Obituaries

Miriam Hawkins
Dec 26, 2018
Miriam Fulmer Hawkins, 86, of Prosperity, widow of James Clyde Hawkins, died Wednesday, December 26, 2018 at the Saluda Nursing Center.
Born on October 28, 1932 in Prosperity, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Samuel Fulmer, Sr. and Grace Shealy Fulmer. Mrs. Hawkins worked for many years at Old School Manufacturing...

George Adams
Dec 22, 2018
George Richard Adams, Jr. SFC U.S. Army Ret., 84, of Newberry died Thursday, December 20, 2018 .
Born on November 22, 1934 in Pulaski, TN, he was a son of the late George Richard Adams, Sr. and Jeffie Jean Davis Adams. He retired after 22 years of service with the United States Army...

Kenneth Wilkerson
Dec 18, 2018
Kenneth “BC” Currin Wilkerson, 61, of Prosperity, passed away Monday, December 17, 2018 with his family by his side..
Born on September 7, 1957 in Columbia he was a son of Barbara Jean Garner Wilkerson and the late Branson Currin Wilkerson. He was the former owner of Wilkerson Insulation Company. Kenneth was a...

Nellie Richardson
Dec 15, 2018
Nellie Mae Thomas Richardson was born July 23, 1922 in Whitmire, SC and died December 15, 2018 at Springfield Place, Newberry.. She is the daughter of Algie Lee and Ioline Austin Thomas. She graduated as Valedictorian of her senior class at Whitmire High School. While working at the Whitmire Public Library, she met the man who would become her...

Katherine McLeod
Dec 15, 2018
Katherine Holsonback McLeod, 87, widow of James C. McLeod, died Friday, December 14, 2018, at her residence.
Born on October 16, 1931 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Willie Elliott and Mary Elsie Attaway Holsonback. She was retired from Shakespeare and was a member of Hunt Memorial Baptist Church.
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Elaine Wise
Dec 11, 2018
Elaine Gresham Wise, 63, of Kinards, widow of Tony Wise, died Monday, December 10, 2018, at her residence.
Born on January 31, 1955 in Newberry County she was a daughter of the late Elbert H. and Olivia Davis Gresham. She was a member of the Newberry Church of God.
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Gloria Ware
Dec 10, 2018
Gloria Yanez Ware, 89, formerly of Greensboro, GA, widow of Jack Arthur Ware, died Sunday, December 9, 2018, at Springfield Place.
Born on May 13, 1929, in Chicago, IL, she was the daughter of the late Pedro and Angela Martin. She was a retired hairdresser.
Mrs. Ware is survived...

Edward "Ned" Carlisle
Dec 8, 2018
Edward Brown “Ned” Carlisle, of Newberry, died December 8, 2018 at his residence.
Born in Newberry, he was a son of the late Richard Coleman and Ola Brown Carlisle. He was a good and faithful servant of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church, where he was a member of the Spirit of Aveleigh Sunday School Class....

William "Billy" Rikard
Dec 8, 2018
William “Billy” Moore Rikard, 94, of Newberry, died Friday, December 7, 2018, at Palmetto Health Richland.
Born on October 3, 1924, in Newberry County he was the son of the late Leland Epps and Leona Counts Rikard. He was a World War II Army veteran and was retired from J.P. Stevens. Mr. Rikard...

Doris A. Johnson
Dec 1, 2018
Doris Avery Johnson, 78, of Newberry, died Saturday, December 1, 2018 at her residence.
Born on October 12, 1940 in Spartanburg County, she was a daughter of the late Charles Estes and Vera Bouknight Avery. Mrs. Johnson had worked at Norris Industries and retired from Hardees. She was a member of Trinity United...

James R. Shealy
Nov 30, 2018
James Ralph Shealy, 79, of Columbia, died Thursday, November 29, 2018, at Lexington Medical Center.
He was born on August 21, 1939 and grew up in the St. Philip's Community in Newberry County. He was the son of Roy Pinner and Nellie Kibler Shealy. Mr. Shealy served in the US Air Force and...

Eugene Dean
Nov 28, 2018
Eugene Franklin Dean, 74, of Newberry, died Tuesday, November 27, 2018, at White Oak Manor.
Born on November 6, 1944, in Clinton, he was a son of the late Leroy and Geneva Leopard Dean. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Freedom Baptist Church.
Mr. Dean is...

Tommy Kinard
Nov 26, 2018
John Thomas “Tommy” Kinard, 83, of Pomaria, died Sunday, November 25, 2018, at Palmetto Health Richland.
Born on September 18, 1935 in Pomaria, he was a son of the late William Horace and Mary Richardson Kinard. He was a US Army veteran and was retired from the US Forest Service. Mr. Kinard was...

Hattie Boozer
Nov 21, 2018
Hattie Evelyn Shealy Boozer, 101, of Prosperity, widow of Bernard Nicholson Boozer, died Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Born on April 26, 1917 in Lexington County, she was a daughter of the late Charles Edward and Melissa Frick Shealy. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church...

Yogeshbhai Patel
Nov 20, 2018
Yogeshbhai Manubhai Patel, 68, of Newberry, died Monday, November 19, 2018.
Born on April 9, 1950 in Anard, India, he was a son of Manubhai T. Patel and Nirmalaben M. Patel. He was a retired business owner.
Survivors include his wife, Ilaben Patel, a son, Brijesh Y. Patel, a...

Frances R. Counts
Nov 19, 2018
Frances R. Counts, age 96, passed away peacefully in her home in Prosperity on November 18, 2018. “Miss Frances”, as she was affectionately called by those who knew her was born in Newberry County, on February 13, 1922. She was the loving daughter of Mary Cornelius Caldwell (“Nenie”) and George Sligh Ruff. Her childhood was spent in...

Wayne Morris
Nov 16, 2018
John Wayne Morris, 67, of Prosperity, died Friday, November 16, 2018 at his residence.
Born on February 23, 1951 in Newberry, he was a son of the late Sam and Helen Franklin Morris. He was retired from Georgia Pacific and was a member of Bachman Chapel Lutheran Church.
He...