Obituaries

Phillip Gettys

Phillip Gettys

Mar 23, 2022

Phillip Claiborne "Peach" Gettys, 49, of Elberton, died Wednesday, March 23, 2022. Born in Greenville, SC, he was a son of Kelvin and Brenda Corley Ivie. "Peach" was a former construction worker and loved spending time with his children and especially his grandchildren who called him "Pappy". He was preceded in death by his former wife, Tiffany Lovell. Surviving in...

Shirley Hastings

Shirley Hastings

Mar 21, 2022

Shirley Elizabeth Taylor Hastings, 72, of 530 Sample Road, widow of Paul W. Hastings, passed away Monday, March 21, 2022 at her home. Shirley was born in Fayetteville, NC and is the last surviving member of her immediate family. She loved sewing, crocheting, watching crime shows, listening to music, and most of all her grandchildren. She is survived by her...

James Ardis

James Ardis

Mar 20, 2022

James Wyatt Ardis, 44, died March 20, 2022. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Delores Fortner Whitaker and the late Bill Ardis. He was formerly employed by Ardis Roofing. James is survived by his mother of Waterloo; his children, Kimberly Ardis of Hodges, James Waylon Ardis of Greenwood, Jacob Ardis of Ware Shoals, Phoenix Ardis of Greenwood and...

Teresa Lipe

Teresa Lipe

Mar 20, 2022

Teresa Lynn Scott Lipe, 57, of 404 Doc Holloway Road, Chappells, wife of Richard Jess Lipe, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022 at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of James Leonard Scott and Mary Lynn Ford Scott. She loved her grandchildren, fur babies, Little Bit, Peanut, and Bella Monkey dearly and fishing on Lake Greenwood. Teresa...

Chris Willis

Chris Willis

Mar 20, 2022

Christopher Alan Willis, 40, of 205 B. Brooks Stuart Drive, passed away Sunday, March 20, 2022. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Richard Alan Willis and Janet Gail Scott. He was formerly employed with Southern Boat Lifts and a US Army veteran. Chris loved fishing, playing the guitar, and his son very much. He is survived by his...

Ronnie Capley

Ronnie Capley

Mar 19, 2022

Ronald Lynn Capley, 67, of 142 Young Street, died Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Montgomery, AL, he was a son of Virda Kegley Ouzts and the late Otis Victor Capley, II. He was retired from Greenwood Mills, Durst Plant and grew up attending South Greenwood Pentecostal Holiness Church. He is survived by his mother...

Emily Acker

Emily Acker

Mar 19, 2022

Emily Marie Joseph Acker, 82, formerly of 87 Flymm Smith Road, Waterloo, resident of NHC Greenwood, widow of Charles Hugh Acker, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022. Born in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Stephen Albert Joseph and Mildred Virginia Helmuth Joseph. She was formerly employed with Monsanto and Nantex and was a member of New...

Cheryl Henderson

Cheryl Henderson

Mar 18, 2022

Cheryl Chastain Henderson, 75, of 113 N. Acres Road, widow of Joseph "Joe" Lynn Henderson, Jr., passed away Friday, March 18, 2022 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Joshua Bennett Chastain and Gladys Garrett Chastain. She was a graduate of Greenwood High School and College of Commerce. She was formerly employed...

Alice Hallock

Alice Hallock

Mar 17, 2022

Alice Christine Philp Hallock, 74, of 79 White Creek Road, Abbeville, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2022 at Magnolia Manor in Greenwood. Born in Roanoke, VA, she was the daughter of the late William Philp and Mary Annette Wilson Philp. Mrs. Hallock enjoyed painting and crafting. Surviving are her children, Bonnie Hallock (Royce Ramos), Heather Plunkett (Ronald), and Katherine "Katy"...

Donald Livingston

Donald Livingston

Mar 17, 2022

Donald Cameron Livingston, 83, of Greenwood, SC, beloved husband of Delores Stewart Livingston passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 17, 2022, at his home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Brevard, NC, he was the second of six children born to Stanley and Faye Barlow Livingston. Don attended public and private schools and universities in North Carolina and graduated...

