Obituaries

Lonnie Cogdill

Lonnie Cogdill

Oct 11, 2013

Lonnie Terry Cogdill, 42, of 1611 East Laurel Avenue, widower of Melissa �Missy� Garren Cogdill, died Friday, October 11, 2013 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Arkie Magdeline �Lean� Stewart Cogdill and the late Charles Frank Cogdill. He was formerly employed by Bryan Summey Roofing and attended Durst Avenue Church of God. Surviving is his...

Lee Johnson

Lee Johnson

Oct 9, 2013

Jerry Lee Johnson, Jr., 53, of 110 Cherokee Drive, passed away on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 while on a cruise. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Sandra Pope Johnson and Jerry Johnson. Lee was a member of South Main Street Baptist Church, was a 1978 graduate of Greenwood High School and a 1982 graduate of The Citadel, where...

Clifton Medlock

Clifton Medlock

Oct 8, 2013

Clifton M. Medlock, Sr., 82, of 416 Panacea Road, husband of Irma Whatley Medlock, died Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA. Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late Edward and Pearl Cannon Medlock. He was retired from Greenwood Mills, Mathews Plant and was a Mason. He loved working in his woodworking shop...

John Black

John Black

Oct 5, 2013

Retired Lieutenant Commander John Marshall Black, 89, of 2261 Montague Avenue Ext., husband of Rosa Lee Brady Duncan Black, died Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Warren, OH, he was a son of the late Wade and Orpha Aylor Black. John was a retired U. S. Navy Pilot having served during WWII and the Pacific Theater with...

Joyce Bryan

Joyce Bryan

Oct 5, 2013

Joyce Drexler Bryan, 75, of 510 Willowbrook Road, widow of Robert Perry Bryan, died Saturday October 5, 2013, at her home. Born in Honea Path, she was a daughter of the late John B. Drexler and Muriel Goudnight Drexler. Joyce retired from Monsanto after 30 years of service and was a charter member of Emerald Baptist Church. Surviving are her...

Lois Berry

Lois Berry

Oct 2, 2013

Lois M. Berry, 87, formerly of 901 Florida Avenue, wife of David E. �Ed� Berry, died Wednesday, October 2, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late John Henry and Cora Henderson Minor. She was retired from Capsugel and was a member of New Life Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her...

Grace E. Butler

Grace E. Butler

Oct 1, 2013

Grace E. Butler, 79, of 3402 Highway 246 South, widow of Fred L. Butler, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late L. C. and Ruby McCombs Eakin. She was retired from Southern Textiles and was a member of Cambridge United Methodist Church, where she taught Sunday School and was in charge of...

Becky W. Turner

Becky W. Turner

Oct 1, 2013

Rebecca �Becky� Watson Turner, 78, of 204 Rivers Run, wife of Olin Turner, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at her home. Born in Greenville, she was a daughter of the late Charles Aiken and Maggie Lee Davis Watson. She received her MA degree in Guidance Counseling from Clemson University and her Psychologist II degree from the University of South Carolina....

James E. Dorn

James E. Dorn

Oct 1, 2013

James E. Dorn, 86, of 421 Panacea Road, widower of Gloria Lee Boswell Dorn, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Edgefield, he was a son of the late William Fred and Ethel Ouzts Dorn. He retired from Greenwood Mills after 40 years of service and was a member of the Quarter Century Club. He was a...

Wilma Robinson

Wilma Robinson

Oct 1, 2013

Wilma Robinson, 84, formerly of 406 Brown Street, McCormick, SC, widow of S. Ralph Robinson, died Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at Hospice House. Born in Rushford, NY, she was a daughter of the late Julius Ervin Butler and Minnie Belle Westfall Butler. Mr. and Mrs. Robinson owned an upholstery shop, where she was a seamstress. Wilma was a member of...

