Obituaries
Alfred Richard Eaves Iii
Mar 23, 2019
A. Richard Eaves, III, known by his family and friends as "Dick", 76 years of age, died on March 23, 2019 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He was a resident of Prosperity. Born June 21, 1942 in Elberton, Georgia, he was a son of the late A. R. Eaves, Jr. and Doris Ray Hudson. Dick graduated from Elbert County High...
Herbert "Herb" Al Berry, Sr.
Mar 20, 2019
Herbert Al Berry, Sr. "Herb", 83, of Prosperity, SC died on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at his residence. Herb was a beloved father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend. Born on July 23, 1935 in Lamar, Missouri, he was a son of the late Herbert Al Berry, Sr. and Venda Walker Berry. He graduated from Highland Springs High School in 1954...
Judy Harris Moore
Mar 18, 2019
Judy Harris Moore, 63, of Chappells, died Monday, March 18, 2019 at Lexington Medical Center. Born on July 5, 1955 in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late James Gardener Harris and the late Carolyn Juanita Crumpton Harris. She was married to the late James Ray Moore for twenty-nine years. Judy enjoyed being a homemaker for her family. Each...
Virginia "Jenny" Dehihns Moon
Mar 10, 2019
Virginia "Jenny" DeHihns Moon, 93, of Newberry, died Sunday, March 10, 2019 at White Oak Manor. Born on June 27, 1925 in the Mt. Pleasant section of Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late William E. and Eunice Smith DeHihns. In 1947 she married Fred Kibler Moon who predeceased her in 2006. After forty years of service, she...
Gladys Skelton
Mar 10, 2019
Gladys Skelton, 91, of Newberry and formerly of Charleston, died Sunday, March 10, 2019 at J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Mrs. Skelton was born on April 9, 1927 in Lake City, SC a daughter of the late Charlie and Mattie Parker. She was one "tough old lady". She grew up in a sharecropper family and knew the value of hard...
Tandy Vorheis Morris
Mar 9, 2019
Tandy Vorheis Morris, 87, of Chapin, passed away Saturday, March 9, 2019 at home surrounded by her loving ones. Born on August 8, 1931 in Indianapolis, IN, she was a daughter of the late Lee Vorheis and Willie Earline Keene Vorheis. Tandy worked as a registered nurse at Lexington Medical Center for twenty years. She always displayed kindness, never spoke...
Arthur L. Miller
Mar 7, 2019
Arthur L. Miller, 82, of North Charleston, passed away on Thursday, March 7, 2019 at the Ralph H. Johnson VA hospital in Charleston, SC. He was born September 18, 1936 in Newberry, SC. He was a Veteran of the US Navy; was a Shriner and Mason and was an avid watcher of TV News, football and sometimes enjoyed just yelling...
Muriel Harmon Lake
Feb 27, 2019
Muriel Harmon Lake, 91, of Whitmire, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019 at the Presbyterian Community Home. Muriel provided a remarkable source of optimism, strength, and cohesion for her loving family. All who knew her will remember a woman with a generous spirit and a remarkable attitude toward life. She loved God and served selflessly in her church and...
Dannie Harrison
Feb 21, 2019
Dannie Harrison, 72 of Newberry, died February 21, 2019 at his residence. Born on July 31, 1946 in Whitmire, he was a son of the late Nelvin and Ruth Crane Harrison. Mr. Harrison was a U.S. Navy Veteran. Dannie owned and operated Summer's Restaurant for over thirty years. He enjoyed hunting and fishing, as well as telling stories to all...
Irvy Julian Hawkins
Feb 20, 2019
Irvy Julian Hawkins, 88, was born on November 20, 1930 in Newberry, S.C. and lived most of his life in Columbia. He passed from this earthly world to his eternal heavenly home on February 20, 2019. He is survived by sisters Margaret Cromer and Janice Crowell; half-sister Faye Hartman; nephews Steven Crowell, Dale Cromer, Rodney Cromer and Steve Bundrick; and...
