Obituaries

May 21, 2018

James Edward Altman, Sr., 81, of Peak, died Monday, May 21, 2018, at his residence.

He was born on January 11, 1937, in Georgetown, he was the son of the late William Altman and Mable Conklin Altman Briggs. Mr. Altman was an electrician and in the property management business. He was a member...

May 19, 2018

Randy Clyde Anderson, 56, of Pomaria, died Friday, May 18, 2018, at his residence.

Born on September 12, 1961 in Whiteville, NC, he was a son of the late Clyde Ray and Kay Elaine Carter Anderson. He was a supervisor at TruCast in Newberrry.

Mr. Anderson is survived by...

May 18, 2018

Mattie Shealy Boozer, 101 years old, of Prosperity, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 17, 2018. She passed at her home surrounded by family. Mrs. Boozer lived a life devoted to God, caring for her family and showing us what a life of faith looks like.

Mrs. Boozer...

May 17, 2018

Claude Heyward Shealy, 76, of Little Mountain, widower of Gladys Irene Metze Shealy, died Thursday, May 17, 2018, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on August 10, 1941, in Chapin, he was a son of the late Ernest Ardell and Bertha Sites Shealy. He was retired from SCE&G and then worked for a...

May 12, 2018

Cecil Abner Bundrick, Jr., 80, of Pomaria, widower of Ute Nellius Bundrick, died Saturday, May 12, 2018 at National Health Care in Clinton.

Born on March 22, 1938, in Newberry County, he was a son of the late Cecil Abner Bundrick, Sr. and Helen Singley Bundrick. He was a member of Pomaria Lutheran...

May 12, 2018

Essie Dickey Epting, 95, of Joanna, widow of William Holland Epting, died Friday, May 11, 2018 at Springfield Place.

Born on November 1, 1922, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Charley and Mattie B. Milam Dickey. She owned and operated Essie's Beauty Shop in Joanna for 53 years until her retirement. She...

May 8, 2018

Katherine McConnell “Kitty” Abrams, 85 of Newberry, widow of Wallace Martin Abrams died Monday, May 7, 2018 at White Oak Manor.

Born on March 19, 1933 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late James Edward and Addie Mae Maw McConnell. She was a member of Epting Memorial United Methodist Church. She...

May 4, 2018

James Everett Kinard, 91, of Newberry, died Friday, May 4, 2018, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

He was born on October 11, 1926, in Newberry, he was the son of the late James Tommie and Myrtle Adams Kinard. He was a graduate of Newberry High School and Newberry College in 1949. He was...

Apr 29, 2018

Dr. James William "Bill" Pugh, 77, of Prosperity, widower of Anna Carolyn May Pugh, died Sunday, April 29, 2018, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on October 31, 1940, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Robert Wayne and Ruth Stockman Pugh. He was a Navy veteran and a graduate of...

Apr 29, 2018

Ardell Junior (AJ) Shealy, 81, of Prosperity, died Sunday, April 29, 2018, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on November 14, 1936, in Chapin, he was a son of the late Ernest Ardell and Bertha Sites Shealy. He was retired from Shakespeare and was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church where he...

Apr 23, 2018

Lillian Marie Key Talbert, 67, of Bethune, widow of James A. Talbert, died Sunday, April 22, 2018.

Born on March 29, 1951 in Camden she was a daughter of the late John Joe Key and Allie Bass Key Pierce.

She is survived by sons, James E. (Anita Sue) Ray...

Apr 22, 2018

Martha Mayer Hooper, daughter of the late Euston Hutto Mayer and Edna Shealy Mayer, was born in Newberry on December 23, 1925. She attended Newberry schools following the death of her father in Baltimore, in 1933.

Martha was a music major at (then) women-only Winthrop College when she met Harold Hal Hooper. Hal’s...

Apr 21, 2018

Gladys Eldora Derrick Black, 87, of Prosperity, widow of James Albert Black, died Saturday, April 21, 2018.

Born on March 19, 1931, in Saluda County, she was a daughter of the late Bennie and Lillie Mae Shealy Derrick. She had worked at the Saluda Shirt Plant and was a member of Corinth Lutheran...

Apr 19, 2018

Sylvia Onealia Bundrick Epting, 77, of Kinards, died Thursday, April 19, 2018, at her residence.

Born on February 28, 1941 in Clinton she was a daughter of the late Roscoe O'Neal and Mable Motes Bundrick. She was retired from McKechnie and was a member of Little River Dominick Presbyterian Church.

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Apr 19, 2018

Robert L. Tyler, Jr., 68, of Newberry, died Thursday, April 19, 2018, at his residence.

Born on July 17, 1949, in Newberry, he was the son of the late Robert Tyler, Sr. and Annie Ruth Miller Tyler. He was a US Army veteran and the owner of Tyler and Associates. Mr. Tyler was...

Apr 16, 2018

Amy Nichole Miller Mihalik, 27, of Newberry, died Saturday, April 14, 2018.

Born on March 10, 1991, in Newberry, she was a daughter of Donald “Donnie I. Miller and Karen Boozer O'Donald. She was a member of the Moving Forward Ministries. Mrs. Mihalik loved her children dearly.

She is...

Apr 14, 2018

Arbutus J. “Trudy” Miller, 78, of Prosperity, widow of William “Bill” Miller, died Saturday, April 14, 2018 at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital.

Born on October 7, 1939 in Charleston, W.V., she was a daughter of the late Robert and Myrtle Burdett Davis.

She is survived by a son William J....

Apr 14, 2018

H. Clyde Miller, 91, of Pomaria, died Saturday, April 14, 2018, at his residence.

Born on June 17, 1926, in Wilbar, NC, he was a son of the late Harrison Columbus and Minnie Brown Miller. He was a World War II Army veteran having served in the 83 rd Infantry Division. Mr. Miller...

Apr 11, 2018

Bernice Hawkins Connelly, 95, of Prosperity, widow of C. Eldred Connelly, died Wednesday, April 11, 2018, at White Oak Manor.

Born on September 20, 1922, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Colin Ray Hawkins, Sr. and Artie Taylor Hawkins. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church and the...

Apr 2, 2018

Gladys Bundrick Hazel, 87, of Newberry, died Sunday, April 1, 2018, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on March 29, 1931, in Little Mountain, she was a daughter of the late Silas O'Neal and Leola Kinard Bundrick. She worked in the Newberry textile mills, the Red & White Grocery Store and LoRex Drugs....