Alisha Boyter

Alisha Boyter

Sep 27, 2013

Alisha Martin Boyter, 21, and her unborn son, Hayes Elliott Boyter, of 1905 McCormick Highway, died Friday, September 27, 2013, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter of Billy W. Martin and Tammy Bond Martin. Alisha attended Piedmont Technical College, where she was pursuing her degree in Early Childhood Education. She was a...

Doris Reece

Doris Reece

Sep 24, 2013

Doris Weathersbee Reece, 84, of 437 East Cambridge Avenue, widow of Cecil Lindley Reece, died Tuesday, September 24, 2013 at NHC of Greenwood. Born in Aiken County, she was the daughter of the late Wiley and Missouri Key Weathersbee. Doris worked for Flint River Mill in Albany GA and Murray Biscuit Company in Augusta, GA. She was a member of...

Herschel Lee Bowers

Herschel Lee Bowers

Sep 20, 2013

Herschel Lee Bowers, 87, formerly of 506 Willowbrook Road, died Friday, September 20, 2013 at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born in Bowman, GA, he was a son of the late Gordon and Pearl Fleming Bowers. Herschel retired from Mathews Mills where he was a member of the Quarter Century Club. He was of the Baptist faith. He was preceded in death...

Peggy Dilleshaw

Peggy Dilleshaw

Sep 14, 2013

Peggy Jean McElroy Dilleshaw, 56, of 130 Meadowview Lane, wife of John �Chip� Dilleshaw, went to be with her lord Saturday, September 14, 2013, at her home. Born in Gainesville, GA, she was a daughter of Barbara Stone McElroy the late Jessie Lee McElroy. Peggy was an assembler at Eaton and was a member of Trinity Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving...

Gail Ward

Gail Ward

Sep 14, 2013

Gail McMurtury Ward, 72, 1914 Dillard Road, died Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Valentine McMurtury and the late Murrell Prince McMurtury. She was retired from Greenwood School District 52. She was a secretary at Ninety Six for a number of years and was a member...

Irene Day

Irene Day

Sep 14, 2013

Irene Scoggins Day, 81, of 223 Virginia Avenue, widow of Charles E. Day Sr., died Saturday, September 14, 2013, at Hospice House. Born in Elberton, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Franklin Scoggins and Clara Alewine Scoggins. She was a member of Restoration Ministries Church of God. Irene was active in the church for over 64 years....

Rodney Kingsmore

Rodney Kingsmore

Sep 13, 2013

Rodney Lee Kingsmore, 60, of 424 Morgan Avenue, husband of Priscilla Turner Kingsmore, died Friday, September 13, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Union County, he was a son of the late Bobby Lee and Helen Johnson Kingsmore. He was a loving husband and father, retired from Grede Foundry and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving is his wife of...

Rebecca M. Wyatt

Rebecca M. Wyatt

Sep 11, 2013

Rebecca McIlwain Wyatt, 96, formerly of 205 Roberts Drive, widow of Jack W. Wyatt, died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at Saluda Nursing Center. Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter of the late James William and Louella Mabry McIlwain. She was a 1939 graduate of Lander College, retired from the food service department of Greenwood School District 50 and also...

Velma Owen Smith Owen

Velma Owen Smith Owen

Sep 9, 2013

Velma Owen Smith Owen, 101, of the Greenwood area most all of her life, passed away on Monday, September 09, 2013 at NHC of Greenwood. Born in Central, she was the daughter of the late William Franklin Owen and Josiephene Gilstrap Owen. Mrs. Owen, a graduate of Wesleyan Junior College and Lander College, was a teacher at Coronaca Elementary School...

Marquis Valentine

Marquis Valentine

Sep 9, 2013

Marquis Roshad Valentine, 25, of 106 Parkgate Court, Simpsonville, died Monday, September 9, 2013. Born in New Haven, CT, he was a son of Mary Valentine Freeman and Reginald �Reggie� Freeman. He had attended Emerald High School and Greenwood High School and was employed by Sonic as an assistant manager in the Simpsonville restaurant. He attended Mission Fellowship Evangelistic Center...