Obituaries

Patricia Skidmore

Patricia Skidmore

Dec 2, 2022

Patricia Fleming Skidmore, 73, of 101 Valley Road, widow of Kenneth Rudolph "Rudy" Skidmore, passed away Friday, December 2, 2022, at her home. Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter of the late Clarence Fleming and Margaret Ellis Fleming. She retired from Capsugel and was a member of Woodfields Baptist Church. Surviving are her children, Joseph Daniel "Joe-Dan" Bannister and...

Richard "Dick" Reeves

Richard "Dick" Reeves

Dec 2, 2022

Richard "Dick" Ackroyd Reeves, 95, of Ninety-Six, South Carolina, peacefully left this world better than he found it December 2, 2022 in Greenwood, South Carolina. Born September 3, 1927, in Evanston, Illinois, to the late Courtney Harold Reeves and Esther Ackroyd Reeves, Dick was loved fiercely by his wife of 53 years, Barbara Frengel Reeves of Ninety-Six, South Carolina, and...

Leslie "Doc" Ouzts

Leslie "Doc" Ouzts

Nov 28, 2022

Leslie "Doc" Jackson Ouzts, 76, of 2610 County Line Road, Bradley, passed away Monday, November 28, 2022 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Edgefield, he was the son of the late Brabham Ouzts and Mae Frances Powell Ouzts. Doc was employed with Greenwood Mills for thirty-seven years and a US Army veteran, where he served during Vietnam. He loved...

Margaret Balchin

Margaret Balchin

Nov 28, 2022

Margaret Harvell Balchin, 95, of Ninety Six, widow of Robert "Bud" P. Balchin, passed away Monday, November 28, 2022 at Wesley Commons. Born in Elberton, GA, she was a daughter of the late James Denver Harvell and Lois Rebecca Tyner Harvell. In her later years she enjoyed word find books, adult coloring books, and embroidering. Most of all Margaret loved...

Kathy Harvley

Kathy Harvley

Nov 27, 2022

Kathy Ann Corley Harvley, 57, of Highway 178 South, wife of Ronald Wayne Harvley, died Sunday, November 27, 2022 at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Ruth Guyton Chapman and the late Ronald "Runt" Corley. Kathy was a graduate of Saluda High School and attended Piedmont Technical College. She was employed by Harvley's Scrap Metal for...

Jean Bond

Jean Bond

Nov 26, 2022

Paula Jean Bond, 91, of Greenwood, widow of Madison F. "Mac" Bond, Jr., passed away Saturday, November 26, 2022 at Hospice House. Born in Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Ozmer Copeland and Ruth Stewart Copeland. She was a 1949 graduate of Greenwood High School and a 1950 graduate of the Greenwood College of Commerce's secretarial program....

Tina Collier Peurifoy

Tina Collier Peurifoy

Nov 23, 2022

Tina Marie Collier Peurifoy, 51, of Duncan, SC, died Wednesday, November 23, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Raymond Gordon Collier and Julie Owens Collier. Tina absolutely loved her family, especially her precious grandchildren. She was very talented as a writer, artist and had a voice like Shania Twain. Her hobbies...

Kenneth Looper

Kenneth Looper

Nov 23, 2022

Alvin Kenneth Looper, 79, widower of Nancy Looper, passed peacefully on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 in Greenwood. Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late Major Woodrow and Josie Bayne Looper. Kenneth served in the US Army for seven years and was the owner and operator of Alvin's Upholstery. He loved making others laugh with stories that he...

Richard Street Iii

Richard Street Iii

Nov 22, 2022

F. Richard Street, III, 74, formerly of Pelzer, passed away Tuesday, November 22, 2022. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Frank Richard Street, Jr. and Frances Anderson Monroe Street. Richard was a Clemson University alumnus and worked as controls engineer for Amoco Performance Products and later Jacobs engineering and an independent consultant. He was married to...

Lucy Woodall

Lucy Woodall

Nov 19, 2022

Lucy Davis Woodall, of Saluda, widow of Felix Calloway Woodall, Jr. passed away Saturday, November 19, 2022. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late William Grover Butler and Eva Price Grover Butler. Lucy retired from Greenwood Mills and enjoyed gardening, canning, cooking and spending time with her grandchildren. She formerly attended Sandridge Baptist Church. Surviving are her...

