Obituaries

Evelyn Goodman

Evelyn Goodman

Dec 16, 2020

Evelyn Kelley Goodman, 80, of 404 Abbott Avenue, widow of James T. Goodman, passed away Wednesday, December 16, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Walhalla, she was a daughter of the late Rev. W.H. Kelley and Ollie Hoxit Kelley. She was raised in the home of W.H. and Jessie Kelley. Evelyn was a manager of Oxford Industrial and...

Douglas Anderson

Douglas Anderson

Dec 15, 2020

Mr. Douglas Alton Anderson, 78, of Tate Street, Elberton, husband of 60 years to Rebecca Ann Bone Anderson, passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2020, at St. Mary's Hospital in Athens. Doug was born in Elberton on May 17, 1942, son of the late Alfred Arthur Anderson and Florence Mills Anderson. He was a 1960 graduate of Elberton High School...

Barbara Holley

Barbara Holley

Dec 15, 2020

Barbara Ann Hawkins Holley, 75, of 124 Sherwood Lane, wife of Orville Holley, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at her home. Born in Lakeland, FL, she was the daughter of the late James Hawkins and Delores Gonzales Hawkins. She is survived by her husband, Orville, of the home; a daughter, Leigh Seitsema of Asheville, NC and six grandchildren. No...

Nellie Butler

Nellie Butler

Dec 13, 2020

Nellie Edwards Butler, 93, formerly of Greenwood, widow of Merlin W. Butler, Sr., died Sunday, December 13, 2020. Born in Swainsboro, GA, she was a daughter of the late Columbus Jackson and Maggie Lee Truett Edwards. Over the years, she and her husband had fostered over 500 children through the Department of Social Services. She was of the Baptist faith....

Sara A Cobb

Sara A Cobb

Dec 12, 2020

Sara Anderson Cobb, 89, of Greenwood, widow of Thomas H. Cobb, passed away Saturday, December 12, 2020 at NHC of Greenwood. Born in Hodges, she was the daughter of the late Palmer Clayton Anderson and Margie Lee Spruell Anderson. Sara retired from Neptune Measurement. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Sara was an avid Greenwood Eagle and Clemson Fan....

Lanier Williams

Lanier Williams

Dec 11, 2020

Jessie Lanier Williams, 87, of Lowell Street, Ninety Six, widower of Joan Douglas Williams, passed away on Friday, December 11, 2020 at home in his bed, surrounded by his family. Born in Commerce, GA, he was a son of the late Robert Lee and Azzie Lee Morrison Williams. Lanier went to work for Greenwood Mills in July 1949 at the...

Ivadell Collins

Ivadell Collins

Dec 11, 2020

Ivadell Mae Talbert Collins, 86, of Bradley, widow of Henry Broadus Collins, passed away Friday, December 11, 2020 at her home. Born in Vallejo, CA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Ralph Talbert and Edith Mae Mitchell Talbert. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Cheryl Eileen Collins and a brother, Ralph Ned Talbert. Ivadell was a...

Beverly Lefevre

Beverly Lefevre

Dec 10, 2020

Beverly Bright LeFevre, 83, of Florida Avenue, died on Thursday, December 10, 2020. Born in Havre de Grace, MD, she was the daughter of the late James Bright and Audrey Keen Southerland. Beverly was a caregiver and a member of Mountain Baptist Church in West Virginia. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Alisha Tressler; and four brothers, Glenn...

Myrtle Smith

Myrtle Smith

Dec 8, 2020

Myrtle Lowery Smith, 89, of Greenwood, widow of Cecil Smith, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Hospice House. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late James Arthur Lowery and Lucia Goodman Collier and stepfather Thomas Collier. Myrtle retired from Monsanto and enjoyed making crafts, baking and loved children. She was a member of Ninety Six Pentecostal...

Virginia Vaughn

Virginia Vaughn

Dec 5, 2020

Nellie Virginia Leopard Vaughn, 79, of Phoenix Road, Greenwood, widow of Edward Lee Vaughn, passed away Saturday, December 5, 2020. Born in Walhalla, she was the daughter of the late Harley and Roxanne Jane Leopard. She was a homemaker and a member of East Side Baptist Church. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family and preceded in...

