Obituaries
Billie Hendrix Lominick
Apr 12, 2023
Billie Lorraine Hendrix Lominick, 87, of Newberry, widow of Bennie Walter Lominick, passed away Wednesday, April 12, 2023, at White Oak Manor in Newberry.
Born on June 19, 1935 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late William Hassell and Fannie Mae Bouknight Hendrix. She was a homemaker and a member of Glory Tabernacle Church. She loved her family...
Betty Nix
Apr 10, 2023
Betty Ann Sevihel Nix, 80, of Newberry, widow of Edward Nix, died April 10, 2023, at Lexington Medical Center.
No services are planned.
Jean W. Williamson
Apr 10, 2023
Jean Wesley Williamson, 79, of Newberry, passed away on Monday, April 10, 2023, at the Lexington Community Hospice House-Agape Care in Lexington.
Born on November 21, 1943, in Newberry, he was the son of the late Adam Wesley and Marjorie Ringer Williamson. He served in the Air National Guard and retired after 37 years from BellSouth.
Mr. Williamson was a lifelong...
Roy Edwin Caldwell
Apr 7, 2023
Roy Edwin Caldwell, 74, of Silverstreet, passed away on Friday, April 7, 2023, at his residence.
Born on October 1, 1948, in Newberry, he was the son of the late Don Caldwell and Mabel Bell Phillips. He was also predeceased by his father that reared him, Welton Phillips, Jr. Mr. Caldwell was an Army veteran and retired from West Electric...
Ernest Carroll Werts
Apr 6, 2023
Ernest Carroll Werts, 84, resident of Rosemont Drive, Greenwood, husband of Reba Jones Werts, passed away Thursday, April 6, 2023, at his home.
Born August 14, 1938, in Newberry, SC, he was a son of the late Helen Kinard and Hilliard Carroll Werts. He was a 1956 graduate of Newberry High School, and was in the South Carolina National Guard....
Janice Hawkins Crowell
Apr 5, 2023
Janice Hawkins Crowell, 80, of Little Mountain, widow of Charles Bruce Crowell, passed away on Wednesday, April 5, 2023 at The Heritage at Lowman.
Mrs. Crowell was born to the late Irvy E. and Lillie Mae Boland Hawkins on April 4, 1943. She was a homemaker and member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.
Mrs. Crowell is survived by her daughters,...
Charles Anthony Suttinger, Jr.
Apr 4, 2023
Charles Anthony Suttinger, Jr., 59, of Prosperity, passed away at his home.
Born on July 10, 1963 in Hammond, Indiana to Patricia Irene Hopkins and the late Charles Anthony Suttinger, Sr., he worked for Eagle Construction for a number of years as an equipment operator. Charles was a Harley man, and loved to work on motorcycles in his free time.
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The Rev. Dr. Martin Fredrick Saarinen
Apr 1, 2023
The Rev. Dr. Martin Fredrick Saarinen died peacefully at his Newberry SC home on April 1, 2023, after a brief illness with pancreatic cancer. Son of Pastor John and Tekla (Toppari) Saarinen, Martti was born in Portland OR on July 6, 1929.
He was predeceased by his parents, children Beth and Paul, brothers Paul and Daniel, and sister Marie...
Valjean L. "Pig" Matthews
Mar 28, 2023
Valjean L. “Pig” Matthews, 89, of Prosperity, died Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at his home.
Born on October 19, 1933, in Saluda County, he was a son of the late Otis Ashmore and Annie Christine Bladon Matthews. He was a member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church since his marriage on September 5, 1954. Mr. Matthews served two years in the...
Linda Carole Turner
Mar 28, 2023
Linda Carole Turner , 80, of Fayetteville, died Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at her daughter's home inGreensboro NC.
Born on August 4, 1942 in Newberry, SC she was the daughter of the late Esther Longand George Turner, she was also the beloved step daughter to the late Elbert Long.
In 1963 she married the love of her life Thomas...
