Obituaries

Joyce Saunders

Joyce Saunders

Jan 25, 2021

Joyce Lester Bourne Saunders, age 94, formerly of Lancaster, KY passed away Monday, January 25, 2021 in Laurens, SC. Born October 25, 1926 in Lincoln County, KY, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo B. & Lucy Pollard Bourne. Joyce had been a longtime employee of Cowden's Manufacturing. She was a graduate of Stanford High School and attended Transylvania...

Robert Maurice Harper

Robert Maurice Harper

Jan 23, 2021

Robert "PA" Maurice Harper, 87, of 205 Marshall Circle, widower of Margaret M. Moore Harper, passed away Saturday, January 23, 2021 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Madison County, GA, he was a son of the late Robert M. Harper and Nina A. Lyerly Harper Mathis. He was a Greenwood High School graduate and a member...

Willie Mae Brown

Willie Mae Brown

Jan 22, 2021

Willie Mae Brown, 76, of 2215 Woodlawn Road, wife of Wayne Edward Brown, passed away Friday, January 22, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Six Mile, she was the daughter of the late Paul E. Greer and Ruby Mae Alexander Greer. She was formerly employed with Park Seed and Greenwood Mills for some time. She attended Pentecostal Holiness...

Barbara Ann Johnson

Barbara Ann Johnson

Jan 20, 2021

Barbara Ann Johnson passed away peacefully January 20, 2021 at Wesley Commons Healthcare Center, in Greenwood. SC. She was born on February 6, 1930 in Duluth Minnesota to the late Walter and Lillian Paleen. Barbara was a graduate of the University of Wisconsin where she majored in Physical Education and taught at several Milwaukee High Schools. She married the late...

Elsie Speer

Elsie Speer

Jan 20, 2021

Elsie Osborne Speer, 89, resident of Bayberry Retirement Inn, widow of Eugene Speer, passed away January 20, 2021 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Tuberville, she was a daughter of the late William Henry Osborne and Clarissa Jane Dennis. She was a member of The Church of the Resurrection Episcopal. She was a very loving, wife,...

Hazel Chandler

Hazel Chandler

Jan 20, 2021

Hazel Williams Chandler, 84, of 223 Watts Bridge Road, Ninety Six, widow of Olin Richard Chandler, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at her home. Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter to the late Ralph Williams and Kathleen Smith Williams. She retired from Greenwood Mills, Sloan Plant and enjoyed going to auctions and flea markets. Mrs. Hazel was a...

Lois Eakin

Lois Eakin

Jan 20, 2021

Delores "Lois" Ethridge Eakin, 84, of 121 Callison Highway, wife of Clifton Eakin, passed away Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late James Robert Ethridge and Sara Rushton Ethridge. She retired from Ethridge Monument Company and formerly employed by Greenwood Telephone Company. She was a member of Rehoboth...

Doris Scott

Doris Scott

Jan 15, 2021

Doris McFerrin Scott, 91, of Clinton, widow of Mack Rayford Scott, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021 at NHC of Clinton. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Claude Herman McFerrin and Lily Blake McFerrin. Doris was a loving mother and grandmother. She retired from Monsanto and was a member of Ninety Six Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving...

Robert Starnes

Robert Starnes

Jan 14, 2021

Robert Michael Starnes, 72, of Hodges, died Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Gaffney, he was a son of the late Josh Clarence Starnes and Coralee Jeter Starnes. Robert was a U. S. Army veteran having served during Vietnam War and was formerly employed with Moore Business Forms. Surviving is his brother, Josh Starnes (Bonnie)...

Sylvia Westbrook

Sylvia Westbrook

Jan 14, 2021

Sylvia Boyd Westbrook, 85, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Hospice & Palliative Care of the Piedmont in Greenwood, SC, with complications from dementia. She lived a generous and joyful life as a devoted wife, mother, and faithful Christian woman. She is survived by her brother, Wilton Boyd and his wife, Charlotte of Boaz, Alabama; her daughter...

