Obituaries

Atlee Davis Lindsay

Atlee Davis Lindsay

Dec 4, 2018

Atlee Davis Lindsay, 99, of Newbery, died Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Mrs. Lindsay was born on December 10, 1918 in Newberry, a daughter of the late Isaac S. and Jessie Miller Davis. She was married to the late John Benjamin Lindsay for 72 years, 1 month and 20 days. She was a member of...

Katherine "Kat" Q. Brabham

Katherine "Kat" Q. Brabham

Dec 3, 2018

Katherine "Kat" Q. Brabham, 96, of Chapin, died Monday, December 3, 2018. Born on March 3, 1922 in Williston, she was a daughter of the late E. Dess and Katherine Elliott Quattlebaum. Mrs. Brabham was a charter member of Chapin Baptist Church. She worked at the Women's Correctional Center in Columbia for 20 years, in addition to being a wife...

Mark Ernest Cromer

Mark Ernest Cromer

Dec 3, 2018

Mark Ernest Cromer, 75, of Newberry, died Monday, December 3, 2018 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born February 10, 1943 in Newberry, he was a son of the late Harold L. Cromer, Sr. and Myrtle Childress Cromer. He was a retired employee of ASCO Felt in Clinton, SC, a Navy veteran serving during the Vietnam Era and a member...

Edna "Jimmie" Boland Parnell Sutphin

Edna "Jimmie" Boland Parnell Sutphin

Nov 24, 2018

Edna "Jimmie" Boland Parnell Sutphin, 88, of Newberry died Saturday, November 24, 2018, at Palmetto Baptist in Columbia. Born on March 15, 1930 in Williston, SC, she was a daughter of the late Herman and Gladys Reese Boland. She was retired from BC Moore. Mrs. Sutphin was a member of Glenn St. Baptist Church where she belonged to the Reapers...

Frances Rudisill Hamm

Frances Rudisill Hamm

Nov 22, 2018

Frances Rudisill Hamm, 91, of Prosperity, died Thursday, November 22, 2018 at her residence surrounded by her family. Mrs. Hamm was born on August 3, 1927 in Crouse, NC a daughter of the late D. O. and Blanche Fisher Rudisill. She graduated from Winthrop College and taught school for a number of years in both N.C. and S.C. Mrs. Hamm...

Sydney Owens Shealy

Sydney Owens Shealy

Nov 21, 2018

Sydney Owens Shealy, 37, of Prosperity, died Wednesday, November 21, 2018 at Lexington Medical Center. Born on August 19, 1981 in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Keith and Gloria McKittrick Owens. Sydney was employed with BB&T Bank, Chapin Branch. She was a member of Grace Lutheran Church where she was active in the church, working with youth ministry and...

Faye Leber Mills

Faye Leber Mills

Nov 20, 2018

Faye Leber Mills, 80, of Irmo, died Tuesday, November 20, 2018 at her residence. Born on February 4, 1938 in Clyde, OH, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Buela Leber. She retired as the Assistant to the City Manager in Clyde, OH. She is survived by her son, Randy L. Mills of Irmo; sister, Eleanor Livingroom of...

Dreamer Jordan Jacobs

Dreamer Jordan Jacobs

Nov 19, 2018

Dreamer Jordan Jacobs, 80, of Newberry, died on Monday, November 19, 2018 at Palmetto Health Richland. Born on August 14, 1938 in Lancaster County, she was a daughter of the late Arthur Jordan and Alma Maree. Mrs. Jacobs was a member of Joanna Church of God. She worked many years as a seamstress, retiring from Damon International. She enjoyed reading...

Therese Lang

Therese Lang

Nov 8, 2018

Therese Lang, 95, of Chapin, died Thursday, November 8, 2018 at Generations of Chapin. Born on February 14, 1923 in Coteau Station, Quebec, she was the daughter of the late Euclide and Antoinette Lapalme. In the peak of her life while working, she was a Registered Medical Record Administrator in New York and Oregon. She is survived by her children,...

Rosie Harris Mccall

Rosie Harris Mccall

Oct 28, 2018

Rosie Harris McCall, 73, of Newberry, SC died Sunday, October 28, 2018 at Palmetto Health Richland after an extensive illness. Mrs. McCall was born in Newberry, a daughter of the late James and Juanita Harris. She was a retired employee of Generations of Chapin and she attended Prosperity Church of God. She loved spending time with her grandchildren as well...

