Obituaries

Margaret Gainey Moore

Margaret Gainey Moore

May 13, 2012

Mrs.Margaret Gainey Moore went to heaven on May 13 2012 at the age of 97 at the home of her daughter and son in law Mary Ann and Randall Hensley of Chapin. She moved to S.C. from Burlington N.C. at the age of 89. She most enjoyed being with her granddaughter Meg Coggins (Mark) and her great grandchildren Hensley and...

Bernice Metts Turner

Bernice Metts Turner

May 11, 2012

Bernice Metts Turner 90 of Newberry died Friday May 11 2012 at Springfield Place Newberry. Funeral services were held at 3:00 PM Monday at Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church by the Rev. Jimmy Counts. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Visitation was from 1:30 to 2:30 PM prior to the service at Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church. Born on April...

Evelyne Gibson Bishop

Evelyne Gibson Bishop

May 10, 2012

Evelyne Gibson Bishop 84 widow of Cecil Irving Bishop of Kinards SC died Thursday May 10 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a brief illness. Visitation was held on Saturday May 12 2012 from 2:00 to 2:45 P.M. at Whitaker Funeral Home 1704 College St. Newberry SC. Funeral services did follow at 3:00 P.M. in the Whitaker Funeral Home...

Dora Sue Thrift Livingston

Dora Sue Thrift Livingston

May 3, 2012

Dora Sue Thrift Livingston 81 of Springfield Place Newberry widow of Allen Deacon Livingston died Thursday May 3 2012 at Providence Hospital. Born June 10 1930 in Saluda SC Mrs. Livingston was a daughter of the late R. Claude and Johnnie Bledsoe Thrift. She retired from Newberry County School Food Service having worked for a number of years at Gallman...

Betty Arlene Burkey White

Betty Arlene Burkey White

Apr 30, 2012

Betty Arlene Burkey White 88 of 118 Castle Church Road Chapin SC formerly of Reading PA died Monday April 30 2012 at her residence. Born on January 26 1924 in Reading PA she was the daughter of the late Marie Cutler and Lloyd R. Burkey Sr. Mrs. White was a retired bookkeeper for Bortz Novelty Chocolate Company. She was active...

Mary Catherine Alewine Mills

Mary Catherine Alewine Mills

Apr 29, 2012

Mary Catherine Alewine Mills only child of the late William Shelton and Eula Bernice Bouknight Alewine died Sunday April 29 2012 at White Oak Manor in Newberry SC. A graveside service honoring and celebrating the life of Mrs. Mills was held in Rosemont Cemetery on Thursday May 3 2012 at 10:30 AM conducted by her first cousin The Rev. Franklin...

Lillian Gravina Sommerville

Lillian Gravina Sommerville

Apr 27, 2012

Lillian Gravina Sommerville 86 of Newberry died Friday April 27 2012 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Graveside funeral services were conducted at 11:00 am Tuesday in Rosemont Cemetery by Rev. Karen Radcliffe and Father Noel Tria. The family was at the home of Bill and Eleanor Sommerville 1937 McHardy St Newberry and did invite friends to visit with them there....

Cecil C. “Bud” Hamer Jr.

Cecil C. “Bud” Hamer Jr.

Apr 16, 2012

Cecil C. Bud Hamer Jr. 80 of 608 Mallard Dr. Chapin SC died Monday April 16 2012 at his residence. Born on March 3 1932 in PortsmouthVirginia he was a son of the late Eula Price and Cecil Chester Hamer Sr. Bud retired as a Master Sergeant from the US Air Force where he worked as a meteorologist. Following his...

Frances Morris Elrod

Frances Morris Elrod

Apr 15, 2012

Frances Morris Elrod 101 widow of Henry Stokes Elrod died Sunday April 15 2012 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home. Graveside funeral services were conducted at 11:00 AM Tuesday April 17 2012 in Newberry Memorial Gardens by the Rev. Richard Goldie. Mrs. Elrod was born in Newberry on September 18 1910 a daughter of the late John Thaddeus Morris and Lucinda...

Kay Senn Long

Kay Senn Long

Apr 14, 2012

Kay Senn Long 60 of Island Ford Road Silverstreet died Saturday April 14 2012 at the Lexington Medical Center. Funeral services were held on Monday April 16 at 4:30 PM in Smyrna Presbyterian Church conducted by the Rev. Scott Hill. Interment did follow in the church cemetery. Visitation was from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Sunday at the Whitaker Funeral Home....

