Obituaries

Nina Harper Mathis

Nina Harper Mathis

Apr 20, 2012

Nina Augusta Harper Mathis, 100, formerly of 213 Marshall Circle, widow of Roy Mathis, passed away on Friday, April 20, 2012 at NHC of Greenwood. Born in Salisbury, NC, she was the daughter of the late David and Jane Miller Lyerly. Nina retired from Greenwood Mills- Mathews Plant after 32 years of service and was a member of the Quarter...

Betty Leroy

Betty Leroy

Apr 16, 2012

Betty Zuela Leroy, 76, of 132 Kathwood Drive, died Monday, April 16, 2012 at Hospice House. Born in Laurens County, she was a daughter of Sarah Meeks Alverson and the late L. F. Alverson, Jr. She attended Piedmont Technical College and was a seamstress with S.T.K. Manufacturing. She was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church, where she formerly...

Vernon L. Lawton, Sr.

Vernon L. Lawton, Sr.

Apr 14, 2012

Vernon L. Lawton, Sr., 83, formerly of 104 Smith Drive, Hodges, died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Golden Living Center, Augusta, GA.

Joann R. Dodgen

Joann R. Dodgen

Apr 12, 2012

Joann R. Dodgen, 79, of 602 Marshall Road, wife of Joseph Dodgen, died Thursday, April 12, 2012 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late B. O. and Mary Sue Rippy. She retired as a secretary from Connie Maxwell Children�s Home after 29 years of service and was a member of South Main...

Jewel Dean Greene

Jewel Dean Greene

Apr 11, 2012

Jewel Dean Greene, 69, of 5341 Highway 25 South, passed away on Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at her home. Born in Summer, TN, she was the daughter of the late William Richard Johnson and Cinderella Smith Johnson. Jewel was a seamstress with Jostens and was of the Baptist and Church of God faith. Surviving are a son, James Nicks of...

Barney L. Brooks

Barney L. Brooks

Apr 11, 2012

Barney Lee Brooks, 81, of 2713 County Line Road, Bradley, widow of Evelyn Beulah Laughlin Brooks, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012 at Lower Cape Fear Hospice, Whiteville, NC. Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late Horace Leroy and Annie Mae Hart Brooks. He was retired from Greenwood Mills and attended Bold Spring Baptist Church. Surviving is his...

Willie Belle Smith

Willie Belle Smith

Apr 9, 2012

Willie Belle Smith, 89, formerly of 451 Grace Street, widow of John Smith, died Monday, April 9, 2012 at Trinity Mission Health & Rehab, Edgefield. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Yancey Smith, Sr. and Lessie Drayton Smith. She was of the Baptist faith. She was twice married, first to the late LaFayette Logan. Surviving is...

Irene C. Devore

Irene C. Devore

Apr 6, 2012

Irene Cook Culbertson Devore, 83, of 414 Lanham Street, widow of George Clayton Devore, passed away on Friday, April 6, 2012 at Hospice House. Born in Callison, she was the daughter of the late Jacob Franklin Cook and Daisy Adams Cook. Irene was a retired bookkeeper and a member of the Mary P. Ouzts Chapter # 1 of the Order...

Rufus Day

Rufus Day

Apr 6, 2012

Rufus Day, 87, formerly of 1224 Ninety Six Highway, widow of Sarah Smith Day, passed away on Friday, April 6, 2012 at Petra Health and Rehab of McCormick. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Willie and Grace Cheek Day. Rufus was a U. S. Navy Veteran of WWII. He retired from Greenwood Mills- Durst Plant where...

Rudy Richardson

Rudy Richardson

Apr 2, 2012

Rudolph Carlyle Richardson, 87, of 209 River Place, McCormick, husband of Beulah Allen Richardson, died Monday, April 2, 2012 at Hospice House, Greenwood, SC. Born in Burlington, VT, he was a son of the late Ray Richardson and Alice Brown Richardson. He retired as an electrician for The State of New York and was a US Army veteran of the...

