Obituaries

Mary Sue Wallis

Mary Sue Wallis

Apr 9, 2017

Mary Sue Wallis, 81, of 1009 E Northside Drive, died Sunday, April 9, 2017 at NHC HealthCare. Born in San Ridge, SC she was a daughter of the late Eugene R. and Ruby Lee Ellenburg Hastings. She was a Lander graduate, where she majored in English and minored in Math. Mrs. Wallis was a member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church...

Charlene Floyd

Charlene Floyd

Apr 8, 2017

Charlene Annette Floyd, 45, of 2515 Fruit Hill Road, Ninety Six, fiancé of Dywayne Swanger, died Saturday, April 8, 2017 at The Medical University of South Carolina. Born in Camp Lejeune, NC, she was the daughter of Rudolph P. Floyd and Rebecca Poss Noffko. She was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed the art of taxidermy. Surviving in addition to...

Donald Grigsby

Donald Grigsby

Apr 7, 2017

Donald Curtis Grigsby, 69, of 1120 New Zion Road, died Friday, April 7, 2017. Born in Rockwood, TN, he was a son of the late Curtis and Imogene Durham Grigsby. He was a 1972 graduate of Troy State University, where he earned his degree in accounting. He was the retired owner of Lun-Drain and was a US Army veteran of...

Joyce Lynch

Joyce Lynch

Apr 7, 2017

Joyce Ann Lynch, 67, of 451 E Grace Street, Greenwood, SC, died Friday, April 7, 2017 at HospiceCare of the Piedmont. Born in Virginia, she was a daughter of the late Emmitt Carroll and Magdalene Cress Stidham. She was a member of Hodges Presbyterian Church. Surviving are her children, Dori Warnken of Greenwood, Tim Warnken and Jake Warnken, both of...

Gladys Kramer

Gladys Kramer

Apr 5, 2017

Gladys Ellen Kramer, 96, widow of Arvin F. Kramer, died Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at Emerald Gardens Assisted Living, Greenwood, SC. Born in Mason City, Iowa, she was a daughter of the late Otto and Bertha Krabbenhoft Kath. In 1951, she and her husband purchased Abby Café, which they operated for 16 years. Following the sale of the café, they...

Billy Z. Davis

Billy Z. Davis

Apr 4, 2017

Billy Z. Davis, 89, of Augusta Fields, Greenwood, widower of Dora Beatrice Vaughn Davis, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017 at Hospice House. Born in Hodges, he was a son of the late Drayton A. Davis and Margaret Nabors Davis. Billy was an U. S. Army veteran of WWII and retired from Greenwood Mills- Sloan Plant where he was a member...

The Rev. C. J. Lupo, Jr.

The Rev. C. J. Lupo, Jr.

Apr 4, 2017

The Rev. C. J. Lupo, Jr., 90, a resident of Wesley Commons, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017. He is survived by his loving wife, Vera Canaday Lupo, who was his helpmate for 65 years; his children, David E. Lupo (Terry) of Mt. Pleasant, Donald W. Lupo of Tampere, Finland, and Janet Lupo Kerr (Robert) of Columbia; three grandsons, Nathan Lupo...

Paul Scott

Paul Scott

Apr 4, 2017

Lamar Paul Scott, 35, of 503 Fuller Road, Abbeville, SC, found his peace when he passed away at his home on Tuesday, April 4, 2017. Born in Greenwood, on September 3, 1981, he was a son of Debra Lynn and John Michael Wilson of the home and Lamar Carol Scott and Ladonna Hale of Greenville. Paul attended schools in Greenwood...

Arnold Cole Sr

Arnold Cole Sr

Apr 3, 2017

Arnold Claude Cole, Sr., 83, of 223 Blyth Road, widower of Myrtle Scott Cole, died Monday, April 3, 2017 at Self Regional HealthCare. Born in Carnesville, GA, he was a son of the late Raymond D. Cole and Mamie Snipes Cole Beauford. He was employed by Greenwood Mills, Mathews Plant for 31 years and retired from Westinghouse. He was a...

