March 2006

James C. Langford March 31, 2006

James C. Langford, 91, formerly of 2106 Osborne Ave., Newberry, died Friday, March 31, 2006 at the Presbyterian Home in Summerville.
Mr. Langford was born on August 28, 1914 in Union, a son of the late Stanmore G. and Mozelle Wright Langford. From 1934 through 1936, he served in the Civilian Conservation Corps. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and the Men’s Bible Class
Mr. Langford is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Dorothy L. and Paul J. Cone of Summerville; grandchildren, Gwen Cone Kidwell of Charleston and Jay Cone of Sullivan’s Island, and great grandson, Blaine Kidwell. He was predeceased by his wife, Evelyn Shealy Langford and brothers, Robert J. Langford, William W. Langford, and Stanmore G. Langford, II.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 PM Tuesday at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer by the Rev. Steven B. Counts. Interment was in Rosemont Cemetery.
Visitation was from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. Monday at the Whitaker Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, PO Box 382, Newberry SC 29108 or to Breast Cancer Research, c/o of the American Cancer Society, PO Box 1741, Greenwood SC 29648
Active pallbearers were Jay Cone, Blaine Kidwell, John Kidwell, Lin Slaton, Richard Lominick, Jr. Caldwell, Jerry Martin, and Mathew Dean.
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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Emma C. Lindler March 28, 2006

Emma C. Lindler, 97, formerly of 7146 Macedonia Church Rd., Prosperity, died Tuesday, March 28, 2006 at White Oak Manor.
Ms Lindler was born on July 29, 1908 in Lexington Co., SC, a daughter of the late Jonas and Maggie Meetze Lindler. She was a member of St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church.
Ms. Lindler is survived by a sister, Ethel Shealy of Lexington and a brother, Daniel Lindler of Chapin. She was predeceased by two sisters, Ola Mae Spires and Edna Shealy and six brothers, Claude Lindler, Omerle Lindler, Walter Lindler, Leroy Lindler, Eucephius “Ceb” Lindler, and Ernest Lindler.
Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Andrew Eargle. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens.
Visitation was from 6:00 to 7:00 PM Wednesday at the Funeral home. The family was at the residence of her sister-in-law, Narves Lindler, 7146 Macedonia Church Road, Prosperity.
Memorials may be made to St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church, 844 Columbia Highway, Chapin, SC 29036 or to White Oak Manor, 2555 Kinard St., Newberry SC 29108.
Active pallbearers were Calvin Lindler, Billy Bouknight, Oneal Lindler, Donnie Lindler, Jeff Bouknight, Ken Lindler, Jr., and J. L. Lindler
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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ArDee Fitts March 27, 2006

ArDee Fitts, 76, of 1512 Dave Dr., Newberry, died Monday, March 27, 2006 at his residence.
Mr. Fitts was born on April 29, 1929 in Simmit Co., Akron, OH, a son of the late Tandy Boge and Altie Mae Trusty Fitts. He was an U.S. Navy veteran and a retired employee of Senn Trucking Co. He was a Life Member of Amity Masonic Lodge # 87 and was a 25-year member of Joppe Masonic Lodge # 666 in Akron Ohio.
Mr. Fitts is survived by his wife, Mary Freeman Fitts of Newberry; a son, Gary Dee Fitts of Mogadore, OH; a step-daughter, Linda Freeman Horn of Ridgeway; three step-sons, Jesse R. Freeman and Douglas Freeman both of Lexington and Harry Freeman of Chapin; a sister, Ione Scherade of Akron, OH; nine grandchildren; and six great grandchildren.
Memorial services were conducted at 3:00 PM Thursday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. R. J. Roberts. Visitation did follow the service.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, Mid-Atlantic Affiliate, PO Box 5216, Glen Allen, PA 23058-5216 or the American Cancer Society, c/o Helen Beebe, 181 Tailers Trail, Leesville, SC 29070.
Honorary pallbearers were Howard Kirkgard, Mark Roberts, and Kibler Moon.
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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C. Ronald “Ronnie” Graham March 23, 2006

