Obituaries

Sep 21, 2017

Eva Mae Traylor Waldrop, 94, of Newberry, widow of Jefferson Carroll Waldrop, died Thursday, September 21, 2017, at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on March 24, 1923, in Monticello, she was a daughter of the late Meadow and Maree Traylor. She was a graduate of Monticello High School and a member of...

Sep 21, 2017

Frances Elizabeth Wicker of Pomaria went to be with God on Thursday, September 21, 2017.

Born on August 29, 1925 to George and Florence Wicker of the St. Phillips community, she was 92 years old. Frances was married to late Thomas Lake Wicker for 44 years and together, they raised a family of...

Sep 18, 2017

Jimmy Harrison Alewine, 76, of Newberry, widower of Susanne McCutcheon Alewine, died September 18, 2017 at Springfield Place.

Born on March 30, 1941 in Newberry, he was a son of the late Henry Musco and Claudia Beatrice Shealy Alewine. He was a member of the first graduating class of Mid-Carolina High School where...

Sep 18, 2017

Clara Ruff Gregory, 87, of West Columbia, widow of Willie Doyle Gregory, died Monday, September 18, 2017, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Born on November 3, 1929, in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Loamma and Clara Lominick Ruff. Clara grew up in the St. Philip's Community...

Sep 11, 2017

Maude S. Sheeley, 91, of Chapin, widow of Johnny Ray Sheeley, died Monday, September 11, 2017, at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on September 30, 1925, in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late George and Margaret Spotts. She was retired from General Electric of Irmo. Mrs. Sheeley was a member of Pomaria...

Sep 9, 2017

Larry Jennings, 67, of Newberry, died Thursday, September 7, 2017, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

He was born April 15, 1950, in Newberry to the late Leo S. Jennings, Sr. and Leona "Dot" Myers Jennings.  He attended Newberry College, was a hairstylist and a member of Summer Memorial Lutheran Church.

Mr. Jennings is survived by...

Sep 9, 2017

Mr. Wilton Robert “Bill” Elrod, Jr., 92, of Newberry, SC died peacefully September 9, 2017, at Warriors Walk Inpatient Hospice Facility, Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, SC.

Mr. Elrod was born September 20, 1924 in Easley, SC, a son of the late Wilton Elrod, Sr. and Rosa Coward Elrod. He...

Sep 9, 2017

Louise Arlene Gabel, 97, of Prosperity, widow of Bower Gabel, died Saturday, September 9, 2017, at White Oak Manor.

Born on November 10, 1919, in Pottstown, PA, she was the only child of Aaron and Mame William Embody. She was a member of Zion Reformed Church in Pottstown, PA.

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Sep 7, 2017

Maxine Seivers Sutphin, 91, of Newberry, died Thursday, September 7, 2017 at White Oak Manor.

Born on August 9 ,1926, in Walkertown, N.C., she was a daughter of the late George and Ella Lucinda Stanley Seivers.

She is survived by her husband, Rupert Clinton Sutphin; sons, Leslie A. Sutphin (Karen) of...

Sep 6, 2017

Shirley D. Mitchell, 81, of Newberry went to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at J. F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Mrs. Mitchell was born on October 16, 1935 in Chester to the late William and Beatrice Cook Dillashaw. She was retired from the Newberry County School District as...

Sep 5, 2017

Cynthia Berley Aull, 90, of Pomaria, widow of Samuel J. Aull, died peacefully, on September 5, 2017 at White Oak Manor.

Born on April 20, 1927 in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Boykin and Sarah Cromer Berley. She retired from Mebco and was a member of Pomaria Lutheran Church where she was...

Sep 5, 2017

Betty Jean Hill Carr, 88, died September 4, 2017 at Brighton Gardens in Charlotte.  Betty was born in Covington, Georgia, daughter of George Clifford and Mary Dobbs Crenshaw Hill.  She graduated with a Bachelors from the University of Georgia, received a Masters from UNCC and her Doctorate from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia, SC. Betty was a former President...

Sep 4, 2017

Florence Shealy Addison, 90, of Newberry, widow of Richard Earl Addison, died Sunday, September 3, 2017 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on January 18, 1927 in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Harry W. and Trannie Pitts Shealy. Mrs. Addison attended Newberry College and retired from J. F. Hawkins Nursing...

Sep 4, 2017

Ollie T. Moye of Lake Murray, retired newspaper executive, past president of the South Carolina Press Association and author, left his family to be with his Lord and Master on Monday, September 4, 2017. The family will receive friends at Chapin United Methodist Church on Friday, September 8, 2017 from 10:00 – 10:45 am with the funeral...

Sep 2, 2017

William Thompson (Tommy) Glenn, III, 80 of Jenkinsville, South Carolina died Friday, September 1, 2017, at his residence.

Born on December 17, 1936, in Columbia, he was a son of William Thompson Glenn, Jr. and Jessie Josephine Dunlap Glenn. He attended Clemson College and studied Mechanical Engineering where he participated in the ROTC...

Sep 1, 2017

Winifred Graham Richardson Davenport, 89, of Prosperity died Thursday, August 31, 2017 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born on October 6, 1927 in Newberry, Mrs. Davenport was a daughter of the late Clarence O. and Cummings Lever Graham. Mrs. Davenport was twice married, first to the late Olin Cyril Richardson and secondly to...

Aug 26, 2017

Rebecca “Becky” Daniell Smith, 70, of Chapin, died Saturday, August 26, 2017, at her residence.

Born on March 7, 1947, in Mattoon, IL, she was a daughter of the late Noel E. McCoy and Nellie Bratton McCoy Orr. Mrs. Smith was retired from Southern Wine and Spirits and was a volunteer with Pawmetto...

Aug 21, 2017

With great sadness and heavy hearts we share that Tom Perry “slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God” on Monday, August 21, 2017, at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

Born Thomas Kennedy Perry on February 11, 1952 in Anderson, SC, he was the son of Thomas E. and Betty...

Aug 19, 2017

Jesse Wayne Bundrick, 12, of Prosperity, died Friday, August 18, 2017 at Palmetto Health Richland.

Born on May 28, 2005 in Newberry, he was a son of Royce Wayne Bundrick and the late Hope Wicker Bundrick. Jesse was a rising 7 th grader at Mid-Carolina Middle School and loved video games and professional wrestling.

Aug 17, 2017

M. Hayne Folk, 70, of Newberry, died Thursday, August 17, 2017, at his residence.

Born on June 4, 1947, in Newberry, he was a son of the late Hamilton Hayne and Martha Louise Nobles Folk. He was a 1971 graduate of Gardner-Webb College and was a former employee of Shealy Tractor and Implement...