Obituaries
Ssgt. Craig F. Murphy
Dec 9, 2014
SSgt. Craig F. Murphy 50 of Chapin passed away peacefully on Tuesday December 9 2014 at the Medical University of S.C. The family will receive friends from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM Friday at Whitaker Funeral Home in Chapin and from 12 noon to 1:30 PM Saturday at First Baptist Church of Sandy Run. Funeral services will be conducted at...
Thomas H. Tom Westwood
Dec 6, 2014
Thomas H. Tom Westwood 81 of Newberry husband of Betty Summers Westwood died Saturday December 6 2014 at White Oak Manor. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Monday December 8 at Whitaker Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held at 4:00 PM Tuesday December 9 at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer conducted by the Rev....
Frances Wisdom Baumgartner
Dec 4, 2014
Frances Wisdom Baumgartner 88 widow and partner in ministry of Rev. Hugh E. Baumgartner died Thursday December 4 2014 at Heritage at Lowman. Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 PM Sunday December 7 at Bethel Lutheran Church by the Rev. Roy Butler and the Rev. Gary Lyerly. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:30...
Thomas Tommy Edward Longshore
Dec 3, 2014
Thomas Edward Tommy Longshore Jr. 66 of Newberry died Wednesday December 3 2014 at his residence. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 am Saturday December 6 2014 at Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Jeff ODell and Rev. Ken Carter. Interment will be in the Trinity United Methodist Church cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00 to 8:00 PM...
Donald Don Ashley Shealy
Dec 1, 2014
Donald Don Ashley Shealy 71 of Prosperity died Monday December 1 2014 at his residence. Born May 7 1943 in Newberry County he was a son of the late Ashley and Hazeline Enlow Shealy. Funeral services will be held at St. Philip's Lutheran Church at 3:00 PM on Thursday December 4 2014 with Rev. Terry Amick officiating. Burial will follow...
Ronald Ron John Nelson
Nov 27, 2014
Ronald John Nelson born October 16 1947 in Owatonna Minnesota died Thursday November 27 2014 at his residence. Ron lived life to the fullest through travel and impromptu adventure. He had a lifelong passion for outdoor activities such as hunting working with dogs golfing and boating. Additionally he was a dedicated athlete playing hockey and setting football records at Owatonna...
Madison Tommie Thompson Pitts Jr.
Nov 23, 2014
Madison Tommie Thompson Pitts Jr. 84 of Newberry died Sunday November 23 2014 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Mr. Pitts was born on September 18 1930 in Jacksonville FL and was a son of the late Madison T. Pitts Sr. and Dorothy Johnson P. Lloyd. He was a retired accountant of Central Soya Ise America & Waldrop Farms of Newberry and...
Eugene Monroe Saunders
Nov 21, 2014
Eugene Monroe Saunders 72 of Prosperity died Friday November 21 2014 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted at 3:00 pm Sunday November 23 2014 at Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel in Newberry by Rev. Dennis Campbell and Joan Pennington. Visitation will follow the services on Sunday. Interment will be at 2:00 pm on Monday November 24 2014...
Linda Rae Amick
Nov 19, 2014
Linda Rae Amick 69 of Chapin died Wednesday November 19 2014 at her residence. Miss Amick was born on March 2 1945 in Newberry and was a daughter of the late Marto and Bessie Derrick Amick. She was a member of Bethel Lutheran Church. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Saturday November 22 2014 at Bethel Lutheran Church...
Hazel Phelps Matthews
Nov 16, 2014
Hazel Phelps Matthews 83 wife of the late Edward Haywood Matthews died Sunday November 16 2014 at her residence in Little Mountain SC. She was born on November 17 1930 in Raleigh NC a daughter of the late Willie Eli Phelps and Beulah Wilson Phelps. Mrs. Matthews worked as a librarian in the North Carolina Schools. She appreciated all of...
