December 2006

Thomas E. Ringer, Jr. Thursday, December 28, 2006

Thomas E. Ringer, Jr., 84, of 3240 Pine Belt Road, Columbia, died Thursday, December 28, 2006 at Providence Hospital.
He was born on February 23, 1922 in Pomaria, a son of the late Thomas E. and Ola Mae Miller Ringer. He was a 1942 graduate of Newberry College. He was a WWII Army veteran having served in both the Philippines and Papa New Guinea. He retired from the State of S.C. as an Assistant Commissioner with the Vocational Rehabilitation Department.
He was a member of Incarnation Lutheran Church, where he was a Congregational Council member; American Legion Post #6; the National Rehabilitation Association and he was a volunteer for the Lutheran Family Services.
Mr. Ringer, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend, was married to the late Louanna Parrott Ringer. He is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Lou R. and Dennis Shumate of Columbia; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Thomas E. Ringer, III of Spartanburg and Keith W. and Mary Ringer of Columbia; six grandchildren, Robert E. Morgan, Brian D. Morgan, Laurie R. (Rev. Phillip) Coggins, Bradford T. Ringer, Christopher W. Ringer and AnnaMarie C. Ringer; a great granddaughter, Carter O. Coggins; and two half-brothers, Richard Ringer and Hoyt Ringer both of Pomaria. He was predeceased by his step-mother, Ellen Caldwell Ringer two brothers, and two sisters.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 PM Sunday at Incarnation Lutheran Church in Columbia by the Rev. Dr. Mary Anderson, Rev. Phillip Coggins, and the Rev. Dr. James C. Parham, III. Interment was in Greenlawn Cemetery.
Visitation was from 5:00 to 6:00 PM Friday at the Whitaker Funeral Home and 4:00 to 6:00 PM Saturday at the Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine St. Chapel in Columbia. The family will be at his residence, 3240 Pine Belt Road, Columbia.
Memorials may be made to the Louanna P. Ringer Memorial Music Scholarship, Newberry College, 2100 College St., Newberry SC 29108 or to the Vision 2021 Fund, Incarnation Lutheran Church, 3005 Devine St., Columbia SC 29205-1843.
Active pallbearers were Lamar Brown, Bob Dawkins, Joe Dusenbury, Roger Caldwell, William Corder, Jimmy Morgan, John Paul Whitaker, and Jack Whitesides.
The family would like to express their appreciation to Dr. Eddie Williams, III and staff, and to the staff at Providence Hospital for their professional care and compassion.
Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com
Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry is assisting the family.

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Audrey Senn Senn December 24, 2006

Audrey Senn Senn, 86, of 6557 Belfast Rd, Newberry, widow of Frank M. Senn, Sr., died Sunday, December 24, 2006 at Palmetto Richland Hospital.
Mrs. Senn was born on September 12, 1920 in Newbery Co. a daughter of the late W. O. “Oak” and Lelia McTeer Senn. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School for over 50 years, a member of the Adult Sunday School Class, the U.M.W. and was a member of the U.D.C.
She is survived by two sons and daughters-in-law, Frank M. (Jr.) and Sandy Senn and Charles D. and Ann K. Senn, all of Newberry; a daughter and son-in-law, Nancy S. and Dr. Mike Bailey of Macon, GA; eight grandchildren, Todd Senn, Paige (Charles) Griffen, Jennifer Senn, Scott (Stephanie) Senn, Chad (Melonie) Senn, Lori Senn, Alicia (Robert) David, and Cathy (Martin) Vice; and four great grandchildren, Bailey Morgan and Samuel Scott Vice, Corelli Anne David, and Talen Rain Senn. She was predeceased by a brother, McTeer Senn.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday in Trinity United Methodist Church by the Rev. Hugh Bickley. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens.
Visitation was from 6:00 to 7:30 PM Tuesday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 1167 Trinity Church Road, Newberry SC 29108.
Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com.
Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry is assisting the family.

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Helen Thacker Rogers December 19, 2006

Mary Helen Rogers, 76, of 904 F Suber Dr., Newberry, widow of Fred W. Rogers, died Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
She was born on December 24, 1929 in Newberry County, a daughter of the late John Thacker and Carrie Gussie Ann Davis.
At an early age, she joined Flint Hill Baptist Church and was a very active member of the Esther Chapter #410, Eastern Star and the Women Home Aid Society. She later joined the New Faith Baptist Church where she served as a mother in the church, a member of the Missionary and the Senior Choir. She was a retired care giver and was longtime employee of Roy and Toots Whitaker and Charles Cromer.
She leaves to celebrate her golden life are sons, Robert L. (Margaret) Goree and John W. Rogers, Sr. all of Newberry, Freddie (Carolyn) Rogers of Columbia, John O. Suber of High Point, NC, Fred W. (Jackie) Rogers of Washington, DC, and James (Virginia) Rogers of Loris; daughters, Carrie Clark, Carolyn (Johnnie) Rogers-Rutherford, and Ruby Langford all of Newberry, Brunell (Ernest) Gallman of Columbia, and Sallie Ann Rogers of Winston-Salem, NC; 47 grandchildren including a loving and devoted granddaughter, Jameka Glymp of Newberry ; 51 great grandchildren; 3 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Her children who preceded her in death are two daughters, Amelia Rogers and Patricia Blunt and a grandson, Ricky Eleazar. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 PM, Sunday at Flint Hill Baptist Church in Whitmire by Bishop Emanuel Spearman. Interment was in church Cemetery.
The family did receive friends from 6:00 to 7:00 PM Saturday at the funeral home.
Messages to the family may be sent via email to notes@whitakerfuneralhome. com
Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry is assisting the family.