Rev. De Canaday

Rev. De Canaday

Dec 4, 2020

Rev. DeArmond E. Canaday, 100, of Greenwood, widower of Jule Kelly Canaday, passed away Friday, December 4, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Charleston, he was a son of the late Solomon M. and Stella Laura Way Canaday. De was a 1942 graduate of The Citadel. He received his MA degree from the University of...

Larry Brown

Larry Brown

Nov 30, 2020

Charles Larry Brown 56, of Greenwood, SC; passed away Monday, November 30, 2020 at his home after a year long battle with cancer. Born and raised in Greenwood, he was the son of Jeanette Ginn Brown and the late Charles D. Brown. Larry formerly owned his own siding business. He was a Greenwood High School graduate and was raised in...

Susan Bartlett

Susan Bartlett

Nov 29, 2020

Susan Gillion Bartlett, 57, of 234 Reynolds Avenue, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2020 at her home. Born in Newbery County, she was a daughter of the late James Wiley Gillion and Sandra Scott Gillion. Surviving are her son, John D. Gillion (Annette) of Greenwood; sisters, Sharon, Kelly Gary of Greenwood, and Jennie Rhodes of Ninety Six; brother, Robert Gillion...

Sylvia A. Montplaisir

Sylvia A. Montplaisir

Nov 27, 2020

Sylvia A. Montplaisir, 94, widower of Clifford M. Montplaisir, died Friday, November 27, 2020 at Hospice House. Born in Wessington Springs, SD, she was a daughter of the late Ray Baker and Helen Aistrup Gordon Swimm. Sylvia was raised by her grandparents for several years, then moved to the Potato Lake area of Minnesota, where she lived with her mother...

Chuck Drake

Chuck Drake

Nov 25, 2020

Charles Edward Drake, Sr. passed away unexpectedly November 25, 2020 at Self Regional Healthcare. He was born January 26, 1930 in DeFuniak Springs, FL to the late Ardessia Adkinson and James Ezra Drake. Charles, better known as Chuck or Duck, graduated from Walton County High School as the star quarterback in 1948. He was one of the first males to...

Willy Wilson

Willy Wilson

Nov 25, 2020

William Charles "Willy" Wilson, 54, of 217 Pinelake Drive, Ninety Six, husband of Teresa "Terri" Knight Wilson, died Wednesday, November 25, 2020. Born in Saluda, he was a son of the late Clyde Junior and Blondell Sanford Wison. He was the owner of Your Way Construction Company. Willy was a God-fearing man and a loving husband, father and grandfather and...

Gary Syracuse

Gary Syracuse

Nov 25, 2020

Gary Jordan Syracuse, Sr. 64, of Edgefield, husband of Cynthia Wagner Syracuse, died November 25, 2020. Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late Francis Gwinn Syracuse and Shirley Temple Brothers Syracuse. Gary was a truck driver and also worked for Syracuse Lawncare. He was a member of Saluda Hill Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his wife...

Rollie Young

Rollie Young

Nov 23, 2020

Rollie Young, 78, husband of Glenda Scott Young, died Monday, November 23, 2020 at his home. Born in Coronaca, he was a son of the late John Pressley Young and Martha Kathleen Powell Young. Rollie was a sales representative for The EarthGrains Bread Company and was a successful cattle farmer. He was a US Navy veteran of the Vietnam War....

Evelyn Rambo

Evelyn Rambo

Nov 22, 2020

Evelyn Jones Rambo, 98, of Cornelia Circle, Greenwood, widow of Hugh Senn Rambo, Sr., died Sunday, November 22, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Tignall, GA, she was a daughter of the late Crayton B. and Laura Moss Jones. Evelyn worked for her family business, Rambo's Grocery and loved volunteering at her church and in...

Bobbie Sue Boone

Bobbie Sue Boone

Nov 22, 2020

Bobbie Sue Stargel Boone, 63, of Ninety Six, died Sunday, November 22, 2020 at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Bobby Joseph Stargel and Bertha Sue Stargel Crawford. Bobbie Sue was a retired district supervisor with Diversco and when her health allowed, she attended Restoration Ministries. Surviving are her daughter, Dawn Alexander McGill of...