Obituaries

Lila Mae Scott

Lila Mae Scott

May 23, 2013

Lila Mae Scott, 86, formerly of 505 Norwood Avenue, died Wednesday, May 23, 2013 at NHC of Laurens. Lila Mae was a daughter of the late Malcolm M. Scott and Willie Mae Tomlinson Scott and was a member of Lowell Street United Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert Lee Scott and Gene Scott. Surviving is...

Duncan Hite

Duncan Hite

May 21, 2013

James �Duncan� Hite, 66, 119 Butler Circle, husband of Alice Thompson Hite, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at his home. Born in Louisburg, NC, he was the son of the late Charles Welcome Hite, Sr. and Mary Alice Horne Hite. He was a 1970 graduate of UNC Chapel Hill with a BA in Journalism and received a degree in Theology...

Donald Briggs

Donald Briggs

May 18, 2013

Franklin Donald Briggs, 53, of 208 Bond Avenue, Greenwood, SC, husband of Jacqulan �Jackie� Rose Hastings Briggs, died Saturday, May 18, 2013. Born in Greenwood County, he was a son of the late Franklin D. �F. D.� and Mary Helen Horne Briggs. He was employed by FujiFilm and was a member of New Covenant Tabernacle. Surviving is his wife of...

Ridgely Calvin Thompson

Ridgely Calvin Thompson

May 16, 2013

Ridgely Calvin Thompson, 59, of 924 Sunset Drive, husband of Marsha Whatley Thompson, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Calhoun Falls, SC he was a son of the late James C. Thompson and Grace Maddox Thompson. Ridgely graduated from Lander College with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration. He was self employed, an...

Billy Fulmer

Billy Fulmer

May 14, 2013

Billy Floyd Fulmer, 66, of 4153 Whitmire Highway, Clinton, passed away on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 at Hospice House, Greenwood following a brief illness. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Floyd C. and Jewel Padgett Fulmer. He was a truck driver for Milliken Corp. and was named Milliken�s 2012 Truck Driver of the Year. Survivors include his parents...

Babubhai Patel

Babubhai Patel

May 10, 2013

Babubhai Raojibhai Patel, 60, of 113 Montclair Drive, husband of Urmila Babubhai Patel, died Friday, May 10, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital, Greenville. Born in Karoli, India, he was a son of Raojibhai Chaturbhai Patel and Kashiben Raojibhai Patel and nephew of Gordhanbhai Chaturbhai Patel and Indiraben Gordhanbhai Patel. He received his Master�s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and was the...

Janet S. Simpson

Janet S. Simpson

May 8, 2013

Janet Elizabeth Stembridge Simpson, 85, of 107 Williams Hilltop Road, Ninety Six, widow of Nathan Alonzo Simpson, Sr., died Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Cook County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Burie Washington and Lou Ola Baker Stembridge. She was a member of First Damascus Baptist Church. Surviving is a son,...

Paul Wergin

Paul Wergin

May 7, 2013

Paul Charles Wergin, 78, of 105 Woodbine Court, husband of Juna Lutz Wergin, died Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at his home. Born in Schuyler, NE, he was a son of the late Walter A. and Viola Joseph Wergin. He received his B.S. degree in Engineering and was retired from Western Electric and Grimes Aviation. He and a partner, David Yates,...

Pearle Willard Reese

Pearle Willard Reese

May 7, 2013

Pearle Willard Reese, 91, of Henrico, VA and formerly of 115 McGhee Avenue, Greenwood, widow of Charles Woodrow Reese, passed away on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at her residence. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Marcus and Ola Mae Fellers Willard. She retired from Belk of Greenwood and was a member of South Main Street Baptist...

Walt Juren

Walt Juren

May 4, 2013

Walter �Walt� Howard Juren, 57, of 415 East Henrietta Avenue, husband of Tammy Jones Juren, died Saturday, May 4, 2013 at his home. Born in Houston, TX, he was a son of the late Thomas Henry Juren and Mary Hunter Juren. Walt was an insurance salesman for Monumental Life. Surviving in addition to his wife of the home are a...