Betty Wayne Hendrix Willingham

Betty Wayne Hendrix Willingham

Oct 24, 2018

Betty Wayne Hendrix Willingham, 86, died October 24, 2018 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was predeceased by her beloved husband John Andrew Willingham. Mrs. Willingham was born in Newberry, SC to the late Marcus Boyd Hendrix and Eula Lee Pitts Hendrix. She is survived by her daughter Gwen Senn (Charlie) and sons, Mike Willingham (Mary) and Jerry Willingham...

Henry Brooks Haltiwanger

Henry Brooks Haltiwanger

Oct 20, 2018

Henry B. Haltiwanger, 88, of Newberry, died Saturday, October 20, 2018 at White Oak Manor. Born on October 30, 1929 in Little Mountain S.C., he was a son of the late George Langford and Mildred Kinard Haltiwanger. Mr. Haltiwanger was retired from American Fiber and Finishing. He was a member of College Street Baptist Church where he had served his...

James "Jimmy"  W.  Mckinney, Jr.

James "Jimmy" W. Mckinney, Jr.

Oct 20, 2018

James "Jimmy" W. McKinney, Jr., 65, of Saluda, died Saturday, October 20, 2018 at Newberry Memorial Hospital. Born on November 29, 1952 in Greenwood, he was a son of the late James W. McKinney, Sr. and Juanita Giles McKinney Livingston. Jimmy worked for Flour Daniels. He enjoyed searching for and collecting Native American artifacts and working with all of nature....

Thomas M. Stone

Thomas M. Stone

Oct 19, 2018

Thomas M. Stone, 72, of Saluda, died Friday, October 19, 2018 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Born on March 29, 1946 in Augusta, GA, he was a son of the late Maxwell Earle Stone and Dorothy McCarty Stone. Mr. Stone was a graduate of Newberry College. He enjoyed a career in retail store management with Woolworth's, Woolco and WalMart Stores...

Kenneth Baldwin

Kenneth Baldwin

Oct 18, 2018

Kenneth Wayne Baldwin, 80, of Prosperity, died Thursday, October 18, 2018 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He fought a courageous battle against cancer, but nothing could dim his spirit or that wonderful smile of his. Born on June 20, 1938 in Union, he was a son of the late Roy and Grace Wade Baldwin. Ken was formerly from Union...

Ernest Bentley Conner

Ernest Bentley Conner

Oct 13, 2018

Ernest B. Conner, 84, of Kinards, widower of Barbara Sanford Conner, died Saturday at his residence. Born February 5, 1934 in Newberry County, he was a son of the late William M. and Ruth Gresham Conner and was raised in the home of the late Minnie Lee Conner. He was a retired employee of Greenwood Mills, Blalock Plant. Mr. Conner...

William K. Elrod, Jr.

William K. Elrod, Jr.

Oct 13, 2018

William K. Elrod, Jr.- "Bill" "T-bone", 63, of Prosperity died Saturday, October 13, 2018. Born on October 14, 1954 in Athens, TN, he was the son of the late William Elrod, Sr. and Nellie Stewart Elrod. William was very involved with the Boys Farm and was a founding member of ABATE of South Carolina. He hosted many charitable events for...

Rev. Walter  W. "Walt" Shealy

Rev. Walter W. "Walt" Shealy

Oct 6, 2018

Rev. Walter W. "Walt" Shealy, husband, Daddy, PahPah, Pastor, and US Air Force Chaplain, died Saturday morning, October 6, 2018 in Columbia. He was born on December 17, 1932 in Columbia, a son of the late Edgar L. and Ellen Heise Shealy. Rev. Shealy was a 1951 graduate of Columbia High School serving as the Drum Major of the marching...

J. Delleney "Laney" Ruff, Jr.

J. Delleney "Laney" Ruff, Jr.

Oct 5, 2018

J. Delleney Ruff, Jr., known to friends as "Laney", 77, of Columbia, died Friday, October 5, 2018. A native of Columbia, Laney graduated from Dreher High School in 1959, where he was class president, and the University of South Carolina in 1964, where he was a member of the Kappa Alpha Order and a first baseman on the Gamecock baseball...

Robert Fowler Caughman

Robert Fowler Caughman

Oct 3, 2018

Robert (Bob) Fowler Caughman, 69 of Omaha, Nebraska widower of Jacqueline "Jackie" Caughman, died October 3, 2018 in Omaha. Born in Columbia, SC on August 12, 1949, he was a son of the late George Perry (G. P.) Jr. and Eleanor Fowler Caughman. Robert attended Columbia schools and while living in Columbia, he was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran...