Obituaries

Ellen Addy

Ellen Addy

Sep 13, 2017

Ellen Derrick Addy, 72, of 216 Beach Drive, Ninety Six, wife of Carroll J. Addy, died Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at her home. Born in Newberry, she was a daughter of Gussie Bundrick Derrick and the late Mayes Derrick. Ellen was formerly employed with Park Seed and was a member of New Market Baptist Church where she was a member...

Dr. Lex D. Walters

Dr. Lex D. Walters

Sep 13, 2017

Lexie Daniel Walters, better known as Lex Walters, died Wednesday, September 13, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Dr. Walters grew up on a farm in the Buford Community of Lancaster, SC. He was the twelfth child of William Vander and Flossie Hinson Walters. Like others in his family, Lex Walters received his higher education at Clemson University, where he...

Randy Vinson

Randy Vinson

Sep 11, 2017

Randy Dale Vinson, 63, formerly of 116 Crescent Drive, died Monday, September 11, 2017 at Saluda Nursing Center. Born December 25, 1953, he was a son of the late Lee Roy Vinson, Sr. and Ailleen McConnell Vnison. Randy was a graduate of Greenwood High and a retired truck driver for NW White. He was a loving Pappa, an Eagle Scout...

Jean C. Taylor

Jean C. Taylor

Sep 10, 2017

Sylvia Jean Chapman Taylor, 78, of 101 Frances Street, wife of Rallie E. Taylor, died Sunday, September 10, 2017 at the Hospice House. Born in Gainesville, GA., she was a daughter of the late Oscar W. and Alice Iona Perry Chapman. She was a member of New Market Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her husband of 62 years is...

Marcia Ann Fortson

Marcia Ann Fortson

Sep 10, 2017

Marcia Ann Smith Fortson, 80, of Greenwood, wife of Jerry Fortson, died Sunday, September 10, 2017. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Robert C. and Claudia Lee Duncan Smith. Marcia was formerly employed by Jerry's Floral Shop, was the floral manager at Winn-Dixie and had owned her own floral design shop for several years. Surviving is...

Ralph Tucker Jr

Ralph Tucker Jr

Sep 9, 2017

Ralph Herbert Tucker, Jr., 76, of 322 Calhoun Road East, husband of Dianne Tucker, died Saturday, September 9, 2017 at his home. Born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada on May 8, 1941, he was a son of the late Ralph Herbert Tucker, Sr. and Rhoda Doty Shields. He was a retired successful businessman in commercial flooring. He was a US...

Horace B. "Buck" Free

Horace B. "Buck" Free

Sep 9, 2017

Horace Buchanan "Buck" Free, 93, of 1110 Marshall Road, Greenwood, died on Saturday, September 9, 2017 at Wesley Commons Rehabilitative Center. Born in Greenwood on March 6, 1924, he was the son of Horace G. and Beatrice Buchanan Free. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School and Furman University, attended the Graduate School of Social Work at Tulane University...

Luke Smyth

Luke Smyth

Sep 8, 2017

Luke Daniel Smyth, 37, of Bluffton, died Friday, September 8, 2017 at the Wm. Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center, Columbia, during the mandatory evacuation of Hurricane Irma. Born in Columbia, he was a son of the Rev. Daniel Smyth (Kay) of Greenwood and Fran Smyth of Bluffton. Luke was a graduate of Greenwood High School and was a disabled...

Willliam T. Martin, Ph.D.

Willliam T. Martin, Ph.D.

Sep 6, 2017

William Thomas "Bill" Martin, Ph.D., professor emeritus at Lander University, died Wednesday, September 6, 2017 in Greenwood, SC. He was 74 years old. Dr. Martin was born April 5, 1943 in San Bernardino, CA to Colonel and Mrs. Robert E. Martin. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, GA in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in applied...

Alan Congleton Sr

Alan Congleton Sr

Sep 5, 2017

Alan Congleton, Sr., 65, of 102 Butler Circle, Ninety Six, widower of Diane Congleton, died Tuesday, September 5, 2017 at Self Regional HealthCare. Born in Passaic, NJ, he was a son of the late Warren Congleton and Edna Vreelend Frields Congleton. He was employed by Rhinehardt Paving. Surviving are his children, Alan Congleton, Jr. (Tracy Fuller) of Ninety Six, Diane...