Hester Crawford

Hester Crawford

Mar 14, 2022

Hester Alena Wiles Crawford, 80, of Abbeville, SC passed away Monday, March 14, 2022 at her home. Born in Bristol, VA, she was a daughter of the late Paul M. and Roxie Lee Lyon Wiles. In 1974 Hester moved to Abbeville and considered it her home. She started her career with the City of Abbeville and was an accounting clerk...

Harold Stewart

Harold Stewart

Mar 14, 2022

Harold Hoyt Stewart, 88, formerly of Ninety Six, widower of Jewell Bledsoe Stewart, passed away Monday, March 14, 2022 at Emerald Gardens. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Hoyt Hugh Stewart and Mary Palmer Stewart. Harold retired from Greenwood Mills after working 49 years and was a member of the Quarter Century Club. He enjoyed dancing,...

Ruby Turner

Ruby Turner

Mar 10, 2022

Ruby Leagan Turner, 96, of Greenwood, formerly of Norwood Avenue, Ninety Six, widow of Julius M. "Dick" Turner, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2022, at the home of her daughter. Ruby was a daughter of the late Luther C. and Dillie Boulware Leagan. She worked for Greenwood Mills and retired from Monsanto. She was a loving mother and grandmother...

Vivian Burroughs

Vivian Burroughs

Mar 9, 2022

Vivian Ann Dawson Burroughs, 64, of 112 Old Brickyard Road, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022 at her home. Born in Athens, GA, she was the daughter of the late Albert Lamar and Katie McAvoy Dawson. She loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren, and loved a good cup of coffee. Surviving are her children Tonya Holt, Jonathan...

Gw Massey

Gw Massey

Mar 8, 2022

George W. "GW" Massey, 90, of Greenwood, widower of Linda Gurley Massey, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. Born in Madison, SC, he was a son of the late Robert Lee Massey and Marie Weldon Massey. GW was an TV repairman for many years and was a loving father, grandfather and great grandfather....

Haskell Cromer

Haskell Cromer

Mar 7, 2022

Haskell Merchant Cromer, 87, of Windsor Oaks, husband of Sallie Adams Cromer and father of the late Nelson B. Cromer, died peacefully on Monday, March 7, 2022 surrounded by family and friends. Born in Saluda on February 4, 1935, he was a son of the late Kencler Kaminer Cromer and Mary Elizabeth Merchant Cromer. Haskell attended Ninety Six schools and...

Danny Ray Simpson

Danny Ray Simpson

Mar 7, 2022

Danny Ray Simpson, 47, of 1236 Mathis Road, husband of Christie Baum Simpson, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Thomas Ray Simpson and the late Lucy Jean Newman. He was a carpenter with E.J. Sullivan General Contractor. Danny Ray loved music, playing the guitar, building, working with his hands, and riding motorcycles....

Eliza Tolbert

Eliza Tolbert

Mar 7, 2022

Eliza Fuller Watts Tolbert, 96, widow of Robert Seymour Tolbert, Sr., died Monday, March 7, 2022 at Hospice House. Born in Mountville, she was a daughter of the late Cleveland Grover Watts and Eliza Frances Hudgens Watts. She retired from Geo. W. Park Seed Co. and was a member of First Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Eliza is survived by a...

Cheryl Speed

Cheryl Speed

Mar 6, 2022

Cheryl Lee Speed, 75, of 89 Broadway Lane, Waterloo, widow of Gilbert Speed, passed away Sunday, March 6, 2022 at her home. Born in Auburn, NY, she was a daughter of the late Joseph and Norma Bowen Cardinale. She was a graduate of Central High and a member of Cedarwood Community Church in Waterloo, SC. She was an entertainment journalist...

Frank Taylor Jr.

Frank Taylor Jr.

Mar 3, 2022

Frank Lee Taylor, Jr., 37, of 127 Mitchum Drive, Ninety Six, passed away Thursday, March 3, 2022 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Jennifer Pow Taylor and the late Frank Lee Taylor, Sr. He received his bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from the University of South Carolina. He was a US Marine Corps...