Obituaries

Ruth Horne Dillard

Ruth Horne Dillard

Dec 20, 2015

Ruth Lee Horne Dillard, 83, of 1011 Ninety Six Highway, died Sunday, December 20, 2015 at her home. Born in Saluda, she was a daughter of the late Pierce Horne and Mattie Lee Chaney Horne Burgess. She was a waitress while living in Gulfport, MS and was in the landscape business in Greenwood. She was a member of Friendship Pentecostal...

Jerry Lance

Jerry Lance

Dec 19, 2015

Jerry Alan Lance, 75, of 161 Belle Rive Drive, Ninety Six, SC died Saturday, December 19, 2015. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Paul and Myrtice Sullivan Lance. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School and was a US Navy veteran, having served during the Vietnam War. Jerry retired from Winn-Dixie and was also the...

Betty Hollingsworth

Betty Hollingsworth

Dec 18, 2015

Betty Burchett Hollingsworth, 84 formerly of 917 Martin Town Road, widow of James Walter Hollingsworth, died on Friday, December 18, 2015, at Wesley Commons. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Burchett and the late Rildy Winchester Burchett. Betty retired from Greenwood Shirt Fabriart and was the former owner of Hollingsworth Trailer Park. She was a...

Ibbie Martin

Ibbie Martin

Dec 16, 2015

Mary "Ibbie " Nicholson Martin, 86, of 119 Wendover Road, died Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Cheraw, she was the daughter of the late Annie Ingram Lowery. Ibbie worked for many real estate companies, including The Dantzler Agency, Town & Country Real Estate and The Lawrence Company, where she was Ben Lawrences assistant. She...

Edithe W. Davidson

Edithe W. Davidson

Dec 15, 2015

Edithe W. Davidson, 93, widow of Joseph Davidson, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late William Orrie and Della Oliver Wood. She was retired from Harleysville Insurance Company and was a member of Laurel Baptist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Joan E. Teti (John) of Barrington, NJ and Nancy W. Farrell (Jack)...

Betty S. Burns

Betty S. Burns

Dec 15, 2015

Betty Smith Burns, 90, of Belmont, NC and formerly of Greenwood, SC, widow of Joe T. Burns, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at Woodlawn Haven Assisted Living, Mt. Holly, NC while surrounded by her family. Born in Greenville County, she was a daughter of the late Charles and Lula Mae Phillips Smith. She was employed by Greenwood Mills...

Thomas Dorn

Thomas Dorn

Dec 15, 2015

Thomas Keisler Dorn, 33, of 109 High Street, died Tuesday, December 15, 2015. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Stephen Thomas and Mary Helen Keisler Dorn. One of Thomas proudest accomplishments was becoming at Eagle Scout at the age of 15. He was the former owner of Landscape Solutions. Surviving are his parents; his daughters, Keisler Marie Dorn...

Larry Price

Larry Price

Dec 14, 2015

Larry Gene Price, 76, of 1415 Parkway, died Monday, December 14, 2015 at Magnolia Manor. Born on November 20, 1939 in McCormick, he was a son of the late Charles Raymond Jordan and Mary Price Jordan. Larry worked for Greenwood Mills-Chalmers Plant for 33 years and was a U. S. Army veteran. He was a member of Providence Baptist Church....

Harriet Dominick

Harriet Dominick

Dec 14, 2015

Harriet Vaughn Dominick, 92, formerly of 4501 Hwy 25 South, widow of Everett E. Dominick, died Monday, December 14, 2015, at Morningside Assisted Living. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Eddie Milton Vaughn and Sara Hipp Vaughn, and following Saras death, Jessie Hardin Vaughn became the mother who raised her. Harriet was choir director and organist...

Beverly Ann Singleton

Beverly Ann Singleton

Dec 13, 2015

Beverly Ann Bohland Singleton, age 87, passed away peacefully on December 13, at HospiceCare of the Piedmont after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on April 9, 1928 in Hart, Michigan to the late Philip and Lulu Bohland. Over her lifetime, Beverly enjoyed the company of a number of rescue dogs, as well as knitting, gardening, and going...

