Obituaries

Bobby Geeter

Bobby Geeter

May 3, 2009

Robert E. �Bobby� Geeter, 49, of 2110 Five Notch Road, husband of Diane Barnes Geeter, died Sunday, May 3, 2009 at Hospice House. Born in Pontiac, MI, he was a son of Dorothy Ann Tucker Geeter and the late Thomas Eugene Geeter. He was employed by Fuji and was a member of Grace Community Church. Surviving is his wife of...

Merle Swindler

Merle Swindler

Apr 29, 2009

Merle A. Swindler, 81, husband of Loleta Beard Swindler, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Newberry, he was a son of the late Oscar Herbert and Velma Stewart Swindler. He was retired from the US Navy, where he served during World War II, the Korean Conflict and the Vietnam War and also retired as...

Branch Hall

Branch Hall

Apr 29, 2009

Branch Alexander Hall, 87, of 107 Hill and Dale Drive, widower of Mary E. Price Hall, died Wednesday, April 29, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born on May 13, 1921 in Abbeville County, he was a son of the late John Alexander and Ida Tolbert Hall. He was retired from Greenwood Mills and was a member of the Quarter...

J.D. Brooks

J.D. Brooks

Apr 26, 2009

J. D. Lawson Brooks, 85, of 212 Bee Pond Road, husband of Sheila Wright Brooks, died Sunday, April 26, 2009 at the Saluda Nursing Center. Born in Mecklenburg County, NC, he was a son of the late Conley Otis and Amanda Warren Brooks. He retired from Davey Tree Company after 43 � years of service and was of the Baptist...

Lelia Attaway Peurifoy

Lelia Attaway Peurifoy

Apr 24, 2009

Leila Yarborough Attaway Riley Peurifoy, 87, of 219 Janeway Avenue, wife of Rev. Harvey Peurifoy died Friday, April 24, 2009, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Saluda, she was a daughter of the late Capers and Mattie McCarty Yarborough. She was a Saluda High School graduate where she enjoyed playing on the girl�s basketball team. Mrs. Peurifoy was the...

Christine Turner Harvley

Christine Turner Harvley

Apr 23, 2009

Christine Turner Harvley, 81, of 1110 Marshall Road died Thursday, April 23, 2009, at Wesley Commons. Born in Anderson, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Lizzie Beasley Turner. She retired from Greenwood Mills, after 46 years of service and was a member of the Quarter Century Club. Ms. Harvley was a member of Augusta Highway Baptist Church...

Mike Gambrell

Mike Gambrell

Apr 22, 2009

Strawder Michael Gambrell, 64, of 1014 Highside Street, husband of Katherine Fay Henderson Gambrell, died Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late James Boyce and Flora Ann Graydon Gambrell. He was employed by Greenwood County and was a member of the SC Law Enforcement Officers Association. Mike was...

Joel Lajoie

Joel Lajoie

Apr 19, 2009

Alfred Joel LaJoie, 83, of 303 Coker Road, husband of Mary Mitchell LaJoie, died Sunday, April 19, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Caribou, ME, he was a son of the late Cyprien and Josephine Violet LaJoie. He was retired from Greenwood Mills and was of the Catholic faith. Surviving is his wife of 62 years; two daughters,...

John Demastes

John Demastes

Apr 18, 2009

John Oscar Demastes, 86, resident of Savannah Heights Living Center, died Saturday April 18, 2009. Born in Upsher County, WV, he was a son of the late Johm Lemuel and Stella Pugh Demastes. He was a carpenter and served in the US Navy. Surviving is a sister, Bernice Heater of Washington, GA.

Emmitte Jerry Catoe

Emmitte Jerry Catoe

Apr 18, 2009

Ewell Emmitte Balchin, 78, of 102 Patrick Road, entered into rest on Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Hospice House. Born in Elberton, GA on September 15, 1930, he was the son of the late Clarence and Belle Yeargin Balchin. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict and retired from Greenwood Mills. Emmitte was an exceptionally good natured...

