Obituaries

May 18, 2014

Glenn Heyward Shealy, 45, of Little Mountain, died Saturday, May 17, 2014.

Born on June 21, 1968 he was the son of Anne Bedenbaugh Shealy and the late Heyward Glenn Shealy. He was a 1986 graduate of Mid Carolina High School where he was a member of the 1985 State Championship...

May 10, 2014

Angela Melitta Teseniar, 39, of Newberry, died Friday, May 9, 2014, at her residence.

Born on May 16, 1974, she was the daughter of Mayana Angela Kunz Teseniar and the late Michael Thomas West. She had worked at P.J.'s Restaurant and was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church.

May 10, 2014

Irene Agnes Scurry, 84, of Newberry, widow of Jerry D. Scurry, died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at White Oak Manor.

Born on April 24, 1930, in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late Bernice Mitchell Behrens. She was retired from Milliken and was a member of Zoar United Methodist Church of Saluda....

May 10, 2014

Adelaide Haltiwanger Jones, 85, of Little Mountain, died Saturday, May 10, 2014, at her residence.

Born on August 21, 1928, in Little Mountain, she was a daughter of the late Wilbur L. and Carrie Koon Haltiwanger. She attended Columbia Business College and was retired from Weisz Graphics of Chapin. She was a member...

May 9, 2014

Johnny Gray Edwards, 71, of Prosperity, died Friday, May 9, 2014, at his residence.

Born on May 13, 1942, in Pinnacle, NC, he was a son of the late Robert Grayson and Kathryn Kirby Edwards. He was a retired heavy equipment operator.

Mr. Edwards is survived by his wife,...

May 9, 2014

Dorothy Anderson Merrymon, 93, formerly of Miami, FL, widow of Jack Eugene Merrymon, died Thursday, May 8, 2014, at White Oak Manor.

Born on November 2, 1920, in Hammond, IN, she was a daughter of the late John and Marry Derring Anderson. She was retired from Covinant College and was a...

May 6, 2014

William Franklin “Bill” Miller, passed away Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at his home in Prosperity, SC. He was born on June 24, 1934 in Charleston, WV. He was a son of the late Angelo and Gertrude Layne Miller.

Mr. Miller retired from Midwest Corporation in Nitro, WV where he worked for 35 years....

May 1, 2014

Brenda Matthews Amick, 69, of Newberry, widow of Bobby Gene Amick, died Thursday, May 1, 2014, at her residence.

Born on February 4, 1945, in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Marjorie Burnette Matthews. She was reared by her grandmother, Mary Elese Burnette. Mrs. Amick was retired from Renfro....

Apr 28, 2014

Betty J. Wicker, 76, of Newberry, passed into the eternal presence of our Lord on Monday, April 28, 2014.

Born on October 5, 1937, she was a daughter of the late Vincent L. and Helen R. Mills. Ms. Wicker was a homemaker and will be best remembered in her unique way of making...

Apr 27, 2014

The Rev. Milas “Mike” Sease III, 64, of Columbia, went to be with his loving Lord on Saturday, April 26, 2014.

Born January 31, 1950, he was the son of the late M.Y. and Edith Whittle Sease. He was a 1968 graduate of Eau Claire high school in Columbia,...

Apr 25, 2014

Abram Nevan Chapin infant son of Adam and Michele Chapin died Friday, April 25, 2014 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

He is survived by his parents, his big sister, Alyssa; maternal grandparents, Robbie and Cathy Franklin, paternal grandparents, John and Trudy Shell; maternal great-grandmother, Doris Wicker; paternal great-grandmother, Ruth Ann Chapin; Aunt Amanda...

Apr 24, 2014

Thomas Brian Mundy, 37, of Whitmire, died Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Wallace Thomson Hospital.

Born on January 19, 1977, in Newberry, he was a son of George Jerry and Karen Sink Mundy. He was an HAVAC Technician.

Mr. Mundy is survived in addition to his parents of Whitmire...

Apr 23, 2014

Mildred Ann Sease, 70, of Prosperity, died Wednesday, April 23, 2014, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born November 6, 1943, in Calhoun Falls, she was a daughter of the late Benton Woodrow and Mildred Burdette Gosnell. She was retired from Generations of Chapin, a member of Wightman United Methodist Church and the Eastern...

Apr 19, 2014

Catherline Turner Amick, 73, of Newberry, died Saturday, April 19, 2014, at Hospice House of Greenwood.

Born on October 18, 1940, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Robert Turner and Essie T. Suit. Mrs. Amick was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church.

She was the...

Apr 14, 2014

Robert Marc Smith, 66, of Lake City, FL,died Monday, April 14, 2014.

Born on June 9, 1947, in Syracuse, NY, he was a son of the late Donald Elijah and Emma Ruth Harrington Smith. He was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War and was the owner of O.S. Smith Service.

Apr 13, 2014

Dick Orville Nelson, 94, of Prosperity, widower of Irene Susan Nelson, died Sunday, April 13, 2014, at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home.

Born on July 12, 1919 in Bennington, KS, he was a son of the late Earl Henry and Cecil Eldora Sutherlin Nelson. Mr. Nelson was a World War II Navy...

Apr 11, 2014

Mary Edith Swygert Bedenbaugh, 92, of Prosperity, widow of Willie Lindsey Bedenbaugh, died Friday, April 11, 2014, at White Oak Manor.

Born on August 26, 1921, in White Rock, she was a daughter of the late Jacob Quincy and Georgia Anna Bouknight Swygert. She had worked at Old School...

Apr 8, 2014

Joy Elaine Surratt Abrams, 85, of Joanna, widow of Robert Floyd Abrams, died Tuesday, April 8, 2014 at NHC of Clinton.

Born on August 10, 1928, in Laurens County, she was a daughter of the late Jennings Ray and Beatrice Bell Surratt. Mrs. Abrams was retired from Whitten Center, was a member of...

Apr 7, 2014

Cecil Johnie Graham, 91, of Pomaria died Monday, April 7, 2014, at Springfield Place Cecil, affectionely known as "Tot" by all and "Tottie" by his grandchildren was born October 13, 1922 in Pomaria to Marvin Hubert and Minnie Mae Berley Graham. He was a World War II veteran of the U.S. Army Air Corp and lived in...

Apr 7, 2014

Myrtle Boozer Martin, 90, of Newberry, widow of John W. Martin, died Sunday, April 6, 2014, at White Oak Manor.

Born on January 29, 1924, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Gaston F. and Sallie Davenport Boozer. She was a graduate of Newberry College and a member of Trinity United...