Michael John Cavanaugh
Feb 16, 2019
Services for Michael John Cavanaugh, will be held at 3 o'clock, Thursday, February 21, 2019 at St. John's Episcopal Church, 2827 Wheat Street, Columbia, SC. Visitation will follow in the Barr Center at the church. Born October 15, 1951 in Waynesville, NC, he was the son of the late Martyn John Cavanaugh and Viola Cavanaugh. He grew up in Newberry,...
Dale S. Epting
Feb 14, 2019
Dale S. Epting, 77, of Prosperity, passed away peacefully on his 38th wedding anniversary, February 14, 2019 at Lexington Medical Center. Born January 9, 1942 in Newberry County, he was the son of the late Vernon F. and Justine Shealy Epting. Dale was a 1959 graduate of Mid Carolina High School, attended Clemson University, and graduated as a Math major...
Wilbur O. Bates, Jr.
Feb 11, 2019
Wilbur O. Bates, Jr., 68, of Prosperity, died Monday, February 11, 2019 at Lexington Medical Center. Born on January 23, 1951 in Newberry, he was a son of the late Wilbur Otis Bates, Sr. and Lola Morgan Bates. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving during the Vietnam War. He was a talented man, a carpenter, a jack of all...
Rhonda Lynn Adams
Feb 8, 2019
Rhonda Lynn Adams, 52, of Newberry died Friday February 8, 2019 at her residence. Rhonda was born on December 23, 1966 in Augusta, GA a daughter of Carolyn Leaphart Adams and the late Marvin Adams. She was a 1985 graduate of Saluda High School and a member of Good Hope Baptist Church in Saluda. She never met a stranger and...
Betty Holland Mayes
Feb 7, 2019
Betty Holland Mayes, 84, of Chapin died Thursday, February 7, 2019 at her residence. Mrs. Mayes was born on September 5, 1934 in Laverne, Alabama a daughter of the late John B. and Mammie Holiday Holland. She was a member of Chapin Baptist Church and had previously worked for the US Air Force in personnel. She was a devoted wife...
William R. "Bill" Joyce
Feb 4, 2019
William R. Joyce, "Bill", 87, of Chapin died on February 4, 2019 at the Heritage at Lowman in Chapin, SC. He was the loving husband to his devoted wife, Irma Day Joyce, for 66 years. Bill was born on March 22, 1931 in Indianapolis, Indiana, the son of the late P.L. Joyce and Marie Joyce. He was a graduate of...
John Lindsay Rummel
Feb 1, 2019
John Lindsay Rummel, 78, of Chapin died Friday, February 1, 2019 surrounded by his wife and children. Born on January 13, 1941 in Vernon, TX, he was a son of the late William Otto and Emily Bertha Kretschmer Rummel. A native of West Texas, he held the Lone Star State close to this heart for the entirety of his life...
Jennylee Counts Foster
Feb 1, 2019
Jennylee Counts Foster, 87, of 302 N Wheeler Ave., Prosperity, died Friday, February 1, 2019 at Prisma Health Richland in Columbia. Mrs. Foster was born on August 3, 1931 in Prosperity in the house where she lived during her entire life. She was a daughter of the late James Lee "Jeke" and Jennie Hunter Counts. She was a graduate of...
Mikaila Wells Batchler
Jan 31, 2019
Mikaila Wells Batchler, 20, of Gaffney died Thursday, January 31, 2019. Mikaila was born on August 23, 1998 a daughter of Carlton L. Wells and Kristy Harmon Wells. Makaila was married to the late Trent Batchler of Gaffney where they resided. A graduate of Newberry High School, Mikaila was gifted and talented with a kind and quiet demeanor, yet a...
Joyce Berry Baker
Jan 31, 2019
Joyce Berry Baker, 86, of Whitmire, died Thursday, January 31, 2019 at her residence. Born on January 14, 1933, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Monroe and Corene Lively Berry. She was the wife of the late M. L. Baker, Jr. Mrs. Baker was the former owner of Dairy O, later Minute Market, in Whitmire and was...
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