Obituaries

Frances Gooch Christian

Frances Gooch Christian

Sep 24, 2009

Frances Gooch Christian, 77, of 226 Jackson Avenue, widow of Fred Christian, died Thursday, September 24, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Oglethorpe County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Vernon and Flury Helton Gooch. Mrs. Christian retired from Monsanto and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are a daughter Carolyn Rath and her husband Nick...

Clyde Day

Clyde Day

Sep 24, 2009

Clyde S. Day, 77, of 121 Bryant Drive, widower of Gladys Voiselle Day, died Thursday, September 24, 2009 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Willie and Grace Cheek Day. He was retired from Greenwood Mills, Adams Plant and served in the US Air Force. He attended South Greenwood Church of God. Surviving are...

William E. Clark

William E. Clark

Sep 23, 2009

William Elliott �Bill� Clark, 80, of 104 Hemlock Court, Milford Manor, husband of Ruby V. Clark, died Wednesday, September 23, 2009 at Hospice House. Born in New Bedford, MA, he was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar L. and Elizabeth A. White Clark and his sister, Janet Thankful Reynolds. He was a graduate of Nichols College, where he received...

Lila Mae Hasting

Lila Mae Hasting

Sep 22, 2009

Lila Mae Elizabeth Hasting, 75, of 9420 Highway 246 South, Saluda, widow of Floyd O. Hasting, died Tuesday, September 22, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Spartanburg County, she was a daughter of the late Irvin and Clara Fowler Miller. She was a member of Sandridge Baptist Church. Surviving are six daughters, Betty Dorn, Jane Wideman, Mary Bodie,...

Alicia Jenkins

Alicia Jenkins

Sep 20, 2009

Alicia Michelle Jenkins, 14, of 214 Georgia Avenue, died Sunday, September 20, 2009. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Wayne Jenkins and the late Jennifer Diana Jones. She was an eighth grade student at West View Middle School and a member of Woodfields Baptist Church. Surviving is her father of Greenwood; two brothers, Kenneth Wayne Jenkins and Kevin...

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

Sep 20, 2009

Jennifer Diana Jones, 36, of 214 Georgia Avenue, died Sunday, September 20, 2009. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Jimmy Ray Jones and Barbara Bradley Jones. She attended Greenwood High School and was formerly employed by McDonald�s. She was a member of Woodfields Baptist Church. Surviving is her mother of the home; her father and stepmother, Jane Jones,...

Thomas Bennett

Thomas Bennett

Sep 17, 2009

Thomas Bennett, 50, of 420 Cemetery Road, Ware Shoals, husband of Teresa Barlow Bennett, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at his home. Born in Georgia, he was a son of the late Eldo and Mary Walker Bennett and was raised by Fannie Underwood. He was a truck driver for N. W. White and was a member of the UPC, Church...

Evelyn Hazel

Evelyn Hazel

Sep 17, 2009

Evelyn Gillian Hazel, 84, of 342 Edgewood Drive, Abbeville, and formerly of Siloam Church Road, Greenwood, widow of Hubert Franklin Hazel, died Thursday, September 17, 2009. Born in Greenwood County, she was a daughter of the late James Alvin and Ophelia Butler Gillian. She was retired as a dietician from Greenwood Nursing Home and served as a volunteer with the...

Dennis Lomax

Dennis Lomax

Sep 17, 2009

Dennis Wayne Lomax, 63, of 2207 E. Cambridge Road, husband of Edith Pridmore Lomax, died Thursday, September 17, 2009 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Ernest Jefferson and Sara Frances Collins Lomax. He was employed by Velux and was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He was a member of Ninety...

Arlee Edward Lester

Arlee Edward Lester

Sep 15, 2009

Arlee Edward Lester, 51, of 207 Cemetery Road, Ware Shoals, husband of Vivian Poole Lester, passed away at his home on Tuesday, September 15, 2009. Born in Herndon, WV, he was a son of the late James Edward and Shirley Faye Lester Lester. He was a disabled coal miner and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith. Surviving are his wife...

