Obituaries

Orvette Greene

Orvette Greene

Mar 17, 2011

Orvette Bearman Greene, 60, of 112 Windtree Court Unit H, died Thursday, March 17, 2011 at Hospice House. Born in Fairborn, OH, she was a daughter of Emogene Patrick Bearman and the late Forrest O. Bearman. Orvette was employed with PSA Medical Billing and was a U. S. Navy veteran. Surviving are her mother; a daughter, Lori McEntire of Rutherfordton,...

Roderick Stroud

Roderick Stroud

Mar 17, 2011

Roderick Mexwell Stroud, 307 Lamar Avenue, went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, March 17, 2011. He was born in Greenville on March 4, 1939 to the late Paul Theodore Stroud, Sr. and Ethel Wilkes Stroud. He was an active member of East Side Baptist Church, where he served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher. He was retired...

Ruth Weeks Cothran

Ruth Weeks Cothran

Mar 16, 2011

Ruth Weeks Cothran, 84, of 302 Pitts Circle, widow of Harold Cothran, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at her home. Born in McCormick, she was a daughter of the late Ledell and Rosa Lee Singleton Weeks. She was retired from Moore Business Forms and was a member of Abney Memorial Baptist Church, where she was a member and substitute teacher...

Erica Rushton

Erica Rushton

Mar 13, 2011

Erica Leslie Rushton, 34, of 1621 Tillman Territory Road, died Sunday, March 13, 2011 at MUSC, Charleston. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of Pamela Horne Fortner and the late Larry Preston Rushton. Erica was a graduate of Ninety Six High School and was employed by The Burton Center and St. Mark United Methodist Church, Kid�s World, where she...

Earl Jefferson Lewis

Earl Jefferson Lewis

Mar 13, 2011

Earl Jefferson �Heartbeat� Lewis, 62, of 391 Greenfield Road, McCormick, husband of Brenda Edmunds Lewis, died Sunday, March 13, 2011, at Self Regional Health Care. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Vernon C. Lewis and Mattie Johnson Morse. He was the owner of Edmunds Supermarket and was formerly employed by Anderson Construction Company. Surviving is his...

Leo Yarbrough

Leo Yarbrough

Mar 11, 2011

Leo Yarbrough, 90, of 1110 Marshall Road, widower of Ruth Shelton Yarbrough, died Friday, March 11, 2011, at Hospice House. Born in Nashville, TN; a son of the late Alfred and Georgie Anna Green Yarbrough. He was a musician, a TV repairman and built engines at Ford Motor Company. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII and of the...

Geneva Farrell

Geneva Farrell

Mar 10, 2011

Geneva Mae Campbell Farrell, 63, of 1209 E. Durst Avenue, widow of Marvin Thomas Farrell, died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at her home. Born in Vermont, she was a daughter of the late William Elisha Campbell and Debra Ellison Simpson. She was employed by Beau Casino, Biloxi, MS and was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Mississippi....

Mary S. Wilson

Mary S. Wilson

Mar 9, 2011

Mary Strawhorn Wilson, 70, of 6650 Highway 221 South, widow of William Harold �Billy� Wilson, died Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter of the late James Robert and Letitia Maynard Strawhorn. She was retired from Greenwood Mills, Blalock Plant, Joanna, and was a member of Lydia Mill Church of God, Clinton....

J. W. Barker

J. W. Barker

Mar 3, 2011

John W. �J. W.� Barker, 79, of 316 Sagewood Road, husband of Doris Willingham Barker, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at Hospice House. Born in Bath, SC, he was a son of the late John Washington Barker, Sr. and Annie Marchant Barker. He was retired from the Draper Corporation and after his retirement, he enjoyed working in golf cart sales....

Sandra Williamson

Sandra Williamson

Mar 3, 2011

Sandra Whaley Williamson, 68, of 214 Kneece Road, wife of Jerry Williamson, died Thursday, March 3, 2011 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Elberton, GA, she was a daughter of the late James Whaley and Frances McManus. She was retired from South Pointe Exxon and was a member of Ebenezer United Methodist Church. Surviving is her husband of 51...

