Obituaries

James Harvey Wilkerson

James Harvey Wilkerson

Aug 26, 2006

James Harvey Wilkerson 63 of 2230 Main St. died Saturday August 26 2006 at his residence.He was born on Feb. 21 1943 in Panama City FL and was a son of the late James Harvey and Marjorie Dyches Wilkerson. He was a retired manager with AC Widenhouse in Wilmington NC. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of the...

Mary Barrineau Kerwin

Mary Barrineau Kerwin

Aug 25, 2006

Mary Barrineau Kerwin 89 formerly of North Augusta and Allendale SC widow of Gilbert J. Kerwin died Friday August 25 2006 at Springfield Place in Newberry.Mrs. Kerwin was born on June 19 1917 in Andrews SC the daughter of the late Wade Hampton and Mary Ellen Cooper Barrineau. She was a homemaker and a member of Central United Methodist Church...

Clarice Trammell Lolllis

Clarice Trammell Lolllis

Aug 18, 2006

Clarice Trammell Lolllis 81 formerly of Newberry widow of John H. Lollisdied Thursday at Summitt Place.She was the daughter of the late T.P. and Ada Burrington Turner.She is survived by three daughters Nora Drew Betty Conrad and Shirley Seegers; a son John Lollis; a sister Alma Goff; a brother Thomas Turner; 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.Funeral services were conducted...

Anna Hiller King

Anna Hiller King

Aug 17, 2006

Anna Hiller King 83 of 415 Rodelsperger St. Newberry widow of Leland King died Thursday August 17 2006 at Palmetto Health Richland.Mrs. King was born on February 4 1923 in Newberry the daughter of the late Edgar L. and Nora Ammons Hiller. She was a retired seamstress with Newberry Laundry was a member of Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church and was...

Ophelia Miller Leitzsey

Ophelia Miller Leitzsey

Aug 16, 2006

Ophelia Miller Leitzsey 70 of 2655 Mt. Bethel Garmany Road Newberry widow of the late Alton Cox and Wilson Leitzsey died Thursday August 16 2006 at her residence. Mrs. Leitzsey was born on October 24 1935 in Newberry a daughter of the late Frank and Thelma Sligh Miller. She was a homemaker and was a member of Newberry Associate Reform...

Lila Woodson Bagwell

Lila Woodson Bagwell

Aug 15, 2006

Lila Woodson Bagwell 94 widow of Hardy L. "Pete" Bagwell of Springfield Place in Newberry died Tuesday August 15 2006 at her residence.Mrs. Bagwell was born on October 23 1911 in Anderson County a daughter of the late Eugene F. and Cordelia Browning Woodson. She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church.Mrs. Bagwell is survived by...

E. Carroll Devore

E. Carroll Devore

Aug 15, 2006

E. Carroll DeVore 89 of 3538 SC Highway 560 Kinards died Tuesday August 15 2006 at his residence.Mr. DeVore was born on May 7 1917 in Newberry a son of the late Frank P. Mamie DeVore. He received his Business Degree from Newberry College and was an Army veteran of WW II. He retired from the S.C. National Guard with...

Robert P. Gillotte

Robert P. Gillotte

Aug 15, 2006

Robert P. Gillotte 88 of 3924 Parkman Drive died Tuesday August 15 2006 at his residence.Mr. Gillotte was born on June 25 1918 in Oran Algeria the only son of the late Charles and Henriette Holdrinet Gillotte. He was a member of St.John's Episcopal Church Wheat Street where he previously served as a member of the Vestry and helped to...

Rev. Dr. Paul Barrier Beatty Jr.

Rev. Dr. Paul Barrier Beatty Jr.

Aug 10, 2006

Rev. Dr. Paul Barrier Beatty Jr. 74 of Hickory NC died Thursday August 10 2006 in Hickory.He was born on Nov. 17 1931 in China Grove NC and a son of the late Paul Barrier and Wilkie Lenora Patterson Beatty. He was a retired Lutheran minister having retired from Reformation Evangelical Lutheran Church in Taylors NC. He was a member...

Evelyn F. Woolsey

Evelyn F. Woolsey

Aug 6, 2006

Evelyn F. Woolsey 90 formerly of Newberry widow of Curtis A. Woolsey died Sunday August 6 2006 at the Lexington Medical Center Extended Care.Mrs. Woolsey was born on Oct. 4 1915 in Hillham IN a daughter of the late Everett Bledsoe and Rachael Bauernfeind. She and her husband were the owners and managers of Curtis Bakery in Newberry and she...

