Obituaries
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...
Reggie Massey
Apr 5, 2018
Reginald "Reggie" Edward Massey, 66, of 306 Ridgeway Street, died Thursday, April 5, 2018 at HospiceCare of the Piedmont. Born in Columbus, GA, he was a son of the late R.E. and Carolyn Hobbs Massey. He retired from South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control and was a member of First Baptist Church. Surviving are his son, Nic Massey...
Dewitt & Jean Pressley
Apr 4, 2018
Dewitt Joe Pressley, 87, of Florence and formerly of Burnett Road, Greenwood, changed his address to heaven on Saturday, March 31, 2018. Doris Jean Weeks Pressley, 87, changed her address to heaven on Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Dewitt was born in Stevens County, GA, and was a son of the late Lyman David and Violet Dover Pressley. He retired from...
Chip Fagan
Apr 3, 2018
Marvin Thomas "Chip" Fagan, Jr., 61, of 128 Old Abbeville Highway, Greenwood, husband of Pamela Freeman Fagan, died Tuesday, April 3, 2018 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Marvin Thomas Fagan, Sr. and Dorothy Owings Fagan. Chip was a plumber and a member of Emerald Baptist Church where he was a...
Sonny Haynes
Apr 2, 2018
William Christopher "Sonny" Haynes, Jr., 76, of 4718 Old Laurens Road, widower of Lavonia Jane Jones Haynes, died Monday, April 2, 2018 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late William Christopher Haynes, Sr. and Billie Rice Haynes. Sonny was a U. S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a lifetime member of...
Andy Andrusko
Apr 2, 2018
Andrew Allen (Andy) Andrusko, 79, of Summerset Bay, Cross Hill, husband of Joan Quetel Andrusko, died on Monday, April 2, 2018 at Hospice House, Greenwood. Born in Minneapolis, MN, he was a son of the late Andrew and Doris Shubert Andrusko. Andy retired in 1980 from the US Coast Guard as a Chief Warrant Officer after serving for more than...
Leon Brooks
Apr 2, 2018
John Leon Brooks, 84, of 707 Rushville Road, Bradley, widower of Frances Nabors Brooks died Monday, April 2, 2018 at his home. Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late Horce Leroy and Annie Mae Hart Brooks. He was retired from Greenwood Mills, Durst Plant and was a US Army veteran. Mr. Brooks was of the Baptist faith....
Nell Clevenger
Mar 31, 2018
Edith Wynell "Nell" Higgins Clevenger, 93, formerly of 130 Shearbrook Drive, widow of Charles William "Charlie" Clevenger, died Saturday, March 31, 2018 at Hospice House. Born in Gainesville, GA, she moved to Piedmont as a child, then later moved to Greenwood in 1955. She retired from Greenwood Mills, Durst Plant, following 30 years of service. She was a member of...
Betty Jo Moser
Mar 30, 2018
Betty Jo Moser, 82, died Friday, March 30, 2018 at Self Regional Medical Center with her daughter by her side. Born in Charlotte, NC, she was a daughter of the late Alonzo and Reanna Stewart Morse. She retired from Greenwood Mills, where she worked for 38 years at Plant No. 5 and Mathews Plant and was a member of the...
Melissa Sizemore
Mar 30, 2018
Melissa Daniel Sizemore, of 165 Ridgewood Drive, Waterloo, passed away on Friday, March 30, 2018 at Greenville Memorial Hospital following a short illness. Melissa was the daughter of the late Joseph Daniel and Helen Daniel Martin. She was raised in Gaffney, SC and earned education and music degrees at Winthrop University and Appalachian State University. She taught elementary education and...
Karen Collum
Mar 29, 2018
Karen Taylor Collum, 67, of 233 Phillips Circle, wife of Larry Collum, died Thursday, March 29, 2018 at HospiceCare of the Piedmont. Born in Lancaster, she was a daughter of Virginia McNeely Taylor and the late Marvin Ernest Taylor. She was a member of Eastside Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her husband of the home and her mother of...
Pete Day
Mar 29, 2018
James L. "Pete" Day, 89, of 714 Reedy Creek Road, widower of Mattie Louise Hollingsworth Day, died Thursday, March 29, 2018 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Willie and Grace Day. He was retired from Greenwood Mills and served in the US Coast Guard during World War II on the USCGC Ingham Cutter,...
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