Obituaries

Betty Jones Taylor

Betty Jones Taylor

Mar 10, 2010

Betty Jones Taylor 73 of 281 Landing Rd. Prosperity SC formerly of Travelers Rest died Wednesday March 10 2010 at her residence. She was born in Gaffney SC to Leona Latham Jones and the late Charlie L. Jones. She was a member of Clearview Baptist Church of Travelers Rest and had formerly worked for P & L Restaurant. In addition...

George J. Renne Jr.

George J. Renne Jr.

Mar 3, 2010

George J. Renne' Jr. of Chapin SC died Wednesday March 3 2010 at Ascension Hospice in Irmo SC.He was born in New York N.Y. a son of the late George J. and Viola Pfleger Renne'. Mr. Renne' was an U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War and was a Past Post Commander of V.F.W. Post 6192 of the Township of...

Curtis Bowers Sr.

Curtis Bowers Sr.

Mar 3, 2010

Curtis L. Bowers Sr. 75 of 838 Misty Harbor Road Chapin died Wednesday March 3 2010 at his residence.Born in Newberry County on December 9 1934 he was a son of the late J. Evans and Bessie Bedenbaugh Bowers. He was a self employed auto mechanic and former owner of Beltline CITGO. He was also a former member of the...

Benjamin Alexander “Alec” Branch

Benjamin Alexander “Alec” Branch

Mar 1, 2010

Benjamin Alexander "Alec" Branch 18 of 1415 Wheeler St. Newberry died Monday March 1 2010. Alec was born on December 15 1991 in Lexington SC. He was a student at Piedmont Technical College and an aspiring chef who worked at Stephen W's Downtown Bistro. He was an exceptionally creative and gifted young man who expressed his talents through his music...

Robert F. “Pa” Wood

Robert F. “Pa” Wood

Feb 27, 2010

Robert F. "Pa" Wood 94 of Newberry died Saturday February 27 2010 in Laurens County Hospice House in Clinton.Mr. Wood was born on March 12 1915 in Danbury CT the son of the late Robert E. and Anna Weber Wood. He was a Navy veteran of WW II. He was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church and the VFW...

David Henry D.H. Frick

David Henry D.H. Frick

Feb 18, 2010

David Henry "D.H." Frick 88 formerly of 601 Paul Fulmer Road Chapin died Thursday February 18 2010 at Palmetto Health Baptist Medical Center in Columbia. He was born December 5 1921 in Chapin a son of the late Eddie A. and Corrie Koon Frick. Mr. Frick was a US Army veteran of World War II and was a retired Master...

Kate Huffstetler Forbis

Kate Huffstetler Forbis

Feb 11, 2010

Kate Huffstetler Forbis 94 formerly of First St. Newberry died Thursday February 11 2010 at White Oak Manor.Born in Kings Mountain NC on December 16 1915 she was the daughter of the late Erskine C. and Minnie Reynolds Huffstetler. She was a retired employee the Kendall Co. Oakland Plant and she worked for the Newberry County Council on Aging. She...

Reba Fulmer Epting

Reba Fulmer Epting

Feb 7, 2010

Reba Fulmer Epting 95 of Chapin formerly of Little Mountain died Sunday February 7 2010 at Lexington Medical Center. Born in Newberry County on March 01 1914 she was the daughter of the late Charlie C. and Lilly Sease Fulmer. She was a former employee of Efirds in Newberry. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and was...

Joan Dickert Fuller

Joan Dickert Fuller

Feb 6, 2010

Joan Dickert Fuller 77 of 1715 Wheeler St. Newberry died Saturday February 06 2010 at her residence. Born in Newberry on August 29 1932 she was a daughter of the late Forrest W. and Ruth Senn Dickert. Mrs. Fuller had worked as a secretary at the Newberry Recreation Department for a number of years and had also enjoyed being a...

Earl J. Kelly

Earl J. Kelly

Feb 2, 2010

Earl J. Kelly 84 of Prosperity SC widower of Eula Mae Kelly died Tuesday February 2 2010 at the Dorn V. A. Medical Center. He was born August 29 1925 in Newberry County a son of the late Cora Dominick and Roy M. Kelly. Mr. Kelly was an Army Veteran of the Korean War and a retired employee of Claude...

