Obituaries

Jul 21, 2016

Maxine Sease Snelgrove, 81, of Prosperity, died Thursday, July 21, 2016 at her residence.

Born on November 22, 1934 in Little Mountain, she was a daughter of the late Ralph R. and Pearl Fulmer Sease. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother....

Jul 14, 2016

Joyce Pitts Bouknight, 85, of Newberry, widow of Legrande Bouknight, died July 14, 2016 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on June 6, 1931 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Hugh F. and Helen Williams Pitts. She was a member of Bush River Baptist Church where she was a member of the...

Jul 12, 2016

Fred Jason Cockrell, 57, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 11, 2016 at Newberry White Oak Manor. Born and raised in Prosperity, he was the son of the late John Wesley Cockrell and Lola Rice Cockrell Lowe.

Freddie, born January 9, 1959, was a 1977 graduate of Mid-Carolina High School. He was previously...

Jul 8, 2016

Mary Jane Stone Smith, 69, of Newberry, died Friday, July 8, 2016, at her residence.

Born on September 15, 1946, in Newberry, she was the daughter of Tensie Perry Stone and the late James Edward Stone. She was a member of Summer Memorial Lutheran Church. She was the retired Executive Director for the...

Jul 5, 2016

Eddie Gerald Graham, 80, of Pomaria, died Monday, July 4, 2016, at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital.

Born on June 29, 1936, in Pomaria, he was a son of the late John Adam and Frances Wicker Graham. He was retired as the Newberry County Public Works Director. Mr. Graham was a member of...

Jul 1, 2016

Thomas Wesley “BigUn” Gambrell, 70, of Silverstreet, died Friday, July 1, 2016 at his residence.

Born on August 26, 1945, in Whitmire, he was a son of the late Paul Wesley and Sadie Owens Gambrell. He was retired from McKechnie.

Mr. Gambrell is survived by his wife, Elaine Wingard...

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Jun 26, 2016

William Troy Freeman, 66, of Prosperity, died June 21, 2016 due to a heart attack.

Bill was born May 14, 1950 in Laurens County, SC.  He played high school football at Clinton High School in Clinton, SC and went on to The University of South Carolina on a football scholarship in 1968.

He is survived...

Jun 17, 2016

Ruby Dodgins Ringer, 80, of Newberry, widow of Willie E. Ringer, Jr., died June 16, 2016 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born in Walhalla, she was a daughter of the late Grady Hampton and Lois Capps Dodgins.

She is survived by a daughter, Laura Ringer of Newberry; and by...

Jun 15, 2016

Trudy Hicks Shell, 72, of Pomaria died June 15, 2016 at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on October 31, 1943 in Easley, she was a daughter of the late Nugent Brand Hicks, Jr. and Wilma Ruth Newton Hicks.

She retired from the South Carolina Department of Corrections. She...

Jun 15, 2016

Horace N. “Nickie” Kinard, 84 of Newberry, died June 15, 2016 at White Oak Manor.

Born on February 6, 1932 in Pomaria, he was a son of the late William Horace and Mary Articia Richardson Kinard. He was a heavy equipment operator and was employed by Spotts Construction, Epting Ballenger, and Hunter Brothers...

Jun 12, 2016

Gladys Irene Metze Shealy, 72, of Little Mountain, died June 11, 2016 at Lexington Medical Center.

Born on December 2, 1943 in Little Mountain, she was a daughter of the late Harold Eugene and Sarah Jessine Wicker Metze. Mrs. Shealy was a homemaker and a life long member of St. Paul Lutheran Church....

Jun 10, 2016

Dollie Ann Cockrell Dailey, 59, of Newberry died June 10, 2016 at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born February 13, 1957, in Saluda, she was a daughter of the late George Waymond “G.W.” Cockrell and Blanche Bobb Cromer. Dollie loved singing and even had the opportunity to sing in Nashville.

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Jun 9, 2016

F. Lewis Shealy, 81, of Peak, widower of Ann Derrick Shealy, died June 9, 2016 at his residence.

Born on March 2, 1935 in Little Mountain, he was a son of the late Willie Ray and Mildred Enlow Shealy. He was a graduate of Little Mountain High School and retired from South Carolina...

Jun 8, 2016

Susanne McCutcheon Alewine, 71, of Prosperity, died Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Springfield Place.

Born on December 3, 1944, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Ernest Fleetwood “Shotsie” and Lucille Johnson McCutcheon. She was a graduate of Newberry College. She was the first female probation officer in Newberry County, but...

Jun 7, 2016

Martin Luther Senn, 66, of Newberry, died Monday, June 6, 2016, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on January 13, 1950, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Samuel Luther and Grace Martin Senn. He was a graduate of Piedmont Technical College and served in the S.C. National Guard. He worked...

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Jun 1, 2016

Concepcion Beltran Jordano Crawford, 59, of Prosperity, died Tuesday, May 31, 2016, at her residence. She was born on August 22, 1956 in Cordova, Spain.

Mrs. Crawford is survived by her husband, Thomas C. Crawford; daughters, Susan (Chris) Godwin of Newberry and Tomie Crawford (Kareem Washington) of Prosperity; sister, Maria Molina of Spain;...

Jun 1, 2016

William Rupert Moates, 62, of Newberry, died Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on September 22, 1954, he was the son of the late Dewey and Virginia Hyler Moates. He served in the S.C. National Guard.

He is survived by a son, John William Moates...