Obituaries

Terry Allen Garner

Terry Allen Garner

Feb 17, 2009

Terry Allen Garner 22 of West Columbia died Tuesday February 17 2009 in West Columbia.He was born on January 28 1987 a son of the late Katherine Sanders Garner and of James Rubin Garner. He was a member of Wightman United Methodist Church.Terry is survived by two brothers Christopher David Garner of Newberry and Jamie Lee Garner of Pomaria; maternal...

Edna Tyler Johnson

Edna Tyler Johnson

Feb 17, 2009

Edna Tyler Johnson 88 of 1606 Emory St. Whitmire died Tuesday February 17 2009 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born on March 11 1920 in Fairview VA to the late L. D. and Estella Horton Tyler. She was married to the late Coy C. Johnson.Mrs. Johnson retired from the J.P. Stevens Company and was a charter member...

Grady H. Bowers

Grady H. Bowers

Feb 15, 2009

Grady H. Bowers 68 of 650 Houston Road Prosperity died February 15 2009 at his residence.He was born on October 30 1940 the son of the late George Houston and Vera Garrett Bowers. He was retired from Whitaker Floor Covering after 42 years of service and was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church.He is survived by his wife Beverly...

Byron T. Toby Smith

Byron T. Toby Smith

Feb 14, 2009

Byron T. "Toby" Smith 60 of 14328 S.C. Highway 121 Newberry died Saturday February 14 2009 at Regency Hospital in Greenville.He was born on July 31 1948 in Newberry a son of the late Floyd M. Smith Sr. and Edna Tobais Smith Altman. He was a retired employee of American Fiber and Finishing Co. He was a member of the...

G. Perry Caughman Iii

G. Perry Caughman Iii

Feb 11, 2009

G. Perry Caughman III 67 of Ravenel SC died Wednesday February 11 2009 in Charleston.Mr. Caughman was born December 17 1941 in Columbia a son of the late G. P. and Eleanor Fowler Caughman. He was a graduate of Dreher High School and served in the U. S. Navy. He retired from BellSouth.He is survived by his wife Rebecca Cobb...

Elizabeth Betty Townsend Wessinger

Elizabeth Betty Townsend Wessinger

Feb 10, 2009

Elizabeth "Betty" Hale Townsend Wessinger 82 of 1205 Reid St. Newberry died Tuesday February 10 2009 at her residence.She was born on August 2 1926 in Ninety Six SC a daughter of the late Francis Asbury and Ella Lee Sherard Townsend. She was a 1947 graduate of Converse College and a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer.Mrs. Wessinger...

Wynona Nonie Layton Terrell Ballentine

Wynona Nonie Layton Terrell Ballentine

Feb 9, 2009

Wynona "Nonie" Layton Terrell Ballentine 82 of Newberry died Monday February 9 2009 at White Oak Manor.She was born on Jan. 16 1927 in Newberry the daughter of the late Isaac C. "Doc" and Gladys Richey Layton. A graduate of Newberry College she was a retired bookkeeper with South Carolina National Bank. She was a member of Glenn St. Baptist...

John R. “Bobby” Beach Jr.

John R. “Bobby” Beach Jr.

Feb 4, 2009

John R. "Bobby" Beach Jr. died in Youngstown OH.He was born on June 24 1951 in Concord NC a son of the late John R. and Mildred Gray Beach. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army and was an auto mechanic.He is survived by his son Randy Beach of Newberry; 3 sisters Sue Goff Mrs. Bobby (Becky) Greene and...

Verna Ruth Patten Burdick

Verna Ruth Patten Burdick

Jan 21, 2009

Verna Ruth Patten Burdick 86 of 326 Smallwood Dr. Chapin died Wednesday January 21 2009 at the Lexington Medical Center.She was born on April 19 1922 in Saratoga Springs NY to the late David B.H. and Ruth Patten. She was married to the late John Wesley Burdick for 58 years.Mrs. Burdick was an administrative assistant for many years with Saratoga...

James “Jimmy” C. Cousins

James “Jimmy” C. Cousins

Jan 19, 2009

James "Jimmy" C. Cousins 93 of 149 Wilbon Circle Simpsonville died Monday January 19 2009 at the Hillcrest Hospital.Mr. Cousins was born on Oct. 5 1915 in Newberry County a son of the late John H. and Ila Cromer Cousins.He retired from the Greenville Water Works System and was a former Superintendent of the Mauldin Fountain Inn Simpsonville Water District...

