Obituaries

Samantha Denise Wood

Samantha Denise Wood

Mar 30, 2013

Samantha Denise Wood, 18, of 753 Truett Avenue, died Saturday, March 30, 2013 from injuries received in an automobile accident. Born in Greenwood and was a graduate of Emerald High School and loved swimming, 4-wheelers, dancing and horses. She was Catholic. Surviving are her parents, Jennifer Michelle Wood Weeks of the home, William �Skip� and Angela Alford Cockrell of Greenwood,...

Fran Murphy

Fran Murphy

Mar 25, 2013

Frances Faith Cornell Murphy, 79, of 117 Kneece Road, Bradley, SC, widow of Frederick Edward Murphy, died Monday, March 25, 2013 at Hospice House, Greenwood, SC. Born in White Plains, NY, she was a daughter of the late Arnold Joseph and Mildred Edna LeViness Cornell. She was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are children, Homer George Bartow, Jr., Sharon Smith...

Carol Mcdaniel Hipp

Carol Mcdaniel Hipp

Mar 23, 2013

Carol McDaniel Hipp, 91, formerly of 252 Penn Avenue, widow of the Rev. John Gerald Hipp, died Saturday, March 23, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Marlboro County, she was a daughter of the late William Alexander and Lemma Gibbs McDaniel. She was a graduate of McColl High School, Furman University and Flora McDonald (now Presbyterian College) in Lynchburg, NC....

Carl Childers

Carl Childers

Mar 21, 2013

Carl Edward �Speedy� Childers, 80, of 31 Lois Lane, passed away on Thursday, March 21, 2013 at his home. Born in Marion, SC, he was the son of the late Alma M. Childers and Credie Sivedge Childers. Speedy was an independent electrician until his retirement and was a member of Shade Tree Revival Baptist Church. He loved to ride his...

Russell Akins

Russell Akins

Mar 21, 2013

Russell Dale Akins, 33, of 3527 Highway 246 North, Hodges, died Thursday, March 21, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Fayetteville, NC, he was a son of Teresa Ann Laughlin and the late Kenneth Dale Akins. He was a member of First Christians Church in Laurens, where he was baptized on Sunday, March 17, 2013. Surviving is the...

Donna Kay Chrisley

Donna Kay Chrisley

Mar 20, 2013

Donna Kay Chrisley, infant daughter of Keith and Jennifer McCurry Chrisley, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2013. Surviving in addition to her parents are three brothers, Ty Chrisley of Ninety Six, Kane Butler and Braden Canfield, both of Greenwood; five sisters, Celeste Gunnells of Ninety Six, Regan Butler, Kensley Canfield, Ambra Canfield and Jennica Chrisley, all of Greenwood; paternal...

John M. Moody

John M. Moody

Mar 19, 2013

John Martin Moody, 93, widower of Fannie Belle Fuller Moody, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Agape Senior Care in Laurens. Born in Hortense, GA, he was a son of the late David Barney and Victoria Wright Moody. He retired from the US Army as a Chief Warrant Officer, having served during World War II and the Korean Conflict. He...

Elizabeth M. Myers

Elizabeth M. Myers

Mar 19, 2013

Elizabeth Mae Myers, 77, of 913 Northside Drive East, wife of Leroy D. Myers, died Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Clifton Heights, PA, she was the daughter of the late Ernest T. and Mary Jones Rice. She was a florist and was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, where she was a member of the choir....

John A. Sartin

John A. Sartin

Mar 18, 2013

John A. Sartin, 98, of 110 McNeill Avenue, husband of Janie Jordan Sartin, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Franklin County, GA, he was a son of the late John Calvin and Bessie Kelly Sartin. He moved to Greenwood in 1949 to help with the construction of Self Memorial Hospital and then went on...

Effie Dorn Callaway

Effie Dorn Callaway

Mar 18, 2013

Effie Gooch Dorn Callaway, 78, of 818 Highway 185 S, Donalds, widow of James E. Callaway, died Monday, March 18, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Oglethorpe County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Verlin and Flury Helton Gooch. She was retired from Greenwood Mills, where she was a member of the Quarter Century Club and...

