Obituaries
Mary Watkins Counts
Mar 9, 2020
Mary Watkins Counts, 84, of Lexington died Sunday, March 9, 2020 at the Lexington Medical Center. Born on May 30, 1935 in Chappells, SC, she was the daughter of the late Irwin Quattlebaum "I.Q." and Daisy Clark Watkins. Mary was married to Richard Epting "Dick" Counts, Sr. who predeceased her. Mrs. Counts was a member of Lutheran Church of Our...
Betty Mayer Folk Barber
Mar 7, 2020
Betty Mayer Folk Barber of Newberry, 88 years of age, died Saturday, March 7, 2020 at her home. Born in Newberry, SC, she was the daughter of George and Sarah Mayer. Betty was former owner of Little Folks Child Care and BFB Properties and had also served on the Board at Capital Bank. She was a member of Cannon's Creek...
Elene Bush Cox
Feb 29, 2020
Elene Bush Cox, 92, of Chapin, died Saturday February 29, 2020 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born on November 6, 1927 in Chapin, she was the daughter of the late Thomas "Tom" and Lottie Shealy Bush. She worked alongside her husband, Luke, in their business, Cox Home Improvement. Luke Cox predeceased her on February 14, 2016. Mrs. Cox was...
Phillip Eli Woodruff
Feb 27, 2020
Phillip Eli Woodruff of Prosperity, 16 years old, died as a result of an accident on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Phillip was born on October 8, 2003, a son of Micheal D. Woodruff of Irmo and Renee Lindsey Mowder of Prosperity. He was an active member of First Baptist Church of Newberry. He enjoyed participating in the many activities of...
Phillip Smith
Feb 24, 2020
Phillip Smith of 514 Floyd Street, Newberry, died January 30, 2020 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born on May 3, 1962 in Greenville, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Thomas Wayne Smith, Sr. and the late Judy McCarson Martin. He is survived by two brothers, Thomas Wayne "Toby" Smith, Jr. (Teresa) of Prosperity, and Michael Smith...
Jess Ben Mayes
Feb 22, 2020
Jess B. Mayes, 86, of Chapin died Saturday, February 22, 2020. Mr. Mayes was born on March 7, 1933 in Loudon, TN, a son of the late Jess B. and Gladys Ball Mayes. He was predeceased by his wife of 63 years, Betty Holland Mayes in February of 2019. Jess retired from the United States Air Force as a Master...
Miriam Clark Willingham
Feb 22, 2020
Miriam Clark Willingham of Newberry, 92 years of age, died on Saturday, February 22, 2020 at her residence. Born on April 16, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Henry Claude and Mattie Shealy Clark. Mrs. Willingham loved her church, the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, and loved the people of the church. She was a member of the...
Anna Pfohl Wingard
Feb 18, 2020
Anna Christine Pfol Wingard, age 45, of Chapin, died Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at her home in Chapin. Anna was born October 18, 1974 in Fort Bragg, NC. She is the daughter of Charles Edward Pfol and Brenda Louise (Icenhour) Grabowski. She is survived by her husband: Brian K. Wingard, two sons: Gabriel (Lynn) Wingard of Chapin, SC, Robert M....
Ralph Forrest Bryan
Feb 18, 2020
Ralph F. Bryan, 78, of Newberry, died Tuesday, February 18, 2020 after a short illness. He was born on September 30, 1941 in Newberry, a son of the late Ralph and Erin Wicker Bryan. Ralph worked for the Torrington Company in Clinton retiring after more than 40 years with the company. He was a life member of Amity Masonic Lodge...
Cathryn Cohen Moates
Feb 17, 2020
Cathryn Cohen Moates, 81, of Newberry, died on Monday, February 17, 2020 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born on July 10, 1938 in Union, SC she was a daughter of the late W. Paul Cohen, Sr. and the late Lola Wilkins Cohen. She was twice married, first to the late Vernon Hunter and second to the late Horace Moates. As...
Daphine Hughey Haltiwanger
Feb 14, 2020
Daphine Hughey Haltiwanger, 86, of Newberry, died Friday, February 14, 2020 at White Oak Manor. Born on August 17, 1933 in Cherokee, SC, a daughter of the late Grady Lee and Rena Hettie Wessinger Hughey. Mrs. Haltiwanger worked for Damon International until it closed and then retired from the Sunshine Barn and she was a member of College Street Baptist...
Helen Mason Mccullough
Feb 14, 2020
Helen Mason McCullough, 99, of Whitmire died on Friday, February 14, 2020 at White Oak Manor in Newberry. Born on October 18, 1920 in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late Henry Vaden and Pearl Stone Mason. She was the last survivor of her birth family. Helen retired from J P Stevens following more than 40 years with them....
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...
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