Irene Johnson

Irene Johnson

Jan 13, 2021

Nancy Irene Roscoe Johnson, 73, of 4313 Todd Quarter Road, Waterloo, passed away Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Patrick, SC, she was a daughter of Loretta Polson Roscoe and the late James Oscar Roscoe. Surviving are her children, Tim Johnson of Waterloo and Jackie Sandola (Richard) of Fair Hope, AL; grandchildren, Tiffany Johnson, Alison...

Jeanette Brown

Jeanette Brown

Jan 11, 2021

Jeanette Ginn Brown, 92, of Greenwood, widow of Rev. Charles Dayton Brown, passed away Monday, January 11, 2021 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born July 31, 1928 in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Otis Ginn and Minnie Beasley Ginn. She was a member of Durst Avenue Church of God, which she loved dearly. She...

Norma Jean Knight

Norma Jean Knight

Jan 11, 2021

Norma Jean Clary Knight, 73, of Easley, wife of Robert Carrol Knight, passed away Monday, January 11, 2021 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Newberry, she was the daughter of the late Homer Howard Clary and Ruthie Banks Clary. Norma was a homemaker, enjoyed reading her Bible and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren. She was preceded in...

Mildred Driggers

Mildred Driggers

Jan 10, 2021

Mildred Irene Cook Driggers, 92, of 215 Lowell Street, Ninety Six, widow of Harold Eugene Driggers, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021 at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late John William and Lula Mae Butler Cook. She retired from Greenwood Mills and was a faithful member of Temple Baptist Church. Surviving are her son,...

Alice Goodman Brown

Alice Goodman Brown

Jan 9, 2021

Alice Goodman Brown, 88, of Greenwood, passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Ninety Six, she was a daughter of the late Thurman F. Goodman and Mary Yeargin Goodman. She was formerly employed at Greenwood Mills and retired from Monsanto. Alice was a member of the IFCJ organization, International Fellowship of...

Tom Calloway

Tom Calloway

Jan 7, 2021

Tom Calloway, 90, of Cabin Road in Greenwood, widower of Bernice Hefner Calloway, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021 at his home. Born in Avery County, NC, he was a son of the late Gip Otis Calloway and Jo Rhyne Calloway. He retired from Fluor Daniels Corporation and was a US Airforce veteran, where he served during the Korean Conflict....

Faye Holder

Faye Holder

Jan 6, 2021

Faye Parks Holder, 82, of 120 Timmerman Road, widow of Gerald Wayne Holder, passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in McCormick, she was a daughter of the late James "Jack" Allen Parks and Margaret Robertson Parks. She retired from Solutia and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her children, Barbara Jan Moon (Randy),...

Audrey Lockaby

Audrey Lockaby

Jan 6, 2021

Audrey Willingham Lockaby, 81, wife of Charles E. Lockaby, died Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Ninety Six, she was a daughter of the late Holmes Tillman "Shack" and Ellen Voiselle Willingham. She received her Associates degree in Business from Piedmont Technical College and worked for Frank Addy Jewelers, retiring from H. H. Turner Jewelers,...

Darrell Shinall

Darrell Shinall

Jan 6, 2021

James Darrell Shinall, 73, of Hodges, husband of Susan Miller Shinall, died Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Ruth Strickland Shinall and the late Harold Shinall. Darrell was a U. S. Navy Veteran, serving during the Vietnam War and was a retired car salesman. He was a talented musician...

Trevor Giles

Trevor Giles

Jan 5, 2021

Steven Trevor Giles, 35, of Greenwood, died Tuesday, January 5, 2021. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of John R. Giles (Sandra) and Pamela K. Thomas. Trevor was a U. S Army veteran. He worked for the Greenwood Post Office and attended NewSpring. He was preceded in death by his stepfather, Brent Thomas. Surviving in addition to his parents...