Florence \"Red\" Conner

Florence \"Red\" Conner

Mar 13, 2013

Florence Lucille �Red� Alford Conner, 88 (although she only admitted to being 83), of 3825 Harris Spring Road, wife of George Edward �Ed� Conner, died Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at her home. Born in Kansas, she was a daughter of the late Donno and Edna L�Blanc White. She was retired from Ryan Air Force Company in California and was a...

Charles B. Stewart

Charles B. Stewart

Mar 12, 2013

Charles Blake Stewart, 73, of 1015 Chinquapin Road, died Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Hoyt Hugh and Mary Palmer Stewart. He was retired from Greenwood Mills after 45 years of service, where he worked in the Ninety Six Plant and the Mathews Plant and was member...

Dorothy O. Fagan

Dorothy O. Fagan

Mar 11, 2013

Dorothy Owings Fagan, 86, resident of NHC, widow of Marvin Thomas Fagan, Sr., died Monday, March 11, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late William Dewey and Mary Elizabeth Allen Owings. She was retired from Grendel Mill and was a charter member of Emerald Baptist Church. Surviving is her daughter, Marcia...

Roy Patrick

Roy Patrick

Mar 11, 2013

James Roy Gene Patrick, 58, of 112 Debbie B Court, died Monday, March 11, 2013 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Chester, he was a son of the late James and Evelyn Walker Patrick. He was a client of Burton Center and attended North Side Baptist Church. Surviving are sisters, Joanne Patrick, Helen Ruth Patrick and Irene Patrick and...

Thomas Brooks

Thomas Brooks

Mar 10, 2013

Thomas Barry Brooks, 87, widower of Shirley Mims Brooks, died Sunday, March 10, 2013, at Self Regional Healthcare. Born Sept. 12, 1925, at Roselands Plantation in the Cambridge section of Ninety Six, he was a son of the late Edward Loudon and Myrtle Fellers Brooks. When he was three years old, his family moved to their home on Marshall Road...

Jean Cournoyer

Jean Cournoyer

Mar 10, 2013

P. Jean Drury Gaskell Cournoyer, 88, of 110 Bee Pond Road, Ninety Six, SC, widow of Joseph Raymond Cournoyer, died March 10, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Princeton, MA, she was a daughter of the late Chester and Eleanor Gates Drury. She was a member of The Grange and was of the Protestant faith. She was preceded in death...

Myrtle Sizemore Riggins

Myrtle Sizemore Riggins

Mar 9, 2013

Myrtle Louise Sizemore Riggins 81, of 224 Ashcroft Drive, died Saturday, March 09, 2013 at Hospice House. Born in Newberry, SC, she was a daughter of the late Ernest Walter Sizemore and Josie Elzora Church Sizemore. Myrtle was formerly employed with Eckerd Drugs and was in the Parents without Partners group. She was a member of Grace Community Church. Surviving...

Clifford M. Montplaisir

Clifford M. Montplaisir

Mar 9, 2013

Clifford M. Montplaisir, 89, of 1110 Marshall Road, husband of Sylvia Gordon Montplaisir, died Saturday, March 9, 2013 at Wesley Commons. Born in Minot, ND, he was a son of the late Theodore and Teresa Tessier Montplaisir. He retired from Cooper Industries, Power Systems Division, and was a US Army veteran of World War II. He competed internationally in free-flight...

Tommy M. Deloach

Tommy M. Deloach

Mar 9, 2013

Tommy M. DeLoach, 74, of Interlachen, FL, passed away at Haven Hospice Roberts Care Center on Saturday, March 9, 2013 following an extended illness. He was born in Saluda, SC and had resided in Interlachen the past 43 years, coming from Donalds, SC. Tommy was the owner-operator of DeLoachs Tractor-Dozier Works of Interlachen until his retirement in 2000. He was...

John Courtney White, Sr.

John Courtney White, Sr.

Mar 9, 2013

John Courtney White, Sr., 87, formerly of 1548 Parkway, Pineridge Apts. Greenwood, died March 9, 2013 at Saluda Nursing Center. Born in Clinton, SC, he was the son of the late John Milton and Olivia Boggs White. He was a transmission specialist at George Ballentine Ford and worked for Greenwood County after his retirement from the dealership. He served in...