Obituaries

Howard E. Cucumber Coats

Howard E. Cucumber Coats

Nov 20, 2011

Howard E. Cucumber Coats 81 of Newberry died Sunday November 20 2011 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Born in Newberry County on December 11 1929 he was the son of the late Ralph and Nannie Bouknight Coats. He was an Army Veteran of the Korean War and retired from the National Guard and Oakland Mills. He was a member of...

Everett W. Shealy

Everett W. Shealy

Nov 20, 2011

Everett W. Shealy 73 of Newberry died Sunday Nov. 20 2011 at Lexington Medical Center. Mr. Shealy was born on November 4 1938 in Newberry a son of the late James Wyman and Daisy Amick Shealy. He retired from Brown and Root in Houston TX after 22 years of employment. He was a very faithful member of Faith Lutheran Church...

John Hubert Caldwell

John Hubert Caldwell

Nov 19, 2011

John Hubert Caldwell 89 of Newberry died Saturday November 19 2011 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Born in Saluda County on October 9 1922 he was the son of the late Hobson and Phoebe Perry Caldwell. Mr. Caldwell is a Navy Veteran of World War II and retired from Louis Rich. He is survived daughters Nita C. Parnell and Judy...

Virginia L. Medlock

Virginia L. Medlock

Nov 19, 2011

Virginia L. Medlock 87 of 790 Pine Meadow Road Newberry died Saturday November 19 2011 at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. She was born in Newberry on October 27 1924 a daughter of the late Eunice Livingston and Hugh Farley Longshore Sr. Mrs. Medlock retired as a secretary from Kendall Mills and was a member of New Chapel United Methodist Church....

Laura S. Severt

Laura S. Severt

Nov 8, 2011

Laura S. Severt 98 of Chapin SC and formerly of Springfield OH died Tuesday November 8 2011 at her residence. She was born on April 2 1913 in Floyd County KY a daughter of the late John and Minda Salyers of Wayland KY. Mrs. Severt taught school for over 45 years and was active in managing the family farms in...

Robert Conger

Robert Conger

Nov 4, 2011

Robert D. Conger 84 of 1783 SC Hwy 391 Prosperity died Friday November 4 2011 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Center. Born in Parkersburg West Virginia on November 2 1927 he was the son of the late William and Lillian Tanner Conger. Mr. Conger was an Army Veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict. He was a truck driver...

Rhonda White Hawkins

Rhonda White Hawkins

Nov 2, 2011

Rhonda White Hawkins 46 of Newberry died Wednesday November 2 2011. She was born on January 10 1965 in Greenville SC a daughter of Bill and Fran White. Rhonda had a loving heart and she lived her life to the fullest. She had a fondness for animals and her Daddy was her hero. Rhonda was a loving daughter mother grandmother...

Rev. Houston Taylor

Rev. Houston Taylor

Nov 2, 2011

Rev. Houston David Taylor Sr. 87 died Wednesday November 2 2011. Born on August 3 1924 he was the son of Oscar Eugene and Mamie Catherine Leopard Taylor of Laurens County. He is survived by his wife of 64 years JoClair Ellenberg Taylor. Houston grew up in Laurens SC and served in the US Navy during WWII. He attended Emmanuel...

Larry D. Moore

Larry D. Moore

Oct 30, 2011

Larry D Moore 49 of Lakeland TN peacefully went to be with his Lord on October 30 2011. He leaves his wife Dottie; two sons Kyle and Justin; grandson Skyler Moore; mother and father AnnEtta and Billy Moore; brother Bobby and Tina Moore; sister Pam and John Wakefield; mother and father in-law Lou and Wert Jennings and many loving niecesnephews...

Lauretha Price Smith

Lauretha Price Smith

Oct 27, 2011

Lauretha Price Smith 93 widow of Henry Cephas H.C. Smith of 2148 Mower St. Newberry died Thursday October 27 2011. Mrs. Smith was born on August 4 1918 in Gilbert SC a daughter of the late Betha Craps Price and. Erskin Crosson Price. She was an active member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer the George B. Cromer Sunday...