Lillie Harmon
Mar 26, 2023
Lillie Woodward Griffin Harmon, 95, of Pomaria, died Sunday, March 26, 2023 at White Oak Manor.
Born on June 24, 1927 in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late Henry Colie Woodward, Sr. and Lillie Belle Fulmer Woodward. She was a graduate of Bush River High School and retired from Senior Catering and the Newberry County Council On...
Judy Kesler
Mar 25, 2023
Judy Hawkins Kesler, 80, of Prosperity, died Saturday, March 25, 2023 at the Saluda Nursing and Rehab Center.
Born on April 20, 1942 in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late James Maxie and Lula Mae Bowers Hawkins. Judy was a 1960 graduate of Mid-Carolina High School. She worked at Old School Manufacturing Company, and she and her husband...
Suzanne Mayer
Mar 23, 2023
Suzanne Sykes Mayer, 77, of Newberry, died Thursday, March 23, 2023, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Born on September 29, 1945, in Burlington, NC, she was the daughter of the late James and Vera Vines Sykes. She was a graduate of Lander College and a former school teacher. Her greatest joy was being a homemaker and devoted mother and grandmother....
Susan Kingsmore
Mar 22, 2023
Susan Denise Sizemore Kingsmore, 67, of Irmo, widow of Stanley Kingsmore, died Wednesday, March 22, 2023.
Born on December 10, 1955, in Whitmire, she was the daughter of the late William Marion and Annie Elizabeth Franklin Sizemore. She worked at Wal-Mart on Garner's Ferry Road in Columbia for a number of years. Mrs. Kingsmore won numerous awards for her cakes...
Harry Ethridge
Mar 20, 2023
J. Harry Ethridge, age 76, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Monday, March 20, 2023 surrounded by his family. He was born on January 27, 1947 in Georgetown, South Carolina to Zannie Creel and Myrtle Langston Ethridge and was the second youngest of 10 children. Harry attended Winyah High School, where he played baseball...
Jana M. Paschal
Mar 17, 2023
Jana Mount Paschal, 59, of Pomaria, died on Friday, March 17, 2023, at Prisma Health Heart Hospital in Columbia.
Born on May 1, 1963, in Charleston, S.C., she was the oldest child of Jacqueline Crooks Mount and the late Gerald Fred “Jerry” Mount. Jana was a proud 1981 graduate of Mid-Carolina High School, where she played clarinet in the band...
Von Oliver Hiller
Mar 15, 2023
Von Oliver Hiller, 71, of Prosperity, died March 15, 2023 at Prisma Health Richland Hospital.
Born on November 7, 1951 in Newberry, he was a son of the late George Oliver and Josie Derrick Hiller.
He was a graduate of Mid-Carolina High School and the South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy. He served as a police officer for the town of...
Billy Gene Berley
Mar 11, 2023
Billy Gene Berley, 88, of Newberry, passed away March 11, 2023 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Born on June 30, 1934 in Pomaria, he was a son of the late James H. and Lula Mae Wicker Berley.
He was a graduate of Monticello High School and served nine years in the South Carolina National Guard. He was a retired asbestos...
Lindy Sue Brock
Mar 8, 2023
Lindy Sue Brock, 66, of Newberry, died Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at her residence.
Born on May 11, 1956, in Columbia, she was the daughter of Geneva Poole Spires and the late James Spires.
Mrs. Brock is survived in addition to her mother, Geneva Spires of Spartanburg by her husband, Jimmy Brock; a son, Steven Radford (Patrina) of Newberry; daughters,...
Andrew John Pugh
Mar 6, 2023
Andrew John Pugh, 87, of Prosperity, died Monday, March 6, 2023, at his residence.
Born on December 27, 1935, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Andrew Pickens and Eva Minick Pugh. He was an Army veteran, a graduate of Erskine College and was retired from Grinnell. Mr. Pugh was a member of Cannon’s Creek-Prosperity Associate Reformed Presbyterian...
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