Obituaries

Virginia Berry Stevens

Virginia Berry Stevens

Apr 30, 2015

Virginia Berry Stevens 84 of Newberry died Thursday April 30 2015 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held on Sunday May 3 2015 at 3:00 PM at the Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev Floyd Sides. Interment will follow in Rosemont Cemetery. Born on August 14 1930 in Newberry she was the daughter of the late...

Gertrude Hamm Bowers

Gertrude Hamm Bowers

Apr 30, 2015

On April 30 2015 one of Gods servants Alma Gertrude Bowers 96 passed from this earth into His hands to be forever with her family. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Monday May 4 2015 at Silverstreet Lutheran Church by the Rev. J. Harry Crout. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from...

David Michael Swetnam

David Michael Swetnam

Apr 29, 2015

David Michael Swetnam 69 of Chapin was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday April 29 2015 at his residence. A Celebration of Mike's life will be held at 11:00 AM Saturday May 2 2015 at First Church of the Nazarene 901 St. Andrews Rd Columbia conducted by the Rev. Dennis Pinnell. All attending are invited to a...

Patricia “Pat” Holden Benning

Patricia “Pat” Holden Benning

Apr 20, 2015

Patricia Pat Holden Benning 54 of Chapin died Monday April 20 2015 at Lexington Medical Center. Funeral services will be held on Friday April 24 2015 at 3:30 PM at Whitaker Funeral Home in Chapin conducted by the Rev. Richard Webber. Born on August 26 1960 in Charlotte NC she was a daughter of the late George Jefferson Holden and...

Kenny Wicker

Kenny Wicker

Apr 20, 2015

Kenny Wicker 69 died Monday April 20 2015 at Palmetto Health Richland. Kenny was born in Newberry on May 29 1945 the only son of the late Essie Felker Wicker and Willie Earl Wicker. He graduated from Mid Carolina High School. He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and was a self employed contractor. Kenny is survived by...

Randy C. Graham

Randy C. Graham

Apr 13, 2015

Randy C. Graham 65 of Prosperity died Monday April 13 2015 at Lexington Medical Center. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM at Wightman United Methodist Church on Friday April 17 2015 conducted by the Rev. Dean Lollis. The family will greet friends following the service. He was born on March 25 1950 in Newberry County and was a...

Roxanne Longshore

Roxanne Longshore

Apr 11, 2015

Roxanne Longshore 59 of Newberry died after a courageous battle with cancer on Saturday April 11 2015 at Newbery County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Tuesday at New Chapel United Methodist Church conducted by the Rev. Ken Carter. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Ruth Pugh Foundation PO Box...

Fay Leopard Bouknight

Fay Leopard Bouknight

Apr 8, 2015

Fay Yvonne Leopard Bouknight 79 of Irmo died Wednesday April 8 2015 at Palmetto Health Baptist Parkridge. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 Monday in Bethlehem Lutheran Church Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Scott Holland. She was born on June 6 1935 in Newberry a daughter of the late David Pinckney Leopard and Cleo Dehart Leopard. Fay was...

Doris Gene Sheeley Wiggers

Doris Gene Sheeley Wiggers

Apr 3, 2015

Doris Gene Sheeley Wiggers 95 widow of Bernard Edward Wiggers formerly of Pomaria died on Good Friday April 3 2015 at Veterans Victory House in Walterboro SC. Funeral services will be at 3:00 PM Sunday April 5th at Pomaria Lutheran Church with burial in Pomaria Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:30 to 2:30 PM Sunday prior to the...

Hazel Amelia Hawkins

Hazel Amelia Hawkins

Apr 1, 2015

Hazel Amelia Hawkins 89 died Wednesday April 1 2015 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM Friday in Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church Cemetery conducted by the Rev. Bobby Morris. Memorials may be made to Mt. Pilgrim Lutheran Church P.O. Box 678 Prosperity SC 29127 Born in Prosperity on January 29 1926 she was...

