Obituaries

Ricky D. Hamilton

Ricky D. Hamilton

Aug 14, 2005

Ricky D. Hamilton 46 of 9304 Macedonia Church Road Prosperity died Sunday August 14 2005 in motorcycle accident.Mr. Hamilton was born on January 27 1959 in Newberry a son of the Robert D. and Ruth Sumner Hamilton. He was an employee of Day and Zimmerman International Inc. and was a member of the Prosperity Church of God. Mr. Hamilton is...

William Beale Moore

William Beale Moore

Aug 8, 2005

William Beale Moore reknowned pianist and professor emeritus of music at the University of Regina died August 8 in his home 39 LaVerendrye Way Regina Saskatchewan. He was 62. Mr. Moore was born in Newberry SC in 1942 the son of the late Dr. Milton Moore chairman of the music department at Newberry College and the late Evelyn Cromer Moore...

Mary Inez King Kitchen

Mary Inez King Kitchen

Jul 24, 2005

Mary Inez King Kitchen 78 formerly of Kinards widow of Lester Kitchen died Sunday July 24 2005 at White Oak Manor.Mrs. Kitchen was born on May 10 1927 in Joanna a daughter of the late William and Mittie Bedenbaugh King. She was a former employee of Joanna Mills and was a member of the Fairview Baptist Church. Mrs. Kitchen is...

Travis Levern Eargle

Travis Levern Eargle

Jul 24, 2005

Travis Levern Eargle died Sunday July 24 2005.Mr. Eargle was born on August 30 1938 in Richland County SC a son of the late James M. and Louise Chapman Eargle. He was a 1956 graduate of Chapin High School and served in the US Army Reserve at Fort Jackson. He was a retired electrician with Thomas Electric Company and was...

Walter D. Byrd

Walter D. Byrd

Jul 18, 2005

Reverend Walter D. Byrd 51 of Prosperity S.C. Pastor of the Church of God of Prophecy in Pacolet S.C. founder of New Heart Ministries a heart transplant recipient Volunteer of helping families at Christmas and WIS TV 10 weather helper died Monday July 18 2005 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital.Rev. Byrd is survived by his parents Dewey "D.B." Byrd Sr....

Bart Barrett

Bart Barrett

Jul 8, 2005

God called Bart home on Friday July 8th at 9:15pm. A Rosary Service for Bartlett Francis Barrett were held at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Chapin on Tuesday July 12th at 7:00 P.M. and visitation did follow until 9:00 P.M. A Mass of Christian Burial was on Wednesday July 13 at 11:00 A.M. by Father Andrew J....

Julia Harvin Weeks Stokes

Julia Harvin Weeks Stokes

Jul 1, 2005

Julia Harvin Weeks Stokes 95 of Wesley Commons Greenwood SC died Friday July 1 2005 at Self Regional Hospital. Mrs. Stokes was born in Newberry the daughter of the late C. D. and Nancy Pool Weeks. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Greenwood and the Benson Sunday School Class.Mrs. Stokes is survived by two sons Douglas...

J. Wayne Cartrette

J. Wayne Cartrette

Jun 29, 2005

J. Wayne Cartrette 64 of 1230 Glenn St. Newberry died Wednesday June 29 2005 at his residence.Mr. Cartrette was born on September 20 1940 in McColl a son of the late John T. and Maude Culley Cartrette. He was a member of the Newberry A. R. Presbyterian Church and attended the Aveleigh Presbyterian Church. He retired as a letter carrier...

Anna Louise Spigener

Anna Louise Spigener

Jun 25, 2005

Anna Louise Spigener of 2701 Pickett Road Durham NC died on Saturday June 25 2005. Born in Orangeburg SC the daughter of Mary Burton and Clarence Adams Renneker she graduated from Winthrop College in 1936. After her marriage to Marion Pauling Spigener she lived in Charlotte from 1939 until moving to Newberry in 1985. In 1991 she moved to The...

James E. Black

James E. Black

Jun 25, 2005

James E. Black 87 of Denny Highway Prosperity (Saluda County) died suddenly of a massive heart attack Saturday June 25 2005 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mr. Black is the son of the late Eric and Eunice Fulmer Black. He was a member of Corinth Lutheran Church where he has served on church council and was a former member of St....

