Obituaries

Apr 8, 2013

Pearl Lee Schumpert Bouknight, 90, of West Columbia, died Saturday, April 6, 2013, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on April 6, 2013, in Gaston, she was a daughter of the late Eddie and Bessie Kyzer Schumpert.

She is survived by sons, Charles Bennie Bouknight of Chapin and Jerald...

Apr 8, 2013

Angus Daniel Senn, 90, of Silverstreet, died Monday, April 8, 2013, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on December 7, 1922, in Silverstreet, he was a son of the late Foster and Elizabeth McMillan Senn. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran who flew bombing missions over France and Germany,...

Apr 6, 2013

Hugh Boyd Davenport, 74, of Newberry, widower of Sylvia Bedenbaugh Davenport, died Saturday, April 6, 2013, at J.F. Hawkins Health Care.

Born on July 30, 1938, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Annie Elizabeth Pitts Davenport. He retired from Marion E. Pitts Logging and was a member of Trinity United Methodist...

Apr 5, 2013

Lewie Euman Meetze, of Newberry, was born on April 4, 1919 and died April 4, 2013, his 94 th birthday, at J. F. Hawkins Health Care.

Born in Irmo, he was the son of the late Thomas Pinkney and Blanche Louise Eargle Meetze. He was retired civil service employee of Fort Jackson and...

Apr 5, 2013

Ricky Van Nicholson, 58, of Prosperity, died Friday, April 5, 2013, at his residence.

Born on August 21, 1954, in Rockwood, TN, he was a son of the late John David and Annie Lee Aaron Nicholson. He loved music and was a guitar player for the band Born.

He...

Apr 5, 2013

Marvin A. Lovelace, 77, of Hendersonville, NC, died Thursday, April 4, 2013, at Partee Hospital in Hendersonville.

Born on September 24, 1935, in Spindale, NC, he was a son of the late Marvin C. and Bessie Ray Lovelace. He was a retired from the U.S. Air Force having served in the Vietnam War,...

Apr 4, 2013

Thomas Algie Abrams, 93, of Joanna, widower of Beatrice Graham Abrams, died Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at the Presbyterian Community of Columbia.

Born on August 7, 1919, in Simpsonville, he was a son of the late Joseph James and Lola Crowe Abrams. Mr. Abrams was a World War II Army veteran, retired from...

Apr 1, 2013

Boinest Lee Amick, 95, of Prosperity, died Monday, April 1, 2013, at White Oak Manor.

Born on November 2, 1917, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Bennett L. and Lizzie Fulmer Amick. He was a World War II Army veteran, a lifetime farmer and retired from Oakland Mill....

Mar 31, 2013

Mrs. Mary Ellen Keaton Griffin, 90, the widow of Armour J. Griffin died at home in Pomaria on Saturday, March 30, 2013. Born November 24, 1922 in Anderson County to Earl L. and Sadie M. Keaton, she was the oldest of five children. After earning an associate of arts degree from Anderson Junior College, she taught elementary...

Mar 29, 2013

Funeral services for Virginia Addy Sandel will be held at 2:00 pm, Monday, April 1, 2013, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Little Mountain, South Carolina, officiated by The Reverend Brett Collins, with interment following in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends and relatives immediately following the service in the church Fellowship Hall.

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Mar 27, 2013

Wilma Werts Mack, 93, of Newberry, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at White Oak Manor.

Born on October 26, 1919, in Saluda County, she was a daughter of the late Eugene Edwin and Annie Wise Werts. Her life's passion was nursing which she pursued for about 60 years beginning in the early 1940's....

Mar 25, 2013

Cecil Wendell “Wink” Shealy of Chapin, South Carolina, died at Lexington Medical Center on Monday, March 25, 2013.

Wink was born in Chapin on April 11, 1936. Wink was the son of Thelma Martin Shealy and Bill Shealy. He is survived by two sisters, Ruth Shealy Williamson and Lucy Shealy Turner. He was...

Mar 23, 2013

Margaret Wilson Fulmer, 92, of Pomaria, widow of George B. Fulmer, died Saturday, March 23, 2013 at J.F. Hawkins Health Care.

Born on May 14, 1920  in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Albert J. Wilson, Sr. and Istalena Summer Wilson. She worked for the family business, Wilson Grocery and was a member of Pomaria...

Mar 22, 2013

Mamie Ella Sease Shealy, 82, of Prosperity, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on February 25,1931, in Pomaria, she was the daughter of the late Lolan Leonard “Babe” and Virginia Marie Wilson Sease. Mrs. Shealy was a graduate of Prosperity High School and was a member of St....

Mar 18, 2013

Jack Eidson Crawford, 60, of Batesburg, died Sunday, March 17, 2013, at his home.

Born on November 21, 1952, in Charleston, he was a son of the late Frank Alexander and Kathryn Eidson Crawford. He was retired from the SC Department of Corrections and was currently serving as a behavioral consultant with the...

Mar 16, 2013

Paul Kiester Franklin, 83, of Prosperity, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on April 8, 1929, in Newberry County, he was a son of the late Wister Brown and Lizzie P. Bobb Franklin. He was a farmer and carpenter and a founding member of the Lower Newberry Farmers...

Mar 16, 2013

Marvin “Red” Elliott Morris, 80, of Prosperity, died Saturday, March 16, 2013, at Laurens County Hospital.

Born on June 27, 1932, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Herman and Hester Lee Hendrix Morris. He was a Navy veteran, a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church and enjoyed playing music with...

Mar 12, 2013

David “Knox” Sanford of Newberry, born on December 4, 1954, died Friday, February 15, 2013, at Lexington Medical Center in Lexington, South Carolina. He was the son of the late Jerry and Virginia “Ruby” Hawkins Sanford of Prosperity. He was the owner and operator of Dave's Power Washing.

He was an avid race...

Mar 11, 2013

Noah Sidney Derrick, 77, of Newberry, died March 11, 2013, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on December 15, 1935, in Chapin, he was a son of the late Arthur and Annie Mae Wessinger Derrick. He was retired from Kendall Company – Oakland Plant and was a member of Cross Point Church and Amity...

Mar 11, 2013

Louise Dean Ellis of Prosperity, SC died suddenly on Monday, March 11, 2013. She was a daughter of Raymond Watts Dean and Ila Belle Henderson Dean of Whitmire, SC. She graduated from Whitmire High School, attended Lander, and graduated form Winthrop College on May 29, 1949. On June 4, 1949, she married William “Ed” Ellis. They moved...