Obituaries

Rev. Wilbur Dean Miller

Rev. Wilbur Dean Miller

Jul 13, 2008

The Rev. Wilbur Dean Miller 79 1801 Greencroft Blvd. Goshen IN died Sunday at 7:15 p.m. at Greencroft Healthcare.He was born Feb. 23 1929 to Warren and Viola M. (Miller) Miller in Millersburg.He attended Goshen College for three years and Lutheran Theological Seminary for three years. He worked at Heine Hardware which is now John Halls Hardware Goshen. He first...

Alda Long Richardson

Alda Long Richardson

Jul 10, 2008

Alda Long Richardson 90 formerly of 5560 US Highway 76 Prosperity died Thursday July 10 2008 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Mrs. Richardson was born on January 21 1918 in Prosperity a daughter of the late James A. and Alma Shealy Long. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and the Ladies Bible Class. She was a former...

David Craft Jr.

David Craft Jr.

Jun 30, 2008

David Craft Jr. 47 of 4647 Hwy 34 Pomaria died Monday June 30 2008 in Hilton Head.He was born on February 26 1961 to the late David Craft and Bobbie Jean Knight Craft. He was a carpenter by trade.Mr. Craft is survived by three sisters Deborah Evans of Blythewood Carolyn Wicker of Newberry and Vicky Panter of Greenwood and a...

Charles Gary Harshman

Charles Gary Harshman

Jun 26, 2008

Charles Gary Harshman 58 of 24568 US Highway 76 Newberry died Thursday June 26 2008 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mr. Harshman was born in Middletown Ohio on January 30 1950 to the late Charles and Fannie Potts Harshman. He retired as a US Navy Seal after 30 years of service and was a veteran of the Viet Nam War....

Ruby Wilson Chapman

Ruby Wilson Chapman

Jun 23, 2008

Ruby Wilson Chapman 92 of 5663 SC Highway 395 widow of Malcolm Harrison Chapman left her loved ones Monday June 23 2008 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.She was born on September 9 1915 in Newberry County to the late George Calhoun and Claudia Mae Long Wilson. She was a graduate of Stoney Hill High School Class of 1933 and twice...

James Howard Noble

James Howard Noble

Jun 10, 2008

James Howard Noble 66 of 938 Colony Church Road died Tuesday June 10 2008 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.He was born on November 11 1941 in Hackensack NJ to the late Howard Jay Noble and Anna Knapp Noble Zampacorta. He was retired from International Paper Company.Mr. Noble was a member of Grace Lutheran Church and was an avid model train...

Ella B. Stevens

Ella B. Stevens

Jun 9, 2008

Ella B. Stevens 78 formerly of 2045 Montgomery St. widow of William T. Stevens died Monday June 09 2008 at Springfield Place. Mrs. Stevens was born on January 27 1930 in Winnsboro to the late Ransom Samuel and Ophelia Gray Bush. She was a member of St. Lukes Lutheran Church and was a retired employee of Newberry Mills.Mrs. Stevens is...

Donald E. Cochell

Donald E. Cochell

Jun 9, 2008

Donald E. Cochell 85 of 1416 Griffith Park Newberry died Monday June 9 2008 at his residence.Mr. Cochell was born on May 1 1923 in Detroit Michigan to the late Hudson and Mildred Beutel Cochell. He was retired from Detroit Edison Company after 44 years of service. He was a 1st Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp serving for three...

Edna Havird Fly

Edna Havird Fly

Jun 5, 2008

Edna Havird Fly 96 of 268 Lake Forest Drive Spartanburg widow of Edward Leroy Fly died Thursday June 5 2008 at the Spartanburg Regional Hospital.She was born on April 1 1912 in Silverstreet to the late Benjamin Mayer and Maggie Susan Long Havird.Mrs. Fly was retired from Green Textile and was a member of St. Johns Lutheran Church of Spartanburg.She...

Mary Long Culp

Mary Long Culp

Jun 2, 2008

Mary M. Long Culp of Mooresville NC went to be with her Lord and Savior on June 2 2008. She was born in the Mount Pilgrim section of Newberry County in 1912 a daughter of the late John H. Walter Long and Florence Waters Long. She attended the Newberry County schools and is an alumnus of Newberry College. She was...