C. Ronald “Ronnie” Graham, 56, 1205 Park Dr, Newberry, died Thursday, March 23, 2006 at his residence.
Mr. Graham was born on September 25, 1949 in Whitmire, a son of the late Carol and Etolia Godfrey Graham. He was an U. S Army veteran and a graduate of Newberry College He was a former employee of the S.C. Department of Probation and Parole and was a member of Central United Methodist Church.
Mr. Graham is survived by two special nieces, Amber and Rebecca Glanville; and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
Graveside funeral services were conducted at 2:00 PM Saturday in Newberry Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Dr. John Miller.
Memorials may be made to Central United Methodist Church, PO Box 67, 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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Bonnie L. Vaughn March 20, 2006

Bonnie L. Vaughn, 79, formerly of 820 Fire Tower Road, Prosperity, died Monday March 20, 2006,at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Ms. Vaughn was born on August 3, 1926 in Prosperity, a daughter of the late Herman W. and Beulah Morris Vaughn. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church
Ms. Vaughn is survived by three sisters, Doris V. Fulmer of Newberry and Mildred V. Amick and Amanda V. Kunkle both of Prosperity; one brother, Lester M. Vaughn of Prosperity; nieces; and nephews. She was predeceased by a brother, Herman Willie Vaughn, Jr.
Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. Arden Hallman. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to the St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 4056 St. Luke’s Church Rd., Prosperity SC 29127 or to White Oak Manor, 2555 Kinard St., Newberry SC 29108
Active pallbearers were Larry V. Fulmer, Cecil G. Fulmer, Henry M. Kunkle, Jr., T. Willie Kunkle, L. Kyle Vaughn, and Randy Burdette.
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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Marie Jobe Bridgers Pilot March 17, 2006

Lillie Marie Jobe Bridgers Pilot, 59, of 913 Newberry Shores Drive, died Friday, March 17, 2006 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Pilot was born on February 16, 1947, in Wilson County, N. C., a daughter of the late Lumious High and Mary Ruth Jobe Brantley. She was a Licensed Practical Nurse and a member Bethel Baptist Church and a former member of Bethel Worship Center in Camden.
Mrs. Pilot is survived by two daughters, Kimberly B. Eppink and Jayne B. Taylor both of Columbia; a son, Vince Bridgers of Austin, Texas; a sister Janie Louise Jones of Wedgefield; the father of her children, Kenneth L. Bridgers of Camden; and ten grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 10:00 A.M. Wednesday at the Bethel Baptist Church by the Rev. Lynn Peters. Interment was 2:00 P.M. Wednesday in the Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Camden by Rev. Don Goude.
Visitation was from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. Tuesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home.
Honorary pallbearers were the Young at Heart Sunday School Class of Bethel Baptist Church.
Memorials may be sent to Children’s Hospital c/o Palmetto Health Foundation, 9 Richland Memorial Park Drive, Suite 600, Columbia, S.C. 29203
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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Grace Boozer Taylor March 18, 2006

Grace Boozer Taylor, 77, of Prosperity, died Saturday, March 18, 2006 at the J. F. Hawkins Health Care Center after a long battle with lung cancer.
Mrs. Taylor was born in the Stoney Hill Community of Prosperity, a daughter of the late Clifford C., Sr. and Kate Whitman Boozer. She was a 1945 graduate of Stoney Hill High School and was a retired employee of Monsanto Company, Greenwood. She was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, where she was active in the New Horizons, the Essie Hawkins Circle, and attended the Young at Heart’s at Zion Methodist Church.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by a daughter and son-in-law, Lynn and David Riber, a granddaughter, Seabron Riber; and a grandson, Canton Riber, all of Prosperity. She is also survived by a niece, Judy Miller of Leesville and three nephews, Ed Boozer of Florida; Curt Garnto and Steve Garnto both of Georgia.
Graveside funeral services were conducted 11:00 A.M Tuesday at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church Cemetery by Rev Arden Hallman.
The family did receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 PM Monday at Whitaker Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, 4056 St. Luke’s Church Road, Prosperity, SC 29127 or American Cancer % Helen Bebee, 181 Tailor Trail, Leesville, SC 29070.
Honorary pallbearers were members of the Essie Hawkins Circle.
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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Nettie Lee Summer Cromer March 14, 2006

