Obituaries

Apr 30, 2024

Harmon "Dan" Danyel Drafts, age 76, of Prosperity died Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at Prisma Health Baptist Hospital in Columbia. Born July 31, 1947 in Columbia, he was a son of the late John Danyel and Hazel Marie Owen Drafts. He was married to Deborah Kay Blume Drafts for 43 years.

Dan graduated in 1966 from Antelope...

Apr 29, 2024

Betty Joyce Mundy Walker, 86, of Moncks Corner, died Sunday April 29, 2024 in Summerville, SC, surrounded by her family. Born January 3, 1938, in Newberry, SC she was a daughter of the late Earley Irvin James and Lucy Lee Cochran Mundy. She was the widow of Floyd Walker.

Betty was first-and-foremost focused on her family. Graduating...

Apr 29, 2024

S. Alice Rose Hawkins, 86, of Prosperity, SC, entered into eternal rest on Monday morning, April 29, 2024, at Prisma Health Richland Hospital.

Born October 10, 1937, in Newberry County, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Grady B. Rose, Sr. and the late Dorothy E. Livingston Rose. She was married to the late James...

Apr 21, 2024

William Kenneth "Ken" Bagwell, 84, of Newberry died Sunday April 21, 2024.

Born on September 22, 1939 in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Fred Clary and Ethel Wells Bagwell.

Ken worked for many years as a loom fixer in the textile mills, but his passion was always Southern Gospel music. He...

Apr 18, 2024

Glennard G. Pruitt, age 74 of Little Mountain, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on April 18, 2024.

Born August 2, 1949, in San Jose, CA, he was preceded in death by his adoptive father and mother Peyton Pruitt, Jr. and Irene Marks. He was blessed to have met his natural mother, Ruby Dickerson,...

Apr 15, 2024

Emily Katherine Anderson Canine died April 15, 2024, just shy of her 100th birthday.   Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, May 26, 1924, she was the daughter of Dr. Walter Thomas Anderson, MD, and Emily Canby Anderson.

She was predeceased by her husband of 61 years, William Leland Canine, who died in June of 2007; her sister, Marylouise...

Apr 14, 2024

Joyce Marie Sucher Jaqua, 82, of Prosperity, SC, entered into her heavenly home on Sunday morning, April 14, 2024, at her residence.

Born May 1, 1941, in Akron, Ohio, daughter of the late Elmer Conrad Brueggeman and the late Sadye Karolyn Brueggeman.

Joyce was baptized on June 29, 1941 by Pastor W. E. Bay at...

Apr 14, 2024

Dorothy Raye Berly Cochell of Newberry, died Sunday April 14, 2024 at her home.

Mrs. Cochell was born on February 1, 1925, in Pomaria, SC to the late John Cecil and Olive Stuck Berly. She was a graduate of Pomaria High School and the two-year Commerce course of Winthrop College. She worked as a secretary at Columbia...

Apr 13, 2024

John Knox Ragsdale, Jr., age 80, of Daytona Beach, Fla. died Saturday, April 13, 2024 at Halifax Medical Center.

Born October 15, 1943 in Newberry, SC, he was the first-born child of the late John Knox Ragsdale, Sr. and Dorothy Cromer Ragsdale.

John graduated from the first class of Winnsboro High School in 1961 and...

Apr 9, 2024

Arch Walter Frick, Sr., 90, of Little Mountain, SC, died April 9, 2024 at the Hospice of Laurens County.

Born February 28, 1934, he was a son of the late Marshall Lee and Lona Mae Wicker Frick. He was the widower of Mary Ida Svaboda Frick.

Arch was a veteran of the United States Army...

Apr 9, 2024

Thomas Daniel "Danny" Guyton, 76, of Chapin died at the Columbia VA Hospital on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Danny was born in Columbia on February 22, 1948 to Marvin and Annie Guyton.

After graduating high school Danny was drafted into the United States Army and served his country in Vietnam from January of 1968 through December of...

Apr 8, 2024

Richard Earl Fellers, 88, of Newberry, SC, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2024, at Prisma Health Baptist Hospital. Born August 23, 1935, he was a son of the late John and Ida Welch Fellers, and widower of Rachel Lucinda Lyons Fellers.

Richard was a proud Navy veteran and served on the USS Yorktown. He enjoyed working...

Apr 7, 2024

T. Sam Ziady, 73, of Chappells, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Sunday, April 7, 2024, at his home.

He was born on November 21, 1950, in Los Angles, California. He was the son of the late George Sam Ziady and the late Billie Jo Jennings Ziady.

Mr. Ziady was a graduate from Clemson University...

Apr 4, 2024

Robert Wayne Kneece, Sr., 74, of Newberry died peacefully on Thursday, April 4, 2024 at MUSC Columbia surrounded by his family.

Born on June 23, 1949 in Newberry, he was a son of the late Clarence and Mattie Kunkle Kneece.

Wayne is a Vietnam veteran, having served in the US Army, D Troop 2, 17th...

Mar 28, 2024

Grace Ellen Rowley, of Chapin and formerly of Pensacola, FL died Thursday, March 28, 2024. Her husband of 62+ years, Kenneth Irwin Rowley, preceded her in death on August 21, 2021.

Born on November 11, 1941 in Cottondale, FL, Grace was a daughter of Lucille Corbin Davis. Kenneth, born and raised in Council Grove, KS, joined the...

Mar 21, 2024

Walker Lowman, 12, of Kinards, SC passed away at his residence on March 21, 2024. Walker was born in Abilene, Texas to Raymond and Rebecca Lowman. He is a student at Clinton Middle School. Walker loved any kind of music and would often turn on songs that he loved, put the speaker to his ear and let the music...

Mar 21, 2024

The world lost and Heaven gained one of the most charismatic and aspiring souls on March 21, 2024 - Jordan "23" Tyler Gwyn, age 20. Jordan graduated from Mid Carolina High School in 2021. Jordan was a beloved son, grandson, brother, father, nephew, cousin, uncle and friend who died due to complications stemming from a tragic accident on Thanksgiving...

Mar 19, 2024

Kyle Richard "Dickey" Summer, 73, of Florence, South Carolina, died Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at the McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence, SC.

Born Charles Richard Monts on December 3, 1950, in Atlanta, Georgia, he was the son of the late Miles McCoy Monts and the late Marian Summer Monts.

He spent his childhood years,...

Mar 15, 2024

Timothy Keenan Burgess, 84, of Chapin, SC (formerly of Rochester & Canandaigua, NY) died peacefully Friday, March 15, 2024 at his home surrounded by family.

Born February 3, 1940, he was the son of Helen "Skip" and John "Pat" Burgess.

Tim was a graduate of Brighton High School class of '58, Hamilton College class of...

Mar 14, 2024

Willard Darnell "Danny" Davis, III, 65, of Newberry died Thursday, March 14, 2024 surrounded by his family.

Born on May 29, 1958 in New Orleans, LA he is a son of Mary Frances "Fran" White, the late Willard D. Davis, II, and the late William "Bill" H. White, Sr. who was his "Pop."

Growing up...