Obituaries
Jamie Mccarthy-Carson
Dec 23, 2020
Jamie Lowery McCarthy-Carson, 72, wife of Robert "Mike" Carson, passed away Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late James "Jimmy" Claude Lowery and Katherine "Kat" Faulkner Lowery. She was a graduate of Ninety Six High School and attended Piedmont Technical College, where she earned her...
Tommy Evans
Dec 22, 2020
James Tommy Evans, 59, of 603 E Laurel Avenue, passed away Tuesday, December 22, 2020. Born in Washington, GA, he was a son of James Inman Evans and Martha Herring Evans. He was employed at Star Fort Golf Course as a greens keeper and was a member of Westside Baptist Church. Tommy was an avid Georgia Bulldogs fan and golfer....
Buddra Ross
Dec 21, 2020
Buddra Ackerman Ross of Beaverdam Creek Road, Bradley, widow of Gaines Ross died Monday, December 21, 2020 at her home. Born in Mt Pleasant, SC, she was a daughter of the late Lebaon and Elizabeth Ackerman Sheleby. She was an employee of Southern Bell, Sprint, Barksdale Telephone and retired after 30 years. Buddra was a member of First Damascus Baptist...
Joan Dean
Dec 20, 2020
Elizabeth Joan Nellums Dean, 82, of Waterloo, wife of David Dean, passed away from cancer on Sunday, December 20, 2020 at her home. Born in Spring Hill, TN, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Marie Head Nellums. Joan moved to Greenwood in 1976 and quickly became known as the "Earring Tree Lady". She enjoyed fishing with...
Diane Forbes
Dec 20, 2020
Diane passed peacefully at the age of 77 in her home on Sunday December 20, 2020. Diane was the loving widow of Michael Forbes who passed on April 29, 2020. Diane was born in Detroit to the late Calvin and Veronica Callahan. In addition, she is proceeded in death by her brothers Patrick Callahan and Jimmy Callahan. Diane is survived...
Alan V. Savage
Dec 18, 2020
Alan Vincent Savage, 59, of 303 Elizabeth Avenue, passed away Friday, December 18, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Pensacola, FL, he was the son of the late Paul Joseph Savage and Joanne Owens Savage. He was a graduate of Ninety Six High School and attended Piedmont Technical College. Alan was a retired police officer....
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
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