Obituaries

Nov 4, 2019

Jimmy Ray Counts, 80, of Prosperity, died Monday, November 4, 2019 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on January 28, 1939 in Prosperity, he was a son of the late C.B. “Red” Counts and Nell Long Counts. He was a US Army veteran, a graduate of Furman University and retired from Shakespeare...

Nov 2, 2019

Thomas Franklin Trammell, Jr., 74, of Newberry, died Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Prisma Health Richland Heart Hospital.

Born on September 6, 1945 in Pickens County, he was the son of the late Thomas F. Trammell, Sr. and Pearly Gillespie Trammell. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran and a retired textile employee....

Oct 31, 2019

Nellie Ruth Kirkland Boozer, 80, of Prosperity, widow of Boyd Mills Boozer, died Thursday, October 31, 2019 at Lexington Medical Center.

Born on August 2, 1939 in Saluda County, she was a daughter of the late John and Mary Padgett Kirkland. She was a former Registered Nurse and a member of the Homemakers...

Oct 31, 2019

Judy Kay Frick, 78, of Little Mountain, died October 31, 2019 at Providence Hospital..

Born on June 9, 1941 in Little Mountain, she was a daughter of the late Evelyn Keisler and John Heber Frick. She was a 1959 graduate of Chapin High School. She went to work for Old School Manufacturing Company and in...

Oct 28, 2019

Milton Eugene Shealy, 86, of Kinards, died Monday, October 28, 2019 at his residence.

Born on October 26, 1933, in Newberry, he was the son of the late B. Eugene and Gladys Eargle Shealy. He was a US Air Force veteran and a member of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church. Mr. Shealy was the...

Oct 26, 2019

David, Brent Goodall, 67, of Prosperity, died October 25, 2019 at Lexington Medical Center.

Born in Huntington, WV, on October 28, 1951, he was a son of Bonnie Tolar Goodall and the late Harold Brent Goodall. He was a US Army Veteran and a member of Bethel Baptist Church. David was formerly employed by Craig...

Oct 26, 2019

Joseph Scott Moore, 49, of Prosperity, was born on June 19, 1970 in Newberry and was met by his dad and welcomed in the loving arms of Jesus on Friday, October 25, 2019.

He was a son of Gloria Franklin and the late Joseph Moore. Scott was a 1989 graduate of Mid Carolina...

Oct 25, 2019

Gurney Layton Warren, 89, of Prosperity, widower of Martha Bedenbaugh Warren, died Thursday, October 24, 2019 at his residence.

Born March 18, 1930 in Prosperity, he was the son of the late F.M “Shack” and Eva Morris Warren. He owned Warren's Restaurant in Prosperity and retired from The Standard Warehouse in Lugoff. Mr....

Oct 23, 2019

Mrs. Helen Miller Smith, 98, of Pomaria, widow of William C. Smith, died Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on December 17, 1920 in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Carrie Haltiwanger Miller. She was a long time resident of Springfield Place in Newberry, SC and...

Oct 22, 2019

Sheila E. London, 91, of Lexington, widow of Jack London, died Monday, October 21, 2019 at Life Care Center of Columbia.

Born on October 22, 1927 in Chatham, England, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Emily Salter Cook. She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal of Chapin....

Oct 22, 2019

Kristina “Kris” Storck Vaughn, 72, of Newberry, died Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at the Hospice of House of Laurens County.

She was born on October 8, 1947 in Pittsburgh, PA where she was reared. She was the daughter of the late Stewart W. and Thelma Frances Sheppard Storck. Soon after graduating Fox Chapel...

Oct 21, 2019

Randall Hubert Murphy, 63, of Pomaria, died Monday, October 21, 2019 at his residence with this family by his side.

Born on December 20, 1955 in Newberry County, he was a son of Ann Murphy Bowers and the late Thomas William Murphy. He was an employee of Rea Construction and a member of...

Oct 15, 2019

Tommy Scott Sadler, 64, of Prosperity, died Monday, October 14, 2019.

Born on January 14, 1955 in Nashville, TN, the son of the late Major General Thomas Sadler and Mary Kenner Sadler. He was a graduate of UNLV, was a member of Calvary Church of Charlotte, NC and the owner of Smoke Anywhere...

Oct 15, 2019

George Richard Burk, 86, of Newberry, died Monday, October 14, 2019 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on November 16, 1932 in Walcott, IA, he was a son of the late Samuel Richard Burk and Marie Schenpolk Burk Rupp. Mr. Burk served in the US Navy and later retired as a Sargent Major in...

Oct 10, 2019

Edna Payne Garnett, 91, of Newberry, died Thursday, October 10, 2019 at her residence.

Born on May 31, 1928 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Henry and Ethel Shealy McCarty. She was a retired secretary and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church where she was a member of the Ladies Circle....

Oct 8, 2019

Jefferey Ernest Johnson, 58, of Chattanooga, TN, died Thursday, October 3, 2019 at his residence.

Born on March 11, 1961 in Winnsboro, he was a son of Nancy Smith Johnson Brunner and the late James Belton Johnson. He was employed at Kenco and was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church.

Mr. Johnson is survived...

Oct 5, 2019

Mary Ruth Boland Long, 94, of Prosperity, widow of James Leland Long, died Saturday, October 5, 2019 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on October 11, 1924 in Chapin, she was a daughter of the late Dewitt Charles and Mary Eula Frick Boland. She was retired from General Electric and was a devoted...

Oct 4, 2019

Nancy Taylor Pelle Cannon went to her heavenly reward Friday October 4, 2019 after a more than decade long hard battle with multiple rare chronic illnesses, dermatomyositis and interstitial lung disease.

Nancy was the baby daughter of the late James Burruss "Bill" and Ruby Irene Rhodus Taylor of Lancaster,...

Oct 4, 2019

Hazel Waymon Bostic, 90, of Newberry, widower of Frances Lee Bostic, died Thursday, October 3, 2019 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on January 16, 1929 in Whitmire, he was a son of the late Julian D. and Eula O'Dell Bostic. He was retired from Kendall Company – Oakland Plant and Champion...

Oct 2, 2019

Elaine Warren Guy, 74, of Newberry, died Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at Prisma Health Parkridge.

Born on January 20, 1945 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Horace Ray and Martha Cockrell Warren. She was retired from the Newberry County Disabilities and Special Needs and was of the Baptist faith. Her...