Betty Dickert Stribble

Betty Dickert Stribble

Aug 2, 2006

Betty Dickert Stribble 72 of 36 Player Street Newberry widow of Johnnie J. Stribble died Wednesday August 2 2006 at her residence.She was born on September 9 1933 in Whitmire a daughter of the late Curtis Leon and Carrie Campbell Dickert. She was retired from Betty's Nursery. She was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church.She is survived by two...

Mary B. Garrett

Mary B. Garrett

Jul 26, 2006

Mary B. Garrett 83 of Lowman Home formerly of Greenville SC went to be with the Lord on Wednesday July 26 2006 after a short but valiant battle with cancer.Born in Wellford S.C. she was the daughter of the late James Robert Butler and Ruth Gwinn Butler. She spent her entire life trying to glorify the Lord. An alumna of...

Annie Blanche Paysinger Wilson

Annie Blanche Paysinger Wilson

Jul 25, 2006

Annie Blanche Paysinger Wilson 84 of 2006 Springfield Circle Newberry SC widow of Maurice H. Wilson Sr. died Tuesday July 25 2006 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mrs. Wilson was born on Aug. 19 1921 in Newberry County a daughter of the late James Ernest and Fairer Tompkins Paysinger. She was a 1942 graduate of Newberry College and was a...

Dorothy Shealy Nobles Stewart

Dorothy Shealy Nobles Stewart

Jul 22, 2006

Dorothy Shealy Nobles Stewart 77 of 2649 Wilson Road Newberry twice married first to the late Everett L. "Bo" Nobles and second to the late Glenn L. Stewart died Saturday July 22 2006 at Providence Hospital in Columbia. Mrs. Stewart was born on August 24 1928 in Newberry a daughter of the late Olin O. and Cora Wise Shealy. She...

Thelma Shealy Riddle

Thelma Shealy Riddle

Jul 19, 2006

Thelma Shealy Riddle 95 of Little Mountain SC widow of John Carroll "Jake" Riddle died Wednesday July 19 2006 at her residence.Mrs. Riddle was born on April 7 1911 in the Central Community of Newberry County a daughter of the late Thomas Anderson and Inez Bowers Shealy. Mrs. Riddle was a life long member of Mt. Tabor Lutheran Church the...

William H. “Billy” Hiller

William H. “Billy” Hiller

Jul 19, 2006

William H. "Billy" Hiller 56 of 105 DeWalt Street Prosperity died Wednesday July 19 2006 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mr. Hiller was born on November 22 1949 in Newberry the son of the late George O. "Bubba" and Josie Derrick Hiller. He was a member of Wightman United Methodist Church and was an employee of Georgia Pacific in Prosperity.Mr....

Francis Pitts Martin

Francis Pitts Martin

Jul 11, 2006

Francis Pitts Martin 84 of 2964 Trinity Church Road Newberry widow of Lewis D. Martin died Tuesday July 11 2006 in White Oak Manor Newberry. Mrs. Martin was born on March 29 1922 in Newberry County a daughter of the late Hugh Forest and Helen Williams Pitts. She was a homemaker and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church...

Gunnery Sergeant Kent Franklin Nickerson

Gunnery Sergeant Kent Franklin Nickerson

Jul 10, 2006

Gunnery Sergeant Kent Franklin Nickerson United States Marine Corps (Ret.) 82 died Monday July 10 2006 at Lexington Medical Center following a brief illness.Sgt. Nickerson was born on April 5 1924 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania a son of the late Earl Franklin and Roseina Nickerson. He left his familys farm at age 17 to enlist in the Marine Corps following the...

Harry Jerome “Jerry Forrest Jr.

Harry Jerome “Jerry Forrest Jr.

Jul 8, 2006

Harry Jerome "Jerry" Forrest Jr. U. S. Air Force Captain Retired 68 of 180 Bedenbaugh Road Silverstreet died Saturday July 8 2006 at his residence.He was born on October 9 1937 in Leesville a son of the Lucille "Lucy" Coleman Forrest of Saluda and the late Harry Jerome "Romie" Forrest Sr. He was retired from the U. S. Air Force....

George V. Gfell

George V. Gfell

Jul 2, 2006

George V. Gfell 76 of 100 Aderley Oak Loop Irmo died Sunday July 2 2006 at the Lexington Medical Center.He was born on February 21 1930 in Norwalk OH a son of the late Paul E. and Bernice Knouse Gfell. He was an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War and a retired employee of Kennametal Inc of PA. He...