Obituaries

Annie B. Turner

Annie B. Turner

Mar 21, 2005

Annie B. Turner 94 formerly of 525 Main St. Newberry died Monday March 21 2005 at White Oak Manor.Mrs. Turner was born on Nov. 5 1910 in Saluda a daughter of the late Humphrey A. and Sudie Duffy Bledsoe. She was a retired employee of Newberry Mills and a member of O'Neal United Methodist Church.Mrs. Turner is survived two sisters...

Dr. James A. Underwood Jr.

Dr. James A. Underwood Jr.

Mar 20, 2005

On March 20 2005 Dr. James Arthur Underwood Jr. died peacefully at his home in Newberry. Dr. Underwood was born October 23 1920 in Greenwood S. C. He was the son of the late James Arthur Underwood and Annie Mae Brown Underwood. He was also predeceased by a sister Lula Mae Underwood and a brother Robert Chesley Underwood.Dr. Underwood spent...

Alma Mcmeekin Merchant

Alma Mcmeekin Merchant

Mar 20, 2005

Alma McMeekin Merchant 91 died Sunday March 20 2005 at White Oak Manor. Mrs. Merchant was born in Clinton a daughter of the late John A. and Alica Brooks McMeekin. She was a homemaker and a member of O'Neal Street United Methodist Church. Mrs. Merchant is survived by three grandchildren Blake McCullough of Woodruff Paul McCullough of Greenville and Amy...

Brian Alton Piester

Brian Alton Piester

Mar 19, 2005

Brian Alton Piester went to live with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Saturday March 19 2005.Brian is survived by his wife Wanda Sutton of Lexington; two sons Danial Allen Piester of Newberry and Dalton McKae Piester of Lexington; a stepdaughter Shannon Elaine Aldridge of Newberry; and a stepson Jordan Finehout of Rogersville Tenn.He is also survived by his...

William Lee Morgan

William Lee Morgan

Mar 17, 2005

William Lee Morgan 95 formerly of Club Acres in Orangeburg widower of Ruby Norris Morgan died Thursday March 17 2005 at Presbyterian Home of Clinton.Mr. Morgan was born on October 17 1909 in Union County North Carolina and a son of the late Zebulon Vance and Eva Lee Morgan. He was a native of Bethune South Carolina. He attended Davidson...

Mary Lizzie Bowers Boland

Mary Lizzie Bowers Boland

Mar 16, 2005

Mary Lizzie Bowers Boland 88 of 1717 Mills Road Little Mountain widow of Gordon Boland died Wednesday March 16 2005 at her residence.Mrs. Boland was born on June 18 1916 in Prosperity a daughter of the late Braham E. and Julia Shealy Bowers. She was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and the Holy Trinity Happy Mountaineers.Mrs. Boland is...

Margaret Waites Long

Margaret Waites Long

Mar 9, 2005

Margaret Waites Long 67 of 113 Edgar Waites Road Pomaria widow of Albert J. Long died Wednesday March 9 2005 at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital.Mrs. Long was born on September 22 1937 in Pomaria a daughter of the late Edgar B. and Annie Mae Livingston Waites. She was the co-owner of Waites Snack Bar in Pomaria. She was a member...

Thelma Shealy Rawl

Thelma Shealy Rawl

Mar 1, 2005

Thelma Shealy Rawl 90 formerly of 1390 Holly Point Rd. Prosperity died Tuesday March 1 2005 at J.F. Hawkins Health Care.Ms Rawl was born in Lexington County the daughter of the late Lessie Shealy. She was a retired employee of Kendall Company Mollohon Plant where she worked for over 35 years. She was a member of Mt Olivet Lutheran Church.Ms....

Florence Shealy Wheeler

Florence Shealy Wheeler

Feb 24, 2005

Florence Shealy Wheeler 98 formerly of Little Mountain widow of C. Maloy Wheeler died Thursday February 24 2005 at the Lowman Home.Mrs. Wheeler was born on June 15 1906 in Little Mountain a daughter of the late Rufus B. and Rosa Belle Sease Shealy. She was a homemaker and a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.Mrs. Wheeler is survived by...

Rev. Pearly L. Garland Jr.

Rev. Pearly L. Garland Jr.

Feb 24, 2005

Rev. Pearly L. Garland Jr. of 88 Glenn Street Newberry died Thursday February 24 2005 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Rev. Garland was born on April 25 1950 in Union SC a son of Fair Wilbank Garland and the late Pearly L. Garland Sr. He was a retired employee of the Hyster Corporation and was a member of God...

