who had worked at Tire Kingdom. He was a member...

Sep 8, 2021

Anne N. Folk, wife of J. Wayne Folk of Newberry, South Carolina, died September 8, 2021. Mrs. Folk was born on September 12, 1948 in Charlotte, North Carolina . She was the daughter of the late Dennis W. “Red” Newton, Sr. and Mary Blackwell Newton.

Educated in the Newberry County school...

Sep 3, 2021

Randy Marshall Welliver, 69, of Newberry, died September 2, 2021 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born March 10, 1952 in Columbia, he was the son of the late Marshall Lynn Welliver and Sara Alice Felker Welliver. He graduated from Olympia High School in 1970. Randy was a hard worker all of his life; although he was not...

Sep 2, 2021

Raven Nicole Wise, 27, of Prosperity, died Wednesday, September 1, 2021 as the result of an automobile accident.

Born on August 1, 1994, in Lexington, she was the daughter of Thomas Wise III and the late Debra Corley Wise. She was in management at Love's Truck Stop.

Sep 2, 2021

Robert Allen Johnson, Sr., 75, of Johns Island, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest at his residence on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. His Memorial Service will be held Sunday, September 5, 2021 in Pinecrest Baptist Church, 1285 Ashley Hall Road at 2:00 p.m. The family will receive friends Saturday September 4, 2021 in J. Henry Stuhr Inc....