Homer Landis Smith

Homer Landis Smith

Apr 14, 2012

Funeral services for Homer Landis Smith 88 were held at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday April 17 2012 at Pisgah Lutheran Church. The family ddl receive friends from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Monday April 16 at Caughman-Harman Funeral Home Lexington Chapel. Memorials may be made to Pisgah Lutheran Church 1350 Pisgah Church Road Lexington SC 29072. Mr. Smith was...

Earlene Moates Foster

Earlene Moates Foster

Apr 8, 2012

Earlene Moates Foster 71 formerly of Werts Road Silverstreet died Sunday April 8 2012 in Anderson. Mrs. Foster was born in Newberry on September 20 1940 a daughter of the late William Earl and Ellen Black Moates. She was a homemaker who loved to write poetry and enjoyed fishing crocheting riding bikes putting puzzles together and especially spending time with...

Virgil M. Stone

Virgil M. Stone

Apr 1, 2012

Virgil M. Stone 82 of Aiken died Sunday April 1 2012 at his residence. A memorial service was conducted at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Millbrook Baptist Church in Aiken by the Rev. Dr. Eddie Leopard. Interment services were held at 3:00 PM Thursday in Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry. Born on July 30 1929 in Newberry he was the son of...

Ralph Scurry Boazman

Ralph Scurry Boazman

Mar 31, 2012

Ralph Scurry Boazman 86 of 19997 US Highway 76 Newberry died Saturday March 31 2012 at J. F. Hawkins Health Care. Funeral services were conducted at 3:00 PM Tuesday at the Newberry A. R. Presbyterian Church by the Rev. Mantle Nance and the Rev. Dr. Tim Erskine. Interment was in Newberry Memorial Gardens with Military Honors. The visitation was from...

Montgomery Stubblefield

Montgomery Stubblefield

Mar 30, 2012

Montgomery H. "Monty" Stubblefield 96 formerly of 1403 Azalea Dr. Newberry died Friday March 30 2012 at White Oak Manor. A celebration of his life was at 2:00 pm on Saturday April 28 2012 at Lewis Memorial United Methodist Church led by the Rev. Jimmy Counts. Friends are encouraged to visit with the family immediately after the celebration. He was...

Helen Kinard Rish

Helen Kinard Rish

Mar 29, 2012

Helen Kinard Rish 91 of Little Mountain baptized child of God departed this life March 29 2012 after several years of illness. The visitation was from 6:00 - 7:30 PM on Saturday at the Whitaker Funeral Home Chapin. Funeral services were conducted on Sunday April 1 2012 at 1:00 PM at St. Peter Lutheran Church by the Rev. David Tholstrup....

Helen Garlington

Helen Garlington

Mar 29, 2012

Helen Garlington 94 of 1501 Evans St. Newberry died Thursday March 29 2012 at her residence. Graveside funeral services were conducted at 11:00 am on Saturday April 7 2012 in Rosemont Cemetery by the Rev. John Weaver. Born May 25 1917 in Polk County Florida she was a daughter of the late William Meridith and Allie Tunnah Garlington. Helen was...

Eva Walker Clamp

Eva Walker Clamp

Mar 25, 2012

Eva Walker Clamp 94 of 2039 Mower St. Newberry widow of James V. Clamp Sr. died Sunday March 25 2012 at her home. Mrs. Clamp was born in Wray Georgia to the late George Dixon and Lillie Davis Walker. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She retired as the chief operator for Southern Bell. She was...

William Mack Garner

William Mack Garner

Mar 24, 2012

William Mack Garner 53 of 1119 Pet Sites Road Chapin died Saturday March 24 2012 at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital. Mr. Garner was born in Prosperity on October 28 1958 a son of Jewel Bouknight Garner and the late Carroll Bruce Garner. He was an employee of Wabtech and was a member of Wightman United Methodist Church. He enjoyed...

Robert Houseal Shealy

Robert Houseal Shealy

Mar 23, 2012

Robert Houseal Shealy 80 of Prosperity died Friday March 23 2012 at Dorn VA Hospital in Columbia. Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 PM Sunday March 25 at Colony Lutheran Church by the Rev. Jerry Trantham. Interment with military honors and Masonic rites did follow in the church cemetery. The family was at the residence of Ronnie and Debbie Shealy...