Patricia R. Kennerley

Patricia R. Kennerley

Jan 27, 2010

Patricia R. Kennerley 58 of 6163 US Highway 395 Newberry SC 29108 died Wednesday January 27 2010.She was born on December 8 1951 in Newberry to the late J. Harold and Jeannette S. Ruff. Patricia was a nurse for the SC Department of Corrections. Patricia is survived by her daughters Heather Appleby of New Brunswick Canada and Tammi Wess of...

Cecil Eugene Merchant

Cecil Eugene Merchant

Jan 27, 2010

Cecil Eugene Merchant Jr. 78 of 412 Green Street Newberry died Wednesday January 27 2010 at White Oak Manor. He was born on January 2 1932 in Newberry to the late Cecil E. Merchant Sr. and Mattie Longshore Merchant. On February 26 1955 he married the late Mary Bartley. Mr. Merchant was a former member of the S.C. National Guard...

Charles Emerson Ragland

Charles Emerson Ragland

Jan 23, 2010

Charles Emerson Ragland age 92 recently of Hopkins died January 23 2010 at the Brian Center St. Andrews in Columbia. Mr. Ragland son of the late Rev. Samuel Emerson and Lillian Harlow Ragland was a native of Bowling Green KY. He graduated from Western Kentucky State Teachers College in 1937 and from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in...

Rev. Paul B. Cobb

Rev. Paul B. Cobb

Jan 21, 2010

Reverend Paul B. Cobb 87 of Charlotte NC passed away on January 21 2010 at The Cypress. He was born on September 22 1922 in Greensboro NC a son of the late A.C. and Hyacinth Mangum Cobb. He was a graduate of Duke University A.B. Degree Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary M. Div. Degree and the University of North Carolina at...

Josephine Jo Harris Layton

Josephine Jo Harris Layton

Jan 19, 2010

Josephine "Jo" Addison Harris Layton 90 of Springfield Place and formerly of Jessica Avenue Newberry died Tuesday January 19 2010 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Layton was born in Laurens County on July 17 1919 a daughter of the late Richard Gray and Erin Addison Harris. She was a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Women's College of Furman...

Julian B. Addy

Julian B. Addy

Jan 11, 2010

Julian B. Addy 90 died peacefully on January 11 2010. Born October 29 1919 in Lexington South Carolina he was the son of James B. and Martha H. Addy.He was a lifelong member of St. Jacob's Lutheran Church; served on the council taught sunday school and sang in the choir. Julian attended Chapin High School and continued his education by...

Alice Danielsen Kinard

Alice Danielsen Kinard

Jan 3, 2010

Alice Danielsen Kinard age 79 and widow of Hubert Vernon Kinard went to meet her Savior on January 3 2010. Alice was born in Newberry to the late John T. Danielsen Sr. and the late Mary Enlow Danielsen on June 16 1930. An honor graduate of Newberry High School Mrs. Kinard was a summa cum laude graduate of Newberry College....

Vivian D. Stutts

Vivian D. Stutts

Dec 30, 2009

Vivian D. Stutts 86 of Springfield Circle widow of Herbert L. Stutts died Wednesday December 30 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.She was born in Greenville on March 11 1923 to the late Julius M. and Eva Lockabee Ducker. Of their eleven children she was the last surviving member. She was retired from Damon International. Mrs. Stutts was a member...

Albert F. Al Busby

Albert F. Al Busby

Dec 30, 2009

Albert Foster Busby Sr. 82 of 2606 Pondview Circle Newberry died Wednesday at his residence. He was born on November 8 1927 in Calhoun Falls to the late Walter D. and Beulah Carson Busby and grew up in Anderson County. He was predeceased by five brothers and three sisters. Al served as pharmacist's mate in the US Navy during WWII....

Ben Frank Dawkins Jr

Ben Frank Dawkins Jr

Dec 29, 2009

Funeral service for Ben Frank Dawkins Jr 88 were held 3 p.m. Saturday January 2 2010 at Central United Methodist Church Newberry with burial in Newberry Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 10:30 until 12 noon Saturday January 2 2010 at Dunbar Funeral Home Devine Street Chapel Columbia. Mr. Dawkins died Tuesday December 29 2009. Born in Prosperity...