Obituaries

Oct 23, 2016

Manuel Alvarez Mora, 71, of Newberry, died Saturday, October 22, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland.

He was born on December 15, 1944, in San Jose de Gracia, De Yuriria, Guanajuato, Mexico. He was the owner of several retail grocery stores.

He is survived by his wife, Ma Del Socorro...

Oct 22, 2016

Hollis Wyman Harmon, 59, of Prosperity, died Saturday, October 22, 2016, at his residence.

Born on August 28, 1957, in Newberry, he was a son of Hollis Harmon and the late Barbara Nell Lee Harmon. He was a carpenter.

Mr. Harmon is survived in addition to his father, Hollis...

Oct 22, 2016

Ruth Caldwell Hipp Jones, 99, of Newberry, died Saturday, October 22, 2016, at her residence.

Born on January 2, 1917, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late James and Dollie Adams Caldwell. She was a graduate of Newberry College and a Golden Sister member of the Alpha Delta Kappa....

Oct 20, 2016

Thomas Gordon Jackson, Sr., 78, of Newberry, died Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on December 28, 1937, in Prosperity, he was the son of the late Jimmy and Bonnie Hendrix Jackson. He was a graduate of Newberry High School and Newberry College. He had a career in education that...

Oct 19, 2016

Bonnie Loretta Stoudemayer Canon, 77, of Forest, Virginia, died October 18, 2016 at her home in Peak, South Carolina.

Born on May 4, 1939 in Peak, she was a daughter of the late George and Bessie Lee Epting Stoudemayer. She was a 1957 graduate of Irmo High School and attended Winthrop College. She...

Oct 18, 2016

Marjory Ann Palmer, 79, of Prosperity, died Monday, October 17, 2016, at the Saluda Nursing Center.

Born on December 18, 1936, in Downey, CA, she was a daughter of the late Ellis Everett and Ann Lillian Pou Olsen. She had resided in Charleston, SC and recently moved to Prosperity, SC. She was a...

Oct 16, 2016

Linda Jean Brown Kelley, 71, of Prosperity, died Sunday, October 16, 2016, at Agape Hospice House.

Born on February 18, 1945, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Richard Warner and Nelva Adams Brown. She was a graduate of Mid Carolina High School and was Miss Mid Carolina in 1963. She...

Oct 15, 2016

Elise Hawkins Bedenbaugh Martin,96, of Prosperity, died Saturday, October 15, 2016 at White Oak Manor of Newberrry.

Born in Prosperity, on July 7, 1920, she was a daughter of the late George I. and Rilla Epting Hawkins. She was a graduate of O' Neal High School in Prosperity and received a Business Certificate...

Oct 14, 2016

Randall Barry Brown, 66, of Newberry, died Wednesday, October 12, 2016, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on July 17, 1950, in Newberry, he was the son of Henry Watson and Doris Taylor Brown. He was a graduate of Newberry High School and Piedmont Technical College. He was a former mechanic and a...

Oct 11, 2016

Donald “Mutt” Stephens, Sr., 85, of Prosperity, died Monday, October 10, 2016, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on May 1, 1931, in Chesterfield County, he was a son of the late Daniel Gilliam and Bleeka Melton Stephens. He was a Army veteran of the Korean War and was retired from Independent Life...

Oct 10, 2016

Richard Ervin “Goofy” Steele, Jr., 61, of Whitmire, died Monday, October 10, 2016, at his residence.

Born on November 8, 1954, in Savannah, GA, he was the son of Theresa Moore Steele and the late Richard Ervin Steele, Sr. He was a retired U.S. Air Force veteran and was also retired from Williams...

Oct 9, 2016

Kenneth Ray Hall, 58, of Newberry, died Saturday, October 8, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on October 31, 1957, in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Walter and Betty Wilson Hall. He was an employee of McKechnie Vehicle Components.

Mr. Hall is survived by his...

Oct 8, 2016

Tabitha Jonelle Lambert, 45, of Whitmire, died Friday, October 7, 2016, at Lexington Medical Center.

Born on October 1, 1971, she was the daughter of the late William Lawson Lambert and Judith Stevens Worthy.

Ms. Lambert is survived by a son, Justin Lambert; a daughter, Kahla Lambert; sisters, Deadria...

Oct 6, 2016

Jane Hawkins Buzhardt, 80, of Prosperity, died Thursday, October 6, 2016, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born on February 22, 1936 in Prosperity, she was the daughter of the late Dwight Berley Hawkins and Geneva Haltiwanger Hawkins.   Mrs. Buzhardt was the widow of major league baseball player John W. Buzhardt.  Mrs. Buzhardt was retired from State Law Enforcement Dept. ...

Sep 28, 2016

Drayton T. Wicker, 79, of Pomaria, died Tuesday, September 27, 2016, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on June 1, 1937, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Drayton Jefferson and Mary Koon Wicker. He was retired after 55 years of service with the South Carolina Department of Transportation. Mr. Wicker...

Sep 27, 2016

Wayne Cole Lever, 41, of Newberry, died Monday, September 26, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on August 12, 1975, in Newberry, he was the son of the late Kenneth Wayne and Vickie Rhodes Lever.

He is survived by a daughter, Victoria Rose Lever and...

Sep 21, 2016

Euston Hutto Mayer, Jr., of Newberry, died peacefully on September 21, 2016. He was the son of the late Euston Hutto Mayer, Sr. and Edna Shealy Mayer.

Euston was born in Ellicott City, Maryland on July 30, 1930. He married Lola Young in 1951 to whom he was married for 58 years until...

Sep 20, 2016

Diane Pauling Weatherford, 68, of Newberry, died Tuesday, September 20, 2016 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on April 7, 1948, in Chicago, IL, she was a daughter of the late George and Mildred “Milly” Pauling. She was of the Catholic faith.

Mrs. Weatherford is survived by her husband,...

Sep 19, 2016

Lewis Virgil Ringer, 94, of Newberry, entered into eternal rest on Monday, September 19, 2016, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on November 27, 1921, in Newberry County, he was a son of the late Henry David and Fannie Lominick Ringer. He was graduated from Newberry High School. In 1940, he began his...

Sep 18, 2016

Sarah Williams Morris, 96, formerly of Prosperity, widow of Howard Richard Morris, died September 18, 2016 at White Oak Manor in Newberry.

Born on July 8, 1920 in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Jesse and Estelle King Williams. She retired from Old School Manufacturing Company and was a member of Zion United...