Obituaries

Shelby Thompson

Shelby Thompson

Sep 20, 2021

Shelby Jean Whitmire Thompson, 82, of 136 Cherokee Drive, wife of Eugene Malone Thompson, passed away Monday, September 20, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Whitmire, she was the daughter of the late Coley Glenn Whitmire and Thelma Gertrude Tinsley Whitmire. She was a member of South Main Baptist Church, where she served on the Benevolence Committee. Shelby...

Travis Anderson

Travis Anderson

Sep 18, 2021

Michael Travis Anderson, 43, of 1203 Epworth Camp Road East, Ninety Six, husband of Kristin Ferrell Anderson, passed away Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born April 6, 1978 in Bennettsville, SC, he was the son of Hubert Gary Anderson, Jr. and Judy Clegg Anderson. He was a graduate of Emerald High School and...

Gwen Stribling

Gwen Stribling

Sep 17, 2021

Gwen Hodge Stribling, 66, of 308 Lanham Street, wife of Melvin D. Stribling, passed away Friday, September 17, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Sumter, she was the daughter of the late Sidney Elias and Bernice DuBose Hodge. She was formerly employed with Parke Davis. Gwen enjoyed gardening, cooking, and traveling to the mountains to be by the...

Judy Edwards

Judy Edwards

Sep 17, 2021

Judy Clardell Edwards, 64, of 905 Briarwood Road, wife of Ray Edwards, passed away Friday, September 17, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Charles Richard and Martha Ann Timmerman Allen. Judy was of the Pentecostal faith. Surviving are her children, Cory Edwards (Savannah) of Cleveland, TN, Tonya Noffz (Brian) and...

Margie Mitchell

Margie Mitchell

Sep 15, 2021

Margie Kate Yancey Mitchell, 90, of Ninety Six, died Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Joel Lee Yancey and Margaret Elizabeth Hastings Jones. Margie retired from Monsanto and enjoyed being around her family especially her grandchildren. She loved crossword puzzles, sewing, cross stitch, quilting, cooking and a...

Donald Wilkinson

Donald Wilkinson

Sep 15, 2021

Donald Eugene Wilkinson, 84, of Ninety Six, husband of Ruth Hayes Wilkinson, died Wednesday, September 15, 2021, at his home. Born on February 17, 1937, he was the son of the late Roland A. and Bertha Haefeli Wilkinson. Donald was a farmer where he formerly worked at Greenwood Dairy Farm and was a member of 2nd SC Continental Regiment. He...

Lisa Cooper

Lisa Cooper

Sep 15, 2021

Lisa Ann Beasley Cooper, 54, of Bradley, passed away Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Noralene Roberts Beasley and the late James Thomas Beasley. Lisa was a member of Bold Spring Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a son, Wesley Norris. Surviving in addition to her mother...

Jim Westbrook

Jim Westbrook

Sep 15, 2021

James Roy "Jim" Westbrook, Jr., 77, of Grand Harbor, husband of Sharon Armstead Westbrook, died Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Brady, TX, he was the son of the late James Roy Westbrook, Sr. (Allene) and Mary Elizabeth Glover Westbrook. Jim received a degree in Journalism from Texas Tech University and was a US Army...

Mary Ann Stroud

Mary Ann Stroud

Sep 14, 2021

Mary Ann Hodges Stroud, 84, widow of Roderick Mexwell Stroud, died Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Sloan Edward and Grace Cobb Hodges. She was retired from White's Florist and was a member of East Side Baptist Church for 39 years, where she was a member of the Mary...

Michael Summey

Michael Summey

Sep 14, 2021

Michael Edward Summey, 50, of Greenwood, died Tuesday, September 14, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Thomasville, NC, he was the son of Joyce Kindley Tysinger and the late Bill Edward Summey. Michael was a self employed painter and enjoyed fishing, traveling, sports, and cooking. Surviving in addition to his mother are his girlfriend, Debra Blizzard; sisters, Audrey...

