Obituaries

Nancy Burnett Beard

Nancy Burnett Beard

Apr 2, 2018

Nancy Burnett Beard, 85, died April 2, 2018 at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. Nancy was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to Mary Young and Glenn Herbert Burnett. Nancy grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where she attended Bass High School. She later attended Erskine College where she met her husband, Dr. Joseph Franklin (Frank) Beard. Frank and...

Mitzie Baker Smith

Mitzie Baker Smith

Mar 30, 2018

Mitzie Baker Smith, 82, of Galivants Ferry, formerly of Newberry, died Friday, March 30, 2018 at her residence. Born on November 2, 1935 in Whitmire, she was the daughter of the late C. Howard and Lottie Smith Baker. Mrs. Smith was the former owner of Mitzie Hair Boutique in Newberry. She loved attending church and attended the Lugoff Church of...

William Henry Anderson

William Henry Anderson

Mar 27, 2018

William Henry Anderson, 94, of Newberry went to be with his Lord on March 27, 2018. Mr. Anderson was born on March 5, 1924 in the Newberry Hotel in Newberry, SC a son of the late R. H. Anderson, Sr. and Mary Lou Bullock Anderson. He was married for 64 years to the late Opal Barker Anderson. Mr. Anderson was...

Alvin Gerald  "Jerry" Bickley

Alvin Gerald "Jerry" Bickley

Mar 27, 2018

Alvin Gerald "Jerry" Bickley, 68, of Newberry, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at his residence. Born on December 16, 1949 in Newberry, he was a son of the late Cecil M. and Willard Caldwell Bickley. Alvin was a one of a kind, non-pretentious, modest person who loved his children and grandchildren dearly. He enjoyed any television sporting event but auto...

G. Donald Fulmer

G. Donald Fulmer

Mar 21, 2018

Funeral services for G. Donald, 92 and Rebecca W. Fulmer, 93, both of Columbia, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Mt. Horeb Lutheran Church, 101 E. Boundary St., Chapin, SC 29036, Reverend Ralph G. Hill and Reverend John P. Trump will be officiating. Burial will follow in Bush River Memorial Gardens, 5400 Bush River Road,...

Agnes "Summer" Mayes Lippitt

Agnes "Summer" Mayes Lippitt

Mar 20, 2018

Agnes "Summer" Mayes Lippitt, age 95, died on March 20, 2018. Agnes Lippitt, daughter of John and Agnes Mayes, loving wife of Edward Stafford Lippitt, Sr. passed away peacefully at the home of her daughter, Betsy, in Cincinnati, surrounded by loved ones. She is survived by her four children: Ed, John, and Betsy Lippitt and Nancy Lippitt Hood. She is...

Rebecca Wise Fulmer

Rebecca Wise Fulmer

Mar 20, 2018

Funeral services for G. Donald, 92 and Rebecca W. Fulmer, 93, both of Columbia, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Mt. Horeb Lutheran Church, 101 E. Boundary St., Chapin, SC 29036, Reverend Ralph G. Hill and Reverend John P. Trump will be officiating. Burial will follow in Bush River Memorial Gardens, 5400 Bush River Road,...

Gay Bowers Davenport

Gay Bowers Davenport

Mar 19, 2018

Gay Bowers Davenport, 84, of Newberry, widow of Jimmie Byrnes Davenport, died Monday, March 19, 2018. Born on April 2, 1933 in Prosperity, SC she was a daughter of the late Elbert and Pearl Dominick Bowers. Gay was a graduate of LSU School of Banking. She worked in banking for many years and retired as an assistant vice president with...

Donna Jeffcoat Mundy

Donna Jeffcoat Mundy

Mar 17, 2018

Donna Mundy "Jeffcoat" Seabrook Island, SC - Donna Mundy "Jeffcoat", 71 of Seabrook Island, South Carlina, widow of Max Mundy, entered into eternal rest on March 17th, 2018. Donna and her husband Max were former residents of Newberry, SC. Donna was born September 12, 1946, daughter of the late Hazel and Ralph Delk. Donna was a former teacher. For the...

Steve  Stanley Coppock

Steve Stanley Coppock

Mar 13, 2018

Steve Stanley Coppock, Sr., 83, of Irmo, SC met his Lord on March 13, 2018 at his residence. Mr. Coppock, also known as "Steamboat", was born in Newberry, SC on May 17, 1934, the son of the late Roscoe Coppock and Mary Etta Auton Coppock. He was a member of Our Savior Lutheran Church of West Columbia, plant manager of...