Katherine Marie (Pitts) Harrison

Katherine Marie (Pitts) Harrison

Mar 30, 2015

Mrs. Katherine Marie (Pitts) Harrison of Mt. Vernon MO passed away on Monday March 30 2015 at the age of 55. To celebrate her life there will be a service at Herman H. Lohmeyer Funeral home in Springfield MO on Friday April 3 2015 at 3:00p.m. In lieu of flowers please send donations to Glory Road Community Church. Katherine (Kathy)...

Larry J. Beard

Larry J. Beard

Mar 27, 2015

Larry J. Beard 71 died Friday March 27 2015 at his residence on Nance Street in Newberry. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 PM Tuesday March 31 2015 in West End Baptist Church conducted by the Rev. Timothy Thompson. Visitation will following the service in the sanctuary of the church Larry was born in Columbia on June 28 1943...

Terry E. Mellinger

Terry E. Mellinger

Mar 25, 2015

Terry E. Mellinger 59 of Little Mountain died Wednesday March 25 2015 at Lexington Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Saturday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church by the Rev. Brett Collins and the Rev. David Tholstrup. Burial will be in the Church Cemetery. Visitation will follow the service at the Church. He was born in Watseka...

Sara Lancaster Summer

Sara Lancaster Summer

Mar 13, 2015

Sara Lancaster Summer 83 of Chappells died Friday March 13 2015 at Clinton Presbyterian Community. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 11:00 AM Monday at the Crossroads Baptist Church Cemetery by Rev. Wayne Parker. Born on December 18 1931 in Union County she was the daughter of the late Ralph D. and Grace Garner Lancaster. She was a member...

Carolyn Crabtree Mcallister Moose

Carolyn Crabtree Mcallister Moose

Mar 11, 2015

Carolyn Crabtree McAllister Moose 94 was born on Valentines Day Feb 14 1921 in Mt. Pleasant NC. She was the daughter of the late Col. George Franklin McAllister Headmaster of Mt. Pleasant Collegiate Institute and Ethelyn Crabtree McAllister educator at Mount Amoena Seminary also in Mt. Pleasant. The family will receive friends from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Saturday at the...

Harriet Bowen Burnette

Harriet Bowen Burnette

Mar 10, 2015

Harriet Bowen Burnette 97 widow of E. W. Red Burnette died Tuesday March 10 2015 at Springfield Place in Newberry. Visitation will be on Friday from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at the home of Eleanor and Bill Sommerville 1937 McHardy Street in Newberry. Funeral services will be held on Saturday March 14 2015 at 11:00 AM at Central United...

Eugene C. Gene Counts

Eugene C. Gene Counts

Mar 7, 2015

Eugene C. Gene Counts 64 of Newberry died Saturday March 7 2015 at his residence. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 PM Thursday at Newberry Memorial Gardens by the Rev. James Shealy. Memorials may be made to Whitaker Funeral Home 1704 College St. Newberry SC 29108. He was born on Dec. 19 1950 in Newberry a son of...

Brenda Koon Long

Brenda Koon Long

Mar 7, 2015

Brenda Koon Long of Pomaria died Saturday March 7 2015 at Lexington Medical Center. Her husband George sons Tarry and Tommy Long daughter Trudy Key along with close relatives and friends at her bedside. She led a courageous and faithful life as she battled kidney disease for more than 25 years. She was fortunate to have received 2 successful kidney...

James Elbert Ringer Sr.

James Elbert Ringer Sr.

Mar 3, 2015

James Elbert Ringer Sr. of Aiken went to be with his Lord on March 3 2015 at the Veterans Victory House in Walterboro. He was 96 years old. Graveside funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 PM Friday in Rosemont Cemetery by the Rev. James Counts. James was born to the late B.P. and Ellie Mae Dickert Ringer on Jan....

Cleo Epting Wise

Cleo Epting Wise

Feb 28, 2015

Cleo Epting Wise 105 formerly of Herman Wise Road Newberry died Saturday February 28 2015 at Springfield Place. The family will receive friends from 5:30 to 7:30 PM Tuesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be conducted at the St. James Lutheran Church on Wednesday March 4 2015 at 2:00 PM with the Rev. Rodney Gunter officiating. Interment...