Obituaries

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

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 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 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....

Mar 31, 2018

Patricia Phillips Dyal, 67, of Silverstreet, widow of Jeremiah Dyal, died Saturday, March 31, 2018, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on November 4, 1950, in Wallhalla, she was a daughter of the late Jesse James and Margie Lay Phillips. She was the 1969 salutatorian of Hickory Tavern High School and a member...

Mar 30, 2018

David Edward Berley, 82, of Pomaria passed away at Lexington Medical Center on Friday, March 30, 2018.

Born on November 7, 1935 in Newberry, he was the son of the late Jim David and Virginia McCants Berley, also of Pomaria. He was a retired auto mechanic with Hancock Buick. Mr. Berley was a...

Mar 29, 2018

Valeria Stuck Bowers, 79, of Pomaria, widow of Melvin Vaughn Bowers, died Thursday, March 29, 2018 at White Oak Manor.

Born on December 11, 1938 in Pomaria she was the daughter of the late Charlie Boozer and Verdie Bundrick Stuck. She graduated Pomaria High School in 1956 and took a secretarial course at...

Mar 12, 2018

Cecil Jennings Alewine, 90, of Pomaria, widower of Doris Comalander Alewine, died Sunday, March 11, 2018, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on February 8, 1928, in Little Mountain, he was a son of the late Boyce S. and Bessie Haltiwanger Alewine. He worked at Cone Mills – Carlisle Plant and later at the...

Mar 9, 2018

Lisa Karen Force Vaughn, 65, of Newberry, died Friday, March 9, 2018, at Self Regional Medical Center.

Born on August 20, 1952, in Newberry she was the daughter of June Taylor Force and the late George “Pete” Force, Jr.. She was a retired associate of Wal Mart and a member of Grace Lutheran...