Julia Bufford

Julia Bufford

Mar 31, 2012

Julia Arnold Bufford, 95, of 305 Johnston Road, Ninety Six, widow of Marvin Harris Bufford, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at Hospice House. Born in Elberton, GA, she was a daughter of the late David Sanders Arnold and Tolliver �Tarver� Mercer Arnold. She was retired from Greenwood Mills, Ninety Six Plant, where she was a member of the Quarter Century...

Ena H. Cobb

Ena H. Cobb

Mar 31, 2012

Ena Hall Cobb, 93, of 4802 Highway 178 North, widow of Walter Hampton Cobb, died Saturday, March 31, 2012 at her home. Born in Union, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Bradford and Bertha Gault Hall. She studied nursing at the Medical University of SC, Charleston and retired as a Postmaster of the US Postal Service in Hodges....

Wade C. Evans

Wade C. Evans

Mar 30, 2012

Wade Clifton Evans, 85, of 407 Fawnbrook Drive, widower of Edna Bright Evans, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, March 30, 2012. Born in Anderson, he was a son of the late Mason and Annie Rumsey Evans. He retired from the US Postal Service as a mail carrier, was a US Army Air Corp veteran...

Ruby Kelly

Ruby Kelly

Mar 26, 2012

Ruby McCranie Kelly, 85, widow of R. L. Kelly, died Monday, March 26, 2012 at NHC Health Care Center. Born in Eastman, GA, she was a daughter of the late Charlie and Mammie Livingston McCranie. Ruby was the owner and operator of Fashionette Beauty and was a member of Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church. Surviving is a sister, Mary Alice...

Lucille S. Bollinger

Lucille S. Bollinger

Mar 25, 2012

Lucille Stone Bollinger, 91, widow of Alex B. Bollinger, died Sunday, March 25, 2012 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Belton, she was a daughter of the late James Silas Stone and Cleo Rogers Stone Hammett. She was retired from the Scurry Clinic and was a member of Lowell Street United Methodist Church. Surviving is her son, Robert Bollinger...

Mary Elsie Sprouse

Mary Elsie Sprouse

Mar 24, 2012

Mary Elsie Wells Sprouse, 89, of NHC of Greenwood, formerly of 617 Cedar Springs Road, Bradley, widow of Lester T. Sprouse, passed away on Saturday, March 24, 2012 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Albert Twiggs and Hilda Ouzts Wells. Mary Elsie retired from Park Davis and was a member of First Mt....

Frances K. Martin

Frances K. Martin

Mar 21, 2012

Frances Killingsworth Martin, 89, formerly of Orchard Park, Greenwood, widow of Lynwood Talmadge Martin, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at NHC Health Care, Greenwood. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Myrth Jim and Wilma Dodson Killingsworth. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and retired as a teacher from the Mecklenburg County (NC) School System. She...

Nora C. Schaible

Nora C. Schaible

Mar 21, 2012

Nora Chipman Schaible, 86, of 1110 Marshall Road, wife of Elmer Frederick Schaible, died Wednesday, March 21, 2012, at the Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Poland, Maine, she was a daughter of the late James Alden and Mildred Hodgkin Chipman. Surviving is her loving husband of 62 years, Elmer. Also surviving are three children, Barbara (David) Burke of Jersey...

Carrold Andrew Puffer

Carrold Andrew Puffer

Mar 20, 2012

Carrold Andrew Puffer, 68, resident of Laurel Baye Health Care, formerly of Honea Path, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2012 at Barnwell County Hospital. Born in Fulton, NY, he was a son of the late Carrold A. Puffer and Scillenia Puffer. Carrold was an U. S. Navy and Air Force veteran and was a construction worker. Surviving are a...

Joyce Sartin

Joyce Sartin

Mar 19, 2012

LB Joyce McClain Sartin, 68, of 129 Wisewood Circle, wife of Billy Eugene Sartin, died Monday, March 19, 2012 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter of the late Colie Blease and Kara Inez Brock McClain. She was retired from Greenwood Mills, was a member of Harris Baptist Church and the Master Disciples Sunday School...