Celia S. Mama Shealy

Celia S. Mama Shealy

May 31, 2008

Celia Snipes Mama Shealy 87 of 20977 US Highway 76 Newberry widow of Rev. W. D. Pop Shealy Jr. died Saturday May 31 2008 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mrs. Shealy was born on December 16 1919 in Cordsville SC to the late Willie Eugene and Leila Irene Garris Snipes. She was co-founder of Boys Farm Inc. where she served as...

Tommy L. Hedgepath

Tommy L. Hedgepath

May 30, 2008

Tommy L. Hedgepath 67 of 2612 Harrington St Newberry died Friday May 30 2008 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mr. Hedgepath was born on January 4 1941 in Newberry to Beatrice Wicker Hedgepath and the late H. L. Hedgepath. He was the owner of H. L. Hedgepath and Son and had served as Deputy Coroner of Newberry County since 1991 and...

Margaret S. Lipscomb

Margaret S. Lipscomb

May 30, 2008

Margaret Shealy Lipscomb 86 widow of Lewis M. Lipscomb Sr. formerly of 1423 Clarkson Ave. Newberry died Friday May 30 2008.She was born on May 19 1922 in Newberry County to Harry W. and Trannie Pitts Shealy. She was retired from Newberry County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service.Mrs. Lipscomb was a member of Smyrna Presbyterian Church a member of Esther...

Cary W. Porter

Cary W. Porter

May 23, 2008

Cary W. Porter 58 of 318 John Kinard Circle Chapin died Friday May 23 2008 at the Lexington Medical Center.He was born on December 6 1949 in Columbia son of the late Hazel and Jeanette Williams Porter. He was a decorated Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War and was retired from the Air Force.He was of the Baptist faith...

Clyde R. Anderson

Clyde R. Anderson

May 14, 2008

Clyde R. Anderson 72 formerly of 5244 U.S. 176. Pomaria widower of Elaine Carter Anderson died Wednesday May 14 2008 at the J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.He was born on June 27 1935 in Cerro Gordo NC to the late Coy and Beulah Green Anderson. He was a retired employee of Epting Ballenger Corporation.Mr. Anderson is survived by a daughter Robin...

Merle Miller Kinney

Merle Miller Kinney

May 14, 2008

Merle Miller Kinney 86 formerly of 1403 Fourth St. widow of L. W. Woody Kinney died Wednesday May 14 2008 at the St. Lukes Hospital in Jacksonville FL.She was born on September 20 1921 in Newberry County to the late James O. Jim and Jennie Bedenbaugh Miller. She was a retired employee of the Kendall Company Oakland Plant. She was...

David A. Hlasney

David A. Hlasney

Apr 30, 2008

David A. Hlasney 59 of 2125 Rosalyn Drive Newberry died Wednesday April 30 2008 at the Lexington Medical Center.He was born on October 5 1948 in Manhattan NY a son of the late Joseph and Lila Peer Hlasney. He was an Army veteran of the Vietnam War and was employed with Subway Restaurant of Newberry.Mr. Hlasney is survived by his...

Ruby Lott Epting

Ruby Lott Epting

Apr 30, 2008

Ruby Lott Epting 87 widow of Leland C. Epting Sr. died Wednesday April 30 2008 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Fairfield County and the daughter of the late Warren and Mary Lott of Saluda. She was a member of Silverstreet Lutheran Church. She is survived by a son Leland Epting Jr. (Patsy) of Newberry; daughters...

Cynthia Mower Martin

Cynthia Mower Martin

Apr 17, 2008

Cynthia Mower Martin 89 of 1531 Main St. Newberry died Thursday April 17 2008 at the WJB Dorn Medical Center in Columbia.Miss Martin was born on August 6 1918 in Newberry a daughter of the late Foster N. and Mary Helen Mower Martin. She served three years during WWII in the Womens Army Corps. She was a graduate of Newberry...

Margaret Murrah Sheppard

Margaret Murrah Sheppard

Apr 13, 2008

Margaret Murrah Sheppard 78 of 2106 Mower St. Newberry widow of William L. Bill Sheppard died Sunday April 13 2008 at her residence.She was born on December 10 1929 in Joanna a daughter of the late Harmon G. and Cleo Rodgers Murrah. She was a former employee of Damon International and was a member of Faith Lutheran Church.Mrs. Sheppard is...