Obituaries

Lalhage Fulmer Eargle

Lalhage Fulmer Eargle

Jun 19, 2009

Lalhage Fulmer Eargle 89 formerly of 1264 Kinard St. Newberry widow of C. Herman Eargle died Friday June 19 2009 at White Oak Manor.She was born on January 30 1920 in Prosperity a daughter of the late J. Burley and Viola Mills Fulmer. She was a member of Summer Memorial Lutheran Church. She was a former employee of the Kendall...

Annie Crouch Werts

Annie Crouch Werts

Jun 18, 2009

Annie Crouch Werts 94 of 210 Thomas Werts Lane Silvertreet widow of Thomas F. Werts died Thursday June 18 2009 at her residence.She was born in Dyson SC a daughter of the late Welton B. and Maude Hyman Crouch. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity United Methodist Church.She is survived by her son Thomas M. Werts of...

Myrtle Marr Bates

Myrtle Marr Bates

Jun 15, 2009

Myrtle Marr Bates 77 widow of Marcus E. Bates Jr of Prosperity died Monday June 15 2009.She was the daughter of the late W. J. and Rosa Stoltz Marr. She was of the Lutheran faith.Mrs. Bates is survived by a daughter and son-in-law Cheryl B. and Lee Reynolds of Gaffney; sons and daughters-in-law Keith E. Bates of Columbia Jeff W....

Dennis H. Summer

Dennis H. Summer

Jun 12, 2009

Dennis H. Summer 51 of 1217 Long Sumpit Road Chappells died Friday June 12 2009 at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. Mr. Summer was born on March 18 1958 in Greenwood a son of Sara Lancaster Summer and the late Brunner E. Summer. He was a retired employee of CSX and a member of Crossroad Baptist Church. He is survived...

Willie S. Brown Jr.

Willie S. Brown Jr.

Jun 10, 2009

Willie S. Brown Jr. 77 of Silverstreet died Wednesday June 10 2009 at his residence.He was born on March 14 1932 in Columbia son of the late Willie S. Brown Sr. and Stella Gunter Brown. He was a graduate of Olympia High School in Columbia and was a U.S. Navy veteran.Mr. Brown was the president and founder of Ideal Equipment...

Henry Hubert Ringer

Henry Hubert Ringer

Jun 2, 2009

Services for Henry Hubert Ringer 94 were held at 11 AM Friday June 5 2009 at Butler United Methodist Church with Rev. Lee Cothran officiating. Interment did follow in the church cemetery. Visitation was from 6 until 8 PM on Thursday night at Ramey Funeral Home in Saluda.Mr. Ringer died Tuesday June 2 2009. Born in Newberry County he was...

Marion Richard “Buddy” Biggs

Marion Richard “Buddy” Biggs

Jun 2, 2009

Marion Richard "Buddy" Biggs 90 of Springfield Place died June 2 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Biggs was born July 7 1918 in Cheraw South Carolina son of the late William Monroe and Eva Kimrey Biggs. He was predeceased by his devoted first wife of forty-four years Elizabeth "Lib" Truesdale Biggs who passed away in December 1985 after...

Capt. William Edward Ed Baumgartner

Capt. William Edward Ed Baumgartner

Jun 1, 2009

CAPT. William Edward "Ed" Baumgartner USN (Ret.) 61 passed away Monday June 1 2009.Ed was a native of Mobile Ala. and has been a Yorktown resident since 1990. He retired from the U.S. Navy in 1994 after 24 years as a naval aviator and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a 1970 graduate of Georgia Tech and...

Brunner E. Bud Summer

Brunner E. Bud Summer

May 30, 2009

Brunner E. Bud Summer 83 of 488 Catfish Cove Chappells died Saturday May 30 2009 at his residence. Mr. Summer was born on June 24 1925 to the late Tom and Emma Bickley Summer. He was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps. and was retired from Southern Bell. He was a member of Crossroad Baptist Church. He is...

Carolyn Lane Marett

Carolyn Lane Marett

May 29, 2009

Carolyn Lane Marett 99 of 1809 Harper St. widow of Joe C. Marett died Friday at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.She was born in Newberry on May 23 1910 to the late Olin H. and Marie Whitaker Lane. She was a 1934 graduate of Newberry College and a devoted elementary school teacher for 38 years having taught most of her years...

