Obituaries

Donnell Swindler Minick

Donnell Swindler Minick

Sep 27, 2020

Donnell Swindler Minick of Newberry, 86 years old, died Sunday, September 27, 2020 at White Oak Manor. Born in Newberry on October 28, 1933, she was a daughter of the late Charles "Charlie" and Ola Cromer Swindler. Mrs. Minick was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church. Donnell loved to speak her mind with a great sense of humor. She...

Helen Thomas Wright

Helen Thomas Wright

Sep 21, 2020

Helen Thomas Wright, 91 years of age, of Newberry died Monday, September 21, 2020 at White Oak Manor of Newberry. Born on April 1, 1929 in Laurens County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Harvey and Bertie Waites Thomas. She was married to the late B Atlas Wright for 62 years. Mrs. Wright was a member of Glenn...

Carolyn Eleazer Clamp

Carolyn Eleazer Clamp

Sep 19, 2020

Carolyn Eleazer Clamp, 85, of Newberry died Saturday, September 19, 2020 at her residence. Born on February 2, 1935 near Peak, SC, she was a daughter of the late Wendell Calhoun and Alma Stoudemire Eleazer. Mrs. Clamp was a 1957 graduate of Columbia College and was a teacher in the Newberry County elementary schools for 12 years. She was member...

Janet Carol Buril

Janet Carol Buril

Sep 19, 2020

Janet Carol Buril, 75, of Lexington, died on September 19, 2020 at her residence. Born on November 16, 1944 in Fall River, Massachusetts, she was a daughter of the late George and Doris Shore Carvalho. Janet was a veteran of the US Marine Corp. She was a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne College and had worked as a house mother at the...

Joseph "Joe" William Tesseneer, Iii

Joseph "Joe" William Tesseneer, Iii

Sep 13, 2020

Joseph W. "Joe" Tesseneer, III, 53 years old, died on September 13, 2020. Joe resided in Batesburg, SC. Born on September 23, 1966 in Kings Mountain, NC, he was the son of Joseph W. "Joe" Tesseneer, Jr. and the late Judy Marr Tesseneer. He was employed as a diesel mechanic with Dowd Diesel in Newberry. Joe was a member of...

James "Jim" Robert Murray

James "Jim" Robert Murray

Sep 12, 2020

James Robert "Jim" Murray, 74, of Greenwood, husband of Elisabeth "Bette" Swackhamer Murray, died Saturday, September 12, 2020 at his home. Born in Camp Lejeune, he was a son of the late Major General Raymond Leroy Murray and Evelyn Obera Roseman Murray. James graduated from Newberry College and received his master's at University of South Carolina. He was a former...

Genell Shealy Oxner

Genell Shealy Oxner

Sep 11, 2020

Genell Shealy Oxner, 85 years of age, died Friday, September 11, 2020 at J F Hawkins in Newberry. Mrs. Oxner was born in Newberry on October 23, 1934, the daughter of the late Wyman and Daisy Amick Shealy. She was a retired employee of Lenox and a member of Faith Lutheran Church. Genell and her husband, Harvey loved to travel...

Jacqueline Mcduffie Aull

Jacqueline Mcduffie Aull

Sep 10, 2020

Jacqueline McDuffie Aull, 97, died on August 31, 2020 at the Heritage at Lowman in Chapin. Born on June 1, 1923 in Rantoul, Illinois, she was a daughter of the late Jaspar Kemper and Elizabeth Hoofnagle McDuffie. She received an associate degree and spent many of her years championing her military husband William Aull and nurturing their children. She and...

Maria Alfieri Robison

Maria Alfieri Robison

Sep 8, 2020

Maria Alfieri Robison, 94 years of age, died in Charlotte, NC on Tuesday, September 8, 2020. Born on August 7, 1926 in Paterson, NJ, Maria was a daughter of the late Attilio and Maria Conte Alfieri. She was married to the late Harold J. Robison for sixty-seven years. Mrs. Robison retired from the Social Security Administration after a long career...

Vera Lee Sandel Lindler

Vera Lee Sandel Lindler

Sep 6, 2020

Vera Lee Sandel Lindler, 92, of Chapin died Sunday, September 6, 2020 at Generations of Chapin. Mrs. Lindler was a long-time member of St. Thomas Lutheran Church in Chapin. Lee found joy and comfort in her church friends and church activities which included game night, Young at Hearts, and leading exercise classes for church members. She volunteered for many years...