Bobby Arnett

Bobby Arnett

Apr 16, 2009

Robert G. �Hunter� Arnett, 59, of 23 Higgins Drive, Ware Shoals, husband of Rebecca Elledge Lothridge Arnett, died Thursday, April 16, 2009 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Robert and Sudie Mae Ashmore Arnett. He was employed as a paper carrier for The Index-Journal and was a US Army veteran of the Vietnam War. He...

Julia Goodenough

Julia Goodenough

Apr 16, 2009

Julia Fair Horne, 83, resident of NHC Health Care Center, died Thursday, April 16, 2009 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late David Bates and Mary Vaughn Horne. She was a retired nursing assistant and was a member of the Fairview Quilting Club and the Red Hat Club. She was a member of the...

David Gambrell

David Gambrell

Apr 16, 2009

David Mark Gambrell, 49, of 110 Linda Lane, husband of Angela Cannon Gambrell, died Thursday, April 16, 2009. Born in Anderson, he was a son of Doug Gambrell and Betty Taylor Walker. He was employed by Fuji and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving is his wife of the home; his mother and stepfather, Don Walker, of Greenwood; his father...

Donna Johnson

Donna Johnson

Apr 15, 2009

Donna Ann Massey Johnson, 41, of 24 N. Riegel Avenue, wife of Harvey Johnson, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009 at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Troy Donald Massey and the late Rachel Lomax Massey. She was of the Baptist faith. Surviving is her husband of the home; her father of Waterloo; a daughter, Sara Regina...

Margaret Johanson

Margaret Johanson

Apr 14, 2009

Margaret Adams Johanson, 96, widow of David Leander Johanson, died in Greenwood, SC on April 14, 2009, which would have been their 75th wedding anniversary. Born in the Boonton, NJ area where she lived for 62 years before moving to Greenwood in 1975. She was a daughter of Eva and Harry Adams and a 1931 graduate of Boonton High School....

Barbara Storey

Barbara Storey

Apr 13, 2009

Barbara Butler Storey, 62, of 103 Piper Street, widow of Sammie L. Storey, died Monday, April 13, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in McCormick, she was a daughter of the late Clayton and Mattie Sue Brown Butler. She was employed by Stone Manufacturing and was a member of South Greenwood Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she taught Missionettes Rainbows....

Pearl Ransom

Pearl Ransom

Apr 12, 2009

Pearl Walton Ransom, 87, of 426 Morgan Avenue, widow of Hubert R. Ransom, died Sunday, April 12, 2009 at Emerald Gardens. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Joel W. and Esther Evers Walton. She was employed by Greenwood Mills for more than 40 years and was a member of the Quarter Century Club, and retired from...

Tammie Hinton Pennington

Tammie Hinton Pennington

Apr 7, 2009

Tammie Melissa Hinton Pennington, 45, of 265 Hillview Circle, Anderson, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Born in St. Petersburg, FL, she was a daughter of the late Donald Edward Hinton and Blanche Helen Long. Surviving are two daughters, Ronica Nyshell Pennington and Annamay Delane Pennington and two sons, Andrew Lee Pennington and Michael Nathaniel Pennington, all of Anderson.

Ruth Kirby

Ruth Kirby

Apr 7, 2009

Ruth Novella Stepp Kirby, 82, of 215 Overbrook Road, widow of Ralph D. Kirby, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Union, she was a daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Mary Stroud Stepp. She was a graduate of Union High School and retired from Monarch Mills in Union. She was a member of...

Philip A. Legge

Philip A. Legge

Apr 7, 2009

Philip Alan Legge, 86, of 1110 Marshall Road, husband of Phyllis Mae Cooper Sitterly Legge, died Tuesday, April 7, 2009 in Greenwood, SC. Born in Urbana, OH, he was the first son of the late Harry Legge and Ruth Pearson Legge. Mr. Legge was a graduate of Urbana High School and received both his Bachelor�s and Master�s Degrees from the...