Obituaries
Ruby Lee Long Plumblee Bagwell
Apr 12, 2008
Mrs. Ruby Lee Long Plumblee Bagwell 94 of West Columbia died Saturday April 12 2008 at Lexington Medical Center Extend Care. She was born on September 18 1913 in Newberry County a daughter of the late Rufus F. and Nora Bickley Long. She was a 1930 graduate of Bush River School and a 1934 graduate of Newberry College. She taught...
Thomas E. “Tommy” Wise
Apr 11, 2008
Thomas E. Tommy Wise 65 of 24348 US Highway 76 Newbery died Friday April 11 2008 at his residence.He was born on Nov. 24 1942 in Newbery a son of the late W. Tillman and Verdie Corley Wise. He was an employee of Sizemore and was a former employee of the Torrington Bearing Co. and he was a member of...
John L. Edwards Sr.
Apr 7, 2008
John L. "Dopey" Edwards Sr. 83 formerly of 2003 McDowell St. Newberry died Monday John L. Edwards Sr. 83 formerly of 2003 McDowell St. Newberry died Monday April 07 2008 at the Tucker Nursing Center in Columbia.He was born on July 9 1924 in Orangeburg a son of the late Samuel Walters and Rosealee Ellen Sandle Edwards. He was a...
Lydie Clary Bergen
Mar 18, 2008
As we are saying farewell and losing sight there are those on the distant shore shouting in jubilee Here she comes as they rejoice together at her coming home.The world as we know it will be a less interesting place the sun will be missing one of its brightest rays as we face this day the loss of our dear...
P. Derrill Matthews
Mar 15, 2008
P. Derrill Matthews 74 of 2539 Belfast Road Newberry died Saturday March 15 2008 at his residence.Mr. Matthews was born on March 11 1934 in Newberry a son of the late L. J. Jack and Edith McCarty Matthews. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War served in the S.C. National Guard for 20 years and was the retired...
Marian Zigmund Tobolski
Mar 7, 2008
Marian Zigmund Tobolski 80 of 25 Garrington Court Chapin died Friday March 07 2008 at the Lexington Medical Center.He was born on May 27 1927 in Wiecbork Poland a son of the late Franciszek Tobolski and Wanda Rod Wieczorowska Tobolski. A survivor of the Holocaust he immigrated to the United States from Belgium in 1956 with his family. He was...
Mary Waties Lumpkin Pope
Mar 4, 2008
Mary Waties Lumpkin Pope wife of the late Thomas Harrington Pope Jr. of Newberry died Tuesday March 4 2008. She was born December 6 1917 in Columbia the daughter of the late Alva Moore Lumpkin and Mary Sumter Thomas Lumpkin. She was a graduate of Mary Baldwin College. Upon her marriage January 3 1940 she moved to Newberry. Services were...
John W. “Johnny” Wise
Mar 3, 2008
John W. Johnny Wise 70 of 25743 US Highway 76 Newberry died Monday March 3 2008 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mr. Wise was born on September 21 1937 in Newberry County a son of the late Henry Walter and Gladys Shealy Wise. He was a retired co-owner of Wises Bar-B-Que House and a member of St. James Lutheran Church...
Jane E. Sugg Willingham
Feb 28, 2008
Jane E. Sugg Willingham 83 formerly of Little Mountain widow of Dallas H. Willingham Sr. died Thursday February 28 2008 at the J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home. She was born on January 30 1935 a daughter of the late Jesse E. and Bertie Sugg. She was a former member of St. Mark Catholic Church of Newberry.Mrs. Willingham is survived by...
J. William “Bill” Ballentine
Feb 27, 2008
John William "Bill" Ballentine 87 formerly of 2028 Glenn St. Newberry died Wednesday February 27 2008 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.He was born on April 11 1920 in Lexington County the son of the late John Andrew and Carrie Corley Ballentine. He was a retired dairy farmer in the Jalapa Community of Newberry County. Mr. Ballentine had a life long...
