Obituaries
Virginia Adams
May 12, 2018
Virginia Morris Adams, 91, of 114 Pioneer Road, Ninety Six, died Saturday, May 12, 2018 at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Tison and Susie Belle Morse Morris. Virginia retired from Greenwood Mills where she worked at both Old Ninety Six Mill and Chalmers Plant and was also a member of the Quarter Century...
Peggy Mallette
May 9, 2018
Peggy Davis Mallette, 74, of Deerfield Beach, Florida, beloved wife of Julius Mallette, died Wednesday, May 9, 2018. Born in Orangeburg, she was the daughter of the late John Hartzog Davis, Sr. and Frances McLaughlin Davis. Peggy retired from Bell South and was of the Baptist faith. She was a devoted wife of 45 years, loving mother and grandmother who...
Wayne Reifsnyder
May 9, 2018
Wayne Wilson Reifsnyder, 92, husband of Inez Ross Lockey Reifsnyder, died Wednesday, May 9, 2018 at Hospice House, Greenwood, SC. Born in Linfield, PA, he was a son of the late Harry Sylvanus and Adaline E. Shaner Reifsnyder. He worked with his family on their farm raising corn and chickens and, during his service in the US Army Air Corps...
Chuck Bennett
May 8, 2018
Charles Dee Bennett, 86, of 221 Phillips Circle, Greenwood, husband of Annie Workman Bennett, died Tuesday, May 8, 2018 at his home. Born in Greenview, AR, he was the son of the late Connie and Jewel Dixon Bennett. Charles was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War and was a self-employed electrician. He enjoyed working with Habitat Humanities...
Tommy Burdette
May 5, 2018
Thomas "Tommy" Edward Burdette, 57, of 234 Highway 178, Donalds, died Saturday, May 5, 2018. Born in Anderson, he was the son of JoAnn Brock Burdette and the late Calvin Eskew Burdette. He was employed by Ascend, member of the Lakelands Chapter of the Warlocks Motorcycle Club, and loved playing guitar in his spare time. Surviving are his children, Nathan...
John Wilson Ruley Jr. "Chopper John"
May 5, 2018
John Wilson Ruley, Jr., 45, of 1015 Highway 34, died Saturday, May 5, 2018. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late John W. Ruley, Sr. and Mary Hawkins Ruley. He was employed by Chandler Construction for 27 years and attended Siloam Baptist Church. John was the President of the Lakelands Chapter of the Warlocks. Surviving are his...
Minnie Lee Gable Dorn
May 3, 2018
Minnie Lee Gable Dorn, 91, of 4003 Callison Road, widow of Ellis J. "Jack" Dorn, died Thursday, May 3, 2018. Born in McCormick County, she was a daughter of the late James Ralph Gable and Eme Willis Gable. Minnie retired from Greenwood Mills-Mathews Plant where she was a member of the Quarter Century Club. She was a member of Bold...
Hosey Adams
May 3, 2018
Hosey Laverne Adams, 75, of 100 Kitson Street, Ninety Six, husband of Carolyn Stapleton Adams, died Thursday, May 3, 2018 at his home. Born in Saluda, he was a son of the late Walter and Ione Kitchens Adams. Hosey was a U S Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He retired from Greenwood Mills where he was a Supervisor and...
Dorothy Zazula
Apr 28, 2018
Dorothy Eileen Hartigan Zazula, 100, of Greenwood, SC, widow of Paul Zazula, died Saturday, April 28, 2018 at Wesley Commons. Born in Chicago, Illinois, on November 5, 1917, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary Cullen Hartigan. She recently celebrated her 100th birthday with family and friends at Wesley Commons in Greenwood, SC. "Dot" was born at...
Claude J. Butler
Apr 28, 2018
Claude J. Butler, 89, of McCormick, was reunited with his wife and two sons in heaven on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Born on November 2, 1928 in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Oscar and Sudie Wideman Butler. On June 5th 1948 he married the love of his life, Jacqueline Norman Butler. They were happily married for seventy...
Steven Harold Hunt Jr.
