Obituaries

Betty Joyce Turner Wessels Benton

Betty Joyce Turner Wessels Benton

Nov 11, 2010

Betty Joyce Turner Wessels Benton 72 of Newberry died Thursday evening November 11 2010 at the Lexington Medical Center. Betty Joyce wife of the late William Bill Benton. was born in Newberry on October 28 1938 a daughter of the late Vera Turner and C. Dunaway Turner. She was a graduate of Newberry High School and Newberry College and was...

Frances Frankie Albright Jones

Frances Frankie Albright Jones

Nov 9, 2010

Graveside services for Frances Frankie Albright Jones 84 were held at 1:00 P.M. Friday November 12 2010 in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Jones wife of the late Frank K. Jones Jr. died November 9 2010. Born March 5 1926 in Danville VA she was the daughter of the late Bunn D. and Ardena M. Albright. She was a member of...

Maude Jeanette Sauls Wilson

Maude Jeanette Sauls Wilson

Nov 5, 2010

Maude Jeanette Sauls Wilson 69 of 205 Hawkins St. Newberry died Friday November 5 2010 at her residence. Born November 8 1940 in Goldsboro NC she was the daughter of the late Edward E. and Lucile Sauls. Ms. Wilson worked for many years as a teller with S.C. National Bank. She is survived by sons and daughters-in-law John Eddie and...

Richard J. Knotty Bouknight

Richard J. Knotty Bouknight

Nov 3, 2010

Richard J. Knotty Bouknight 76 of 305 Brown St. Prosperity died Wednesday November 3 2010 at his residence Born January 14 1934 in Newberry County he was a son of the late Henry Dewitt and Neva Coats Bouknight. Mr. Bouknight retired from the US Navy as Senior Chief Petty Officer. He served during both the Korean Conflict and the Viet...

Dewey B. Byrd Sr.

Dewey B. Byrd Sr.

Nov 1, 2010

Dewey B. Byrd Sr. 81 of 107 Byrd St. Prosperity died Monday November 1 2010 at Providence Hospital. Born on April 1 1929 in Richland County he was the son of the late M. Dewey and Pauline Shirah Byrd. Mr. Byrd was a Navy Veteran having served from 1946 to 1950. He was a retired employee of Counts Sausage Co....

Luther James L.J. Long

Luther James L.J. Long

Nov 1, 2010

Luther James L.J. Long 82 of 131 South Wheeler Ave. Prosperity died Monday November 01 2010 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born on March 25 1928 in Newberry County he was a son of the late L. Evans and Martha Cook Long. Mr. Long was a Navy Veteran of WWII having served on the U.S.S. Missouri. He was a member...

Ernestine Gibson Swindell Riddle

Ernestine Gibson Swindell Riddle

Oct 21, 2010

Ernestine Gibson Swindell Riddle 85 of 3250 Nance St. Newberry died Thursday October 21 2010 at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital. Born Newberry County on March 18 1925 she was a daughter of the late Ernest and Sula Hipp Gibson. She was twice married first to the late Carlos A. Swindell and second to the late Robert L. Riddle. Mrs. Riddle...

Margaret Frick Hallman

Margaret Frick Hallman

Oct 10, 2010

Margaret F. Hallman 83 of Chapin passed away on Sunday October 10 2010. She was the daughter of the late Jonas Berley and Annie Mae Riddle Frick and was the wife of the late Norris E. Hallman. She was a member of St. Peters (Pineywoods) Lutheran Church where she was a member of the Prime Timers Grace Circle #2 and...

Dorothy Livingston Rose

Dorothy Livingston Rose

Oct 5, 2010

Dorothy Livingston Rose 93 of Prosperity died Tuesday October 5 2010 at White Oak of Newberry. Born in Prosperity on June 15 1917 she was the daughter of the late John B. and Alice Hartman Livingston. She was predeceased by her husband Grady B. Rose. Mrs. Rose was retired from Newberry Mills and after retirement enjoyed her community volunteer work...

Pearl Elizabeth Ringer

Pearl Elizabeth Ringer

Sep 28, 2010

Pearl Elizabeth Ringer 87 years old went to be with her Lord on Tuesday September 28 2010 at Aiken Regional Medical Centers. Elizabeth born June 27 1923 in Newberry SC was a graduate of Newberry High School and the business department of Newberry College. She served as the payroll clerk at the Newberry cotton mill until her marriage to James...

