Obituaries

Allene Dawkins

Allene Dawkins

Dec 8, 2024

Allene Wise Dawkins, 87, of Prosperity, widow of James Lee Dawkins, passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2024, at Springfield Place. 

Born on October 26, 1937, in Prosperity, she was the daughter of the late Luther Homer and Novice Enlow Wise. Mrs. Dawkins worked for several years at Prosperity Sewing Room and retired from General Electric/MEPCO and was a member of...

Kay Morris Harmon

Kay Morris Harmon

Dec 6, 2024

Kay Morris Harmon, 70, of Newberry, widow of Kenneth Able Harmon, passed away on Friday, December 6, 2024, at White Oak Manor. 

She was born on November 17, 1954, in Newberry, to Marvoureen Farmer Morris and the late Otto Morris. Kay retired from the office of Dr. Wayde Dominick and was a member of Glenn Street Baptist Church. 

She is survived by...

Irene Mattox

Irene Mattox

Dec 5, 2024

Irene Turkett Mattox of Winnsboro passed away on Thursday, December 5, 2024. 

Born in Columbia on April 21, 1940, Irene was the daughter of Turner W. Turkett, Jr. and Mable T. Turkett of Winnsboro. Irene graduated from Jenkinsville High School in 1958 and attended Anderson College. Irene married her High School sweetheart, George Mattox on June 26, 1959. They made their...

Susie Barnette

Susie Barnette

Dec 1, 2024

Susie Quattlebaum Barnette, 96, formerly of Prosperity, widow of William Henry Barnette, died Sunday, December 1, 2024 at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on September 16, 1928 in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Hubert Joseph and Caroline Sease Quattlebaum. She retired from the South Carolina Pardon and Parole Board and was a member of Wightman Methodist Church. Susie...

Mary Lunell Lipsey

Mary Lunell Lipsey

Nov 29, 2024

Mary Lunell Davenport Lipsey, 70, of Little Mountain, widow of Clyde Douglas Lipsey, died Friday, November 29, 2024 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on March 3, 1954 in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late James Clifton and Lucille Gillian Davenport.

During her 49 years of marriage, she and her husband, Clyde enjoyed vacationing in the mountains of Tennessee, where...

George Stoudemire

George Stoudemire

Nov 28, 2024

George Marion Stoudemire of Little Mountain, South Carolina, died November 28, 2024. He was born September 25, 1927, to the late Ollie T. and Eva Shealy Stoudemire. He was married to the late Dorothy Ann Greenwood Stoudemire.

George was employed at Fort Jackson and by Chevrolet dealers in Newberry. He was a volunteer fireman for over 50 years and the last...

Nancy Webb

Nancy Webb

Nov 27, 2024

Funeral services for Nancy Moxley Webb, 88, of Burlington, North Carolina and formerly of Galax, Virginia, will be Saturday, December 7 at 11:30 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Independence, Virginia. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:45 a.m. until the time of the service. Rev. Sam Holder will officiate. 

Mrs. Webb passed...

Tracey Wise

Tracey Wise

Nov 26, 2024

Tracey Carlisle Horne Wise, 47, of Prosperity, passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2024, as a result of a heart attack.

Born on February 28, 1977, in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Henry and Sandra Senn Horne. She was a graduate of Newberry High School and attended Piedmont Technical College. She had worked at Newberry County Memorial Hospital...

William Blease Lattimore, Jr.

William Blease Lattimore, Jr.

Nov 25, 2024

Blease Lattimore, Jr., 82, died Monday, November 25, 2024. Born February 24, 1942, in St. Matthews at his grandmother's home. He was a son of the late William Blease Lattimore, Sr. and Ruth Spigner Lattimore. He was a baptized member of Welcome Baptist Church in Pendleton. He worked in road construction his entire life and retired from the SCDOT.

He is...

Audie Adams

Audie Adams

Nov 23, 2024

James Audie Adams, 59, of Johnston, passed away on Saturday, November 23, 2024, at his home. 

Born on July 2, 1965, in Orangeburg, he was a son of the late James Olin and Loretta Latimer Adams. He was a former member of the Newberry Country Club. 

