Obituaries

Lolan L. Koon

Lolan L. Koon

May 26, 2004

Lolan L. Koon 91 formerly of Pomaria died Wednesday May 26 2004 at J. F. Hawkins Healthcare. Mr. Koon was born on August 15 1912 in Newberry County a son of the late Eusebius Holland and Lula Mae Bowers Koon. He was a life long shoe repairman and merchant in the town of Pomaria. He was a member of Pomaria...

L. Hubert Ruff

L. Hubert Ruff

May 24, 2004

L. Hubert Ruff 75 of 3176 Deadfall Rd. Newberry died Monday May 24 2004 at White Oak Manor.Mr. Ruff was born on September 11 1928 in Newberry a son of the late Silas L. "Bud"and Lois Bozard Ruff. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and the recipient of the Purple Heart. He was a retired cattle farmer...

Jack R. Kesler

Jack R. Kesler

May 18, 2004

Jack R. Kesler 66 of 601 Harold Bowers Road Newberry died Tuesday May 18 2004 at the Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital. Mr. Kesler was born on April 23 1938 in Newberry County a son of the late Henry Adam and Dessie Kilgore Kesler. He was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church and retired from Champion International Corporation. He was a...

Margaret Paysinger

Margaret Paysinger

May 17, 2004

Margaret Paysinger 87 of formerly of 1507 College St. Newberry died Monday May 17 2004 at Springfield Place in Newberry. Dr. Paysinger was born on April 10 1917 in Newberry a daughter of the late James Ernest and Fairer Tompkins Paysinger. She taught for 52 years first in the public schools and then at Newberry College where she was named...

Ellie Price Mccravy

Ellie Price Mccravy

May 9, 2004

Ellie Price McCravy 101 formerly of 5735 Mt. Bethel Garmany Road Newberry widow of Joe McCravy died Sunday May 9 2004 in White Oak Manor. Mrs. McCravy was born on July 21 1902 in Newberry County a daughter of the late Sim and Lizzie Crosson Price. She was the former owner of McCravy Grocery Store in Coronaca and she was...

I. Charles Riddle

I. Charles Riddle

May 5, 2004

Irving Charles Riddle 72 of 905 Mt. Bethel Garmany Road died Wednesday May 05 2004.Mr. Riddle was born on August 8 1932 in Newberry County a son of the late Jimmie Lee and Vera Metts Riddle. He was an U. S. Air Force veteran and former owner of Riddle Sheet Metal. He was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church former...

Erskine Taylor Shealy

Erskine Taylor Shealy

Apr 25, 2004

Erskine Taylor Shealy of Aiken died Sunday April 25 2004 at St. Joseph Hospital in Augusta GA. Mr. Shealy was born on July 23 1930 in Newberry a son of the late Claude Erskine and Ruth Taylor Shealy. Mr. Shealy was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force. He was retired employee of DuPont Inc. and a realtor employed...

Mary Blair Long

Mary Blair Long

Apr 20, 2004

Mary Blair Long 93 of 3401 Stoney Battery Road Newberry widow of Bennie Lee "Ben" Long died Tuesday April 20 2004 at the Providence Hospital in Columbia.Mrs. Long was born on November 9 1910 in Newberry County a daughter of the late George and Nancy Frances Hamm Blair. She was a member of Smyrna Presbyterian Church Adult Sunday School Class...

Gary Joe Brown

Gary Joe Brown

Apr 13, 2004

Gary Joe Brown 28 of 9 Glenn Street Newberry died Tuesday April 13 2004 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Brown was born on November 26 1975 in Newberry a son of Merroll Moore Brown and the late Joe W. Brown. He was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church and employed by the Newberry Industries. He was a...

L. Kenneth Long

L. Kenneth Long

Apr 11, 2004

L. Kenneth Long 94 of 4593 Bush River Road Newberry died Sunday April 11 2004 at the Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill. Mr. Long was born on May 10 1909 in Newberry County a son of the late James Robert and Mary Abrams Long and a stepson of the late Ethel Folk Long. Until his death he was the...