J. S. Milner

J. S. Milner

May 3, 2013

Jennie Stonewall �J. S.� Milner, 79, of 235 Milner Road, husband of Irvie Watkins Milner, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2013 at his home. Born in Oglethorpe, GA, he was the son of the late Benjamin Pitt Milner, Sr. and Greta Fleming Milner. �J. S.� was a U. S. Air Force veteran and a member of Chappells Baptist Church....

Betty Ann Allen

Betty Ann Allen

Apr 29, 2013

Betty Ann Davenport Allen, 78, of 33 Burroughs Road, Waterloo, widow of James David Allen, died Monday, April 29, 2013 at Hospice House, Greenwood. Born in Gaffney, she was a daughter of the late Mack Neil and Cora Mae Cogdill Davenport. She was formerly employed by Greenwood Mills, was a former member of Trinity Church and currently a member of...

Andre Buckner

Andre Buckner

Apr 28, 2013

Eric Andre Buckner, 55, of 7002 Ninety Six Highway, died Sunday, April 28, 2013. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Ernest Arthur and Carolyn Joyce Ferguson Buckner. Surviving is his daughter and son-in-law, Erica and Rodney Adams, of Warrenville; sisters and brothers-in-law, Debbie and Ronnie Herin of Greenwood, Tammy and Tommy Shirley of Oklahoma; brother, Rick...

Mac Mcginnis

Mac Mcginnis

Apr 27, 2013

Kevin John �Mac� McGinnis, 67, of Ninety Six, husband of Linda Templeton McGinnis, died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at his home. Born in Albany, NY, he was a son of the late John Edward and Eleanor Fay McGinnis. He received his bachelor�s degree from Florida Atlantic University and his Master�s degree from Webster University. Mac retired as Major with the...

Ralph M. Burchell

Ralph M. Burchell

Apr 27, 2013

Ralph Marion Burchell, 70, of 107 Laurel Ridge Way, husband of Janet Louise Hunt Burchell, died Saturday, April 27, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late Ralph Henry and Mary Elizabeth Anderson Burchell. He was a graduate of Pt. Marion (PA) High School, Alderson Braddus College (WV) and the Tennessee Temple Seminary,...

Betty Crowe Bennett

Betty Crowe Bennett

Apr 25, 2013

Betty Crowe Bennett, 69, of 6614 Ninety Six Highway, wife of Horace Odell Bennett, died Thursday, April 25, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Fort Mill, she was a daughter of the late J. R. and Nola Mae Duncan Crowe. She was formerly employed by Woodfields Baptist Church, Greenwood, and served as the Outreach Volunteer Coordinator for the American Cancer...

Margaret Walker Davis

Margaret Walker Davis

Apr 24, 2013

Margaret Elizabeth Walker Davis, 91, resident of Abbeville Nursing Home and formerly of 111 Margaret Road, Saluda, widow of James Harold Davis, died Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Edgefield, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Leard Walker and Sallie Sanders Walker. Margaret was a homemaker and a member of Temple Baptist Church where she...

Miriam Nichols Burton

Miriam Nichols Burton

Apr 19, 2013

Miriam Esther Nichols Burton of Ninety Six passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on April 19th at Self Regional after a sudden and brief illness. She was born June 7, 1919, to Tillman Sidney and Nettie Lee Shealy Nichols and was the last surviving sibling of ten children. She grew up as a neighbor to her late husband, Joseph...

Brenda R. Starnes

Brenda R. Starnes

Apr 18, 2013

Brenda R. Starnes, 43, of 123 Kirby Drive, wife of Robert Starnes, passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of James C. Balchin, Sr. and the late Judy Ann Weeks Balchin Parrot. Brenda was a homemaker and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her father of Ninety Six; three daughters,...

Lillie Ann Nickles

Lillie Ann Nickles

Apr 17, 2013

Lillie Ann �Miss Lillie� Nickles, 73, of 119 Singletree Road, widow of Bobby Ray Nickles, Sr., died Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at her home. Born in Saluda County, she was a daughter of the late Alex Newton Howard, Sr. and Dorothy Lillian Fain Howard. She was employed in their family business, The Hungry Hound, and was a member of First...