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Shirley Ann Chaples Mackin “Sam” Price December 12, 2006

Entered into eternal rest the morning of December 12, 2006, Shirley Ann Chaples Mackin “Sam” Price, wife of James Steven Price, residence, Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. James Steven Price were invited to attend the funeral services of the latter at Bethel United Methodist Church Friday, December 15, 2006, at ten-thirty o’clock. Interment did take place at four o’clock in Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, SC. Friends did call at J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Downtown Chapel, Thursday between five and seven o’clock.
Ms. Mackin Price was born April 5, 1949, in Lowell, Massachusetts, the daughter of Edward Johnson Chaples and Irma Sartori Chaples. “Sam” was a graduate of The University of Florida. She retired as a Corporate Executive with Sears Roebuck and Company in Chicago, Orlando and Atlanta. She was a real estate broker in Atlanta. In Charleston, she was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church, the Chancel Guild, the WOW Women’s Sunday School Class and the coordinator of the Volunteers. She was the 2006 Winner of the Denman Evangelism Award for the State of South Carolina and was the Events coordinator for Miami Edison High School Class of 1967 Alumni.
She is survived by her husband of Charleston, SC; three children, Jefferey Bradford Mackin of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Paige Price White of Atlanta, GA, and Lauren Price Harris of Charlotte, NC; three sisters, Irene Chaples of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Phyllis Putnam of Orlando, FL, and Eve Price Powell of Columbia, SC; three grandchildren, Corey Steven White, Caleb Forrester Harris and Ava Jade Harris; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Her dynamic personality, her dedication to family, friends, church, and her creative and humanitarian efforts endeared her to many.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Bethel United Methodist Church, 57 Pitt Street, Charleston, SC 29401 or Pet Helpers, 1430 Folly Road, James Island, SC 29412.
J. Henry Stuhr, Charleston and Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry are assisting the family

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Leonora Cox Epting December 9, 2006

Leonora Louise Cox Epting, 87, formerly of Newberry, died, December 9, 2006 at Bishop Gadsden Nursing Home in Charleston. She has been a resident of Charleston, SC for the past seven years.
She was born on December 1, 1919 in Alleghany County, Virginia, a daughter of the late Hubert E. and Mary Emma Dressler Cox. She had a younger brother George Edwin Cox, (now deceased) and sister Nancy McCormick Cox. Their childhoods were spent on the dairy farm near Covington, Virginia, but as teenagers, they moved with their parents to town and lived on Prospect Street.
After high school, Leonora went to National Business College in Roanoke, Virginia. While she lived there, she met her future husband Hugh M. Epting at a wedding. Because Hugh lived in South Carolina, they did most of their courting the next year through the U.S. Mail. After they married in 1940, Leonora moved to Hugh’s family farm on Bush River Road near Newberry, SC where she began a small egg business. She also taught piano lessons.
She had a special talent for music and, at one time, played the organ at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Newberry where the family attended services.
She was a good mother and taught her children, Anne and Jean, how to do many things around the house. She also made sure they got a good education, had piano and art lessons, and sang in the youth choir at church.
She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, the George B. Cromer Sunday School Class, WELCA, and the Garden Study Club.
Even though her health has failed her in the past few years, she has still enjoyed hearing the stories about her grandchildren Chris and Kirk Blackmon and the funny stories we all told her about the beloved family pets. She always laughed the most at the things they did.
She had a fiery spirit and a good sense of humor, and she will be greatly missed.
She is survived by her two daughters Dr. Anne C. Epting (Bill Capehart )of Charleston, SC and Jean E. Blackmon (Fred Blackmon) of Roswell, GA; her grandchildren and their wives are Chris and Maura Blackmon of Athens, GA. and Kirk and Heather Blackmon of Marietta, GA; a survived by a sister Nancy Kruszyna of Covington VA; three sisters-in law, Dr. Sue Cox of Chattanooga, TN (widow of Dr. George E. Cox, deceased); Lula Mae Epting of Charleston, SC, and Marguerite Amick of Columbia, SC; and many nieces and nephews in GA, S C, VA, and CA..
Her funeral services were conducted at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer at 3:00 p.m. Sunday December 10, 2006 by the Rev. Steve Counts. Private interment services were in Newberry Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, please make memorials to Boys Farm, PO Box 713, Newberry SC 29108. or to a charity of your choice.
Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome. com.
Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry is assisting the family.

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Pearl Koon Oxner December 05, 2006

Pearl Koon Oxner, 94, formerly of 567 Kings Creek Road, Newberry, widow of M. Alan Oxner, died Tuesday, December 05, 2006 at White Oak Manor in Newberry.
Mrs. Oxner was born on April 5, 1912 in Newberry County, a daughter of the late George O. and Emma McCarthy Koon. She was a retired hostess for the Newberry Community Hall, was a member of Beth-Eden Lutheran Church and was an Honorary Life Member of the Smiling Swingers Square Dance Club.
She is survived by a daughter, Nan O. Cain of Newberry; two sons and daughters-in-law, George M. and Lou Oxner and Bobbie Alan and Sandra Oxner all of Whitmire; a sister, Fannie K. Chandler of Laurens; a sister-in-law, Margaret Rivers of Easley; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and seven great-great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a sister, Marie Brown and two brothers,
George Koon and Frank Koon.
Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 PM Thursday in Beth Eden Lutheran Church by the Rev. Rodney Gunter. Interment was in Lebanon United Methodist Church Cemetery.
Visitation was from 6:30 to 8:00 PM Wednesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry.
Memorials maybe made to Lebanon Cemetery Fund, c/o Estelle Smith, 12160 Highway 121 Newberry SC 29108 or to the Beth Eden Cemetery Fund, 228 Jalapa Road, Newberry SC 29108.
Her grandchildren did serve as her pallbearers.
Messages to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com
Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry is assisting the family.

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