Obituaries
William E. Lovett
Feb 14, 2020
William E. Lovett, 91, died on Friday, February 14, 2020, at his residence in Chapin. Mr. Lovett was born on March 22, 1928 in Charlotte, NC and was the son of the late William M. and Anna Lee Glenn Lovett. He was an US Army veteran serving during both World War II and the Korean War and worked as the...
John Rhett Frazier, Sr.
Feb 12, 2020
As a member of the "Greatest Generation", John Rhett Frazier, Sr. was called home on February 12, 2020 to be with his Lord and Savior and his beloved wife of 69 years, Juanita Ruth Williams Frazier. John was born in 1919 to his devoted mother, Francis Ann Copeland (1889-1981) and father, James Blair Frazier, Sr. of Blair, SC (1890-1964). John...
Delbert E. "Del" Kibler
Feb 5, 2020
Delbert E. "Del" Kibler, 82, of Newberry, died on Wednesday, February 5, 2020 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He was born on January 29, 1938 in Newberry, SC, a son of the late Johnnie C. and Varie Gibson Kibler. Del was a faithful member of Glenn Street Baptist Church and also a member of Amity Masonic Lodge AFM 87....
Patricia Ryan Smith
Feb 3, 2020
Patricia Ryan Smith, 89 years of age, died on Monday, February 3, 2020 at her residence in Chapin. Born on April 9, 1930 in Kittanning, PA, she was a daughter of the late Rodney "Roddy" and Florence Greenawalt Ryan. She was married to the late Lawrence "Larry" Smith for fifty-nine years. Mrs. Smith worked as a graphic artist for Southern...
Thelma Elizabeth Russell Thomas Schroeder
Feb 2, 2020
Thelma Elizabeth Russell Thomas Schroeder, mother of Beverly D. Smith, formerly of Newberry, died on February 2, 2020 in Midlothian, Virginia. She was born on May 7, 1924 in Little Hocking, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late Lefty McKinley Russell and Ella Mae Scarlett Russell. In addition to her parents she was predeceased by a daughter, Elizabeth Corrine...
Ellen Van Erkelens Rokusek
Jan 30, 2020
Ellen Van Erkelens Rokusek of Chapin, SC, 55 years of age, died on Thursday, January 30, 2020. Born on August 3, 1964, in Ellecom, Netherlands, she was a daughter of Chris Kok Van Erkelens and the late Rudolf Frits Van Erkelens. She was a graduate of Irmo High School and Midlands Technical College. In 1992, she married Quent Rokusek. Ellen...
Thomas "Tom" Summer
Jan 29, 2020
Thomas Harrison Summer, 79, died January 29, 2020 in the comfort of his home in Moncks Corner with his youngest daughter, Amanda, and his wife by his side. Born March 19, 1940, in Newberry, "Tom" "Tommy" was the son of the late Harrison Thomas Summer and Evelyn Christine (Mills) Summer. In addition to his parents, Tom was predeceased by his...
Peyton Reppart
Jan 25, 2020
Peyton Christopher Reppart, 16 years old, of Newberry, died on Saturday, January 25, 2020 at the Joseph M. Still Burn Center in Augusta, GA. Peyton was born on June 23, 2003 in Rockhill, a son of Terri Boyd Brooks and Chris L. Reppart. Peyton, a loved young man, spent his sixteen years grasping life and all its beauty. He entered...
Ruth Ausband
Jan 25, 2020
Ruth Martin Ausband, 81, of Columbia died on January 25, 2020 at Prisma Health Richland. Born on July 3, 1938 in Silverstreet, SC, she was a daughter of the late Frank and Ida Cornelia Martin. She graduated from Silverstreet High School and the Columbia Hospital School of Nursing. Ruth was a retired registered nurse from Grand Strand Urology in Myrtle...
Cecilia Doyle Slack
Jan 24, 2020
Cecilia Doyle Slack of White Rock, SC, who lived to be 101 years of age, died Friday, January 24, 2020 at the Heritage at Lowman in White Rock. Born on June 18, 1918 in Tenafly, NJ, she was the daughter of the late James Hamilton and Ellen McLaughlin Doyle. She was a retired protocol secretary with the U.S. Civil Service....