Gail Camp

Gail Camp

Nov 19, 2022

Gail Barber Camp, 75, of Ninety Six, SC, widow of Charles Marshall Camp, Sr., died Saturday, November 19, 2022 at Hospice House. Born in Shelby, NC, she was a daughter of the late Forrest and Louise Millard Barber. Gail was a graduate of Lenoir-Rhyne University, where she received a degree in Early Childhood Education. She loved children and spent her...

Eugene Thompson

Eugene Thompson

Nov 19, 2022

Eugene "Pee Wee" Malone Thompson, 87, of Greenwood, widower of Shelby Jean Whitmire Thompson, passed away Saturday, November 19, 2022. Born in Whitmire, he was a son of the late George and Lela Malone Thompson. Eugene was a U. S. Air Force veteran and retired from Monsanto. He enjoyed golfing, picking up pecans, doing yardwork and watching his grandchildren play...

Sonny Gresham

Sonny Gresham

Nov 18, 2022

Hyland Brooks "Sonny" Gresham, Jr., 58, of 210 Andrews Avenue South, Greenwood, husband of Velvet Ashley Gresham, passed away suddenly, Friday, November 18, 2022 at his home. He was the son of Emma Jean Edwards Gresham the late Hyland Brooks Gresham, Sr. Surviving are his four children, Brooke Price (Mikey) of Travelers Rest, Chase Gresham (Lauren) of Asheville, Ashriel Gresham...

Larry Guest

Larry Guest

Nov 18, 2022

Larry Malcolm Guest, 79, of Greenwood, husband of Estrella Gamba Guest, passed away Friday, November 18, 2022, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late Lester Guest and Ruth Hawks Guest Douglas. Larry was a U S Air Force veteran and retired from the US Postal Service. He was an avid golfer, bowler...

Charles Anderson

Charles Anderson

Nov 17, 2022

Charles Clyde Anderson, formerly of Texas, husband of Mary Bazzle Anderson, passed away Thursday, November 17, 2022, at Wesley Commons, Greenwood, South Carolina. Born in 1937 in Floyd County, Texas, he was the son of the late Grover Milton Anderson and Ruby Belle Catlin Anderson. In 1958, Charles joined the U. S. Army 82nd Airborne as a parachute rigger and...

Debbie Kemp

Debbie Kemp

Nov 15, 2022

Debra Sells Kemp, 69, of Greenwood, widow of Phillip G. Kemp, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2022. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of Ethel Messer Floyd and the late Richard Clark "Dick" Floyd. Debbie was a loving mother and grandmother and enjoyed crafting, going to the flea market and flowers. She was married to her late husband, Phillip...

Ronnie Staggs

Ronnie Staggs

Nov 14, 2022

Ronnie Medferd Staggs, 78, of Ninety Six, husband of Sandra Fortner Staggs, passed away Monday, November 14, 2022 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Hollis Staggs and Lorene Staggs Watson. Ronnie enjoyed fishing and loved taking care of his farm animals. He attended Ninety Six Church of God. Ronnie is survived...

Gary T. Kelso

Gary T. Kelso

Nov 14, 2022

Gary Travis "Big Papa" Kelso, 45, of Greenwood, husband of Summer Sandage Kelso, passed away Monday, November 14, 2022 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Tacoma, Washington, he was the son of Gary Lee Kelso and Constance "Connie" Bowie Kelso. Gary enjoyed drag racing and collecting guns. He was an avid Notre Dame Fighting Irish and New England Patriots...

Austin Eddy

Austin Eddy

Nov 12, 2022

Austin Earl "Buddy" Eddy, 24, of 211 Mill Road, passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Vera K. Eddy and the late Frank Earl "Bubba" Eddy, Jr. Austin was employed with Mack Tharpe installing floors and mechanically inclined. He loved riding motorcycles and four wheelers, grilling, fishing, and rapping free style. He never...

Phyllis Johnstone

Phyllis Johnstone

Nov 10, 2022

Phyllis Laurene Boozer Johnstone, 76, died Thursday, November 10, 2022 at Self Regional Medical Center. Raised in Ninety Six, she was a daughter of the late Hance Eugene and Mabel Coleman Boozer. She earned her degree in Education from Winthrop College and spent her career teaching at the high school level, retiring from Wando High School in Mt. Pleasant. Phyllis...