Obituaries

Betty Walker

Betty Walker

Nov 10, 2013

Betty Jean Taylor Walker, 74, of 229 Lakeshore Drive, wife of Don Walker, died Sunday, November 10, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Madison County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Annie Ruth Russum Taylor. She was retired from Monsanto/Solutia. Surviving is her husband of the home; a son, Richard Gambrell (Beth) of Six Mile; daughter-in-law,...

Joan Smith

Joan Smith

Nov 9, 2013

Joan Valter Smith, 77, of 505 Parkland Place Rd, died Saturday, November 09, 2013, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Hackensack, NJ, she was a daughter of the late John James Valter and Ila Parker Valter. Joan was a retired bookkeeper and Girl Scout and she attended Temple Baptist Church. Surviving are her children, James Smith (Valerie) of Ninety...

Zent Cockrell

Zent Cockrell

Nov 6, 2013

Zimmerman �Zent� Cockrell, 79, formerly of 221 Duke St., widower of Judy Clark Cockrell, died Wednesday, November 6, 2013, at Trinity Mission Health and Rehab Center, Edgefield. Born in Saluda County, he was the son of the late Huck Cockrell and Lulla Mae Cockrell. Zent retired from Greenwood Mills and served in National Guard. He was a member of Ninety...

Bob Cooper

Bob Cooper

Nov 5, 2013

Bobby Lee Bob' Cooper, 76, of 626 Fairway Lakes Road, husband of Annie Josephine Cooper, passed away on Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Calhoun Falls and raised in Greenwood, he was the son of the late James and Ruth Hagood Cooper. He was a 1955 graduate of Greenwood High School and, following four years in the...

Billie Stilwell

Billie Stilwell

Nov 4, 2013

Willie Mae �Billie� Leslie Stilwell, 81, died Monday, November 4, 2013 at Magnolia Manor. Born in Charleston, she was a daughter of the late David Hill Leslie and Thelma Hazen Lewis. She worked with Charleston County area hospitals as a medical technician and was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Debbie Watts (Sam) of...

Hazel Smith

Hazel Smith

Nov 4, 2013

Hazel Coleen Smith, 88, of 502 Ellison Street, died Monday, November 4, 2013, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Edgefield, she was a daughter of the late George Smith and Vinnie Shelia Lott Smith. Hazel was a waitress at Star Caf� and was of the Baptist Faith. Surviving are three nieces, Maxine Cockrell, Delores Shepard, and Janet Wiseman; and...

Donald Timmerman

Donald Timmerman

Oct 31, 2013

Lawton Donald Timmerman, 76, of 208 Augusta Circle, widower of Hazel Coleman Timmerman, died Thursday, October 31, 2013 after a brief illness, peacefully into eternal rest into his Savior�s arms at the Hospice House of the Piedmont. Born in his great grandfather�s home in Langley, he was the son of the late Lawton Benjamin Timmerman and Eva Harris Timmerman. Donald...

Bryan Sweatt

Bryan Sweatt

Oct 29, 2013

Bryan Eugene Sweatt, 27, of 818 Florida Avenue, died Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Sammy and Pam Weeks Sweatt. Bryan was a painter and of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition to his parents of McCormick are two daughters, Jasmine Sweatt and Ava Sweatt; and three brothers, Chris Sweatt, Buster Sweatt and Sam...

Richard, Melissa And Chandra Fields; Tariq And Asa Robinson

Richard, Melissa And Chandra Fields; Tariq And Asa Robinson

Oct 29, 2013

Richard Allan Fields, 51, and Melissa Maroney Fields, 49, of 2007 Callison Highway, died Tuesday, October 29, 2013. Born in Greenwood, Richard was a son of Joe and Betty Ruff Fields. He was employed by Center Manufacturing and attended Laurel Baptist Church. Born in Greenwood, Melissa was the daughter of Leroy Maroney and Judy Goodman Rush. She was a homemaker...

Nancy Woodard

Nancy Woodard

Oct 28, 2013

Nancy Ann Smith Woodard, 71, of 130 Pine Ridge Drive, widow of Donald Louie Woodard, died on Monday, October 28, 2013 at her home. Born in Clinton, she was a daughter of the late James Henry and Hazel Virginia Harris Smith. She was retired from Greenwood Mills, Harris Plant and was a member of Connie Maxwell Baptist Church, where she...