Nettie Lee Summer Cromer, 83, widow of Gilbert Freddie Cromer, formerly of Kinard Street, Newberry died Tuesday, March 14, 2006 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Cromer was born on June 29, 1922, in Lexington County, a daughter of the late John Daniel and Minnie Ola Rister Summer. She was a member of the Newberry Church of God.
Mrs. Cromer is survived by her daughter, Betty Jean Cromer of Newberry; two sisters, Ruth Yochem of Greenwood and Ruby Ellen McCartha of Little Mountain; and a brother, Willie Summer of Little Mountain. She was predeceased by a sister, Inez S. Price and a brother, Harry Summer.
Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 P.M. Thursday at Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Michael Causey. Interment was in the Newberry Memorial Gardens.
The family did receive friends on Thursday from 1:30 to 2:30 P.M. at Whitaker Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers were nephews.
Memorials may be made to Newberry Church of God, 2693 College Street, Newberry S.C. 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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Nellie Mitchell Hite March 11, 2006

Nellie Mitchell Hite, 83, widow of Robert D. Hite, formerly of Kate Street, died Saturday, March 11, 2006, at the Beaufort Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Hite was born on July 16, 1922, in Rock Hill, a daughter of the late Morris and Inez Mitchell. She was a retired employee of Kendall Company, Oakland Plant and was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Beaufort and a former member of Bethany Lutheran Church in Newberry.
Mrs. Hite is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Patricia Campbell of Beaufort and Sandra and Frank Osborne of Lexington; one sister, Patsy Hamm of Newberry; two granddaughters and a grandson–in-law, Jennifer Campbell of Beaufort and Natalie and Eric Smith of West Columbia.
Graveside funeral services were conducted at 2:00 PM Thursday at Newberry Memorial Gardens by Rev. Ronald Smith. Visitation was from 6:00 to 8:00 P. M. Wednesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home.
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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Daniel C. Dickert, Sr. March 12, 2006

Daniel C. Dickert, Sr., 86, formerly of 1129 Leita St., Newberry, died Sunday, March 12, 2006 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Dickert was born on Oct. 11, 1919 in Newberry, a son of the late Yancey T. and Annie Sligh Dickert. He was the retired owner of Dickert’s Diesel and a former employee of Spott’s Construction Co. He was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church, where he was a member of the church choir and was the caretaker of the church property and was a former member of the Newberry Exchange Club.
Mr. Dickert is survived by his wife Lera Duncan Dickert of Newberry; two sons and daughters-in-law, Daniel C. and Sandra Dickert, Jr. of Prosperity and Ronald C. and Rosemarie Dickert, Sr. of Newberry; two sons-in-law, Robert L. Forbis of Newberry and Leo F. Thomas, Jr. of West Columbia; two sisters, Harriett D. Smith of Winston-Salem, NC and Mary Louise Smith of Freehold, NJ; two brothers, Yancey J. “Jack” Dickert of Midland, MI and J. Roland Dickert of Newberry; seven grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by two daughters, Peggy D. Forbis and Susan D. Thomas; two sisters, Nellie Blanche Dickert and Roberta D. West; one brother, William G. Dickert, and his stepmother, Elise Nash Dickert.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. Kem Thomas. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens.
Visitation was from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. Tuesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home. The family will be at the residence1129 Leita St., Newberry.
Memorials may be made to Ebenezer United Methodist Church Building Fund, 511 O’Neal St., Newberry SC 29108.
Active pallbearers were Mark J. Kesler, C. Shannon Pollard, Ronald C. Dickert, Jr., Matthew R. Dickert, Kurt Diener, Andy Senn, Billy Dickert, and Paul West. Honorary pallbearers were Von Dennis and the members of the Ebenezer UMC Choir.
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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Mildred Boulware Reed March 06, 2006