Keith  Allen Johnson

Keith Allen Johnson

Aug 29, 2020

Keith Allen Johnson, 50, of Newberry died unexpectedly on Saturday, August 29, 2020. Keith was born on February 8, 1970 and was the son of Brenda Long Johnson and the late Laval H. Johnson. He was a former employee with Marriott and for the past years had been a farmer in the Bush River Community of Newberry. Keith loved the...

Paul  "P.K." Fuller

Paul "P.K." Fuller

Aug 28, 2020

A loving and gentle man, Paul Kemper Fuller, 90, of Newberry, SC and Charlotte, NC passed away peacefully on August 28, 2020. Born on August 14, 1930 in Newberry, he was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and a coach to many. He was preceded in death by his parents George Berlie and Zula Stribble Fuller; first wife and mother of...

Daniel "Danny" Jacob Daley

Daniel "Danny" Jacob Daley

Aug 20, 2020

***Note: For webcasting options, please click the following link: Service for Danny Daley Daniel "Danny" Jacob Daley, 13, died Thursday, August 20, 2020 at his home in Chapin, SC. Born in Matthews, NC, on July 12, 2007, he is the son of Stephanie Elder Daley and Thomas "TJ" Daley. Danny was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic...

Edward Ronald Kurtz

Edward Ronald Kurtz

Aug 17, 2020

Following a number of years of declining health, Edward R. Kurtz, 88 years of age, died on Monday, August 17, 2020 at NHC Clinton in Clinton, SC. He was born in Chicago, IL on October 24, 1931, the son of the late Edward G. and Helen E. Kurtz. Ed grew up in Chicago, served in the United States Air Force...

Jesse H. "Tookie" Oates. Iii

Jesse H. "Tookie" Oates. Iii

Aug 15, 2020

Jesse H. "Tookie" Oates, III, 75 years of age, died Saturday, August 15, 2020 at his residence in Chapin. Born on May 4, 1945 in Chester, SC, he was a son of the late Jesse H Oates, Jr. and Mary Miller Oates. For twenty years Tookie worked as a S.C. Highway Patrolman. He then joined SLED as a special agent...

Martin O. "Bud"  Moates, Sr.

Martin O. "Bud" Moates, Sr.

Aug 12, 2020

Martin O. "Bud" Moates, Sr. of Newberry, 81 years of age, died Wednesday, August 12, 2020 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Martin was born on May 13, 1939 in Laurens County and was a son of the late Wyatt and Addie Morgan Moates. He was the last surviving member of his birth family. He was the co-owner of Moates...

Bettie Rosaine Counts Derrick

Bettie Rosaine Counts Derrick

Aug 7, 2020

Bettie Rosaine Counts Derrick, 85 of Little Mountain, widow of Louie Carroll Derrick, died August 7, 2020 at the Heritage in White Rock. A graveside funeral service will be held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at 10:00 AM with the Rev. Brett Collins officiating. Born March 12, 1935 Bettie was the daughter of the...

Teresa Mclaughlin Dean

Teresa Mclaughlin Dean

Aug 6, 2020

Teresa McLaughlin Dean of Newberry, 49 years of age, died on Thursday August 6, 2020 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born on August 10, 1970 in Coeur d" Alene, ID, she was the daughter of Sherry Sothern Taylor and the late John L. McLaughlin. Ms. Dean was a cafeteria worker with the Newberry County School District. She was a...

Robert E. "Bobby" Livingston, Iii

Robert E. "Bobby" Livingston, Iii

Aug 1, 2020

Robert E. Livingston, III died on August 1, 2020 in Newberry, SC at the age of 79. Born on July 3, 1941 in Greenville, SC, Bobby was the son of the late Robert E. Livingston, Jr and Pauline Wise Livingston. He married the love of his life Georgette Dutart on August 2, 1962. They were one day shy of celebrating...

John  Claude Wilson, Jr.

John Claude Wilson, Jr.

Jul 30, 2020

John Claude Wilson, Jr., 88, of Prosperity, South Carolina, died July 30, 2020 at White Oak Manor. John Claude Wilson, Jr. (a.k.a. Pop & Grandpa), the youngest child of the late John Claude Wilson, Sr. and Frances Katherine Kibler Wilson, was born on May 15, 1932 in the Bachman Chapel Community of Prosperity. He was predeceased by his first wife,...