Obituaries

John P. Morris

John P. Morris

Mar 28, 2011

John Paul Morris, 76, of 133 Paradise Lane, husband of Kathryn Hames Morris, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Gaffney, he was a son of the late W. C. and Josie Lovelace Morris. He was retired from Greenwood Mills, Adams Plant, and was a US Marine Corps veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was...

Mary Brown Deloach

Mary Brown Deloach

Mar 26, 2011

Mary Brown Brown Deloach, 95, formerly of 502 Bolt Avenue, widow of R. J. DeLoach, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Wesley Commons. Born in McCormick, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas Creighton Brown and Polly Singleton Brown McKeller. She retired from Mathews Plant of Greenwood Mills where she was in the Quarter Century Club and was a...

Velma Crittendon Maynard

Velma Crittendon Maynard

Mar 22, 2011

Velma McCullough Crittendon Maynard, 90, widow of Marvin E. Maynard, of Lowndesville, passed away peacefully at NHC of Greenwood on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. She was the daughter of the late Jesse and Sallie McCullough and was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She is survived by her son, Buddy Crittendon and his wife, Sylvia, of Hodges. She...

Edna F. Harbin

Edna F. Harbin

Mar 21, 2011

Edna Foster Harbin, 89, of 313 Lake Shore Drive, widow of Franklin N. Harbin, died Monday, March 21, 2011 at her home. Born in Seneca, she was a daughter of the late John and Effie McKern Foster. She retired from Greenwood Mills and had been a member of Lowell Street United Methodist Church since 1949, where she was a member...

Carl Franklin Bray

Carl Franklin Bray

Mar 20, 2011

Carl Franklin Bray, 75, of 204 Holiday Rd., McCormick, SC, died on his birthday Saturday, March 19, 2011 at Petra Health and Rehab. Born in Greensboro, GA, he was the son of the late Eddie Wah Bray and Woodie Mae Christopher Bray and the husband of the late Mildred Bray. Mr. Bray retired from Greenwood Mills, Mathews Plant and was...

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...