C. Furman Garner

C. Furman Garner

Feb 23, 2005

C. Furman Garner 85 formerly of 2714 DeLoache Ave. Newberry SC widower of Fay Berryhill Garner died Wednesday February 23 2005 at Springfield Place.Mr. Garner was born on November 8 1919 in Stephens County GA a son of the late Jesse T. and Sarah Brown Garner. He was an Army veteran of WW II having served in Italy and North...

Betty Lindler Slice

Betty Lindler Slice

Feb 15, 2005

Betty Lindler Slice 72 of White Oak Manor formerly of 1322 Silas St. Newberry died Tuesday February 15 2005 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mrs. Slice was born on September 7 1933 in Newberry the daughter of the late Nora Agnes Lindler. She was a homemaker and a member of Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church. Mrs. Slice is survived by her...

A. Pat Long

A. Pat Long

Feb 14, 2005

A. Pat Long 85 of 3618 SC Highway 773 Pomaria died Monday February 14 2005 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mr. Long was born on December 17 1919 in Pomaria a son of the late S. Chester and Beatrice Aull Long. He was an Army veteran of WW II and was a retired employee of Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He was...

John Knox Ragsdale

John Knox Ragsdale

Feb 13, 2005

John Knox Ragsdale 86 formerly of Blair widower of Dorothy Cromer Ragsdale died Sunday February 13 2005 at J. F. Hawkins Health Care.Mr. Ragsdale was born on November 5 1918 in Blair a son of the late Claude H. and Alice Coward Ragsdale. He graduated from Monticello High School and attended Clemson University. He was a Navy veteran of WW...

Hoyt E. Morris

Hoyt E. Morris

Feb 12, 2005

Hoyt E. Morris 89 of 498 Judyville Road Norway SC widower of Margaret Bowers Morris died Saturday February 12 2005 at the Bamberg Hospital.Mr. Morris was born on August 7 1915 in Newberry a son of the late B. Joe and Mary Cotney Morris. He was a retired employee of Joanna Mills and a member of Colony Lutheran Church.Mr. Morris...

Clarence E. Mccartha

Clarence E. Mccartha

Feb 9, 2005

Clarence E. McCartha 73 of 561 Turner Road Prosperity widower of Lorraine Whitman McCartha died Wednesday February 9 2005 at Saluda Nursing Home.Mr. McCartha was born February 11 1931 in Prosperity S.C the son of the late Forrest McCartha and Lera McCartha Mills. He was a retired employee of Boyd Lumber Co. and was a member of Bethel Baptist ChurchMr....

Claudia Abrams Sheppard

Claudia Abrams Sheppard

Feb 6, 2005

Claudia Abrams Sheppard 87 formerly of 1089 Main St. Silverstreet widow of Billie Wayne Sheppard died Sunday February 6 2005 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Sheppard was born on January 4 1918 in Silverstreet a daughter of the late Claude E. and Ellen Paysinger Abrams. She was the former owner of Sheppard Grocery Store in Silverstreet and was...

Alice Geddings Walker

Alice Geddings Walker

Feb 4, 2005

Alice Geddings Walker 62 of 277 Fairway Drive Newberry wife of William D. Walker died Friday February 04 2005 at her residence.Mrs. Walker was born on October 6 1942 in Clarendon County a daughter of the late George Geddings and Patunia Hodge Geddings Dubose. She was former owner and operator of Alice's Cake and Party Supply Company in Sumter and...

Frank Kelly Ballard

Frank Kelly Ballard

Jan 27, 2005

Frank Kelly Ballard 85 of White Rock widower of Juanita C. Ballard died Thursday January 27 2005 at the Lowman Home. Mr. Ballard was born on September 11 1919 in Statesville NC. He was a member of James Island Presbyterian Church where he was a member of the Church Choir. He was a Mason and a Shriner and also a...

Robert K. “Bob” Bishop

Robert K. “Bob” Bishop

Jan 27, 2005

Robert K. "Bob" Bishop 77 of 1121 Marion St. Newberry died Thursday January 27 2005 at Providence Hospital.Mr. Bishop was born on January 19 1928 in Newberry a son of the late Bennett L. and Mamie Buzhardt Bishop. He was an Army veteran of WW II and the Korean War. He retired from Coburg Dairy after 32 years of service...