Obituaries

Sara Kunkle

Sara Kunkle

Apr 24, 2017

Sara Swancey Kunkle, 96, of 6914 Highway 246 South, Ninety Six, widow of Willie Lee Kunkle, died Monday, April 24, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Ninety Six, she was a daughter of the late Paul and Lila Horne Swancey. She was retired from Greenwood Mills, where she was a member of the Quarter Century Club. Sara was...

Frank Azecusky

Frank Azecusky

Apr 23, 2017

Frank Kenneth Azecusky, 79, of 204 Doc Holloway Road, Chappells, widower of Sharon Azecusky, died Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his home. Born in Warren, Ohio, he was a son of the late Stanley Frank and Susan Chappel Azecusky. He retired from the US Postal Office and was of the Baptist faith. He was a US Army veteran serving in...

James T. Goodman

James T. Goodman

Apr 23, 2017

James Thurman Goodman, 79, of 404 Abbott Avenue, husband of Evelyn Kelly Goodman, died Sunday, April 23, 2017 at his home. Born in Ninety Six, he was a son of the late Thurman Frazier and Mary Yeargin Goodman. He was the retired owner and operator of The Pitt Stop in Ninety Six and was a US Army veteran of the...

Curtis Johnson

Curtis Johnson

Apr 22, 2017

Curtis Eugene Johnson, 73, of 1548 Parkway, Apt. B1, died Saturday, April 22, 2017 at the Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Mino and Cleo Stone Johnson. He was employed by Greenwood Mills and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his son, Danny Johnson and his wife, Sherry, of Greenwood; his daughter, Jennifer...

Bonnie Franke

Bonnie Franke

Apr 22, 2017

Chaplain Bonnie Jean Franke of Columbia, SC passed away April 22, 2017 in Lexington, KY after a brief illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Darwin and June Franke of Greenwood, SC, members of Tranquil United Methodist Church until their death. Bonnie was born in Pittsburgh, PA on August 22, 1956. She is survived by siblings, Susan J....

Boots Babb

Boots Babb

Apr 21, 2017

Boots Anne Turner Babb, 62, of 106 Coosaw Run, wife of Tim S. Babb, died Friday, April 21, 2017, in Costa Rica. Born in Greenville, SC, Bootsie was a daughter of the late Harry and Betty Turner. A 1972 graduate of Ware Shoals High School, she received her BS degree from Lander College in 1977. Retired from Ware Shoals Machine...

Terry Linn

Terry Linn

Apr 21, 2017

Terry Lewis Linn, 76, of 115 Roswell Terrace, Spartanburg, widower of Janet Lucas Linn, died Friday, April 21, 2017. Born in Clairton, PA, he was a son of the late Willard Merle and Eva F Dyson Linn. He was a graduate of Cleveland State University where he received his electrical engineering degree. He was a US Army veteran and a...

Larry Redd

Larry Redd

Apr 20, 2017

Larry Clyde Redd, 76, of 511 Redbud Lane, Ninety Six, husband of Frances Salters Redd, died Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Self Regional HealthCare. Born in Ninety Six, he was a son of the late Clyde Jefferson and Arlette Smith Redd. He was employed with Greenwood Mills for 21 years and was the owner of L & W Wholesale. Larry...

William H. Harter Jr.

William H. Harter Jr.

Apr 19, 2017

William H. "Dick" Harter, Jr., 92, of 421 North Church Street, widower of Doris Fowler Harter, died Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Ninety Six, he was the son of the late William Henry Harter, Sr. and Sallie Ellenburg Harter. Dick was a commissioner for Ninety Six CPW since 1962, a charter member of Eureka...

Elsie Padgett

Elsie Padgett

Apr 15, 2017

Elsie Lunette Padgett, 93, of Bonne Terre, MO, passed away on April 15, 2017 at County Meadows Nursing Center in Park Hills, MO. She was born on February 7, 1924 in McCormick, SC. She was a member of the Church of God of Edgefield, SC and was employed by as clerical at Great Plains Gas for 11 years and as...

Rebecca Devore

Rebecca Devore

Apr 15, 2017

Rebecca "Becky" Adams DeVore, 86, of Fairhope, Alabama, widow of George Thomas DeVore, Jr., passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Saturday April 15, 2017. Born in Elberton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Lovic Seaborn Adams and Hoke Smith Dickerson Adams. Becky was a homemaker and of the Methodist faith. A long-time resident...

Freddie Young Sr.

Freddie Young Sr.

Apr 13, 2017

Fred "Freddie" Joe Young, Sr. 74, of 111 Millionaire Road, Ninety Six husband of Mary Covington Young, died Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Louise Allison Young and the late George Edward Young Sr. Freddie served in the U. S. Army during Vietnam with the 101st Airborne and was...

Brenda Wall Crump

Brenda Wall Crump

Apr 13, 2017

Brenda Wall Crump, 62, of 112 Ellison Street, McCormick, died Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Hospice House, Greenwood. Born in McCormick, she was a daughter of the late James R. "Bobby" Wall, Sr. and Grace Ferqueron Wall. She was preceded in death by a son, Jamie Bryant and her sister, Pat Scott. Surviving is a son, Corey A. Wall and...

Kathy Worthington

Kathy Worthington

Apr 11, 2017

Katherine "Kathy" Powell Worthington, 63, of 115 Hill Trace Drive, wife of Arthur Thomas Worthington, Jr., died Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Paul Ellington and Katherine N. Driesch Powell. She had her Associate's Degree in Engineering and was a member of Providence Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving...

Glenn Ireland Corley

Glenn Ireland Corley

Apr 11, 2017

Glenn Ireland Corley, 59, of 109 Manning Road, Greenwood, died Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Hospice House. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he was a son of the late Sion Capers Corley, Jr. and Alice Ireland Corley. Glenn worked for Greenwood Mills- Harris Plant and attended of Shade Tree Revival Church. Surviving are two sisters, Wanda Young (Evans) of Malabar, FL...

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...