Brandon J. Kent

Brandon J. Kent

Sep 27, 2010

Brandon J. Kent 29 of 1249 Oxner Rd. Newberry died Monday September 27 2010 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Brandon was born on December 29 1980 in Decatur GA. a son of Robert E. Robby Kent and the late Peggy Ann Oxner Kent Williams. He was an employee of Campbell Electric Service and was a member of Faith Lutheran...

Kathryn Kat Holmes Hale

Kathryn Kat Holmes Hale

Sep 26, 2010

Kathryn Kat Holmes Hale 63 of 2005 College St. Newberry wife of James A. Hale Sr. died Sunday September 26 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Hale was born in Union on June 14 1947 a daughter of the late Henry C. and Polly Patterson Holmes Sr. She was a graduate of Laurens High School received her Bachelors degree from Erskine...

Richard Clark R.C. Neel V

Richard Clark R.C. Neel V

Sep 26, 2010

Richard Clark R.C. Neel V 22 of 3458 Harold Bowers Rd. Newberry died Sunday September 26 2010 at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital. R.C was born on July 29 1988 son of Phyllis Piersol and Clark Neel IV. He was employed with Rockin N Farm and was a member of Silverstreet Lutheran Church. He was a former member of the...

Laura Pardue Knight

Laura Pardue Knight

Sep 23, 2010

Laura Pardue Knight 92 of 938 Mt. Bethel Garmany Road Newberry widow of Callie E. Knight died Thursday September 23 2010 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born in Lancaster on November 3 1917 she was a daughter of the late James Jim H. and Addie Jane McCorkle Pardue. Mrs. Knight retired from Old School Manufacturing and was a member of...

Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Predmore Welling

Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Predmore Welling

Sep 22, 2010

Mary Elizabeth Betty Predmore Welling 75 of Newberry died Wednesday September 22 2010 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home in Newberry of cancer. Betty was born in August GA. on the 24 December 1934 the daughter of the late Zonnie B. and Nancy Lugenia Genie Horne Odom. She was a fun loving and beautiful woman. Betty and her sister Anne O....

Broadus Theodore Lipscomb

Broadus Theodore Lipscomb

Sep 21, 2010

Broadus Theodore Lipscomb 88 of Newberry died Tuesday September 21 2010 at his residence. Mr. Lipscomb was born in Gastonia NC on December 3 1921 a son of the late Howard and Mable Armstrong Lipscomb. He was a member of Central United Methodist Church and was a self employed watchmaker and fishing equipment repairman. Mr. Lipscomb is survived by his...

Sammy K. Anderson

Sammy K. Anderson

Sep 18, 2010

Sammy K Anderson 52 of 319 Berry St. Newberry died Saturday September 182010 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Anderson was born on July 28 1958 in Whiteville NC to the late Clyde R. and Elaine Carter Anderson. He was a Supervisor with Metal Masters Inc. and was a member of Enoree Baptist Church. He is survived by a...

Paul O. Wicker

Paul O. Wicker

Sep 14, 2010

Paul O. Wicker 57 of Hickory Tavern died Tuesday September 14 2010. Born in Newberry on July 19 1953 he was a son of Mary Lou Wicker Copeland and the late E. Robert Wicker. Paul was retired from Whitten Center and was of the Presbyterian faith. In addition to his mother of Hickory Tavern he is survived by his brother...

Juanita Faile Belch

Juanita Faile Belch

Sep 13, 2010

Juanita Faile Belch 95 of Chapin died Monday September 13 2010. Mrs. Belch was born on May 13 1915 a daughter of the late Ben N. and Texie Carnes Faile. She was a member of the Dutch Fork Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for many years. Mrs. Belch retired as the Cafeteria Manager for Richland District One. She...

Elbert Harley Mosteller

Elbert Harley Mosteller

Sep 12, 2010

Elbert Harley Mosteller 74 of Chapin died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on Sunday September 12 2010. Elbert known by his family as Pa was born on August 27 1936 in Ellijay NC a son of the late Arthur and Lena Mosteller. Upon graduation from Greer High School he joined the US Air Force and served for...