Obituaries

Nov 30, 2015

Christopher Owen Homesley, 55, of Pomaria, died Monday, November 30, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on May 30, 1960 in Columbia, he was the son of Peggy Lake McAlister and the late Joe B. Homesley. He was a shift supervisor of nuclear operations at V.C. Summer Station in Jenkinsville, SC. He was...

Nov 24, 2015

Edward Graham Mills, 70, of Newberry, died Monday, November 23, 2015, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on July 19, 1945, in Columbia, he was a son of the late E. Patrick and Rozelle Graham Mills. He was the former owner and operator of Mills Service Center and Mills Towing and Car Unlocking Service...

Nov 24, 2015

James E. “Pete” Plampin, Jr., 59, of Little Mountain, died Monday, November 23, 2015, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

He was born on December 19, 1955, in Columbia. He was an Army veteran and had worked for UTI in Atlanta for 20 years and presently at Bi-Lo in Newberry. He was a member...

Nov 20, 2015

James Rudolph Bouknight, 85, of Newberry, widower of Carolyn Smith Bouknight, died Thursday, November 19, 2015, at White Oak Manor.

Born on August 22, 1930, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Willie Floyd and Lucy Cromer Bouknight. Mr. Bouknight served in the S.C. National Guard and worked at Newberry Mills....

Nov 16, 2015

Floyd Elbert Morris, 76, of Prosperity, died Monday, November 16, 2015, at his residence.

Born on October 24, 1939, in Prosperity, he was a son of Louise Williams Morris and the late Elbert Morris. He was retired from Louis Rich and was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church. Mr. Morris...

Nov 16, 2015

Wayne Heyward Long, 74, of Pomaria, died Sunday, November 15, 2015, at his residence.

Born on March 20, 1941, in Pomaria, he was a son of the late Ernest and Ethel Enlow Long. Mr. Long retired from Georgia Pacific and was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church.

He is...

Nov 12, 2015

Rosa Lee Long, 91, formerly of Kinards and Chapin, widow of Claude Cecil Long, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at White Oak Manor.

Born on October 31, 1924 in Ballentine, She was a daughter of the late Luther P. and Ida Meetze. She retired from Summers Manufacturing and was a member of St....

Nov 11, 2015

William Royce Counts, 72, of Newberry, widower of Anne Wheeler Counts, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at his residence.

Born on July 30, 1943, in Newberry, he was the son of the late William Cecil and Annie Kinard Counts. He served in the S.C. National Guard and was retired from the Newberry County...

Nov 10, 2015

Alvin Lenwood Geddings, 65, of Saluda, died Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at his residence.

Born on January 2, 1950, in Sumter, he was a son of the late Howard Eugene and Maggie Lee McLeod Geddings. He was a former employee of Apex Tool and was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ...

Nov 6, 2015

Oscar Wheeler Bowers, 90, of Prosperity, died Friday, November 6, 2015, at Richard Campbell Veterans Nursing Home.

Born on July 24, 1925, in Newberry County, he was a son of the late George Andrew and Nancy Jane Cook Bowers. He was a World War II Marine veteran having served in Hiroshima, Japan and...

Nov 6, 2015

Perry David Lusk, age 76, of Pendleton, SC, died Thursday, November 5, 2015.

He was a member of Golden Grove Wesleyan Church, Liberty, SC.  A graduate of Furman University, he served as an accountant at Janitor's Wholesale Supply in Greenville, SC, retiring after more than thirty years there.  David published two books on the life of the...

Nov 1, 2015

Walter Edward “Bo” Koon, Sr., 84, of Prosperity, widower of Mary Jean Ringer Koon, died Sunday, November 1, 2015, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on February 23, 1931, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Wilbur and Annie Lou Richardson Koon. He was an Air Force veteran, retired from Duke...

Oct 30, 2015

Beverly Jeanne Meyers, 91, of Prosperity died peacefully on October 30, 2015.

Born on September 8, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Hunter L. and Louwilla Cooper Fellers. She was married to the late Robert Meredith Meyers for 46 years; she met her future husband, an Army Air Corps cadet, who...

Oct 29, 2015

Daniel Presley Hansen, 64, of Prosperity, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on July 27, 1951, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Kristian Daniel and Robertta Presley Hansen. He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and also served in the Merchant Marines....

Oct 28, 2015

James David “J.D.” Shealy, 58, of Newberry died October 27, 2015 at his residence.

Born on September 22, 1957, in Newberry, he was a son of the late William and Mary Campbell Shealy. He was employed by Champion Automotive and was the former owner of Shealy Service Center. He was a Past Master...

Oct 27, 2015

Kimberly Elizabeth Pollard, 38, of Columbia, died Tuesday, October 27, 2015, at Lexington Medical Center.

Born on July 2, 1977, in Greenwood, she was the daughter of John E. Pollard and the late JoAnn Pitts Pollard. She worked for Tri County Hospice as a marketing director and was a member of Trenholm Road...

Oct 26, 2015

Kendall Lesher Williams of Prosperity, died Sunday, October 25, 2015 on his eighteenth birthday.

Born on October 25, 1997, he was a son of Otis B. Williams, Jr. and Tina Lesher Williams. Kendall was a senior at Mid Carolina High School and attended Macedonia Lutheran Church.

He is survived...

Oct 26, 2015

Mary Lynn Foose, 55, of Pomaria, died Sunday, October 25, 2015, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on November 16, 1959, in Columbia, she was a daughter of Gerald Bedenbaugh and Barbara Cockrell Rinehardt. She was a member of Park Road Baptist Church.

Ms. Foose is survived by her...

Oct 24, 2015

Larry David Jones, 68, of Prosperity, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, October 23, 2015.

He was the son of the late Robert and Lucille Jones. He was an Army veteran and a proud graduate of the University of Iowa.

Mr. Jones is survived by his wife, Shirley; children, Josh,...

Oct 23, 2015

William Charles Mossmayer, Jr., 61, of Prosperity, died Thursday, October 22, 2015, at his residence.

Born on July 29, 1954, in Redwood City, CA, he was a son of the late William Charles Mossmayer, Sr. and Thelma Jo Greenfield Gregory. He was a Marine Corps veteran and a Lutheran.

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