June Carter

June Carter

Oct 28, 2013

June Allen Carter, 72, of 108 Debbie B Court, died Monday, October 28, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Calhoun Falls, she was a daughter of the late John William and Sara Frances Hilley Carter. She was an employed client of the Burton Center and attended the Sunshine Ministries at North Side Baptist Church. Surviving is a sister,...

Terese Grant

Terese Grant

Oct 24, 2013

Mary Terese Grant, 61, of 411 Sproles Avenue East, died Thursday, October 24, 2013, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in San Diego, CA, she was the daughter of the late John Ernest Grant Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Morrison Grant. She graduated from USC with a B.S. in Psychology. Terese was a Database Manager for Greenwood School District 50. Surviving...

Bob Wilson

Bob Wilson

Oct 19, 2013

Robert Harmon �Bob� Wilson, 91, of 111 Loblolly Circle, husband of Doris Gieser Wilson, passed away Saturday, October 19, 2013 at his home. Born in Garrard County, Kentucky, he was the son of the late Robert Anderson Wilson and Minnie Robinson Wilson. Bob was a U. S. Army veteran of WWII and was a member of the American Legion Post...

Judy Marie Cheek

Judy Marie Cheek

Oct 18, 2013

Judy Marie Cheek, 60, of 309 Cresent Drive, died Friday, October 18, 2013 at her home. Born in Woodruff, she was the daughter of Maggie Sexton Cheek and the late Reginald E. Cheek. Judy was the site manager for Piedmont Agency on Aging in Ninety Six. She was preceded in death by a sister, Alma Cheek Cromer from Greenwood and...

Sam Norris

Sam Norris

Oct 18, 2013

Rayford S. �Sam� Norris, 88, of 8103 Highway 25 South, widower of Mildred Penland Norris, died Friday, October 18, 2013 at Hospice House. A lifelong resident of Greenwood, he was a son of the late Francis C. Norris and Susie Witt Norris. Rayford retired from the U. S. Navy and Merchant Marines having served during WWII, Korea and Vietnam after...

Evie Saxon

Evie Saxon

Oct 17, 2013

Evalyn �Evie� Thigpen Saxon, 72, of 605 Kitson Street, widow of Bill �Cupcake� Saxon died Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Washington, GA, she was a daughter of the late William Roy Thigpen and Cora Lee Rabon Thigpen. Evie was a retired Vice President of South Carolina National Bank/Wachovia Bank and also attended the SC School of...

Edward C. Bryson

Edward C. Bryson

Oct 17, 2013

Edward Carlton Bryson, 64, of 201 Dendy Bridge Road, died Thursday, October 17, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Leslie Stafford Bryson and Bertha Kelly Bryson. Edward was the former director of maintenance at Greenwood YMCA. Surviving are three sons, Edward C. Bryson, Jr., Jeremy Scott Bryson, both of Marion...

Mandy Luker

Mandy Luker

Oct 14, 2013

Laura Amanda �Mandy� Luker, 55, of 305 Jackson Ave., wife of Melvin �Luke� Luker, died Monday, October 14, 2013, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Marjorie Taylor Elliott and the late Mac Elliott. Mandy was a member of Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to the husband of the home, are...

Lillian Harrison

Lillian Harrison

Oct 14, 2013

Lillian Lewis Harrison, 89, formerly of Greenwood, widow of John Rudolph Harrison, died Monday, October 14, 2013 at Cedar Hill Senior Living, Cedartown, GA. Born in Hemingway, SC, she was a daughter of the late Arey Garganus and Ellie Ouzts Allredge. She was a retired realtor and was a member of First Baptist Church of Dallas, GA. Surviving is a...

Bill Gardner

Bill Gardner

Oct 13, 2013

William A. Gardner, 96, of 102 Holloway Court, widower of Katherine �Kitty� McNeill Gardner, died Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Hartsville, he was a son of the late Sidney Kelly and Loucelle Gwin Gardner. He was a graduate of Hartsville High School and received his B.S. degree in Agronomy from Clemson University in 1941. Bill served...