Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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,...
Toney J. Celorio
Jul 29, 2020
On Wednesday, July 29, 2020 following a long and courageous battle with lung cancer, Toney J. Celorio, 72 years of age, went home to be with his Lord. Toney was born in Mexico City, Mexico on February 26, 1948, a son of the late Antonio C. Celorio and Maria Magdalena Jurado Celorio. He is survived by his son, Kenneth W....
Jon Thomas May
Jul 21, 2020
On July 21, 2020, Jon Thomas May lost his battle with Leukemia while surrounded by his family. Jon is survived by his wife of 55 years, Mary Walker May; daughter, Michelle May Nalley (Tony); son, Jeffrey Thomas May; granddaughter, Morgan Rebecca Nalley, Esquire; grandson, Matthew Ray Nalley; and a special nephew (second son), Edward Allen Walker (Sharon), all of the...
Vermelle Wilson Kibler
Jul 20, 2020
Vermelle Wilson Kibler, 97, entered into eternal rest on July 20, 2020 at Sandpiper Nursing and Rehab Center in Mt Pleasant, SC. She was born in Prosperity, SC on October 23, 1922, to the late John Claude Wilson and Frances Wilson. Mrs. Kibler was married to the late Luther Earl Kibler of Newberry for 71 years. They were married December...
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