John Aaron Leopard

John Aaron Leopard

Oct 25, 2011

John Aaron Leopard 80 of Newberry SC died Tuesday October 25 2011 at his residence. Mr. Leopard was born on December 10 1930 in Newberry a son of the late D.P. Pete Leopard and Cleo Dehart Leopard. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War and was retired from BellSouth. He was a dedicated member of West End Baptist...

Lawrence Larry Smith

Lawrence Larry Smith

Oct 25, 2011

Lawrence Larry Smith 82 of 1500 Blackbird Dr. West Columbia SC died Tuesday October 25 2011 in Lexington. Mr. Smith was born on July 30 1929 in Cadogan Pa youngest son of immigrant parents the late Michael and Rosa Goshouvaka Smith. Larry a football scholarship recipient was a 1952 graduate of the University of South Carolina. He was inducted into...

Joyce Frick Arnold

Joyce Frick Arnold

Oct 24, 2011

Joyce Frick Arnold 79 of 698 Wheeland School Rd. Little Mountain SC died Monday October 24 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Arnold was born on November 11 1931 in Newberry County a daughter of the late Abner and Agnes Riddle Frick. She was a lifelong member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church where she taught Sunday School for many years. Mrs....

Ibbie Shedd Kinard

Ibbie Shedd Kinard

Oct 22, 2011

Ibbie Shedd Kinard 99 of 602 Holloway St. Pomaria widow of J. Alvin Kinard died SaturdayOctober 22 2011 at her residence. Born on December 29 1911 in Monticello Fairfield County she was a daughter of Thomas Willoughby and Alice Irene Berley Shedd. She and her sister Ida Mae were reared in the home of E. E. Partner and Annie Berley...

Margaret Lester Shealy

Margaret Lester Shealy

Oct 17, 2011

Margaret Lester Shealy 93 formerly of 1352 Wilson Road Newberry died Monday October 17 2011 at Springfield Place. Born on July 5 1918 in Newberry she was a daughter of the late James Claude and Mabel Derrick Lester. Margaret was married to the late Lewis J. Shealy for more than 67 years. Mrs. Shealy was employed at Garners Shoe Store...

Helen Parrott Whitaker

Helen Parrott Whitaker

Oct 15, 2011

Helen Parrott Whitaker 92 of 2103 Main Street and Springfield Place in Newberry died Saturday October 15 2011 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born on July 13 1919 in Pomaria she was a daughter of the late Laura Suber and John W. Parrott. She was a graduate of Pomaria High School and a 1940 graduate of Newberry College where she...

Thomas R. “Reggie” Brigman

Thomas R. “Reggie” Brigman

Oct 15, 2011

Thomas R. Reggie Brigman 73 of 5018 Mt. Bethel Garmany Rd. Newberry died Saturday October 15 2011 at his residence with his family by his side. Reggie was born on November 15 1937 in Newberry SC a son of the late Tom J. and Mary Shealy Brigman. Mr. Brigman was a graduate of Newberry College. He coached high school athletics...

Richard P. Dick Foster

Richard P. Dick Foster

Oct 11, 2011

Richard P. Dick Foster 83 of 302 N. Wheeler Avenue Prosperity died Tuesday October 11 2011 at White Oak Manor in Newberry. Born on April 14 1928 in Cleveland County (Kings Mountain) NC he was a son of the late Joseph B. and Sarah Cansler Foster. Mr. Foster served as a Seaman First Class in the United States Navy and...

Jenell Stockman King

Jenell Stockman King

Sep 25, 2011

Jenell Stockman King 89 formerly of Hwy 121 Newberry died Sunday September 25 2011 at J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home. She was born on September 11 1922 in Prosperity SC to the late Sebern and Marie Mills Stockman. Mrs. King was a member of Bethel Baptist Church in Prosperity. Jenell loved to get dressed up and go to church. She...

Fay Whitfield Harrelson

Fay Whitfield Harrelson

Sep 23, 2011

Fay Whitfield Harrelson 95 died on Friday September 23 2011 at the Heritage at Lowman Home. Born in Hookerton North Carolina on July 22 1916 she was the daughter of the late Lillian Bessie Moore and Charles Bryant Whitfield. Mrs. Harrelson moved to Columbia South Carolina in her early 20's to pursue a degree in cosmetology. While riding her bicycle...