Obituaries

May 30, 2011

Redick Truesdell Gaskin, 78, of Newberry, died Sunday, May 29, 2011, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on August 29, 1932, in McBee, he was a son of the late Hugh Boyd and Sally Viola Stevens Gaskin. Mr. Gaskin was a former resident of Clinton and Lake Murray. He had worked at Joanna Cotton Mill...

May 30, 2011

Geneva Harmon Wall, 85, of Newberry, widow of Melton L. Wall, died Monday, May 30, 2011, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on November 7, 1925, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Frank Simpson and Barnette Bedenbaugh Harmon. She was retired from the Newberry Electric Co-Op. Mrs. Wall was a member of...

May 28, 2011

Maggie Lee Davis, widow of the late John Will Davis, of Newberry, passed away Friday, May 27th, exactly 39 years to the date of her mother, Josie Franklin who died on May 27th, 1972. Funeral Services will be conducted 4:00 PM, Sunday, May 29th at Faith Lutheran Church, Wilson Road, Newberry with visitation at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home prior to...

May 27, 2011

Marcia Parkes Coggins, 86, of Newberry, widow of James Francis Coggins, died Friday, May 27, 2011, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on June 20, 1924, in Sydney, Australia, she was a daughter of the late Donnezetti B. Parkes and Sarah Svenson Parkes. Mrs. Coggins was educated in Sydney Australia and attended Anderson College. She...

May 22, 2011

Mary Lou Wicker Griffin, 80, of Newberry, widow of William Dudley Griffin, died Sunday, May 22, 2011, at Richland Heart Hospital.

Born on December 24, 1930, in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Daniel Colie and Mattie Mae Crumpton Wicker. She was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

Surviving are...

May 22, 2011

Leland E. “Lee” Gifford, 79, of Newberry died Saturday, May 21, 2011 at his residence.

Born on August 27, 1931, in Oxford, Arkansas, he was a son of the late Joel Thomas and Leona Dawn Campbell Gifford. He was a United States Navy Veteran of the Korean Conflict, serving on the U.S.S. Thompson. He retired...

May 21, 2011

Robert Coleman Cheatham, 66, of Moncks Corner, died Saturday, May 21, 2011, at Hospice of Charleston.

Born on January 14, 1945, in Whitmire, he was a son of Alice Vinson Stanley and the late William Davis Cheatham. He was an Army veteran who served in Korea. Mr. Cheatham was retired from Showa Denko Carbon of...

May 16, 2011

Mary Ruth “Tennessee” Boozer, 88, of Prosperity, died Monday, May 16, 2011, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on May 31, 1922, in Boiling Springs, NC, she was a daughter of the late William Charles and Beulah Cornelia Davis Miller. Mrs. Boozer was retired from Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant and the Newberry County Council on...

May 16, 2011

Edith C. Minick, 84, of Newberry, died May 15, 2011.

Born in Newberry County, she was the daughter of the late Mary Ouzts Chappell and Thomas E. Chappell.

Mrs. Minick is survived by her husband, Drayton Leroy Minick; daughters Carol J. Minick of Spartanburg and Marsha (Charles) Storey of Ward; granddaughters Amy...

May 10, 2011

John Oliver “Ollie” Sease, 81, of Prosperity, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011.

Born on October 11, 1929, in Prosperity, he was a son of the late Ben I. and Cora Lee Cook Sease. Mr. Sease was retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years. He was a member of Bachman Chapel Lutheran Church, the...

May 7, 2011

Donald Eugene Morris, 75, of Newberry, went to his heavenly home on May 7, 2011.

Born June 29, 1935 in Newberry, he was a son of the late Samuel Walter and Helen Franklin Morris. He served in the SC National Guard, was a Newberry County Deputy and was on Newberry City Council. When Donald retired,...

May 7, 2011

Geraldine Ruff Harmon, 88, of Prosperity, widow of Harrison Monroe Harmon, Jr., died Friday, May 6, 2011, at J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on September 12, 1922, in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late J. Caldwell, Sr. and Pauline Nance Ruff. Mrs. Harmon was retired from K-Mart, Newberry, SC. She was a...

May 5, 2011

Bobbie Alan Oxner, 69, of Whitmire, died Thursday, May 5, 2011, at his residence.

Born on September 4, 1941, in Newberry he was a son of the late M. Alan Oxner and Pearl Koon Oxner. He was retired from S.C. Educational Television. Mr. Oxner was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, Newberry Car Buffs, Sandlapper Region...

May 5, 2011

Jack Osborne Goree, 79, of Newberry, died Thursday, May 5, 2011, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on December 10, 1931, in Newberry, he was a son of the late O.S. “Bub” and Lillie Johnson Goree. He was retired from the S.C. National Guard and the U.S. Postal Service. Mr. Goree was a member of College...

Apr 17, 2011

James Harold Ringer, 81, of Pomaria, died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at his residence.

Born on May 2, 1929, in Pomaria, he was a son of the late John Julius and Bertha Amick Ringer. Mr. Ringer was retired from the South Carolina Highway Department and was a member of Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.

Apr 16, 2011

Funeral services will be held for Hugh V. Crofoot, Jr. at our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Chapin, SC at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Burial will be immediately following at Newberry Memorial Gardens in Newberry, SC.

Mr. Crofoot died Saturday, April 16, 2011, at the age of 55 after a long...

Apr 15, 2011

Eula Rae Stribble, 98, of Newberry, widow of Walter Stribble, died Thursday, April 14, 2011, at her residence.

Born on June 11, 1912, in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Sanky and Lou Emma Davenport Fulmer. Mrs. Stribble was retired from Damon International and an active member of the RSVP for 25 years....

Apr 15, 2011

Prosperity -- Capt. Edward Wheeler “Buddy” Counts, Jr. died on April 14, 2011 after a courageous battle with mantle cell lymphoma. Born in Prosperity, SC, he was the son of the late Edward Wheeler Counts, Sr. and Pearl Faust Counts; and the beloved stepson of Frances Ruff Counts. Captain Counts was a passionate aviator who had...

Mar 31, 2011

Kathryn Bowers Wicker, 91, of Little Mountain, widow of Walter Eugene Wicker, died Thursday, March 31, 2011, at White Oak Manor.

Born on October 1, 1919, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Brabham and Julia Shealy Bowers. Mrs. Wicker was retired from GE of Irmo, a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church...

Mar 30, 2011

Sarah Lou Aull Shealy, 96, of Little Mountain, widow of Carl B. Shealy, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011, at her residence.

Born on October 12, 1914, in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Adam L. and Mary Derrick Aull. Mrs. Shealy was retired from Pinner Clinic and was the co-owner of Carl B. Shealy...