Gloria Abrams Parks

Gloria Abrams Parks

Apr 9, 2004

Gloria Abrams Parks 100 formerly of Newberry widow of the late William R. Parks died Friday April 9 2004 at the Wesley Highland Manor in Memphis TN. Mrs. Parks was born in Newberry County a daughter of the late C. Ivy and Sallie Reagin Abrams. She was retired 5th grade school teacher having taught for over 35 years in North...

Walter Davis Jr.

Walter Davis Jr.

Apr 2, 2004

Walter Davis Jr. 79 of 109 Floy Street Spartanburg died Friday April 2 2004 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in Spartanburg. Mr. Davis was born on August 4 1924 in Greenville a son of the late Walter and Callie Mosteller Davis. He was an Army veteran of World War II having served in the Normandy Invasion and Northern France. Mr....

Sara Bradberry Baker

Sara Bradberry Baker

Mar 24, 2004

Sara Bradberry Baker 87 died Wednesday March 24 2004 at the Lowman Home. Mrs. Baker having moved to Chapin four years ago from Florida was formerly a resident at Generations of Chapin and most recently a resident of the Lowman Home Nursing Center.A gentle soul her great enjoyment was the beauty of nature and working in her garden with her...

Becky Smith Brown

Becky Smith Brown

Mar 20, 2004

Becky Smith Brown 50 of 708 Cypress Lakes Road Newberry wife of Terry R. Brown died Saturday March 20 2004 at her residence. Mrs. Brown was born in Joanna a daughter of the late Marvin R. and Betty Smith Shealy. She was a L.P.N. employed by the Newberry County Memorial Hospital and she was a member of Lewis Memorial United...

Elbert Lee Hilley

Elbert Lee Hilley

Mar 20, 2004

Elbert Lee Hilley 72 of 2709 Digby Ave. Newberry died Saturday March 20 2004 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He graduated from the school of life and has entered Glory University. Mr. Hilley was born in Newberry a son of the late Robert L. and Alma Horton Hilley. He was a retired employee of the Kendall Co. Oakland Plant....

Mary Ellen Taylor Dowd

Mary Ellen Taylor Dowd

Mar 20, 2004

Mary Ellen Taylor Dowd 94 of 1708 Clarkson Ave. Newberry widow of Chief Colie L. Dowd died Saturday March 20 2004 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.Mrs. Dowd was born on October 3 1909 in Prosperity a daughter of the late Dudley F. and Agnes Dominick Taylor. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer the Cromer...

Shirley Brown Sease

Shirley Brown Sease

Mar 19, 2004

Shirley Brown Sease 67 of 10 Mitchell Lane Newberry widow of Heyward C. Sease Sr. died Friday March 19 2004 at her residence.Mrs. Sease was born on September 14 1936 in Newberry County a daughter of the late Floyd Lee and Vera Risner Brown. She was a retired employee at Damon International.Mrs. Sease is survived by two daughters and a...

Roger C. Mercier

Roger C. Mercier

Mar 16, 2004

Roger C. Mercier 45 of 14233 Hwy 121 Newberry died at his residence Tuesday March 16 2004. Mr. Mercier was born on May 31 1958 in Chicago IL a son of John C. Mercier. Mr. Mercier is survived by father of the home. Funeral services for Roger C. Mercier will be conducted at 11:00 A. M. Tuesday at the Whitaker...

Martha Caroline Bouknight

Martha Caroline Bouknight

Mar 15, 2004

Martha Caroline Bouknight 88 formerly of 1803 Nance St Newberry died Monday March 15 2004 at The Haven in the Summit in Columbia. Miss Bouknight was born on August 21 1915 in Newberry County a daughter of the late Rev. William R. and Mattie Buzhardt Bouknight. She graduated Lander College and taught third grade for many years in Newberry County....

Charlie Mcmillian Senn

Charlie Mcmillian Senn

Mar 12, 2004

Charlie McMillan Senn 90 of J. F. Hawkins Healthcare died Friday March 12 2004 at J. F. Hawkins Healthcare. Mr. Senn was born on June 6 1913 Silverstreet Community of Newberry County a son of the late J. Foster and Elizabeth McMillan Senn. Mr. Senn was a farmer. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the...