Obituaries

Kevin "Bubba" J.  Lever

Kevin "Bubba" J. Lever

Jan 1, 2016

Kevin Bubba J. Lever 54 of Prosperity died Friday January 1 2016 at his residence. Visitation will be on Sunday January 3 2016 from 5:30 to 7:00 PM at Whitaker Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Monday at the Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel conducted by Rev. James Chaffins. Interment will follow in Newberry Memorial Gardens. He...

Owen M. Holmes Iii

Owen M. Holmes Iii

Dec 31, 2015

Owen M. Holmes III 90 of Newberry died Thursday December 31 2015 at the J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7:30 Saturday at the Whitaker Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Sunday in the Wiles Chapel on the Newberry College Campus conducted by the Rev. Jimmy Counts. Interment will follow...

Hazel Corinne Ballentine Pitts

Hazel Corinne Ballentine Pitts

Dec 27, 2015

Hazel Corinne Ballentine Pitts 89 of Newberry SC was received by her Lord Jesus Christ into her heavenly home on December 27 after a lengthy illness. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 7:30 PM Tuesday at Whitaker Funeral Home. The funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 PM Wednesday at Smyrna Presbyterian Church by Rev. Dan Ratchford. Interment will follow...

L. Joel Perry

L. Joel Perry

Dec 27, 2015

L. Joel Perry 82 of Prosperity died Sunday December 27 2015 at White Oak Manor. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM Wednesday December 30 2015 at the Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. William Hightower. Mr. Perry was born on September 22 1933 in Saluda County the son of Sudie Mae H. Perry and the late T.B....

Richard "Dick" B. Baughman

Richard "Dick" B. Baughman

Dec 26, 2015

Richard Dick B. Baughman 88 of Silverstreet died Saturday December 26 2015 at J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home. The family will receive friends Friday January 1 2016 from 5:00 until 7:00 PM at Whitaker Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday January 2 2016 at Smyrna Presbyterian Church PCA conducted by Pastor Dan Ratchford. Interment will...

Elizabeth Buynak Gvozdas

Elizabeth Buynak Gvozdas

Dec 22, 2015

Elizabeth M. Gvozdas 97 of Prosperity wife of the late Peter Paul Gvozdas entered into eternal rest on Tuesday December 22 2015. Born on November 14 1918 in Wilkes-Barre PA she was one of ten children of the late Nicholas Buynak and Sophia Fristky Buynak. Elizabeth was the last surviving member of her birth family. A member of the Parish...

Betty M. Higgins Keever

Betty M. Higgins Keever

Dec 21, 2015

Betty M. Keever died at the age of 90 in Newberry South Carolina surrounded by family on December 21 2015. A funeral service will be held at Aveleigh Presbyterian Church in Newberry on January 8 2016 at 11:00 a.m. The burial will be at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery where she will be buried next to her husband...

Mary Bussell Hendrix

Mary Bussell Hendrix

Dec 20, 2015

Mary Bussell Hendrix 85 of Little Mountain died Sunday December 20 2015 at her residence. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am Tuesday December 22 2015 at the Whitaker Funeral Home in Chapin. The family will receive friends following the service. Mrs. Hendrix was born on September 6 1930 in LaBelle FL a daughter of the late E....

Rachel R. Moates Preston

Rachel R. Moates Preston

Dec 19, 2015

Rachel R. Moates Preston 76 of Newberry died Saturday December 19 2015 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday December 22 2015 at Newberry Church of God conducted by Pastor Michael Davis. Interment will follow in Rosemont Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at Whitaker Funeral Home....

Linda Bishop Stone

Linda Bishop Stone

Dec 15, 2015

Linda Bishop Stone 60 of Whitmire died Tuesday December 15 2015 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. The family will be at the residence of her son Jason Silvers and will received friends on Thursday December 17 2015 from 5:30 until 7:30 PM at the Whitaker Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM on Friday December 18 2015...