Mildred Boulware Reed, 87, widow of Sam F. Reed, died Monday, March 06, 2006 at Wallace Thomsom Hospital in Union.
Mrs. Reed was born on March 13, 1918 in Union County, a daughter of the late Howard and Selma Patterson Boulware. She was a retired employee of Kendall Company, Oakland Plant and was a member of Freedom Baptist Church.
She is survived by her grandson, A. Wayne Moates of Newberry. She was pedeceased by her daughter, Annie Mae Moates, two infant boys, and brother, Frank W. Boulware
Graveside funeral services were conducted at 11:00 A.M. Wednesday at Rosemont Cemetery, Union by the Rev. Eddie Bledsoe.
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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Willie Teechie Lybrand Saturday March 4, 2006

Willie Teechie Lybrand, 78, of Newberry, died Saturday March 4, 2006 at the Dorn V. A. Hospital.
Mr. Lybrand was born on September 26, 1927 in Leesville, a son of the late Willie and Elva Miller Lybrand. He was a Navy veteran of WW II, a retired employee of G. E. in Irmo and Quality Wood Works in Newberry,and was a member of Church of God.
Mr. Lybrand is survived by his wife, Rebecca Shealy Lybrand of Newberry; a daughter, Stephanie Rowe and a son, Tony Lybrand, both of Newberry; two sisters and one brother-in-law Hazel and Richard Austin of West Columbia, and Isabelle Riley of Trenton one brother and sister-in-law Robert and Patsy Lybrand of Leesville; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at 1:00 PM Tuesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by the Rev. Vernon Koon. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens.
Visitation was from 5:30 to 7:00 PM Monday at the Whitaker Funeral Home.
Active pallbearers were Robert Bartley, Dean Dickert, Dalton Shealy, Craig Shealy, William Shealy and Jeremy Wease.
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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Lucile White Frick March 2, 2006

Lucile White Frick, 95, of 1622 Wheeland School Road, Little Mountain, widow of Forest Lee “Buck” Frick, died Thursday, March 2, 2006,
at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Frick was born December 4,1910 in Newberry County, a daughter of the late W. F. and Mamie Frick White. She was a homemaker and a member of St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, WELCA, Alpha Circle, the Adult Sunday School Class, and the Primetimers.
Mrs. Frick is survived by three daughters and two sons-in-law, Eleanor and Bennie Bush, Virginia Haltiwanger, and Dale and Dwain Wessinger all of Little Mountain: three sisters, Verna McKain and Evelyn Yarbrough both of Whitmire, and Mary McDuffie of Mooresville, NC; eight grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was predeceased by four sisters, Rosa Lee Campbell, Janie Livingston, Mildred Dominick, and Ethel Dowd; a brother, Clarence White, and a granddaughter, Jennifer Childers.
Funeral services were conducted 2:00 P.M. Sunday at St Peter’s Lutheran Church by the Rev. David Tholstrup. Interment was in St. Peter’s Lutheran Church Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M. Saturday at the Whitaker Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, 900 Dreher Island Road, Chapin, SC 29036 or Lake Murray Rescue Squad, 559 Hollands Landing Road, Prosperity, SC 29127.
Active pallbearers were Steve Bush, David Bush, Douglas Haltiwanger, Jr., Brandon Wessinger, Joe Childers, Mac McKie, Joe Lassiter and Charlie Sease. Honorary pallbearers were Primetimers and Alpha Circle.
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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