Gussie Bundrick Derrick
Jan 20, 2020
Gussie Bundrick Derrick, of Newberry, 99 years of age, died on Monday, January 20, 2020 at her residence. Born on November 15, 1920, she was a daughter of the late Jessie Sylvan "Van" and Vennie Amick Bundrick. Mrs. Derrick, a kind and caring lady, worked for many years in the cafeteria at Newberry High School. She later retired from the...
Joyce Pruitt Fraser
Jan 19, 2020
Joyce Pruitt Fraser, entered the Church triumphant on Sunday, January 19, 2020 just days short of her 21st birthday (Leap Year baby). She is survived by her husband, Jim Fraser of the home; son, Chuck Fraser (Melinda) of Anderson, SC; and daughter, Amy Fraser Speaks (Robbie) of Camden, SC; grandchildren, Fraser Speaks of Charleston, SC, Tripp Speaks of Camden, SC...
David I. "Shank" Boland
Jan 18, 2020
David I "Shank" Boland. 63, of Little Mountain, died Saturday, January 18, 2020 at the Lexington Medical Center. David was born on October 16, 1956 in Newberry, a son of the late Virgil and Frances Graham Boland. He was retired from SCANA. He married Carmen Hawley and they shared thirty beautiful years together. During those years, he shined in the...
David W. Campbell
Jan 3, 2020
David W. Campbell, Sr. 78, of the Heritage at Lowman, died Friday, January 3, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Campbell was born on August 11, 1941, in Mullins, SC, a son of the late Durham and Lucille Davis Campbell. He was a retired mechanic. He married Sallie Abrams Campbell and they shared fifty years together prior to her death. David...
Herbert Jerome "Jerry" Hoeschen
Dec 30, 2019
Herbert Jerome "Jerry" Hoeschen, 84, of Newberry died on December 26, 2019 at his residence. Jerry was born on June 4, 1935 in Minneapolis, MN, the only child of Herbert B. and Ella Kirwin Hoeschen. He grew up in the Minneapolis area and moved to the Cleveland, OH area as a young man. He attended Case Western Reserve University in...
Jean Scarborough Sherron
Dec 28, 2019
Jean Scarborough Sherron, 94, of Newberry, died Saturday, December 28, 2019 at Palmetto Health USC, Columbia, SC. Mrs. Sherron was born on May 17, 1925 in Grifton, NC. The daughter of the late John William and Vera Noble Scarborough. She taught physical education in N.C. and S.C. at a number of schools including Hillcrest High School in Simpsonville. For over...
James Willamson "Jim" Kimmell
Dec 28, 2019
James Williamson "Jim" Kimmell, teacher, coach, and principal in the public schools of South Carolina for 36 years, died Saturday, December 28, 2019, of complications from Alzheimer's disease. His death came only weeks after the death of his helpmate and wife of 64 years, Cornelia Ware Kimmell. Jim Kimmell was born January 18, 1935, on the kitchen table in the...
Edith Hipp Kinard
Dec 21, 2019
Edith Hipp Kinard, 75, of Chapin, SC, died on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at her home following a long and hard battle with cancer. Born on November 6, 1944, in Newberry, SC, she was a daughter of the late Roy W. and Hazel Welch Hipp. She was employed with Allied Chemical, Irmo for thirty-seven years. Edith was a loyal member...
Elizabeth "Beth" Brockman Baughcome
Dec 19, 2019
Elizabeth "Beth" Brockman Baughcome, 77, of Newberry, died Thursday, December 19, 2019 at JF Hawkins Nursing Home. She was born on May 16, 1942 in Spartanburg, a daughter of the late Arnold and Rachel Henson Brockman Beth was a member of the United Methodist Church, Trinity Campus, Greenville, SC. She was a registered nurse who began her nursing career in...
Joseph "Joe" Walter Hudgens, Jr.
Dec 12, 2019
Joseph Walter Hudgens, Jr., 87, died on Thursday, December 12, 2019 at his residence. He was born on May 21, 1932 in Greenville County, S.C., the son of Joseph Walter Hudgens, Sr. and Fannie Gilreath Hudgens. He grew up in Taylors, S.C. and graduated from Taylors High School in 1950. He graduated from Furman University in 1954, the University of...
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