Larry "Bubba" Long

Larry "Bubba" Long

Mar 9, 2018

Larry "Bubba" Long, age 72, widower of Emma Jane Sessoms Long of Clinton passed away Friday, March 9, 2018 at the National Health Care Of Clinton. He was born in Newberry and was a son of the late Carl and Catherine Bowers Long. Mr. Long graduated Newberry High School, and was a life-long fan as well as a graduate of...

Bruce Sutherland Schricker

Bruce Sutherland Schricker

Mar 8, 2018

Bruce Sutherland Schricker, 95, of White Rock, died Thursday, March 8, 2018 at the Heritage at Lowman. Born on November 18, 1922 in Champaign, Illinois he was a son of the late Oscar and Sarah Sutherland Schricker. Mr. Schricker was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church and a lifetime member of the Moose International and the Theta Xi fraternity. He...

June Hawkins Grant

June Hawkins Grant

Feb 21, 2018

June Hawkins Grant, 81, of Little Mountain died Wednesday morning, February 21, 2018, at her residence. Born on June 19, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Virgil Hawkins and Lila Lake Hawkins. Until retirement, she worked for the SC School Administrations Association. Mrs. Grant was a member of Chapin United Methodist Church where she enjoyed membership in...

Margaret Pearl Posey

Margaret Pearl Posey

Feb 11, 2018

Mrs. Margaret Pearl Posey "Peg" formerly of Jane Lew, WV passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family at the home of her daughter, Joyce, in Prosperity, South Carolina on February 11, 2018 at the age of 84. Margaret was born to Hiram and Margaret Grimm on September 24, 1933 in Fairchance, PA. She was the oldest of seven children and...

Christine "Chris" Murphy Wicker

Christine "Chris" Murphy Wicker

Feb 10, 2018

Christine "Chris" Murphy Wicker, 90, of Newberry and formerly of Greenwood, died on February 10, 2018 at White Oak Manor in Newberry. Mrs. Wicker was born in Headland, Alabama on March 19, 1927. She was the daughter of the late Herley L. and Lessie West Murphy. "Chris" as she was called, was married to the late Laurence David Wicker, Jr.,...

David Wayne  Lucas

David Wayne Lucas

Feb 9, 2018

David Wayne Lucas, 59, of Newberry, died Friday, February 9, 2018 at the Lexington Medical Center. Born on January 10, 1959 in Columbia, he was a son of the late James H. "Jay" and Dolly Ann Jeffcoat Lucas. He was a lover of animals and was a big fan of movies. He was especially a huge fan of the University...

Shirley M. Mooney

Shirley M. Mooney

Feb 7, 2018

Shirley M. Mooney, 92, of Newberry, died Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at her residence. Born on May 25, 1925 in Lansing, Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Vincent and Laura Hines DuBeau. Mrs. Mooney was a devoted mother and grandmother who adored her grandchildren. She loved all animals and will be remembered most as a strong, independent woman,...

Patricia Rembert Hoover

Patricia Rembert Hoover

Feb 6, 2018

Patricia Rembert Hoover passed away on February 6, 2018, and into the loving arms of Jesus Christ, and is no doubt enjoying a glorious reunion with her parents, Hilda and George Hoover, brother George, Jr., and beloved grandparents Dr. and Mrs. Henry Hoover, and her precious son John Harrison Morgan. "Patti" grew up in the Shandon area of Columbia and...

Raynell Grace Rhinehart Crumpton

Raynell Grace Rhinehart Crumpton

Jan 28, 2018

Raynell Grace Rhinehart Crumpton, 77, formerly of Newberry and Lexington, died Sunday, January 28, 2018 in West Columbia. Born on April 1, 1940 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Leroy B. and Mamie Wesson Rhinehart. She was married to the late Ernest Capers Crumpton. She was a lunch room employee with Lexington School District 1 and was...

Betty Long  Koon

Betty Long Koon

Jan 24, 2018

Betty Long Koon, 75, of Newberry, passed away on Wednesday, January 24, 2018. Born on September 30, 1942, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur and Sara Black Long of Ward. Mrs. Koon was a member of Faith Lutheran Church of Newberry. Betty took pleasure in baking cakes for many and she and her husband were avid Newberry High...