Ruth Webster Mccrackin-Leland
Nov 9, 2014
Ruth Webster McCrackin-Leland 96 of Newberry died Sunday November 9 2014 at Newberry Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be conducted by the Rev. Ralph Hill at 2:00 PM on Friday November 14 2014 at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Newberry. Burial will follow in Rosemont Cemetery. Visitation will be on Thursday from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at...
Gertrude Trude Duck Finneran
Nov 7, 2014
Gertrude D. Finneran 90 of Newberry died Friday November 07 2014 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. The Rosary will be prayed at 5:00 PM Sunday 9 November at Whitaker Funeral Home. A wake will be at 5:45 PM Sunday 9 November at Whitaker Funeral Home. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 AM Monday 10 November at...
Elvira Bidie Shealy Hawkins
Nov 6, 2014
Elvira Bidie Shealy Hawkins 91 of Prosperity died Thursday November 6 2014 at her residence. Memorial services will be conducted by the Rev. Michael Price at 2:00 P.M. on Saturday November 8 2014 in the Good Sheppard Room at Grace Lutheran Church Prosperity. A private family interment will precede the memorial service. The family will receive friends following the service....
Avery Solomon Jones
Oct 24, 2014
Avery Solomon Jones infant son of Matthew and Candy Jones died Friday October 24 2014. He was born on October 22 2014. Avery had a short life but he touched hearts and will be forever loved and remembered by his family. In addition to his parents of Little Mountain he is survived by his brother Zakkary Jones; maternal grandparents Gail...
Eva James Davis Wherry
Oct 22, 2014
Eva James Davis Wherry 95 widow of R. Augustus (Gus) Wherry was welcomed by her family in heaven on Wednesday October 22 2014. Visitation will be from 5:00 until 7:00 PM Friday at Whitaker Funeral Home Newberry. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 am Saturday at Central United Methodist Church by the Rev. Mickey Fisher assisted by the Rev....
Cheryl Cotney Toscano
Oct 18, 2014
Cheryl Cotney Toscano 68 of Columbia died Saturday October 18 at Palmetto Health Richland. Mrs. Toscano was born on August 5 1946 in Newberry County a daughter of the late Birtrun Birt and Earlene Stockman Cotney. She attended Congaree Presbyterian Church in Columbia and was a member at Bethel Baptist Church in Prosperity. Cheryl retired from the Department of Corrections...
Mary Simmons Vanlandingham
Oct 15, 2014
Mary Simmons Vanlandingham 90 of Berlin GA formerly of Newberry died Wednesday October 15 2014 in Douglas GA. Born on July 25 1924 she was the daughter of the late Bennett and Elizabeth Simmons. She was married to the late Howard H. Vanlandingham. She is survived by a sister Violet S. Hamm (Ralph) of Prosperity and a brother Charles Simmons...
Narves Stockman Lindler
Oct 6, 2014
Narves Stockman Lindler 85 widow of Claude Evans Lindler formerly of Prosperity died Monday October 6 2014 at White Oak Manor. Born on April 2 1929 in Prosperity she was a daughter of the late Sebern and Marrie Mills Stockman. She was retired from Shawnee Mill. Mrs. Lindler was an active member of St. Lukes Lutheran Church. She enjoyed her...
Catherine Smith Conger
Sep 30, 2014
Catherine Smith Conger 83 of 1783 SC Hwy 391 Prosperity died Tuesday September 30 2014 The family did receive friends from 12:00 noon until 2:00 PM Sunday at Whitaker Funeral Home Newberry. Graveside services did follow at 2:30 PM Sunday at Newberry Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Priscilla Griffith. Following the service friends were invited back to the residence....
Dorothy Dickert And Charles E. Bowers
Sep 29, 2014
Dorothy Dickert Bowers and Charles E. Bowers married for seventy two years both died during the past fourteen months in Atlanta GA. Dorothy was born on March 5 1922 and preceded her husband in death on July 30 2013. Charlie was born on January 20 1912 and died August 10 2014. Charlie and Dorothy were raised in Newberry and attended...
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