Obituaries

Dr. Sally Cherrington Beggs

Dr. Sally Cherrington Beggs

Mar 17, 2012

Dr. Sally Cherrington Beggs the Chair of the Music Department and College Organist at Newberry College the Lutheran (ELCA) College for the Southeast lost her three year battle with cancer on Saturday March 17 2012. Born in Allentown PA on August 20 1959 she was the third daughter of the late James Cherrington and Doris Cherrington. Services were scheduled for...

Trinity Alverta Harris

Trinity Alverta Harris

Mar 17, 2012

Trinity Alverta Harris infant daughter of Joshua and Jessica Harris died Saturday March 17 2012 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Trinity is survived by her parents of Newberry; her maternal grandmother Barbara Goins of Newberry and maternal great grandfather Isadore Spells of Newberry; paternal grandmother Wilma Lee Harris of Virginia and paternal great grandmother Reida Guinn of Nevada. She was...

Barbara Jean Cooper Gilliam

Barbara Jean Cooper Gilliam

Mar 11, 2012

Barbara Jean Cooper Gilliam 69 of 118 ODell St Whitmire died March 11 2012 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. She was born on October 31 1942 in Whitmire SC a daughter of the late Lester Rossi and Cleo Campbell Cooper. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 PM on Thursday March 15 2012 at Central Avenue Baptist Church Whitmire by the...

Miriam Sue Rench Jackson

Miriam Sue Rench Jackson

Mar 10, 2012

Miriam Sue Jackson 92 passed away peacefully on Saturday March 10 2012 at the Heritage at Lowman. Mrs. Jackson was born in Covington OH on May 28 1919 a daughter of the late James G. and Glenna Bashor Rench. She later lived in Columbus OH; Pittsburg PA; Atlanta GA and Columbia SC. Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 PM Sunday...

Raymond Howard Willingham

Raymond Howard Willingham

Mar 9, 2012

Raymond Howard Willingham 80 of Mt. Pleasant SC died Friday March 9 2012 at Savannah Grace Assisted Living. Mr. Willingham was born on December 11 1931 in Newberry SC a son of the late Nellie Howard and R. J. Willingham. Graveside funeral services were conducted at 10:00 AM Monday at Rosemont Cemetery by the Father Noel Tria. He graduated first...

Evelyn Wood Leavell Davis

Evelyn Wood Leavell Davis

Mar 8, 2012

Evelyn Wood Leavell Davis 82 born July 10 1929 in Newberry SC passed away in her home on March 8 2012 in Chattanooga TN. Memorial services were held at 11:00 AM on Saturday March 10th at Rivermont Presbyterian Church with visitation at 10:00 AM. Graveside services was held on Monday March 12 at 11:00 AM in Rosemont Cemetery Newberry by...

Jackie Jack Belger

Jackie Jack Belger

Mar 3, 2012

Following a courageous battle with brain cancer Jackie Jack Leon Belger 71 died Saturday March 03 2012 at his home. Funeral services was conducted at 2:00 PM Tuesday March 6 2012 at the First Baptist Church of Newberry by the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Harmon. Interment with military honors did follow at Newberry Memorial Gardens. Visitation was 6:00 to 8:00 PM...

William E. Finkernagel Jr.

William E. Finkernagel Jr.

Mar 1, 2012

William E. Finkernagel Jr. 82 of 220 Dawn Island Trail Chapin died Thursday March 1 2012 at his residence. Mr. Finkernagel was born in New York N.Y. a son of the late William E. and Freida Bansemer Finkernagel. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War a retired employee for A.T. & T. and he was a member of...

William Moultrie Truesdale

William Moultrie Truesdale

Mar 1, 2012

Funeral services for William Moultrie Truesdale Sr. age 84 were held on Friday March 2 2012 at 3:00 P.M. at First Church of the Nazarene conducted by Reverend Jeremiah Blackburn. Burial did follow in Royal Pine Cemetery. Mr. Truesdale died on February 28 2012. Born on June 23 1927 in Kershaw County he was the son of the late Elmer...

Henry Lawrence Eason

Henry Lawrence Eason

Feb 26, 2012

Henry Lawrence Eason 84 of Newberry passed away Sunday February 26 2012 at Springfield Place. Mr. Eason was born in Sumter on June 19 1927 a son of the late Joseph Haywood and Elizabeth Wells Eason. He graduated from Edmunds High School in Sumter and received a BS degree in Animal Science from Clemson College in 1951. He was a...