Louisa Derwoyed

Louisa Derwoyed

Apr 2, 2017

Louisa J. Derwoyed left our world on April 2, 2017 to be reunited with her beloved husband, Joe; loving daughter, Connie; sisters, Marge and Elsie; brother, Thomas and her parents, Roy and Hulda Dorrell. Louisa was born in April 27, 1918 in Lyons, OH. Later in life, she moved to Toledo, OH, where she met and married her husband, Joe....

Sara Shealy

Sara Shealy

Apr 1, 2017

Sara Nell Wicker Shealy, 86, of 809 Ninety Six Highway, wife of Charles Clifton Shealy, died Saturday, April 1, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Ben T. Wicker and Nellie Livingston Wicker. Sara retired from BI-LO after working 30 years and was member of the Order of the Eastern Star....

Jerry Moore

Jerry Moore

Mar 31, 2017

Jerry T. Moore, 77, of 109 Parkman Circle, Ninety Six, died Friday, March 31, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Ninety Six, he was the son of the late James H. "Bo" Moore and Ruby Goodman Moore. Jerry worked at the Cheeseburger House and was a member of the Eureka Masonic Lodge. He was a member of First...

Keith Skidmore

Keith Skidmore

Mar 31, 2017

Keith Phillip "Rab" Skidmore, 61, of 419 Bolt Avenue, widower of Vicki Broome Skidmore, died Friday, March 31, 2017 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Rudolph Skidmore and Rosemary Hayes Perkins. Keith was the co-owner of Skidmore Builders and of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Neil Skidmore...

Mott Troublefield

Mott Troublefield

Mar 28, 2017

Margaret E. (Mott) Troublefield, 96, formerly of 607 Highland Park Drive, Greenwood, SC, widow of William E. (Bill) Troubefield, Sr., died Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at Wesley Commons Health Center. Born December 10, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Carl Robert and Mabel Ramseur Elliott. A native of Blacksburg, SC, she was a graduate of Blacksburg High School...

Edward E. "Doc" Mcmillan

Edward E. "Doc" Mcmillan

Mar 28, 2017

Edward E. "Doc" McMillan, 81, of 530 Circle Drive, widower of Sara Christine Lipsey McMillan, died at his home on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born in Union, he was a son of the late Frank and Rebecca Walker McMillan. He retired from Greenwood Mills, Chalmers Plant, after more than 40 years of service, served...

Nancy Harter

Nancy Harter

Mar 27, 2017

Nancy Lee Harter, 62, of 1011 Chinquapin Road, died Monday, March 27, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Prince Frederick and Bessie Viola Williams Yates. She was a maintenance technician at Geodis and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her children, Chris Cockrell, Jessica Cockrell, and Angela Weeks, all...

Gerald Burton

Gerald Burton

Mar 25, 2017

Gerald Alvin Burton, 78, of 1606 Highway 246 South, husband of Jacquelyn "Jackie" Maddox Burton died, Saturday, March 25, 2017 at his home. Born in Ware Shoals, he was a son of the late Inman and Annie Ruth Smith Burton. Gerald owned and operated Burton's Auto Body and Repair and he enjoyed refinishing old cars. He was on the committee...

Martha Young

Martha Young

Mar 23, 2017

Martha Ann Butler Young, 78, of 105 Baywood Circle, Ninety Six, wife of Hershel O. Young, died Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Self Regional HealthCare. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Floyd and Mattie Jane Wells Butler. She was a member of the First African Violet Society in Spartanburg and attended Ninety Six Pentecostal Holiness Church....

Nellie Leathers

Nellie Leathers

Mar 22, 2017

Nellie Meeks Leathers, 95, of 1767 Medowgold Lane, FL., widow of Bill Leathers, died Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at Hospice of the Comforter, Altamonte, FL. Born in Fountain Inn, she was a daughter of the late John Thomas and Nannie Mae Brown Meeks. Mrs. Leathers was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church. Surviving are her children, Jerry Wadley...

Elizabeth Tran

Elizabeth Tran

Mar 21, 2017

Elizabeth Lisa Tran, 84 of 112 Avondale Road, Greenwood, died on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at her home. Born in Vietnam, she was the daughter of the late Trung Hien Tran and Thi Lac Nguyen. Elizabeth was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. Surviving are her children, Lina Nguyen (Phong Do), Lana Nguyen, Katherine Nguyen, Michael Tran...