Argyle Carson

Argyle Carson

Dec 12, 2015

Argyle Burriss Carson, 94, formerly of 204 Forest Drive, widow of Edward Clifford Carson, Jr., died Saturday, December 12, 2015 at Morningside Assisted Living. Born in Anderson, she was the daughter of the late C.P. Burriss, Sr. and Zella Mae Kinard Burriss. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Greenwood. Surviving are a son, E.C. "Sonny " Carson,...

\"Simp\" Simpson

\"Simp\" Simpson

Dec 10, 2015

Marion Cecil "Simp " Simpson, 94, of 1912 Airport Road, died Thursday, December 10, 2015 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Clyde and Willie Estelle Maddox Simpson. Cecil was a U. S. Navy veteran having served during WWII in both the Atlantic and South Pacific Theaters. He received six battle stars, Silver Star...

Jimmy Burns

Jimmy Burns

Dec 10, 2015

James Wiley "Jimmy " Burns, 57, husband of Emmie Parrish Burns, died peacefully on Thursday, December 10, 2015 while surrounded by his family. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Betty Smith Burns and the late Joe T. Burns. Jimmy was a graduate of the Greenwood High School Class of 1976 and Piedmont Technical College. He was employed with...

Rick Parson

Rick Parson

Dec 9, 2015

Richard Charles Parson, 62 of 111 Eight Point Drive, died Wednesday, December 9, 2015. Born in Miami, FL, he was the son of Janet Martha Wolle Parson and the late Walter Charles Parson. Rick was a U. S. Navy veteran having served during Vietnam and worked for Midas of Greenwood. His passion was fishing in the Florida Keys and loved...

James A. Brown

James A. Brown

Dec 7, 2015

James A. Brown, 89, of 122 Shearbrook Drive, husband of Sarah Graham Brown, died Monday, December 7, 2015 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Elbert County, GA, he was a son of the late Jay Gordon and Anna Beasley Brown. He retired from both Greenwood Mills and Greenwood School District 50 Vocational School. Mr. Brown was a US Army...

Tommy Lewis

Tommy Lewis

Dec 6, 2015

Thomas L. "Tommy " Lewis, 68, of 121 Marshall Circle, died Sunday, December 6, 2015 at his home. Born in Clinton, he was a son of the late Ben and Rosie Weathers Lewis. He received his B.A. degree from Johnson Wales University, was formerly employed with Wackenhut Securities for 17 years and was presently employed by Greenwood School District 50....

Harold Davis Hudson, Jr.

Harold Davis Hudson, Jr.

Dec 4, 2015

Harold Davis Hudson Jr., 73, of Ware Shoals, SC, died Friday, Dec. 4, 2015 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Harold Davis Hudson, Sr. and Sue Dellinger Hudson. Mr. Hudson was a retired water plant operator with the town of Hillsborough, N. C. His favorite quote was: "One of these days " He...

Dora Dutton

Dora Dutton

Dec 2, 2015

Nina Dora Phillips Dutton, 83, formerly of Lowell Ave, widow of Grady Lamar Dutton, Jr., to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Born in Gerogia, she was a daughter of the late Albert and Nina Fowler Phillips. Dora retired from Greenwood Mills and was a member of Greenwood First Assembly. She was preceded in death...

Chuck Boswell

Chuck Boswell

Nov 25, 2015

Timothy Charles "Chuck " Boswell, 47, of 105 Cain Court, Iva, husband of Angela Laye Boswell, died Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at Rainey Hospice House of the Upstate in Anderson. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Margaret LeCroy Boswell and the late Rev. Curtis Boswell. He was a member of Augusta Highway Baptist Church. Surviving is his wife...

Douglas Owen

Douglas Owen

Nov 24, 2015

Douglas Harris Owen, 68, of 19 Brooks Drive, Ormond Beach, FL, husband of Patricia Minnick Owen, died Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at Florida Memorial Medical Center. Born in Union County he was the son of the late Journey Harris Owen and Mattie Stroud Owen. Douglas was a U. S. Army veteran and was a machinist with Bosche. He was a...