William “Tate” Hancock

William “Tate” Hancock

Feb 25, 2012

William Tate Hancock 48 of 1411 Union School Road Prosperity SC died Saturday February 25 2012 at his residence. Mr. Hancock was born on February 4 1964 in Newberry SC a son of Melvin W. Hancock and the late Betty Jo Wiggins Hancock. He worked as a mechanic for 28 years at American Fiber and Finishing and 4 years with...

Rosemary Perry Bledsoe

Rosemary Perry Bledsoe

Feb 25, 2012

Rosemary Perry Bledsoe 59 of 268 Old Airport Road Whitmire SC died Saturday February 25 2012 at her residence. Mrs. Bledsoe was born on November 19 1952 a daughter of Rudelle Hite Perry and the late Royce Kistler Perry. Rosemary worked many years as a nursing assistant at Newberry County Memorial Hospital and enjoyed gardening and fishing. She was a...

Dr. Julio John Doc Malnati

Dr. Julio John Doc Malnati

Feb 23, 2012

Dr. Julio John Doc Malnati 95 died Thursday February 23 2012 at the White Oak Manor Nursing Home Newberry SC. He was born October 29 1916 in Sheffield MA to the late Antonio and Adele Ambrosini Malnati. He graduated from the University Of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in 1937 with a Veterinary Medical Doctors degree. He opened a small...

Vivian Kesler Frick

Vivian Kesler Frick

Feb 22, 2012

Vivian Kesler Frick 66 beloved spouse of Kenneth V. Frick of Long Pine Road Chapin died Wednesday February 22 2012 at her home. Mrs. Frick was born in Irmo on August 14 1945 a daughter of the late Frank and Vera Ellisor Kesler. Vivian graduated from Chapin High School as the valedictorian of the class of 1963 and later received...

Jac O. Ullman Sr.

Jac O. Ullman Sr.

Feb 15, 2012

Jac O. Ullman Sr. 96 of 1015 Boundary Street Newberry SC died February 15 2012 at his residence. Mr. Ullman was born in Natchez MS the son of the late Dr. Jacob S. Ullman and Olivia Oakey Ullman. He grew up in Mississippi and moved to Newberry following his retirement in 1975. He was a member of Aveleigh Presbyterian Church....

Michael John Demuth

Michael John Demuth

Feb 3, 2012

Michael John DeMuth 63 of Old Whitmire Highway Newberry SC formerly of Ellicott City MD died Friday February 3 2012 at his residence. He was born December 22 1948 in Baltimore City MD a son of Albert and Jean Jacobi DeMuth. Mike was the owner of Aymar-DeMuth Propellers and spent more that 25 years crafting airplane propellers that have been...

Floy Harmon Richardson

Floy Harmon Richardson

Jan 30, 2012

Floy Surena Harmon Richardson 95 of White Rock SC died Monday January 30 2012 at Oakleaf Assisted Living in Lexington SC. Mrs. Richardson was born on January 14 1917 in Gilbert the daughter of the late Earl E. and Lottie Keisler Harmon. She was married to the late Rev. Clarence L. Richardson Sr. for 73 years. She attended Columbia College....

Kenneth Earl Turney

Kenneth Earl Turney

Jan 28, 2012

Kenneth Earl Turney 69 of 528 Boyd Road Newberry died Saturday January 28 2012 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Mr. Turney was born on June 7 1942 in Spartanburg a son of the late Luther Earl and Edith Kirby Turney. He was a member of Chapin United Methodist Church the Boyleston Masonic Lodge # 123 A.F.M. and the Hejaz Shrine...

Sara Smith Livingston

Sara Smith Livingston

Jan 26, 2012

Sara Smith Livingston Miss Sara 96 formerly of Charles St. Newberry went to be with our Lord on Thursday January 26 2012 in Boiling Springs. SC. Mrs. Livingston was born in Laurens County on Jan. 19 1916 a daughter of the late Miller and Essie Furr Smith. The Smith family moved from Mountville to Mollohon to work in the mill...

Marty M. Howerton

Marty M. Howerton

Jan 25, 2012

Marty M. Howerton 54 of 5756 Bush River Road Newberry SC died Wednesday January 25 2012 at Palmetto Health Richland. Mr. Howerton was born on October 2 1957 in Newberry SC the son of Modene H. Treanor and the late John M. Howerton. Marty was of the Christian faith and was an avid reader and enjoyed writing. He could do...