Obituaries
Hubert "Hugh" M. Clements
May 27, 2017
Hubert M. "Hugh" Clements, 79, of Little Mountain, died Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Martha Franks Retirement Community in Laurens, SC. Born on January 12, 1938 in Wheeler County, GA, he was a son of the late Earl H. Clements and Doris Aiken Clements McGraw. He earned his Ed.D in Counseling from the University of Georgia. Hugh retired as Department...
Edward "Ed" C. Ruff
May 19, 2017
Edward C. "Ed" Ruff, Sr., 77, died Friday, May 19, 2017 at his residence. Born on September 7, 1939, he was the son of the late Joseph J. and Catherine Springer Ruff. Ed was a U.S. Airforce veteran of the Berlin Crisis and he retired from the Metropolitan Dade County Police Department with the rank of Sergeant after 30 years...
Troxelle Halfacre Senn
May 18, 2017
Troxelle Halfacre Senn, 94, of Newberry, died Thursday, May 18, 2017 at her residence. Born on June 11, 1922 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Perry F. and Hattie Sease Halfacre. She grew up in Newberry and on February 2, 1947 she married H. David Senn who preceded her in death. She retired from Purcell's Insurance after...
Timothy "Tim" Donohue
May 13, 2017
Timothy "Tim" Donohue, The Donz, 38, of Atlanta, GA died, Saturday, May 13, 2017 at his residence. He was born on May 28, 1978 in St. Louis, MO, a son of William P. and Jane McHugh Donohue. Tim was an employee of Mark C. Pope & Associates. Besides his parents of Chapin, he is survived by his siblings, Brendan Donohue...
Clatie Dean Stribble
May 3, 2017
Ms. Clatie Dean Stribble, was born in Newberry, South Carolina on October 16, 1981. Ms. Stribble entered into the arms of Jesus on May 3rd, 2017. Those who celebrate her life and cherish precious and loving memories are her four children, Carver Elijah Koon of Little Mountain, Evelyn Zayda Amara Williams, Iysis Scottavia Williams-Davenport, and Niyla Santana Williams, all of...
Kenneth "Ken" Neill
May 1, 2017
Kenneth "Ken" Neill, 71, of Chapin, died Monday, May 1, 2017 at his residence. Born on March 27, 1946 in Mooresville, NC, he was a son of the late Charles Herman and Margaret Fischer Neill. Ken was a gun and knife collector as well as a self-taught computer tech. He thoroughly enjoyed fishing and traveling and was known as a...
Dan Traylor
Apr 28, 2017
Dan Traylor, 84, of Greensboro, NC, died on Friday, April 28, 2017. He had previously resided in Newberry and North Augusta, SC. Born on June 25, 1932 in Fyffe, AL, a son of the late Carl and Willie Mae Traylor. Mr. Traylor was a language teacher. He enjoyed photography, flowers and the outdoors. He is survived by a son and...
Karl William Eckhardt
Apr 28, 2017
Karl W. Eckhardt, 63, of Prosperity, died Friday, April 28, 2017 at his residence. Born on December 20, 1953, he was a son of the late Eugene and Helen Eckhardt. Mr. Eckhardt was an automotive mechanic by profession and it was also his favorite hobby. He is survived by his sons and their spouses, Bradley "Brad" and Julia Eckhardt of...
Vernon Courtney Carlton
Apr 17, 2017
Mr. Vernon Courtney Carlton Jr., 83, of 3955 Philpark Drive, Winston-Salem, passed away on April 17, 2017 at Kate B. Reynolds Hospice Home. Vernon was born in Newberry, S.C., to Vernon C. Carlton Sr. and Gladys Havird Carlton. At Newberry High School, he played on the S.C. All State football team. He graduated from Clemson University where he attended under...
Elizabeth "Libbie" Mann Shealy
Apr 12, 2017
Elizabeth "Libbie" Mann Shealy,61, passed away on Wednesday, April 12, 2017 at Richland Memorial Hospital. She is the wife of Lynn Murray Shealy of Chapin. She was born on September 11, 1955 at the U.S. Naval Base Hospital at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. She is survived by a daughter, Elaine Shealy Ott (Daniel) and three grandchildren, Emily, Mason, and Chandler of...