Jack Hamby

Jack Hamby

Dec 7, 2015

Jack Hamby 67 of Prosperity passed away peacefully on Monday December 7 2015 at his residence. The family will received friends from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM on Thursday at Whitaker Funeral Home Chapin. Graveside funeral services will be held at 1:00 PM Thursday December 10 2015 at Chapin Baptist Church Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Bill Ebener. He was...

David Beam Summer Sr.

David Beam Summer Sr.

Dec 2, 2015

David Beam Summer Sr. 81 of Newberry son of the late Robert Earl Summer and Lucille Beam Summer and husband of the late Kathleen Mims Summer died Wednesday at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Friday December 4 2015 at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer conducted by the Rev. Matthew Titus. Interment will follow in...

John Robert Harbison

John Robert Harbison

Nov 26, 2015

Bob Harbison 90 of Newberry died Thursday November 26 2015 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday November 29 2015 at Central United Methodist Church by the Rev. Tresco Shannon. The family will receive friends following the service. Interment with military honors will be conducted at 11:00 AM Tuesday December 1 2015 at...

Vivian Bishop Summer

Vivian Bishop Summer

Nov 26, 2015

Vivian Bishop Summer 86 of Newberry died Thursday November 26 2015 at White Oak Manor. Funeral Services will be conducted at 4:00 PM on Sunday November 29 2015 in the Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Jimmy Counts. Interment will follow in Rosemont Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday November 28 2015 from 5:00 until 7:00 pm...

Nathaline Knight Riddle

Nathaline Knight Riddle

Nov 25, 2015

Nathaline Knight Riddle 78 of Newberry widow of Charles Riddle died Wednesday November 25 2015 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be from 10:30 until 11:30 am on Friday November 27 2015 at Bethany Lutheran Church. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon Friday November 27 2015 at Bethany Lutheran Church conducted by the Rev. Dr. Robert McCollum....

Charlotte Eugenia Senn Reighley

Charlotte Eugenia Senn Reighley

Nov 21, 2015

Charlotte Eugenia Senn Reighley age 95 widow of David Alan Reighley Jr. and daughter of Samuel Eugene Senn and Rosa Eula (Fell) Senn entered into eternal rest with the Lord on November 21 2015 at Pruitt Health Care Six Mile S.C. Funeral Services will be conducted at 11:00 am on Wednesday November 25 2015 at Central United Methodist Church. Burial...

Jerry W. Bishop

Jerry W. Bishop

Nov 15, 2015

Jerry W. Bishop 57 of Whitmire died Sunday November 15 2015 at his residence. Graveside services will be held at 3:00 PM on Thursday November 19 2015 in the Springdale section of Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry. Jerry was born on June 3 1958 in Laurens the son of the late Ollie Mae Bishop Smith and Lewis Smith. He was an...

Betty Ruff Schumpert

Betty Ruff Schumpert

Nov 11, 2015

Betty Ruff Schumpert 87 of Newberry died Wednesday November 11 2015 at White Oak Manor. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 PM Saturday in Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Ron Rhodes. Burial will be in Newberry Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from. 6:00 to 7:30 PM Friday at the Whitaker Funeral Home. She was born...

Martyn John Cavanaugh

Martyn John Cavanaugh

Nov 9, 2015

Martyn John Cavanaugh of 2119 Cherry Laurel Drive Newberry SC 29108 died on Monday November 9 2015 at White Oak Manor. Graveside services with military honors will be held at the Prosperity Cemetery on SC Highway 391 at 11:00 am on Thursday November 12 2015 with the Rev. David Seymore and the Rev. Matthew Titus officiating. Family members will be...

Judy Caldwell Miller

Judy Caldwell Miller

Nov 9, 2015

Judy Caldwell Miller 87 of Saluda SC died Monday November 9 2015 at Self Regional Healthcare Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday November 11 2015 at Mayor Memorial Lutheran Church conducted by the Rev. Leon Rawl. Interment will follow at West End Cemetery. The family will receive friends following the interment at the Church. Judy was...