Obituaries
Walter Henry Koon
Jul 6, 2019
Walter Henry Koon, 74, of Kinards died Saturday, July 6, 2019 at his home. Born on January 21, 1945 in Newberry County, he was a son of the late Levi S. and Rebecca Crumpton Koon. He was retired from Eagle Construction Company and was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the Vietnam War. Henry was a member of Bush River...
Bertha Long Harmon
Jul 2, 2019
Bertha Long Harmon, 82, of Newberry died Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at her home surrounded by family. Mrs. Harmon was born on November 22, 1936 in Newberry a daughter of the late James Long and Cleo Sanders Long Boozer. She graduated from Newberry High School and her working career included jobs at Joanna, Newberry, Greenwood and Mollohon Cotton Mills. She...
Onie Shealy Boozer
Jul 2, 2019
Onie Shealy Boozer, 91, of Newberry, died Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at White Oak Manor. Born on July 29, 1927 in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Vernon F. and Nancy Harmon Shealy. Mrs. Boozer was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church and a member of the Reapers Sunday School Class. For many years, she worked as...
Lela Kate "Katie" Suber
Jul 1, 2019
Lela Kate "Katie" Kinard Suber, of Pomaria, widow of Thomas Otto "Tommie" Suber died Monday, July 1, 2019, at the age of 88. Born in the St. Philips/Jollystreet section of Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late Elbert Ila Kinard and Bessie Katherine Graham Kinard. She loved that she was born on her Mama's birthday, and that she...
John Taylor Longshore
Jun 30, 2019
John Taylor Longshore, 93, beloved husband of more than 67 years of the late Mary Ruth Merchant Longshore, passed away Sunday, June 30, 2019. A native of Newberry, SC, John was a son of the late James Jacob and Jessie McKittrick Longshore. He proudly served his country in the Army in the Pacific Theater in World War II. He lived...
Hazel Dean Wise
Jun 28, 2019
Hazel Ann Dean Wise, age 91, died June 28, 2019. Born March 28, 1928 in Bowersville, Georgia, she was the youngest child of the late George Talmadge and Lucy Brown Dean. Mrs. Wise and her late husband John Frederick Wise, enjoyed their ranch in Walhalla, South Carolina and their travels together in later years. They actively supported Whitten Center in...
Larry F. Benton
Jun 26, 2019
Larry F. Benton, 73, of Newberry, died on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. He was born on November 10, 1945 in Conway, SC. Larry was a construction engineer who worked in the construction business most of his life. Fishing was a favorite hobby of Larry's, He enjoyed Charleston and the coastal areas of South Carolina. Survivors...
Kevin Schmidt
Jun 26, 2019
Kevin Schmidt, 69, of Newberry, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at the J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. He was born March 8, 1950 in Philadelphia, PA, a son of the late Helmer and Kathleen Kennedy Schmidt. As long as his health permitted, Mr. Schmidt owned and operated a number of gift and flower shops. He opened his first shops at the...
Calvin R. "Dusty" Triplett
Jun 21, 2019
Calvin R. "Dusty" Triplett, Jr., 69, of Johnston, S.C. died June 21, 2019. He was born in Picayune, MS on April 7,1950, to the late Calvin Russell and Joyce (Salter) Triplett. Dusty graduated from Winter Haven High School in Winter Haven, FL in 1968 lettering in both football and baseball. From there he went on to play football at the...
Madge Craft Thomasson
Jun 17, 2019
Madge Craft Thomasson, 95, of Newberry, died Monday, June 17, 2019, at Springfield Place in Newberry. Born on December 7, 1923 in Greenville, she was the daughter of the late Robert Pressley and Ella Mae Whitmire Craft. She was predeceased by her husband, Edward A "Tommy" Thomasson. Mrs. Thomasson was a very loving and giving lady. She enjoyed a simple...
