Obituaries

Mark Earl Lyon

Mark Earl Lyon

Jul 8, 2015

Mark Earl Lyon of Newberry died on July 8 2015. He was born on November 1 1952 in Toledo Iowa to G. Joe Lyon and Norma Duffield Stong Lyon. There will be a celebration of his life with a Mass of Christian Burial held at 11:00 AM Saturday July 11 2015 at St. Marks Catholic Church. Interment will follow in...

Clarence M. Hump Huffstetler

Clarence M. Hump Huffstetler

Jul 3, 2015

Clarence M. Hump Huffstetler 86 of Chapin died on Friday July 3 2015 in Chapin. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Monday July 6 2015 at St. Peter Lutheran Church conducted by the Rev. Roy Butler. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday July 5 2015 from 5:30 until 7:00 PM at...

Jim “Perry” Livingston

Jim “Perry” Livingston

Jul 1, 2015

Jim Perry Livingston 53 of Newberry died Wednesday July 1 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 4:30 PM Sunday July 5 2015 at Freedom Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. Eddie Bledsoe. Interment will follow in Rosemont Cemetery. Visitation will be on Saturday from 6:00 until 7:00 PM at Whitaker Funeral Home in Newberry. He was...

Helen Duncan Smith

Helen Duncan Smith

Jun 30, 2015

Helen Duncan Smith 72 died on June 29 2015 at the Heritage at Lowman. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM Saturday July 4 2015 at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Newberry SC by the Rev. Matt Titus Rev. Herman Yoos and Rev. Ron Brown. Interment will be at Effingham Memorial Gardens Springfield GA. The family will receive friends...

Delorys Duncan Flowers

Delorys Duncan Flowers

Jun 30, 2015

Delorys Duncan Flowers 87 of Newberry widow of Rev. C. William Flowers died Tuesday June 30 2015 in Mt. Pleasant SC. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Sunday July 5 2015 at Bethany Lutheran Church by the Rev. Dr. Robert McCollum. Interment will be at Newberry Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends on Friday from 5:00 to...

Michael D. Blanton

Michael D. Blanton

Jun 29, 2015

Michael D. Blanton 59 of North Augusta died Monday June 29 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Thursday at Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Wako Cotney. Interment will follow in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be prior to the service on Thursday from 12:30 until 1:30 PM at Whitaker Funeral Home. He...

Anne Mcfarland Kirtley

Anne Mcfarland Kirtley

Jun 27, 2015

Anne McFarland Kirtley 68 of Chapin died at her home on Saturday June 27 2015 following her courageous 10 year battle with ovarian cancer. She was surrounded by her loving family A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am on Wednesday July 1 2015 at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church Chapin SC with burial to...

Doris Clark Rowe Coats

Doris Clark Rowe Coats

Jun 25, 2015

Doris Clark Rowe Coats 93 of Newberry died Thursday June 25 2015 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 5:30 PM Sunday June 28 2015 at Whitaker Funeral Home. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Monday June 29 2015 at Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel in Newberry by the Rev. Richard Goldie. Interment will follow...

John A. Hopka Jr.

John A. Hopka Jr.

Jun 19, 2015

John A. Hopka Jr. 76 of Prosperity died Friday June 19 2015 at his residence. Private services will be held at a later date. He was born on June 26 1938 in Cleveland OH a son of the late John A. and Jennie Liptack. Mr. Hopka was a peacetime veteran of the U.S. Navy. He retired as owner of Road...

Daniel Danny L. Jones

Daniel Danny L. Jones

Jun 14, 2015

Daniel Danny L. Jones 61 of Prosperity died Sunday June 14 2015 at Agape Hospice House in West Columbia. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 AM Tuesday June 30 2015 at the Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel conducted by the Rev. Jason Shafer. Visitation will be held on Monday June 29 2015 from 6:00 PM until 7:30 PM at Whitaker...

Fred Duncan Pitts

Fred Duncan Pitts

Jun 13, 2015

Fred Duncan Pitts 75 of Columbia died Saturday June 13 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:00 AM Monday June 22 2015 in Rosemont Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Christi Pursey. Fred was born on Jan. 9 1940 in Denmark SC the son of the late Madison and Sara Duncan Pitts. From the time he...

James Henry Pop Phibbs Jr.

James Henry Pop Phibbs Jr.

Jun 12, 2015

James Henry Pop Phibbs Jr. 90 of Newberry died Friday June 12 2015 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. The family will be at his residence 2210 Glenn St Newberry and will receive friends there from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Sunday. Graveside funeral services with military honors and Masonic Rites will be conducted at 11:00 AM Monday in Newberry Memorial Gardens...

Rush Workman

Rush Workman

Jun 5, 2015

Rush Workman 95 an officer and a gentleman in the U.S. Navy passed away quietly in his Prosperity SC home on June 5 2015. He was a long-time resident of Westport MA where he and his wife Shirley raised their four children. He was also a recent resident of Dartmouth and had moved to Prosperity in January 2015 to live...

Joe E. Frick Sr.

Joe E. Frick Sr.

Jun 5, 2015

Joe E. Frick Sr. of Chapin died Friday June 5 2015 at Palmetto Health Richland. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Monday June 8 2015 at Macedonia Lutheran Church conducted by the Rev. Randy Derrick. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Sunday at the Whitaker Funeral Home in Chapin....

Doris Epting Derrick

Doris Epting Derrick

Jun 2, 2015

Doris Epting Derrick 87 widow of Lawrence Frederick Fred Derrick Jr. formerly of Prosperity died Tuesday June 02 2015 at White Oak Manor. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Thursday June 4 2015 at Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel in Newberry by the Rev. Randy Derrick. Entombment will follow in Newberry Memorial Gardens. She was born in the Bush...

Brenda Russell

Brenda Russell

May 31, 2015

Brenda Russell 63 passed away at her home in Newberry SC surrounded by her family on Sunday May 31st. She put up a valiant fight against Melanoma Cancer finally succumbing to its stronger force. She was born August 23 1951 in Chattanooga and lived there all her life until recently moving to Newberry. Her Funeral Service will be held at...

James Ray “Jim” King

James Ray “Jim” King

May 30, 2015

James Ray Jim King 69 of Newberry SC died Saturday May 30 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 PM Tuesday at the First Baptist Church by the Rev. Dr. Albert Allen. Visitation will be on Monday from 7:00 until 8:30 PM at Whitaker Funeral Home. At other times the family will be at the residence...

Carl M. Brown

Carl M. Brown

May 24, 2015

Carl M. Brown 83 died Sunday May 24 2015 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Eddie Bledsoe. Interment will be in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:30 PM on Wednesday prior to the funeral service. Carl was born on August 27...

Samuel Wilbur Sw Shealy Jr.

Samuel Wilbur Sw Shealy Jr.

May 20, 2015

Samuel Wilbur SW Shealy Jr. 75 of Newberry died on Wednesday May 20 2015 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday May 23 2015 at Newberry Church of God conducted by the Rev. Michael Davis Rev. Charles Clinton and Rev. Paul Rowe. Interment will follow at Newberry Memorial Gardens. The family will receive...

Wilma Louise Fowler Rader

Wilma Louise Fowler Rader

May 20, 2015

Wilma Louise Fowler Rader wife of the late Millard Kirby Rader was called to her Heavenly Fathers presence on May 20 2015. A family graveside funeral service will be held at Cherry Springs Memorial Park in Old Fort NC on Friday. Wilma was born to the late William Herbert and Pernie Jane Ross Fowler in Marion NC on October 2...