Apr 24, 2018
Steven Harold Hunt, Jr., 35, of 112 Winston Court, husband of Jamie Cromer, died Tuesday, April 24, 2018 from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Steve and Janet Chastain Hunt. He was employed by Flexible Technology, a member of First Baptist Church of Ninety Six, and an avid Clemson football fan. Surviving...
Gail Dee Free
Apr 18, 2018
Gail Dee Fenner Free, 65, of 4717 Old Laurens Road, Greenwood, wife of Bill Free, died Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at Aiken Regional Medical Center. Born in Coos Bay, OR, she was the daughter of the late Darrel Eugene Fenner, Sr. and Elizabeth Floy Garrison Mickelson. Gail was a Teacher's Aid and retired from Greenwood District 50. She was a...
Sara Merchant
Apr 15, 2018
Sara Lee Gillian Merchant, 89, resident of Saluda Nursing Center, widow of Robert Edwin "Ed" Merchant, died Sunday, April 15, 2018. Born in Saluda, she was the daughter of the late James S. and Cora Lee Rushton Gillian. She was a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church. Surviving are her son Tony Merchant (Carolyn) of Saluda; son-in-law, Chester Chrisley of...
Randy Herlong
Apr 14, 2018
Stephen Randolph "Randy" Herlong, 46, of 65 Veterans Way, Whitmire, died Saturday, April 14, 2018. Born in Marion, he was a son of Mary Louise Wright Turner and the late Jimmy Randolph Herlong. He was employed by Hope Power and Industrial, Inc. Surviving in addition to his mother and stepfather, Ray, of Greenwood are his son, Harley Herlong of Gastonia,...
Walter Martin
Apr 13, 2018
Walter Lawrence Martin, 84, formerly of 206 Pinehurst Drive, husband of Edna Mae Brown Martin, died Friday, April 13, 2018 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born in Ninety Six, he was the son of the late Claude Gambrell Martin and Florence Lankford Martin. Walter was formerly employed with Greenwood Mills and Greenwood School District 50 maintenance at Woodfields Elementary School where...
Irvie W. "Buddy" Milner
Apr 13, 2018
Irvie Watkins "Buddy" Milner, 81, of 235 Milner Road, Chappells, widow of Jennie Stonewall Milner, died Friday, April 13, 2018 at Newberry Memorial Hospital. Born in Chappells, she was a daughter of the late Irwin Quattlebaum and Daisy Clark Watkins. She was a member of Chappells Baptist Church. Surviving are her children, Jenny Milner and Wanda Riddle (Steve), both of...
Diane "Gma" Upton
Apr 12, 2018
Lois Diane Upton, 68, of 133 Pope Street, Greenwood, died Thursday, April 12, 2018. Born in Paterson, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Thomas G. and Lois Panell Upton. Diane was a loving mother and grandmother whom loved her family dearly. She was formerly employed with Monsanto and attended North Greenwood Church of God. Surviving are two daughters,...
Ray Kindle
Apr 7, 2018
Raymond "Poppa Ray" Earnest Kindle, 77, of 420 Asbury Road, died Saturday, April 7, 2018 at his home. Born in Graysville, Ohio, he was a son of the late Homer "Cotton" and Margret Smith Kindle. He retired from Grede Foundry and was a member of North Greenwood Church of God. Surviving are his children, Tammy Templeton (Rick) of Saluda and...
Joel B. Mcdowell
Apr 6, 2018
Joel B. McDowell, 69, of 252 W. Main Street, Ninety Six, SC, husband of Sherilene Isbell McDowell died Friday, April 6, 2018 at his home. Born in Edgefield, he was a son of Sophie Cockrell McDowell and the late Bernard McDowell. He retired from Greenwood Mills, Compound and later worked for US Security at Fuji. Mr. McDowell was a member...
Nese Hagood
Apr 6, 2018
Willie "Nese" Gary Hagood, 88, of 1809 Durst Avenue East, wife of Robert Clark Hagood, Sr., died Friday, April 6, 2018 at HospiceCare of the Piedmont. Born in Crossville, AL., she was the daughter of the late William Norman and Vela Windsor Gary. She was a member of Sandridge Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her husband of 68 years...
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