Obituaries

Aug 15, 2009

Lewis F. Sligh, 73, of Prosperity died August 14, 2009 at his residence.

Born in Silverstreet on August 14, 1936, he was a son of the late Thomas Claude and Elizabeth Waters Sligh. He served in the South Carolina  Army National Guard and was retired from General Electric. He was a member of Colony Lutheran...

Aug 14, 2009

Joseph Allen Stewart, 73, of Prosperity, died Thursday, August 13, 2009 peacefully at his home after an extended illness.

Mr. Stewart was born on July 8, 1936 in Longtown, SC, a son of the late David Palmer Stewart and Louise Guyton Stewart Sharpe. He was retired from Mayfield Dairy. He was a member of Macedonia Lutheran...

Aug 12, 2009

Barbara Jeanne Roby, 59, of Prosperity, died Tuesday night, August 11, 2009 at her residence. She was a devoted wife to Gerald A. Roby, Chief Radioman, US Navy, (Ret.) for 42 years and loving mother to Darlene J. Wilbur (husband – Tom) of Hopkins, SC and James J. Roby (wife - Kim) of Brandon, SD. She was...

Aug 5, 2009

Hurley Preston Hamm, 86, of Newberry, died Wednesday, August 5, 2009 at White Oak Manor.

Born on July 8, 1923 in Elon, NC, he was a son of the late John Elton and Maude Ann Abernathy Hamm. He was retired from Kendall Company and was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church.

Surviving are...

Aug 4, 2009

Larry D. Jolly, 49, of Newberry, went to “rest in peace” on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at home.

Born on July 28, 1960 in Union, he was the son of R.H. Jolly and Julie W. Jolly. He was a retired painter from local Union 1730 of Augusta, GA who had to retire due to multiple heart problems....

Aug 3, 2009

Grover S. (Buddy) Parnell, Jr. of Wellesley, Massachusetts, formerly of Greenville, SC, died Saturday, August 1, 2009, in Boston from complications with cancer.

Born on August 4, 1942, Mr. Parnell was the son of the late Grover Sefton and Irene Dipner Parnell of Chappells, SC. He was a 1964 graduate of Wofford College, where he...

Aug 3, 2009

Ethel May Wright Harrelson, 91, of Prosperity SC, died August 3, 2009, at Agape Senior in Conway.

Mrs. Harrelson was born on February 28, 1918, in Spring Hope NC, the only daughter and youngest child of the late Arthur A. and Bertha Crawford Wright.  She graduated from Hallsboro High School in 1935.  She and our father, the late...

Aug 2, 2009

Dr. Charles David Turpin, 66, of Newberry, died Sunday, August 2, 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

He was born on January 29, 1943 in Dayton, OH. He was a professor emeritus of Presbyterian College where he taught Spanish and Portuguese. He was a part-time instructor at Piedmont Technical College. Dr. Turpin received his Masters...

Jul 26, 2009

Henry Wayne Lominick, 67, of Pomaria, died Sunday, July 26, 2009 at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Pickens.

Born on September 9, 1941 in Pomaria, he was a son of the late John David and Edna Graham Lominick. Mr. Lominick was retired after 31 years from Uniroyal-Goodrich of Winnsboro and later worked for the U.S. Postal...

Jul 22, 2009

Ethel Chapman of Little Mountain died July 22, 2009 at the Laurens County Hospital.

Mrs. Chapman was born on June 26, 1927 in Prosperity and was twice married, first to the late Clarence Kinard, Sr. and secondly to the late Lindy Ray Chapman.

She is survived by sons; Clarence Kinard, Jr. of Little Mountain, Donald...

Jul 21, 2009

Connie Hamilton Thomas, 84, of Newberry died, July 21, 2009 at Palmetto Health Richland Memorial Hospital.

Born in Newberry on December 16, 1924, she was a daughter of the late Wade and Annie Corley Hamilton.

She is survived by her husband, Harry H. Thomas; a son, Larry Thomas of...

Jul 18, 2009

Sarah Evelyn Morris, 91, of Prosperity, widow of Bluma Calvin “Brown” Morris, died Saturday, July 18, 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on August 1, 1917 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Pope Eugene and Bertha Rodelsperger Morris. She was a retired textile employee and a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran...

Jul 16, 2009

Earl Jennings Griffin, 56, of Pomaria, died Thursday, July 16, 2009 at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on September 13, 1952 in Newberry, he was a son of Mary Ellen Keaton Griffin and the late Armour Jennings Griffin. Mr. Griffin was a graduate of Newberry College. He was retired after 32 years as a loving teacher...

Jul 16, 2009

John Bailey Humphries, 92, of Joanna, widower of Gladys Golden Humphries, died Thursday, July 16, 2009 at Hospice House of Laurens.

Born on August 15, 1916 in Saluda, he was a son of the late Charles Perry and Mary Ann Warren Humphries. He had served in the Marine Reserves, was a member of Joanna...

Jul 12, 2009

Gladys Nannie Parker Warren, 82, of Prosperity, widow of Fredrick Briggs Warren, died Friday, July 10, 2009 at her residence.

Born on May 15, 1927 in Asheville, NC, she was a daughter of the late William Hillard and Cora Lee Lambert Parker. She was retired from Southern Bell Telephone and was a member of Freedom...

Jul 9, 2009

James David “J.D.” Daniels, 63, of Chapin, died Wednesday, July 8, 2009 at Ascension Hospice.

Born on June 16, 1946 in Ohio, he was a son of the late Manford and Ethel Edna Brinzer Daniel. Mr. Daniels was a Navy veteran of the Vietnam War. He was retired from Mack Truck, was the owner of...

Jul 4, 2009

Walter Waddy Nichols, Sr., 76, of Newberry, died July 4, 2009 at Generations of Chapin.

Born in Prosperity on October 18, 1932, Mr. Nichols was the son of the late Andrew E. (Sammy) and Josie Caughman Nichols. He was a graduate of Newberry College and retired from the Newberry County School District.He taught at the...

Jul 3, 2009

Carl Claude Wicker, 49, of Chapin died July 2, 2009 at his residence.

Born in Latta, he was a son of Edith Frick Wicker and the late Claude C. Wicker. He was retired from South Carolina Electric and Gas and was a former member of St. Philip’s Lutheran Church where he served on church council....

Jul 2, 2009

George Charles Dunsford, Jr., 67, of Prosperity died Thursday, July 2, 2009 at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on January 1, 1942 in Framingham, MA, he was a son of the late George Charles Dunsford, Sr. and Janice Mae Googins Dunsford.

Surviving are a son, Chris Leone; sisters, Barbara E. Dunsford, Mary Lou...

Jul 2, 2009

Mary Duvall Billingsley, 81, of Silverstreet, died Thursday, July 2, 2009 at her residence.

Born on January 15, 1928 in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Adgie Newton and Dollie Davenport Duvall. She was retired from Whitten Center as an LPN, was a member of New Chapel United Methodist Church and the Silverstreet...