Obituaries

Eoline S. Werts

Eoline S. Werts

Aug 9, 2004

Eoline S. Werts 96 formerly of Silverstreet died Monday August 9 2004 at White Oak Manor. Miss Werts was born on February 16 1908 in Newberry County a daughter of the late Arthur P. and Mamie B. Schumpert. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and was a retired public school teacher. She was a member of New Chapel United...

W. Don Conger

W. Don Conger

Aug 7, 2004

W. Don Conger 53 of 153 Indian Creek Point died Saturday August 7 2004. Mr. Conger was born on January 1 1951 in Spartanburg a son of Robert D. and Catherine Smith Conger. He was an employee of Newberry County and was a member of Consolidated 5 Volunteer Fire Department. Mr. Conger is survived by his parents of Prosperity; his...

Mary Watt Trihey

Mary Watt Trihey

Aug 5, 2004

Mary Watt Trihey 104 died Thursday August 5 2004 at White Oak Manor in Newberry.Mrs. Trihey was born on April 8 1900 in Winchester IL a daughter of the late James Oliver and Johanna Teahan Watt. She was a member of St. Mark's Catholic Church.Mrs. Trihey is survived by two daughters; Marianne Weitz of Alexandria VA and Kieran Mitchell of...

David N. Livingston

David N. Livingston

Aug 1, 2004

David Newton Livingston 56 of 1142 Livingston Road Pomaria died Sunday August 1 2004 at his residence. Mr. Livingston was born in Pomaria on November 10 1947 a son of the late Horace A. Livingston Jr. and Essie Long Livingston. He was a member of Morris Chapel Southern Methodist Church an U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and he...

Jeff D. Haimbaugh

Jeff D. Haimbaugh

Jul 31, 2004

Jeffery Dale Haimbaugh of 84 Mallard Cove Prosperity SC died Saturday July 31 2004 at his residence. Mr. Haimbaugh was born on July 22 1963 in Niles Michigan a son of Robert "Bob" D. and Betty Hass Haimbaugh. He moved to Pauline SC in 1978 and to Prosperity SC in 2001. He graduated from Dorman High School in Spartanburg SC...

Mary Frick Riddle

Mary Frick Riddle

Jul 27, 2004

Mary Frick Riddle 92 of 1455 Wheeland Road Little Mountain widow of G. Irby Riddle died Tuesday July 27 2004 at her residence. Mrs. Riddle was born on Nov. 22 1911 in the Wheeland Community of Newberry County a daughter of the late Samuel J. and Betty Lake Frick. She was a member of the St. Peter's (Pineywood) Lutheran Church...

Hugh Farley Longshore Jr.

Hugh Farley Longshore Jr.

Jul 17, 2004

Hugh Farley Longshore Jr. 78 of 899 Pine Meadow Road Newberry widower of Earline Mack Longshore died Thursday July 15 2004 at his residence. Mr. Longshore was born in Newberry County on March 22 1926 a son of the late Hugh F. Longshore Sr. and Eunice Livingston Longshore. He was a graduate of Clemson College and was an Army veteran...

Donald William Vriezelaar

Donald William Vriezelaar

Jul 11, 2004

Donald William Vriezelaar 61 of 70 Hunter Lane Prosperity died Sunday July 11 2004 at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital. Mr. Vriezelaar was born on June 20 1943 in Myrtle Beach a son of Margaret McRee Hunter Vriezelaar and the late Donald W Vriezelaar. Mr. Vriezelaar retired from U. S Air Force with 23 years of service as a Lt. Colonel....

Mary Friend O'Mara

Mary Friend O'Mara

Jul 9, 2004

Mary Friend O'Mara 90 widow of Fred B. O'Mara of J. F. Hawkins Healthcare died Friday July 9 2004 at J. F. Hawkins Heathcare in Newberry SC. Mrs. O'Mara was born on July 5 1914 in Indianapolis IN a daughter of the late Robert T. and Anna Bartmess Friend. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church Newberry SC...

G. Stuart Leslie

G. Stuart Leslie

Jul 8, 2004

Gordon Stuart Leslie IV 20 of 1404 Chapman Dr. died Thursday July 8 2004 at his residence.Mr. Leslie was born on Dec. 5 1983 in Lexington Co. S.C. a son of Marie Rodelsperger Whatley and the late G Stuart Leslie III. He was a chemistry major at Newberry College before transferring to the University of South Carolina to continue his...

