Obituaries
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...
Jerry Lonnie Greene
Mar 13, 2017
Jerry L. Greene, 87, of Prosperity, died, Monday, March 13, 2017 at his residence. Born on April 25, 1929, he was a son of the late Obid A. and Beaulah Satterfield Greene Mr. Greene retired from Bell South after 36 years of service. He was a member of the NRA and was an avid hunter and fisherman. But most of...
Mildred Lee Moore White
Mar 12, 2017
Mildred Lee Moore White, 89, of Chapin, SC passed away at her home Sunday, March 12, 2017. She was born November 12, 1927 in Norfolk, VA. She was the daughter of Beulah Jeanette Haralson Moore and Edward Harrison Moore. Her husband Brascoe Edwin White preceded her in death in 2004. She is survived by her two daughters Cheryl W. Bennett,...
Inez Julian Pinson
Mar 10, 2017
Inez Julian Pinson, age 98, of Simpsonville, SC passed away on Friday, March 10, 2017. She was preceded in death in 1995 by her husband, Walter C. Pinson, who was a well known coach in the area. She is survived by her children, Joyce and Jim Watts, Glenville, NC, Elaine P. and Jim Draeger, Dacula, GA and Walter and Gerlinda...
Jo An (Josephine Anderson) Manning
Mar 8, 2017
Jo An (Josephine Anderson) Manning, 84, died on March 8 in Charlotte, NC. Born in Wayside, GA, in 1932, into a Presbyterian minister's family, she grew up in Monarch, SC; Lagrange, NC; Rutherfordton, NC; and Lashmeet, WV. Childhood memories included visits to her Grandmother Leila Eugenia Boozer in Newberry, and Aunt Evie and Uncle David Boozer in Gaffney. She attended...
Randy Merchant Crowder
Mar 7, 2017
Randy Merchant Crowder, 71, son of the late Alma Merchant Crowder and Charlie Randolph Crowder, died on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at his home in Newberry. Born on September 10, 1945 in Newberry, SC, he graduated from Newberry High School, attended Clemson University (always a Tiger fan), and earned his degree in Business from Presbyterian College. Randy was a veteran...
Elizabeth Warren Holsonback
Mar 6, 2017
Elizabeth Warren Holsonback, 82, of Newberry, died Monday, March 6, 2017 at White Oak Manor. Born on February 18, 1935 in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Nathan "Nath" Burton Warren, Sr. and Henrietta Gibson Warren. When her health permitted, Mrs. Holsonback was a very active member of First Baptist Church and in Sunday School. She was a...
Pamela "Pam" Reed Kelly
Mar 4, 2017
Pamela "Pam" Reed Kelly, 64, of Prosperity, died Saturday, March 4, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Kelly was born on March 9, 1952 in Barnwell, SC, a daughter of the late Harold William and Sarah Ann Glaspy Reed. Pam was a woman of God and attended the Old Time Holiness Mission. She was a homemaker, an excellent seamstress, and especially...
Jakie Lee Bedenbaugh, Iii
Feb 27, 2017
Jakie Lee Bedenbaugh, III, 51, of Little Mountain, died Monday, February 27, 2017. Born in Columbia, he was a son of Catherine Bedenbaugh of Honaker, VA and the late Jakie Lee Bedenbaugh, Jr. of Prosperity. Mr. Bedenbaugh was a retired employee of Kibler Auto Body and Wilson Tractor. He was a professional painter of vehicles and tractors and did auto...
Franklin L. Miller
Feb 24, 2017
Franklin Miller, age 80, passed away on Friday, February 24th at his home. Franklin was born February 1, 1937 in Jamaica, Queens County, New York, the eldest child of Arthur Sidney Miller and Irene Braverman Miller. He attended his beloved PS 87, briefly attended the New York City High School of Music and Art, and graduated from Amityville High School...
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