Nell Martin Hilyer
Jun 15, 2019
Nell Martin Hilyer 71, of Taylors died on June 15, 2019 in Greenville SC. Born on June 3, 1948 in Clanton, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Harlem Martin and Ressie Ellison Martin. She was retired from the Columbia Skin Clinic. Following her retirement, she and her husband Jim moved to the Greenville area to be near family....
Diane Jones Mills
Jun 14, 2019
Diane Jones Mills, 72 of Newberry, died on June 14, 2019 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on October 6, 1946 in Newberry to Sara "Midge" Foy Jones and C. W. Jones, Jr. She graduated from Newberry High School and attended Clemson University. She retired as the Chief Operating Officer of Ellco Industries in Newberry. Diane was a...
Rosemary Shealy Stuck
Jun 13, 2019
Rosemary Shealy Stuck, of Little Mountain, SC, died on June 13, 2019. She was born on April 8, 1928, in Little Mountain to Dora Branders Shealy and Elmer Luther Shealy. She graduated from Little Mountain High School in 1945, and received a Business Certificate from Newberry College in June of 1946. In 1951, she married Warren Monroe Stuck of Pomaria,...
Marvin Wade Mclendon
Jun 10, 2019
Marvin Wade McLendon, 77, of Newberry, died Monday, June 10, 2019 at the Veteran's Victory House in Walterboro, S.C. Born in Athens, TN on May 8, 1942, he was a son of the late George Abraham and Virginia Grace Wicker McLendon. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War where he served on the USS Bluegill submarine. Wade...
John Bratton Hartness
Jun 10, 2019
John Robert Hartness, 90, of Bullock Creek died Monday following a long illness. The funeral service will be 2:00 PM Thursday, June 13, 2019 at Woodlawn Presbyterian Church in Sharon, SC with Reverend Audrey Reese officiating. Burial to follow at Woodlawn Presbyterian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday, June 12, 2019 from 6:00-8:00 PM at the church. A...
Victorino Dumaboc Chin
Jun 5, 2019
Victorino Dumaboc Chin, M.D., 81, of Saluda, SC died on June 5, in his home. He was born in Guihulngan, Philippines on November 2, 1937, a son of the late Eustaquio Chin and Leona Dumaboc Chin. Dr. Chin, a devout Catholic, was a member of Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Chapin, SC and St. Mark's in Newberry,...
Margaret "Peggy" Rucker Dewey
Jun 4, 2019
Margaret "Peggy" Rucker Dewey, 89, of Chapin, died Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. Born on February 22, 1930 in Columbia, she was the eldest daughter of the late Taylor and Margarita "Maggie" Gibbons Rucker. Mrs. Dewey was a retired court reporter with the South Carolina Workers Compensation Commission. She was a kind, compassionate,...
Christi Harmon Epps
May 31, 2019
Christi Harmon Epps, 42, of Newberry, died Friday May 31, 2019 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Christi was born on June 4, 1976 in Newberry a daughter of Kenneth Donald "Donnie" Harmon and Bertha Louise Long Harmon. She attended the Newberry County Schools and was a homemaker. Christi was a member of Queens Chapel Presbyterian Church. She was a...
R. Vernon Boozer
May 25, 2019
Robert Vernon Boozer, 80, of Newberry, died on Saturday, May 25. 2019 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born on February 11, 1939 in Chester, Vernon was the son of Margaret Bennett and Charles T. Boozer. His wife of 42 years, Frances Holsenbeck Boozer, preceded him in death. Following a career in textiles, Vernon returned to Newberry to spend his retirement...
Hannah Christine Bender
May 22, 2019
Hannah Christine Bender, 98, of White Rock, SC, died on May 22, 2019 at the Lowman Home in White Rock. Mrs. Bender was formerly of Johnstown, PA and Windber, PA where for 30 years she had lived at Quemahoning Towers. Born January 12, 1921 in Johnstown, she was a daughter of Blair Hildebrand and Effie (Havener) Hildebrand-Riddinger. She was preceded...
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