John E. Gene Norris

John E. Gene Norris

Jul 6, 2004

John E. "Gene" Norris 72 Educator Mentor and Friend of 2430 Main Street Newberry and also of Beaufort died Tuesday July 6 2004 at Lexington Medical Center. Mr. Norris was born on Dec. 16 1931 in Newberry a son of the late Eugene Edward and Reba Lorick Norris. He was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church Newberry and St....

Leora Hendrix Walker

Leora Hendrix Walker

Jun 23, 2004

Leora Hendrix Walker went to be with the Lord on June 23 2004. She was born on August 24 1925 to Eula and Marcus Hendrix in Newberry.Leora was one of ten children. In 1943 she left home at 18 years old to become the office manager of the Western Union office in Georgetown. There she assisted in delivering important telegraph...

Gracie Ann Kinard

Gracie Ann Kinard

Jun 19, 2004

Gracie Ann Kinard 47 of 1116 Sinclair Ave Whitmire died June 19 2004 in a car accident in Columbia.Miss Kinard was born on February 13 1957 in Union a daughter of Maude Louise Caughman Kinard and the late Thomas E. Kinard. She was a member of St. Timothy Lutheran Church in Whitmire.Miss Kinard is survived her mother Maude Louise Caughman...

James L. Jim Motes

James L. Jim Motes

Jun 17, 2004

James L. "Jim" Motes 63 of 381 Goodson Street Allendale died Thursday June 17 2004 at his residence.Mr. Motes was born in Laurens County on October 26 1940 a son of the late Marshall L. and Mamie Louise Wallenzine Motes. He was an employee of Mabbett Transport Company Inc. and a member of Little River-Dominick Presbyterian Church in Kinards SC....

Charles L. Hamby

Charles L. Hamby

Jun 15, 2004

Charles L. Hamby 73 of 2305 Mayes Avenue Newberry died Tuesday June 15 2004 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Hamby was born on June 13 1931 in Simpsonville a son of the late W. A. and Mamie Hill Hamby. He was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church. He retired from the Kendall Company Oakland Plant having worked...

Elbert J. Dickert M.D.

Elbert J. Dickert M.D.

Jun 11, 2004

Elbert Jackson Dickert Jr. M.D. of 1527 Boundary Street Newberry SC died Friday June 11 2004 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Dr. Dickert was born on October 1 1921 in Newberry County a son of the late Elbert Jackson and Geneva Thornton Dickert. He was educated in the Newberry City Schools and was a graduate of Newberry College. In...

Rebecca Jo Corley White

Rebecca Jo Corley White

Jun 9, 2004

Rebecca Jo Corley White 44 died Wednesday June 92004 in Orlando FL. Ms. White was born on January 19 1960 in Greenville SC a daughter of Hollie Thomas Corley of Debary FL. Ms. White is survived by two sons Morgan White and Crusey White both of Deltona FL; two sisters Paula Williamson of Columbia and Georgia Ann Smith of Holly...

Dorothy Bedenbaugh Harris

Dorothy Bedenbaugh Harris

Jun 6, 2004

Dorothy Bedenbaugh Harris formerly of Setzler Road Pomariawidow of Alva S. "Babe" Harris died Sunday June 06 2004 at White Oak Manor. Mrs. Harris was born on November 17 1926 in Prosperity a daughter of the late Horace N. and Colene Smith Bedenbaugh. She retired from Bell South having worked for 32 years. She was a member of St. John's...

Faith Dewey Owens

Faith Dewey Owens

Jun 5, 2004

Faith Dewey Owens 54 of SC Highway 121 Newberry died Saturday June 5 2004 at her residence. Miss Owens was born on May 27 1950 in Newberry a daughter of Mary Livingston Owens and the late Chaplain Albert D. Owens. She was a member of Colony Lutheran Church a member of the choir and a member of W.E.L.C.A. She was...

Ralph Simpson Beckham

Ralph Simpson Beckham

May 27, 2004

Ralph Simpson Beckham 86 formerly of Prosperity died May 27 2004 at Springfield Place. Mr. Beckham was born on January 11 1918 in Newberry a son of the late Calvin and Blanche Boozer Whitmire. He served his country in the U.S. Army during WW II. Mr. Beckham graduated Suma Cum Laude and first in his class from the University of...