Coy C. Johnson
Feb 26, 2008
Coy C. Johnson 87 of 1606 Emory St. Whitmire died Tuesday February 26 2008 at his residence.He was born on Aug. 31 1920 in Black Water VA a son of the late J. Emmett and Virgie Lawson Johnson. He was an Army veteran of WW II and was a retired employee of J. P Stevens. He was a member and...
Jean Jennings Eargle
Feb 23, 2008
Private family services were held for Jean Jennings Eargle 82 of Prosperity who died Saturday February 23 2008. The body has been cremated.Mrs. Eargle was born on November 4 1925 in Roanoke Virginia. She was adopted by Wilma and Harry Jennings when she was less than a year old and was cherished by them. She graduated from the old Ridgeville...
Evie Tucker Ford
Feb 18, 2008
Evie Tucker Ford. 84 formerly of Gaston widow of Roy L. Ford died Monday at The Lowman Home in White Rock.She was born on July 20 1923 in Aragon GA. a daughter of the late William T. and Lula Mae Allred Tucker. Mrs. Ford is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law Bettie and Earl Hightower of Gaston Brenda and Tony...
Daniel H. Hamm Jr.
Feb 17, 2008
Daniel H. Hamm Jr. 88 of 1330 Kinard St. Newberry formerly of Prosperity died Sunday February 17 2008 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.He was born in Newberry County a son of the late Daniel H. and Nancy Stockman Hamm. He was the retired owner of Prosperity Furniture Company being associated with the business for 58 years. He was a...
Elizabeth “Lib” Coates Jones
Feb 17, 2008
Elizabeth Lib Coates Jones 71 of Newberry SC widow of Coy Jones Jr. died peacefully on Sunday February 17 2008 at the home of her daughter Millie in West Columbia after a long courageously fought battle against stroke and heart disease. Mrs. Jones was born on September 17 1936 in Newberry the youngest daughter of the late James Felton and...
Christopher Grover
Feb 15, 2008
Christopher Grover 64 of Newberry died Friday February 15 2008 at his residence.Mr. Grover was born in Texas and was a retired employee of Work Service Incorporated.Private graveside funeral services were held Thursday February 21 2008 in Rosemont Cemetery.Whitaker Funeral Home in Newberry assisted.
Gregory Dale “Greg” Whitaker
Jan 31, 2008
Gregory Dale Greg Whitaker 50 of Newberry died Thursday January 31 2008 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.He was born in Harlan County Ky a son of Jane Rogers Whitaker Webster and the late Gene Whitaker. He was an Artist and Sales Manager and he was a member of Central United Methodist Church.He is survived by his wife Martha Wight...
Alma Pearl “Sandy” Blackmon Gillotte
Jan 30, 2008
Alma Pearl Sandy Blackmon Gillotte 82 of Columbia died Wednesday January 30 2008 after a long illness. Mrs.Gillotte was born on February 1 1925 in Carolene N.C. and was the middle of nine children of the late Carl Johnson Blackmon and Alma Pearl Hatfield Blackmon. She was a current member of St. John's Episcopal Church Wheat Street and a former...
Hance I. Long
Jan 24, 2008
Hance I. Long 90 formerly of 1556 Hance Rd. Prosperity widower of Christine Havird Long died Thursday January 24 2008 at the Saluda Nursing Center.He was born on January 12 1918 in Prosperity a son of the late William H. and Ida Baker Long. He was a retired employee of Farmers Ice and Fuel Company and was a member of...
Barbara Crothers Cope
Jan 20, 2008
Barbara Crothers Cope 86 died surrounded by her family at her home in Newberry SC on Sunday January 20 2008. The family did receive visitors at the Whitaker Funeral Home in Newberry from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday January 24. The funeral were at Aveleigh Presbyterian Church Newberry SC on Friday January 25th at 11 a.m. conducted by the...
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