John Ray Amick

John Ray Amick

May 29, 2009

Services for John Ray Amick 72 of Gilbert were conducted at 4:00 p.m. Sunday at Cedar Grove Lutheran Church with the Rev. Gary Brandenburg and Rev. Kathleen Panning officiating. Burial did follow in the church cemetery with visitation to follow in the church social hall. Memorials may be made to Cedar Grove Lutheran Church 1220 Cedar Grove Road Leesville SC...

Margaret Sease Halfacre

Margaret Sease Halfacre

May 29, 2009

Margaret Sease Halfacre 100 formerly of 4029 Bush River Rd. died Friday May 29 2009 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Born in Newberry County on July 20 1908 she was the daughter of the late James Anderson Sease and Minnie Long Sease. She attended Tranwood Elementary School Newberry High School and Newberry College where she received an AB degree in...

Rev. George Benet Shealy

Rev. George Benet Shealy

May 25, 2009

Walhalla SC—The Rev. George Benet Shealy 76 Pastor Emeritus of St. John's Lutheran Church died Monday May 25 2009 after an illness of many years. Born in Newberry SC he was the youngest of 11 children of the late Olin O'Neal and Cora Wise Shealy. He grew up on Mollohon Mill Village where he worked his way through Newberry College...

Walter Bouknight

Walter Bouknight

May 22, 2009

Walter Bouknight 56 of Newberry died Friday May 22 2009 at White Oak Manor. Mr. Bouknight was born in Newberry a son of Nancy T. and Gilbert Bouknight. He was a former employee of the Champion Lumber Company Georgia Pacific and Newberry Wrecking and Salvage.Besides his parents of Newberry he is survived by his wife Debbie Bouknight of Newberry; son...

Joseph Earl Joe Bickley

Joseph Earl Joe Bickley

May 15, 2009

Joseph Earl "Joe" Bickley 83 formerly of 2213 Rosalyn Drive Newberry died Friday May 15 2009 at Lexington Medical Center. He was born on January 11 1926 in Newberry the son of the late Robert P. and Willie Mae Johnson Bickley. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a retired mail carrier with the US Postal Service....

Mary Dennis Boozer

Mary Dennis Boozer

May 14, 2009

WEST COLUMBIA:Funeral service for Mary Dennis Boozer 96 were held at 11am Monday May 18 2009 in the Chapel of Thompson Funeral Home of West Columbia officiated by her grandson Mr. Greg P. Davis. Interment did follow at St. Luke's Lutheran Church Cemetery Prosperity SC. Serving as pallbearers were her grandchildren. The family did receive friends from 10 until 11...

Isaiah Russell Ray Padgett

Isaiah Russell Ray Padgett

May 5, 2009

Isaiah Russell Ray Padgett 7 months old died Tuesday May 5 2009.Isaiah was born September 29 2008 in Newberry a son of Jessica Kidd Hart and Ronald Padgett Jr. In addition to his parents of Newberry he is survived by his sisters Amber Benge and Quintessa Padgett his maternal grandparents Lisa and Richard Moore of Newberry; paternal grandparents Martha Prickett...

Barbara Charlyn Lyn Altman Thomas

Barbara Charlyn Lyn Altman Thomas

May 4, 2009

Barbara Charlyn "Lyn" Altman Thomas 59 of 301 Tattler's Trail Irmo died Monday May 4 2009 at Lexington Medical Center. Mrs. Thomas was born in Sumter SC a daughter of S. Charlie Altman and the late Barbara Jean "B.J." Mims Altman. She was a Magna Cum Laude graduate of Limestone College a member of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church and was a...

Eula Baker Stone

Eula Baker Stone

Apr 23, 2009

Eula Baker Stone 94 widow of Perry C. Stone died Thursday April 23 2009 at White Oak Manor. Mrs. Stone was born on October 07 1914 in Whitmire to the late John Raymond and Eugenia Catherine Baker. She was retired from J.P. Stevens Company Whitmire Plant. She was a member of Whitmire Presbyterian Church where she was a member of...

Beatrice Wicker Hedgepath

Beatrice Wicker Hedgepath

Apr 11, 2009

Beatrice Wicker Hedgepath 95 widow of Henry Leslie Hedgepath died Saturday April 11 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.She was born on December 27 1913 in Newberry County a daughter of the late Thomas and Maude Wicker. She retired from Whitten Center and was part owner of H. L. Hedgepath & Son. She was a former member of St. Philips...