Grady Steadman

Grady Steadman

Sep 3, 2017

Jess "Grady" Steadman, Jr. 37, of 432 Skippers Lodge Road, Cross Hill, husband of Deborah Fess Steadman, died Sunday, September 3, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Myra Pickens Lawson and the late Jess Grady Steadman, Sr. Grady was a welder. He was a caring person that loved fast cars and traveling....

Danny T Timmerman

Danny T Timmerman

Sep 3, 2017

Alfred Daniel "Danny T." Timmerman, 62, of 211 Grannys Lane, Greenwood, Husband of Sharon Langley Timmerman, died Sunday, September 3, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Al and Juanita Timmerman. Danny was formerly employed with Greenwood Mills- Sloan Plant and currently worked with Greenwood County School District 50. He was...

Jennifer Hall Evans

Jennifer Hall Evans

Sep 3, 2017

Jennifer Anne Hall Evans, 56, of 213 Elizabeth Avenue, widow of Otis Ingalls Evans, Jr., died Sunday, September 3, 2017 at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Wilbur and Anne Kircus Hall. Jennifer was a graduate of Greenwood High School and Piedmont Technical College. She was employed by B. J.'s Buffet and was formerly employed by...

Walter Smith

Walter Smith

Sep 1, 2017

Walter James Smith, 88, formerly of Johns Creek Road in Hodges, widower of Dora Taylor Smith, died, Friday, September 1, 2017 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Lewis Walter Smith and Lizzie Jane Weeks Smith. Walter was a U. S. Army veteran having served during the Korean War as a Sargent with...

Jewel Knight

Jewel Knight

Sep 1, 2017

Jewel Brooks Knight, 78 of 216 Lowell Street, Ninety Six, widow of Ralph Donald Knight, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, September 1, 2017 at Hospice House surrounded by her loved ones. Born in Chickamauga, GA, she was a daughter of the late Thomas William Brooks and Entha Gumm Brooks. Jewel worked with Connie Maxwell and was...

Arnetta Mcclelland

Arnetta Mcclelland

Aug 26, 2017

Arnetta Lemley McClelland, 96, of Ashley Place, widow of Edward McClelland, Jr., died August 26, 2017 at Ashley Place. Born in Waynesburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Perry and Ida Yost Lemley. She was retired from McKees Port Hospital and had also worked for Greene County Memorial Hospital. She was a member of First Christian Church in...

Eunice Love

Eunice Love

Aug 19, 2017

Eunice Shaw Love, 88, formerly of 107 Milling Court, Greenwood, widow of William "W. D." Love, died Saturday, August 19, 2017 at NHC of Greenwood. Born in McCormick, she was the daughter of the late Marvin L. and Margaret Hudson Shaw. Eunice retired from Monsanto and attended Hodges Church of God. Surviving are her daughter, Annette Lowman and her husband,...

David Barbour

David Barbour

Aug 19, 2017

David Keith Barbour, 62, of 288 Buck Road, Sylvania, GA, died Saturday. August 19, 2017 at East Georgia Regional Medical Center. Born in Roanoke, VA, he was the son of the late Alvin Keith Barbour and Eva Surber Barbour. David graduated from Lander College and was an avid golfer. Surviving are his sister and brother-in law, Cathy and Mike Bonner...

Frank "Bubba" Eddy Jr.

Frank "Bubba" Eddy Jr.

Aug 15, 2017

Frank "Bubba" Earl Eddy, Jr., 50, of 112 Clifton Street, died Tuesday, August 15, 2017 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Frank Earl Eddy, Sr. and Bennie Faye Smith Eddy. He was formerly employed by Dink's Body Shop and attended Connie Maxwell Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his parents are his children, Desiree Nessen...

Helen Jernigan

Helen Jernigan

Aug 14, 2017

Helen Smith Jernigan, 84, resident of Emerald Gardens, widow of Silas Jernigan, died Monday, August 14, 2017 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Walter Louis and Lizzie Jane Weeks Smith. She was retired from Monsanto and a member of Lakeview Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Golden Girls Sunday School...