Johnny Howard Smith
Apr 11, 2017
Johnny Howard Smith, 70, of Prosperity, died on Tuesday, April 11, 2017. Born on October 27, 1946 in Maryland, he was a son of the late Harold Howard Smith and Mary Helen Brunson Smith. He worked as a supervisor in Electrical and HVAC maintenance, which he thoroughly enjoyed. Mr. Smith was a member of Wightman United Methodist Church of Prosperity...
Steven Bradford "Brad" Armfield
Apr 5, 2017
Steven Bradford Armfield, 35, of Spartanburg, SC, died April 5, 2017 in an accident in Fairfield County, SC. Born July 24, 1981, in Newberry, SC, he was the son of Steven Franklin and Teala Britt Armfield of Newberry, SC. Brad was a tennis professional and personal trainer at the Country Club of Spartanburg for 10 years. Brad was a loving...
Ronda Diane Starnes Medlin
Apr 5, 2017
Ronda Diane Starnes Medlin, 52, of Summerton, died April 5, 2017 in Charleston at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). Born in Chester, she was the daughter of the late Ronald Starnes and Judy Diane Starnes Gallman. She was a graduate of Great Falls High School in Great Falls, SC. She is survived by her son, Michael Derrick Starnes,...
James C. "Boss" Mills
Apr 1, 2017
James C. "Boss" Mills, 86, of Prosperity died peacefully on Saturday, April 1, 2017 at his home. Born May 27, 1930 in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Willie Lee and Nettie Barnes Mills. James graduated from Prosperity High School and in 1951 graduated from Newberry College with a B.S. degree playing basketball for three years. He served...
Janet Monts Adams
Apr 1, 2017
Janet Monts Adams, 97, of Prosperity died Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge. Born in Lexington County, she was the only daughter of the late Arthur C. and Jessie Lindler Monts and was married to the late Alvin Adams. She was an U.S. Army veteran of WW II serving in the 69th WAC Hospital Company and was...
Arthur Franklin Cochcroft, Jr.
Mar 29, 2017
Arthur Franklin Cochcroft, Jr. of West Columbia, passed away to be with our Lord on March 29, 2017. He was the son of Venira "Sal" Cochcroft Welborn, and stepfather, Joe H. Welborn and the late Arthur Franklin Cochcroft, Sr. He is survived by his loving wife, Roseann R. Cochcroft, sons, Jason A. Cochcroft (Michelle) and John F. Cochcroft, grandchildren, Whitney...
Donald L. "Donnie" Kitchen
Mar 26, 2017
Donald L. "Donnie" Kitchen, 70, of Joanna, died, Sunday, March 26, 2017 at Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge in Columbia, SC. Donnie was born in Clinton, the son of the late Lester and Mary King Kitchen. He retired from the S.C. Highway Patrol after 25 years of service. Following his retirement, he served as bailiff for the Newberry County Clerk of...
Gideon David "Auggie" Irons
Mar 22, 2017
Gideon David "Auggie" Irons was born February 9, 2011 in Cherkasy, Ukraine and passed away on March 22, 2017. Auggie lived his first four and a half years in an orphanage, never having a visitor until being adopted by Christy and Nigel Irons on August 31, 2015. Christy and Nigel located Auggie on a website called Reece's Rainbow, an organization...
Anna Lea Mclemore Gordon
Mar 17, 2017
Anna Lea McLemore Gordon, 93, of Newberry, died Friday, March 17, 2017 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born on October 9, 1923 in Columbia, she was a daughter of the late Charles Wesley and Minnie Lee Tallon McLemore. She grew up in Columbia and was a graduate of Olympia High School. She and her husband lived in Newberry where they...
Iza Mae Bullard Kinard
Mar 16, 2017
Iza Mae Bullard Kinard, 83, of Newberry, died Thursday, March 16, 2017 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Born on May 19, 1933 in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late Wade and Jacqueline Keeter Bullard. Mrs. Kinard was the wife of the late James Rikard Kinard and retired from Oakland Mills. While she was able, she enjoyed attending...
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