Roy Taylor

Roy Taylor

Mar 2, 2011

Alton Roy Taylor, 47, of 506 Old Ninety Six Highway, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at his home. Born in Pennsylvania, he was a son of Martha Barnett Sweat and the late Ronald Leroy Taylor. He was employed by Sterilite and was a member of the Band of Brothers Motorcycle Club. He was of the Baptist faith. Surviving is his...

Evelyn Barnett

Evelyn Barnett

Mar 1, 2011

Mary Evelyn Fowler Barnett, 79, of 16101 Highway 72 West, Cross Hill, widow of Junious Caury Barnett, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Hospice House, Greenwod. Born in Greenville, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Calvin and I. B. Friddle Fowler. She was retired from Torrington and was a member of Lakeside Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she played...

James "Bub" Lollis, Sr.

James "Bub" Lollis, Sr.

Feb 26, 2011

James E. �Bub� Lollis, Sr., 87, of 132 Lollis Road, widower of Gloria Williamson Lollis, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Self Regional Medical Center. He was born on December 14, 1923 in Greenwood, to the late Edgar Abel and Lula Matthews Lollis. Bub was the former owner of Lollis Motorcycle Shop in Greenwood and retired from Monsanto. He was...

Otis W. Duncan

Otis W. Duncan

Feb 26, 2011

Otis Duncan, 79, formerly of 716 Union School Road, widower of Alice Pauline Whitmore Duncan, died Saturday, February 26, 2011 at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home in Anderson. Born in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late T. J. and Willa Mae Harris Duncan. He retired from Greenwood Mill Durst Plant and was a member of the Quarter...

Larry Boyd

Larry Boyd

Feb 23, 2011

Larry Wayne Boyd, 68, of 607 Hollingsworth Road, Epworth, husband of Joann Richard Boyd, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of B. F. �Bennie� and Mary Jones Boyd. He was formerly employed by Carolina Pride and most recently by The Index-Journal and drove for many different logging companies. He was a...

Betty Ann Balchin Price

Betty Ann Balchin Price

Feb 22, 2011

Betty Ann Balchin Price, 74, of 2309 Island Ford Road, Ninety Six, widow of William A. Price, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at Hospice House. Born in Elbert County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Nannie Bell Yeargin Balchin. She was of the Baptist faith. Surviving is her son, Vincent Edward Price and his wife, Betty...

Shelvy Jean Fulmer

Shelvy Jean Fulmer

Feb 20, 2011

Shelvy Jean Fulmer, 68, of 2400 Scurry Island Road, Chappells, wife of Darrell �Dee� Samples, died Sunday, February 20, 2011. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Tommy Shannon and Pauline Crawford Lawrence. She was of the Holiness faith. Surviving is her husband of the home; two daughters, Peggy Styron and Beth Surrett; a son and daughter-in-law,...

Mary Kellum

Mary Kellum

Feb 18, 2011

Mary Bell Kellum, 94, of 104 Lyman Avenue, widow of Otis O. Kellum, died Friday, February 18, 2011 at Hospice House. Born in Comer, GA, she was a daughter of the late Jim and Bell Duncan Moon. She retired from Greenwood Mills, Mathews Plant and was a member of Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church and the Ladies Bible Class. Surviving...

Goldie Barden

Goldie Barden

Feb 18, 2011

Goldie Peeler Barden, 88, widow of W. J. Barden, died Friday, February 18, 2011 at Wesley Commons. Born in Hall County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Carl and Lillie Smallwood Peeler. She was of the Holiness faith. Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Shelby Barden of Greenwood, Rev. Dennis and Gail Barden of Ninety Six;...

Grady Loftis

Grady Loftis

Feb 16, 2011

Grady C. Loftis, Jr., 81, of 117 Clark Avenue, husband of Emma Ruth Gunnells Loftis, died Wednesday, February 16, 2011 at his home. Born in Abbeville County, he was a son of the late Grady Cowan and Mary Lee Loftis. He was retired from Greenwood Mills, Durst Plant. Surviving is his wife of the home; two daughters, Linda F. Abramson...