Audie is survived by his companion, Ethel Trombley; a brother, Stephen (Laura) Adams of Newberry; a...

Shelby Seibert

Shelby Seibert

Nov 22, 2024

Shelby Riley Seibert, 86, of Prosperity, widow of John Edward Seibert, passed away on Friday, November 22, 2024 at her home.

Born on May 28, 1938, in Saluda, she was a daughter of the late Jesse S. and Ola Force Riley. She attended Hollywood High School and was a member of Macedonia Lutheran Church where she was a member of the...

Danny Richardson

Danny Richardson

Nov 18, 2024

William Danny Richardson, 77, of Prosperity, passed away on Monday, November 18, 2024, at his home. 

Born on October 12, 1947, in Newberry, he was the son of the late James William and Marjorie Franklin Richardson. He was the owner and operator of Richardson Logging and a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church. 

Danny is survived by his wife, Patsy Smith Richardson;...

Jerry Gordon

Jerry Gordon

Nov 15, 2024

Jerry Wayne Gordon, 84, of Silverstreet, died Friday, November 15, 2024 at his residence.

Born on August 16, 1940in Kokomo, IN, he was the son of the late John Arthur and Lilly Evelyn Livingston Gordon. Mr. Gordon was very proud to be United States Marine Corps veteran. He retired after many years as a Class A machinist. He enjoyed fishing and...

Sandra Horne

Sandra Horne

Nov 13, 2024

Sandra Catherine Senn Horne, 74, of Prosperity, widow of Joseph Henry Horne, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at her home.

Born on November 29, 1949, in Columbia, she was the daughter of the late Mctire Senn and Catherine Looney Senn McConnell. Sandra attended the University of South Carolina and Newberry College. She retired from AT&T and then worked for...

Martha C. Mills

Martha C. Mills

Nov 13, 2024

Martha Cromer Mills, 81, of Prosperity, widow of Derrill Guy Mills, passed away on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, at White Oak Manor.

Born on March 6, 1943, in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Elise Dickey Cromer. She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church.

Mrs. Mills is survived by her sons, Darren (Becky) Mills and Douglas...

Donald Lee Huyck

Donald Lee Huyck

Nov 12, 2024

Donald Lee Huyck, Sr., 70, of Prosperity, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at his home after a courageous 30 year battle with Parkinson's Disease. 

He was born on April 23, 1954, to the late David M. Huyck, Sr. and Jane Armiger Huyck. Donald worked many years at Georgia Pacific as a millwright and later at ArtiChill as a welder before...

William Courtney

William Courtney

Nov 10, 2024

William Courtney, 83, of Newberry, passed away peacefully, at home on Sunday, November 10, 2024.

No services are planned.

James Storey

James Storey

Nov 7, 2024

James Henry Storey, 68, of Leesville, passed away on Thursday, November 7, 2024 at his home.

 He was born on June 15, 1956 to the late William Burrell and Antoinette Cornell Storey. Mr. Storey worked as a foreman for Columbia Water for many years. He greatly enjoyed spending his time hunting.

 Mr. Storey is survived by his loving wife, Mabel Elizabeth Storey;...

Richie Graham

Richie Graham

Nov 4, 2024

George Richie Graham, 70, of Prosperity, died Monday, November 4, 2024, at White Oak Manor Nursing Home. 

Born in Newberry County on March 11, 1954, he was the son of the late George O. and Doris Richardson Graham. 

Richie had so much love and appreciation for others. His “thank yous” were plentiful. He enjoyed his friendship with “Cole” at the nursing home....

Melisa Craig

Melisa Craig

Nov 3, 2024

Melisa Ann Adams Craig, 46, of Pomaria, passed away Sunday, November 3, 2024, at her home.

Born on August 8, 1978, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of Tim Adams and Rita Anderson Crocker. 

Melisa is survived by sons, Raldolph Warriner of Saluda and Jodi (Josie Wingard) Warriner of Batesburg; daughter, Kelsey Singley of Pomaria; her significant other, Ernest Singley; her father...