Obituaries

Jul 14, 2011

Charles Bernard Shealy, 74, of Prosperity, died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at White Oak Manor.

Born on September 6, 1936, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Howard B. and Clara Nell Bedenbaugh Shealy. He served in the S.C. National Guards for 13 years, was the former owner of Shealy Trucking for over...

Jul 13, 2011

Sara Elizabeth Monroe Werts, 91, of Newberry, widow of William F. (Fred) Werts, Sr., died Tuesday, July 12, 2011.

Born on January 5, 1920, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late C. Vernon and Lula Bradley Monroe. Elizabeth was a member of Smyrna Presbyterian Church.

She is survived by a...

Jul 13, 2011

Barbara Taylor Stuck, 80, of Pomaria, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on July 9, 1931, in the St. Philip’s Community, she was a daughter of the late George Y. and LeNora Halfacre Taylor. She was a graduate of Newberry College and an elementary teacher having retired from Little Mountain...

Jul 13, 2011

Eakie W. McCullough, 73, of Newberry, died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at White Oak Manor.

Born on June 7, 1938, in Whitmire, he was a son of the late Loraine and Katherine Epting McCullough. Mr. McCullough was retired from the Newberry County School Bus Maintenance Shop as shop foreman. He was a former member of...

Jul 5, 2011

Brian Allen Cook, 46, of Newberry, died Sunday, July 3, 2011.

Born on February 8, 1965, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Virgil W. and Dottye Wicker Cook. He was a 1987 graduate of Newberry College and was an Administrator with Harbison Hall Assisted Living. He was a member...

Jul 4, 2011

Edward Myers, 84, of Prosperity, widower of Anita Maria Anne Paris Myers, died Sunday, July 3, 2011.

Born on November 3, 1926, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Percy Nolan and Bertha Lee Clamp Myers. He was retired from the United States Army and was a veteran of the Korean Conflict and the...

Jun 30, 2011

Marshall Harris Todd, 69, passed away at his home in Newberry, SC on June 26, 2011. He was a caring father and proud grandfather. Marshall was born on November 25, 1941 and grew up in the Shandon area of Columbia, SC with his younger brother, Teddy. He attended Presbyterian College and then graduated from Baptist College in Charleston, SC,...

Jun 28, 2011

Garret Sebastian Phillips, 18, of Newberry, died Sunday, June 26, 2011.

He was a 2011 honor graduate of Newberry High School and was in the All State and Regional band. He was a member of the youth orchestra of the Low Country where he played the upright bass for six years. He played the guitar...

Jun 28, 2011

Charles Richard Hartman, 64, of Prosperity, died Monday, June 27, 2011, at Lexington Medical Center.

Born on January 12, 1947, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Charles H. and Ellen Lee Hartman. Mr. Hartman was retired from Coca Cola Consolidated after forty-four years. He was a lifelong member of Grace Lutheran Church....

Jun 28, 2011

John Franklin Derrick, 77, of Newberry, died Tuesday, June 28, 2011, at White Oak Manor.

Mr. Derrick was born on September 10, 1933, he was a lifelong resident of Newberry County and the youngest son of Mays Pressley and Effie Shealy Derrick. He was a graduate of Silverstreet High School class of 1952 and the...

Jun 27, 2011

Emma Louise Byers Mack, 80, of Newberry, widow of Richard Mack, died Monday, June 27, 2011, at her residence.

Born on October 6, 1930, in Greenville, she was a daughter of the late Carl B. and Clovia Cooper Byers. She was retired from J.B. Stevens Company and was a member of West End Baptist Church....

Jun 24, 2011

Junius Gilbert Long, 88, of Pomaria, died Friday, June 24, 2011, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on May 4, 1923, in Pomaria, he was a son of the late Junius G. and Anna Bundrick Long. He was an Army veteran of World War II and retired after 30 years from Fort Jackson. Mr. Long was...

Jun 24, 2011

Patsy Mitchell Hamm, 82, of Prosperity, widow of Jeff A. “Bud” Hamm, Jr., died Friday, June 24, 2011, at Springfield Place.

Born on November 6, 1928, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Morris and Inez Lewis Mitchell. Mrs. Hamm was retired from Whitten Center and later worked for the Newberry County Council...

Jun 22, 2011

Kenneth G. "Ken" Zueger, 59, of Savannah, Georgia, died Saturday, March 19, 2011, at Hospice Savannah after a long illness.

Ken was born in Bismark, North Dakota on February 10, 1952. He has lived in Savannah for the past thirty years. Ken served his country in the United States Marine Corps and was a sheet...

Jun 20, 2011

Judith “Judy” Aull Bohan, 67, of West Columbia, passed away on Saturday, June 18, 2011.

Born in Newberry, she was the daughter of Cynthia Aull and the late Samuel Julius Aull, Sr. She was a 1962 graduate of Mid Carolina High School and a member of Emmanuel Lutheran Church. She worked at Allied Chemical, John...

Jun 15, 2011

James Cochran Suber of 6163 Jalapa Road, Kinards, S.C. passed away June 15, 2011. Mr. Suber, born August 27, 1930, was the son of the late John Robert and Mildred Cochran Suber of Whitmire, S.C. He was a graduate of Wofford College and a member of the Wofford Terriers Baseball team. He received his ROTC commission at Wofford and...

Jun 10, 2011

Tommy Lee Metts, 79, of Little Mountain, died Thursday, June 9, 2011.

Born on June 20, 1931, in Little Mountain, he was a son of the late Callie Bembridge and Ara Cannon Metts. Mr. Metts was a retired U.S. Army veteran who served in Korea and was a member of the National Guard. He was...

Jun 8, 2011

Myrtle K. Shealy, 92, of Little Mountain, widow of Jacob L. Shealy, Sr., departed this earthly life on Wednesday, June 8, 2011 to be with her Lord and Savior. Born in Gilbert, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Jesse M. and Bessie McCartha Keisler. She was a “Volunteer for God”, for many years visiting nursing homes, hospitals,...

Jun 7, 2011

Cora Inez “Nezi” Culclasure Davis, 93, died at her home on Tuesday, June 7, 2011. She was the wife of the late John Robert “Bill” Davis.

Born on September 30, 1917, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Louis and Lee Cora Rivers Culclasure. Mrs. Davis was a member of Summer Memorial Lutheran...

Jun 3, 2011

David Burgess Wardlaw, Sr., 76, of Newberry, died Thursday, June 2, 2011, at Providence Hospital.

Born on October 16, 1934, in McCormick, he was a son of the late David Morrah and Florence Burgess Wardlaw. He was a member of Epting Memorial United Methodist Church. Mr. Wardlaw served in the S.C. National Guard and retired...