Obituaries
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Edward F. Cleary
Nov 22, 2020
Edward Francis Cleary passed away at his home surrounded by his loving family Sunday, November 22, 2020. He was preceded in death by his wife, Shirley Howey Cleary; a son-in-law, David Matthews and a grandson, Sean Matthews. Surviving are his six children: Tim Cleary (Trish) of Fort Worth, TX; Sue Matthews of Greenwood, SC; Bob Cleary (Charlotte) of Summerville, SC;...
Wayne Calloway
Nov 19, 2020
Wayne Carl Calloway, 71, of Abbeville, husband of Effie Brown Calloway, died Thursday, November 19, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Cobb County, GA, he was a son of the late Irvin Eugene Callaway and Mary Frances Wood Callaway. Wayne retired from CSX where he was a conductor and was of the Pentecostal Holiness faith....
Brent Saxon
Nov 17, 2020
William Brent Saxon, 60 of 209 Parkwood Road, husband of Courtney Sherard Saxon, died Tuesday November 17, 2020 at Self Regional Hospital after a courageous fight against COVID-19. Born in Augusta, Georgia, he was the oldest of three sons of the late William "Cupcake" and Evie Thigpen Saxon. Brent was a proud graduate of the University of South Carolina. He...
Larry Bigney
Nov 15, 2020
Lawrence Douglas Bigney, 72, of Greenwood, died Sunday, November 15, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born on May 17, 1948 in Leominster, MA, he was a son of the late Eugene Edward and Vivian Delores Lockwood Bigney. Larry received his BA degree from the University of Florida in 1976 and served in the US Army as a military police...
Susan Marshall
Nov 13, 2020
Susan Loretta Marshall, 56, of Knoxville, TN, passed away on Friday, November 13, 2020. Susan was preceded in death by her parents, William Edward and Norma Rae Derrick Marshall; a brother, Donnie Lee Derrick; a sister, Eleanor P. Bice; and a niece, Maranda Bice. She is survived by brothers, Wayne Marshall and Stanley Derrick (Joyce); a sister, Judy Capps (James)...
Larry Kingsmore
Nov 13, 2020
Larry Dean Kingsmore, 65, of Benjamin Street, husband of Wanda Hyman Kingsmore, died Friday, November 13, 2020 at his home following a brief battle with cancer. Born in Spartanburg, he was the son of Charles Everett and Corine McBride Kingsmore. Larry was a graduate of Greenwood High School and Limestone College, and retired from Eaton after 33 years of service....
April Renee Nicely
Nov 12, 2020
April Renee Nicely, 51, of Young Street, died Thursday, November 12, 2020. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Carolyn Faye Brake Padgett and the late Donald Wayne Nicely. Surviving are her mother and stepfather, Ronald Padgett, of Greenwood; her children, Ashley Allen (Larry) and Ronald Padgett, Jr., both of Greenwood and James Calkins (Amy) of Ninety Six; sisters,...
Susan Marler Askew
Nov 12, 2020
Emily Susan Marler Askew, 75, of Greenville, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020. Born in Williamsport, PA, she was the daughter of Emily Gibson Marler and the late Grady Gilmer Marler, Sr. She was retired from Industrial Recovery and Recycling. Susan loved her family, friends, and her dog, Riley. Surviving in addition to her mother of Greenville are her children,...
Dennis Beauford
Nov 9, 2020
Roderick Dennis Beauford, 76, of Hill Drive, Waterloo, widower of Pamela Collins Beauford, died Monday, November 9, 2020. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of the late George Beauford Jr., and Vera Inez Bridges Beauford. Dennis was a former resource officer at Brewer Middle School and deputy with Greenwood County Sheriffs Department. He enjoyed playing golf and helping with...
Noni Turner
Nov 8, 2020
Virginia "Noni" Elledge Turner, 78, of Waterloo, wife of Victor Arnold Turner, Sr., passed away Sunday, November 8, 2020 at NHC of Greenwood. Born in Greenwood, she was daughter of the late Joe and Queen Newbern Elledge. Noni retired from Greenwood Industries and was of the Presbyterian faith. She enjoyed fishing, country music and dancing. Noni loved taking the scenic...
Dywayne Swanger
Nov 8, 2020
Terry Dywayne Swanger, 60, of 2515 Fruit Hill Road, Ninety Six, SC, died Sunday, November 8, 2020 at his home. Born in Carrollton, GA, he was a son of Eugene and Gurline Ivey Swanger. Dywayne was employed by Gregory Electric and served in the US Army as an infantry paratrooper. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed any opportunity to...
Jennie Holsonback Cavanaugh
Nov 6, 2020
Jennie Ruth Holsonback Cavanaugh of 210 Circle Drive, Greenwood, SC transitioned peacefully into her heavenly home early Friday morning, November 6th, 2020, following a brief illness. Jennie was born October 20th, 1931, to the late Robert E. Holsonback and Elsie Compton Holsonback. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her grandparents, Ellis L. and Jennie DeVore...
Mary Holland
Nov 6, 2020
Mary Horne Holland, 104, of Briggs Street, widow of Thomas Walton Holland, Sr., died on Friday, November 6, 2020 at her home. Born on April 24, 1916 in Ninety Six, she was the daughter of the late James Robert Horne and Jennie Riley Horne. Mrs. Holland was a homemaker and a member of North Side Baptist Church. Surviving are her...
Dorothy Smith
Nov 5, 2020
Dorothy Ann Kneece Smith, 84, of Ninety Six, widow of David Smith, passed away Thursday, November 5, 2020 at her home. Born in Lexington, she was a daughter of the late Odell M. and Irene Hall Kneece. She retired from Greenwood Mills- Sloan Plant and was a homemaker. Dorothy was a member of Mount Ebal Baptist Church in Batesburg and...
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