Marion "Big Ma" Lawton

Marion "Big Ma" Lawton

Sep 15, 2009

Marion "Big Ma " Davis Lawton, 88, of 123 Pratt Drive, widow of Eddie L. Lawton, Sr., died Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Lucy Teddards Davis. Mrs. Lawton retired from Grendel Mills and was a member of Ninety Six Church of God. Surviving are...

Adam Hasting

Adam Hasting

Sep 15, 2009

Adam Wayne Hasting, 35, of 107 Gervais Street, died Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Bob Wayne Hasting and Sheila Diann Hasting. He was of the Holiness faith. Surviving are his father of Rosman, NC; his mother of the home; a daughter, Apryl BayLeigh �Boo� Boone of Hendersonville, NC;...

Scott Cronic

Scott Cronic

Sep 9, 2009

Scott William Cronic, 79, of 244 Deer Run Lane, husband of Inez Nalley Cronic, died Wednesday, September 9, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Monroe, GA, he was a son of the late W. Tanner and Odessa Boleman Cronic. He was a graduate of Greenwood High School, attended Lander College and retired from Ballentine Ford. He was a...

Ted Mccarthy

Ted Mccarthy

Sep 8, 2009

Boyce Ted McCarthy, 74, of 94 Cothran Street, husband of Janet Evans McCarthy, died Tuesday, September 08, 2009 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in the Dyson Community, he was a son of the late Homer Toyce and Alice King McCarthy. He was retired from P.G.E. and was a US Air Force veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a member...

Roy Davenport

Roy Davenport

Sep 5, 2009

Roy Albert Davenport, 66, of 2116 Airport Road, husband of Grace Ann Burkett Davenport, died Saturday, September 5, 2009 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Joseph Cecil Davenport and Sybil Moss Toney. He was retired from Wilson Brothers and was an active member of Ware Shoals Pentecostal Holiness Church and the Men�s Ministry....

Charles Blalock

Charles Blalock

Sep 4, 2009

Charles Z. �Bit� Blalock, 84, of 4109 Old Laurens Road, husband of Helen Golding Blalock, died Friday, September 4, 2009. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Luther Blalock and Louise Cooper Blalock Moore. He was retired from Greenwood Mills, Plant No. 5 and was a US Navy veteran of World War II. He was a member...

Tim Peterson

Tim Peterson

Sep 3, 2009

Timothy Wayne Peterson, 58, of 409 Port Royal Drive, died Thursday, September 3, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Rolla, MO, he was a son of Forest Robert and Ellen Maxine Watson Peterson. He was a graduate of the University of Missouri, where he received his B.S. degree in Chemistry and his Masters degree in Chemistry Education. He...

Joe Minor

Joe Minor

Sep 2, 2009

Joe Allen Minor, 60, of 401 Bond Avenue, died Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late George and Mable Holsonback Minor. He was formerly employed by Durst Plant of Greenwood Mills, Gunnells Marine and Greenwood City Fire Department. He was a member of Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church...

Roscoe Rivers

Roscoe Rivers

Aug 31, 2009

Roscoe Nelson Rivers, 78, of 118 Timberwood Road, husband of Inola M. Rivers, passed away on Monday, August 31, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Hampton County, SC, he was a son of the late Peter Henry and Daisy Bowers Rivers. He was a 1954 graduate of Clemson College, immediately went into the United States Army for two...

Bill Watson

Bill Watson

Aug 30, 2009

James Milton Watson (Bill) born in Greenville, County August 5, 1919. He was predeceased by Marion Lee Watson, his loving wife. Surviving children include Vicki Watson Miers of Greenwood, Celia Watson Thomason of Laurens, James Milton Watson of Laurens and Jeanie Watson Willis of Greenwood. There are six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. Bill was a WWII veteran and one...