Obituaries

Dennis Blaine Lownes

Dennis Blaine Lownes

Dec 5, 2020

Dennis Blaine Lownes was born August, 9, 1947, the son of Earl and Ila (Butler) Lownes. He was born in The Denison Hospital in Crawford County, Iowa and baptized at the Charter Oak Methodist Church. After graduating from Charter Oak-Ute High School in 1965, he attended Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree...

Mary Louise Fellers

Mary Louise Fellers

Dec 1, 2020

Mary Louise Fellers, 86 years of age, died on Monday, December 1, 2020 at White Oak Manor. Born on August 23, 1934 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Sheriff Thomas "Tom" and Mattie Lovelace Fellers. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and had previously been a member of St. John Lutheran Church...

Boyce Whitaker

Boyce Whitaker

Nov 29, 2020

Boyce Whitaker, at 81 years old, a retired businessman and nationally recognized FTD Master Florist, passed away November 29, 2020 at his home in Prosperity, SC. Born August 26, 1939, Boyce grew up in Columbia, SC. At the age of 17 years, he joined the US Navy and became a signalman on the destroyer, the USS Robert H. McCard. In...

Carol Ann Blum Floyd

Carol Ann Blum Floyd

Nov 28, 2020

Carol Ann Blum Floyd, 76, of Newberry, died on Saturday, November 28 at Self Regional Hospital in Greenwood. Carol was born in Hackensack, NJ and was a daughter of the late Albert Blum and Anna Liesk Blum. She earned her Master's degree in Special Education and taught in the public schools of California and South Carolina. Carol was a dedicated...

Lisa Heles Wilkerson

Lisa Heles Wilkerson

Nov 27, 2020

Lisa Heles Wilkerson, 49, of Irmo, passed away on Friday, November 27, 2020 at Prisma Health Parkridge. Born in Columbia SC, she was the daughter of Garey Davis Gibbs of Yemassee and sister to John Walter Gibbs, Jr. of Greenville. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of S.C. She was a member of Riverland Hills Baptist...

Joye Price Irons

Joye Price Irons

Nov 23, 2020

Joye Price Irons of Prosperity, 66 years of age, died on Monday, November 23, 2020 at the Hospice House in Clinton. Joye was born in Lexington, SC and was a daughter of the late H. Mason Price and Leta Black Price. She was a member of Macedonia Lutheran Church and a member of Alpha Delta Kappa Sorority. Joye taught in...

Iona L. Perry

Iona L. Perry

Nov 13, 2020

Iona L. Perry of Columbia, 85 years of age, died Friday, November 13, 2020 at White Oak Manor in Newberry. Born on June 21, 1935 in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Guy M. and Josephine Wester Perry. She was a former employee of Dade County Florida and retired from Lexington- Richland 5. Mrs. Perry was...

Gordon C. Henry

Gordon C. Henry

Nov 12, 2020

Gordon C. Henry of Newberry died November 12 at the Hospice House of the Piedmont in Greenwood after a short illness. He was born in Sioux City, Iowa, on July 29, 1931, a son of the late Herbert and Edith Briggs Henry. He attended Sioux City schools and received his BA in speech and history in 1953 from Iowa State...

Betty Ariail Hentz

Betty Ariail Hentz

Nov 11, 2020

Betty Ariail Hentz, 89, of Lexington, formerly of Newberry, died Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Wellmore of Lexington. Mrs. Hentz was born in Jenkinsville, SC the daughter of the late Herman and Willie Shealy Ariail. She is a member of Chris Covenant Church and was a former member of Central United Methodist Church in Newberry. Her heart overflowed with the...

Myra Sue Epting Chapman

Myra Sue Epting Chapman

Nov 10, 2020

Myra Sue Epting Chapman, age 89, formerly of the Stoney Hill section of Newberry County, died peacefully on November 10 at Louisa Health and Rehabilitation Center, Louisa, VA. She was born in Newberry County, a daughter of the late Maxcy Warren and Amanda Stillwell Epting. Mrs. Chapman retired from the Newberry County School system, having worked in the Newberry High...