A. Bruce Charlie Comingore

A. Bruce Charlie Comingore

Jun 24, 2005

A. Bruce "Charlie" Comingore 82 of 2203 Harper St. Newberry widower of Barbara Felker Pitts Comingore died Friday June 24 2005 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mr. Comingore was born on May 23 1923 in West LafayetteIN. He was the son of the late Fred and Esther Pershing Comingore. He was retired Master Sgt. of the US Air Force. He was...

Alan J. Caldwell

Alan J. Caldwell

Jun 24, 2005

Alan J. Caldwell 97 of Springfield Place widower of Annie Metts Caldwell died Friday June 24 2005 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mr. Caldwell was born on February 13 1908 in Newberry County a son of the late Ben H. and Mattie Brown Caldwell. He was an Army veteran of WW II. He was a former employee of Maxwell Brothers...

Emma Brooks Eslava

Emma Brooks Eslava

Jun 24, 2005

Emma Brooks Eslava 82 of 2519 Alex Ave. Newberry widow of George E. Eslava Jr. died Friday June 24 2005 at her residence.Mrs. Eslava was born on September 16 1922 in Conecuh County AL a daughter of the late Richard Noble and Mary Lynch Brooks. She was a member of Woodmont Baptist Church in Mobile AL until she moved to...

Dolores W. Dee Britt

Dolores W. Dee Britt

Jun 17, 2005

Dolores W. "Dee" Britt formerly of 1406 Chapman Drive Newberry died Friday June 17 2005 at the J. F. Hawkins Healthcare Center.Mrs. Britt was born on April 1 1929 in Charleston WV a daughter of the late Harold D. and Alma K. Williamson. She was a member of Chapin Baptist Church an avid gardener and a volunteer for various Republican...

Pearl Burns Wessinger

Pearl Burns Wessinger

Jun 10, 2005

Pearl Burns Wessinger 93 formerly of 1602 Evans Street Newberry widow of J. Miller Wessinger died Friday June 10 2005 at the White Oak Manor.Mrs. Wessinger was born on June 29 1911 in Valdese NC a daughter of the late Lee and Carrie Mitcheum Burns. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer the Elizabeth Circle of...

David R. Nichols

David R. Nichols

Jun 8, 2005

David R. Nichols 73 of 5664 Deadfall Road Silverstreet died Wednesday June 8 2005 at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood.Mr. Nichols was born on June 16 1931 in Hagerstown MD a son of the late Ernest H. and Eula Anson Nichols. He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force having served in the Korean War. He retired from...

John H. Brooks

John H. Brooks

Jun 3, 2005

John H. Brooks 49 of 3101 College St Newberry died Thursday June 3 2005 at his residence.Mr. Brooks was born on September 13 1955 in Newberry a son of Doris Fleming and the late J.C. Brooks.Beside his mother of Newberry Mr. Brooks is survived by his step-father Elmer G. Fleming of Newberry; a sister Sandra Carr of Greenville; a brother...

George Huggin Jr.

George Huggin Jr.

Jun 2, 2005

George Huggin Jr. 70 of 1239 St. Philips Church Road Prosperity died Thursday June 2 2005 at Lexington Medical Center. Mr. Huggin was born on October 1 1934 in Spartanburg the son of the late George Huggin Sr. and Lucille Horne Huggin. He was a member of St. Philips Lutheran Church and was retired from Cone Mills-Carlisle Plant. He was...

Mable E. Havird

Mable E. Havird

May 31, 2005

Mable E. Havird 98 formerly of 18 Abrams St. Silverstreet died Tuesday May 31 2005 at White Oak Manor.Miss Havird was born on February 1 1907 in Silverstreet a daughter of the late B. Mayer and Maggie Long Havird. She was a graduate of Newberry College and a member of Silverstreet Lutheran Church W.E.L.C.A. and the F.C.L. Club. She taught...

Herman Mckay

Herman Mckay

May 31, 2005

Herman McKay 86 of 2325 Rosalyn Drive Newberry died Tuesday May 31 2005 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mr. McKay was born on June 11 1918 in Romance AR a son of the late Oscar and Grady McKay. He was a US Army veteran of World War II paratrooper and was a retired superintendent at Kendall Company Oakland Plant. Mr....