Clara Cromer

Clara Cromer

Sep 13, 2021

Clara Ruth Bennett Cromer, 85, of Ninety Six, wife of Shelton Cromer, passed away Monday, September 13, 2021, at NHC of Greenwood. Born in Ninety Six, she was the daughter of the late George Brice Bennett and Bessie Dill Bennett. Clara was formerly employed with Greenwood Mills and was a childcare provider in her home for many years. She loved...

Jeanne Witte

Jeanne Witte

Sep 8, 2021

Jeanne Beverly Witte, 91, of Greenwood, SC, died Wednesday, September 8, 2021 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Jeanne was born April 1, 1930, in Eureka, South Dakota, the daughter of William and Bertha Witte. She taught school in rural South Dakota and held secretarial positions in Aberdeen, Rapid City and Huron in South Dakota, in Minneapolis MN,...

Elaine Carruth

Elaine Carruth

Sep 8, 2021

Virginia Elaine Hughes Carruth, 67, formerly of 204 Lake Street, widow of Ed Carruth, died Wednesday, September 8, 2021. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Clifton Hughes, Jr. and Virginia Bramlett Hughes. Elaine was formerly employed by the Greenwood Methodist Home and was a member of Rosemont Baptist Church. Surviving are her children, Mike Carruth (Cindi),...

Bobby Ellerbe

Bobby Ellerbe

Sep 7, 2021

Robert Lloyd "Bobby" Ellerbe, Sr., 77, of 144 Mountain Shore Drive, passed on Tuesday, September 7, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Anderson, he was a son of the late Alexander Russell and Margaret Lloyd Ellerbe. Bobby was a 1962 graduate of Greenwood High School and was the sales manager for multiple local car dealerships during his career,...

Todd Mitchell

Todd Mitchell

Sep 7, 2021

Jerald Todd Mitchell, 60, resident of Pruitt Health, North Augusta, passed away Tuesday, September 7, 2021. Born in Columbia, he was a son of William Jerald Mitchell (Linda) and Janice Ross Mitchell. Todd was an excellent golfer, loved fishing, the Carolina Gamecocks, and an avid Harley Davidson rider. He was of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition to his parents...

Babs Decaro

Babs Decaro

Sep 5, 2021

Barbara "Babs" Ann DeCaro, 86, of Susannah Wesley Place, wife of William A. DeCaro, passed away Sunday, September 5, 2021 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. She was born in New York and moved to Long Island after marrying, William. She was a buyer for home décor and linens for a Long Island department store for many years...

Martha Hoole

Martha Hoole

Sep 3, 2021

Martha Scott Hoole, 80, of 2939 Ninety Six Highway, Ninety Six, SC, wife of William "Billy" Harold Hoole, Jr., died Friday, September 3, 2021 at her home. Born in Cope, SC on November 3, 1940, she was a daughter of the late Frances Turner Scott and James Murray Scott. Martha was a graduate of Edisto High School in Cordova and...

Frances "Becka" Sterghos

Frances "Becka" Sterghos

Sep 3, 2021

Frances "Becka" Sterghos died on Friday, September 3rd. Born in Greenwood, SC, she was a daughter of the late I.E. Sterghos and Mercine Fotiou Sterghos. For 70 years, her family owned and operated The Star Cafe on Main Street in Greenwood. Becka started working there when she was 20 years old and stayed until its closing in 1974. From 1976...

Harold Griffin

Harold Griffin

Sep 1, 2021

Harold Sanford Griffin, 57, of 403 North Greenwood Street, LaGrange, GA, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at Upson Regional in Thomaston, GA. Born in Fontana, CA, he was a son of the late Horace David Griffin and Doris Leone Smith DeNardi. Harold was an aircraft mechanic for the U.S. National Guard. He served in the Marine Corp from 1987-1991....

Larry Disharoon

Larry Disharoon

Sep 1, 2021

Lawrence "Larry" Ernest Disharoon, 65, of 105 Peninsula Way, husband of Maureen O'Hagan Disharoon, passed away Wednesday, September 1, 2021 at his home. Larry was born in Baltimore, MD to the late Wilbur Ernest Disharoon and Mary Helen Warfield Disharoon. His father moved the family to Ocean City, MD, where he was raised and loved the ocean. He received his...