Robert M. Bob Wiebe

Robert M. Bob Wiebe

Jan 17, 2009

Robert M. "Bob" Wiebe 85 of 331 Rutledge Place Columbia SC died Saturday January 17 2009.Mr. Wiebe was born on October 13 1923 in Tillamook Oregon to the late Milton and Etna Daniels Wiebe. He is survived by his wife Mary Stanley Salley Wiebe of Columbia SC; two sons Robert Douglas Wiebe and his wife Leslie of Wilmington DE and...

Sidelle Crooks Derrick

Sidelle Crooks Derrick

Jan 10, 2009

Mary Sidelle Crooks Derrick of Newberry died Saturday January 10 2009. Born February 1 1937 in Newberry S. C. she was the daughter of the late Thomas Hugh Crooks and Jenette Harmon Crooks. She graduated from Newberry High School in 1955 and attended Newberry College.Before returning to Newberry in 1974 from Marietta Georgia she resided in Columbia South Carolina.; Beaufort...

Nelle F. Matthews

Nelle F. Matthews

Jan 10, 2009

Nelle Fletcher Matthews 77 of Little Mountain widow of David S. Matthews died Saturday January 10 2009 at the Lowman Home.She was born on June 12 1931 in Kershaw a daughter of the late Thomas C. and Nannie Elizabeth Brannon Fletcher. She was a 1951 graduate of Columbia College. She retired from the accounting Division of the S.C. Department of...

Horace W. “Red” Mcelroy

Horace W. “Red” Mcelroy

Jan 10, 2009

Horace W. "Red" McElroy 84 formerly of 8 Player St. Newberry died Saturday January 10 2009 at The Cottages at Brushy Creek.He was born on July 4 1924 in Atalla County Mississippi a son of the late Verbie A. and Grace Massey McElroy. Mr. McElroy was a Navy veteran of WW II having served in the South Pacific Theater and...

Dare Swindler Dominick

Dare Swindler Dominick

Jan 5, 2009

Dare Swindler Dominick 87 formerly of 218 North Main St. Prosperity and widow of Claude E. Dominick died Monday January 5 2009 at the Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital.She was born on Aug. 18 1921 in Newberry a daughter of the late Henry W. and Mae Davis Swindler. She was a retired teaching assistant at Prosperity Elementary School and was a...

Phyllis Taylor Montgomery Wrenn

Phyllis Taylor Montgomery Wrenn

Jan 2, 2009

Phyllis Taylor Montgomery Wrenn 94 died Friday January 2 2009.She was born on May 28 1915 in Fitchburg Massachusetts to the late Carlisle Frances and Mabel Partridge Taylor.After high school Phyllis attended Posse Nisson School of Physical Education a Sweedish school for physical education in Kendal Green Mass. She graduated in 1937. While there she was active in all sports....

Joseph K. Joe Keith Fulmer

Joseph K. Joe Keith Fulmer

Dec 20, 2008

Joseph K. "Joe Keith" Fulmer Sr. 90 of 832 Mountain St. Little Mountain died Saturday December 20 2008 at his residence. He was born on October 9 1918 in Little Mountain to the late Charles C. and Lillian Sease Fulmer. He worked in the construction industry and retired from Epting Ballenger. He was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church...

Floyd H. Dennis

Floyd H. Dennis

Dec 15, 2008

Floyd H. Dennis 98 formerly of 1229 Kinard St. and husband of the late Anna Pearsall Dennis died Monday December 15 2008 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.He was born in Newberry County on October 21 1910 to the late Adger and Leila Dennis. He was an Army veteran of World War II and was retired from the S.C. National...

Betty Jane Liz Drexelius

Betty Jane Liz Drexelius

Dec 14, 2008

Betty Jane "Liz" Drexelius 73 of Chapin died Sunday December 14 2008 at her residence.She was born in Buffalo NY a daughter of the late Martin J. and Mildred M (Burkhardt) Braunscheidel. She was a retired regional coordinator for MetLife Insurance Co. and was a member of Our Lady of the Lady Catholic Church.She is survived by her husband Robert...

Annie Mae Kinard Bobb

Annie Mae Kinard Bobb

Dec 9, 2008

Annie Mae Kinard Bobb 102 formerly of 2549 Bachman Chapel Road Prosperity died Tuesday December 9 2008 at White Oak Manor.She was born on December 2 1906 in Williamston a daughter of the late John A. and Eugenia Carson Kinard. She was a long time active member of Bachman Chapel Lutheran Church and was the oldest living member of the...