Tony D. Fulmer

Tony D. Fulmer

Nov 9, 2020

Tony D. Fulmer, 77 years of age, died on November 9, 2020 at the Lexington Medical Center. He was born in Laurens, SC, and was a son of the late Clarence McNeel Fulmer and Alda Rae Tew Fulmer. Tony was a foreman of Research and Development for Shakespeare. He served in the SC National Guard for eight years and was...

Janet Alice Staniec

Janet Alice Staniec

Nov 6, 2020

Janet Alice Staniec age 69 of Dreseden passed away on November 6, 2020 at her residence. A memorial visitation with the family will be held on Saturday 11/14/2020 at Bowlin Funeral Home from 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm. Janet Alice Staniec was born on 3/29/1951 to the late Arthur Staniec and Jeanne Pepin Staniec in Chicago, IL. She is survived...

Fred O. Deal Iii

Fred O. Deal Iii

Oct 31, 2020

Fred Deal, III Fred O. Deal, III, 50, resident of Callison Highway, husband of Alison Long Deal, passed away Saturday, October 31, 2020, as he was doing one of his favorite pass-times, deer hunting. Born May 24, 1970, in Greenwood, he was a son of Lena Reed Deal and the late Fred O. Deal, Jr. He was a 1988 graduate...

Frederick "Fred" H. Lieb

Frederick "Fred" H. Lieb

Oct 30, 2020

Frederick H. "Fred" Lieb, 94 years of age, died Friday, October 30, 2020 at his residence in Chapin. Born in Uniontown, PA, he was a son of the late Troy P. and Myrtle Ravenscroff Lieb. Fred was a proud U.S. Army veteran who served during World War II. Some of his service years also involved serving as a Military Police...

James  Albert  "Jim" Lander

James Albert "Jim" Lander

Oct 29, 2020

James Albert "Jim" Lander, 90 years of age, died on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at his home in Newberry, SC surrounded by loved ones. Born April 9, 1930 in Abbeville, SC, he was a son of the late Anne Louise Cheatham Lander and the late William Jones Lander. He graduated from Abbeville High School, attended NC State University and Erskine...

Katherine  Frick  Cannon

Katherine Frick Cannon

Oct 26, 2020

Katherine Frick Cannon, 98, of Chapin died Monday, October 26, 2020 at White Oak Manor, Newberry. She was born on April 3, 1922, in Chapin, a daughter of the late Bennie and Annie Mae Stoudemire Frick. She was married for more than 70 years to the late George Harroll Cannon. Mrs. Cannon was a member of St. Peter's Lutheran church...

Narvice Maxine Wise  Harmon

Narvice Maxine Wise Harmon

Oct 21, 2020

Narvice Wise Harmon of Newberry, 90 years of age, died on Wednesday, October 21, 2020 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born in Newberry County on October 9, 1930, a daughter of the late Henry Walter and Gladys Shealy Wise. She was married to Robert Cecil Harmon who predeceased her in 2011. Mrs. Harmon grew up in the Bush...

Mamie  Kathlean Perry-Davis

Mamie Kathlean Perry-Davis

Oct 20, 2020

Mamie Kathlean Perry-Davis, 49 years of age of Silverstreet, died on Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Prisma Health Baptist in Columbia, SC. She was born in Okeechobee, Fl to her parents Roger Dale Perry of Silverstreet and the late Mamie Kathlean Perry. Kathlean attended Newberry High School, then graduated Piedmont Technical College with an Associate Degree in Accounting. She spent...

Kenneth "Kent"  Oscar Mims, Jr.

Kenneth "Kent" Oscar Mims, Jr.

Oct 18, 2020

Kenneth "Kent" Oscar Mims, Jr., age 72, beloved husband of fifty years to Brenda Prescott Mims, died on Sunday, October 18, 2020 at Prisma Health Tuomey. Born on May 11, 1948 in Sumter, he was the son of the late Kenneth Oscar Mims Sr. and Evelyn Campbell Mims. Mr. Mims was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Sumter,...

Brenda Smith Wagnitz

Brenda Smith Wagnitz

Oct 17, 2020

Brenda Smith Wagnitz, 69, of Newberry, died on Saturday, October 17, 2020, at White Oak Manor in Newberry. She was born on January 30, 1951 in Indiana a daughter of the late Jim and Roberta Smith. The family relocated to Arkansas during Brenda's early years and she grew up in Searcy, AK. And was a graduate of Searcy High School...