Obituaries

Leonard Allison

Leonard Allison

May 7, 2020

Leonard Gerald Allison, 83, of Greenwood, husband of Carolyn Smith Allison, passed away Thursday, May 7, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenville, he was a son of the late Robert T. and Viola Childress Allison. He worked at The Chicago Stock Exchange as a courier and then at the US Department of Interior as a geological surveyor....

Troy Echols

Troy Echols

May 3, 2020

Troy Wayne Echols, 49, of 121 Lowell Street, Ninety Six, passed away Sunday, May 3, 2020 at Self Regional Health Care. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Roy Chesley and Cynthia Gentry Echols. Surviving in addition to his parents of the home are his daughter, Serra Gilbert; sister, Amy Crouch; and brother, Michael Shane Crouch. He was preceded...

Elsie Ann Wallace

Elsie Ann Wallace

May 2, 2020

Elsie Ann Owens Wallace, 64, of 420 Morgan Avenue, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2020 at her home. Born November 1, 1955 in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Allie McAlister and the late Robert Lee Owens, Sr. Ann was a weaver instructor with Greenwood Mills before earning a degree in nursing. She retired from Magnolia Manor in 2017. Surviving...

Joe Pracht

Joe Pracht

May 2, 2020

Joseph Michael Pracht, 80, resident of Wellmore of Lexington, husband of Ann Robinson Wood Pracht, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2020. Born in Bristol, TN, he was a son of the late John Christopher and Ann White Pracht. Joe was an attorney in private practice and was a member of Round Hill Baptist Church, taught home bible studies, and was...

Billy Sartin

Billy Sartin

May 1, 2020

Billy Eugene Sartin, 87, resident of Carolina Gardens Laurens, widower of Joyce McClain Sartin, passed away Friday, May 1, 2020. Born in Commerce, GA, he was the son of the late Calvin and Bessie Kelly Sartin. He retired from Greenwood Mills, Durst Plant, and was a member of Harris Baptist Church, where he was a member of the Kingsmen Sunday...

Shirley Keown

Shirley Keown

Apr 30, 2020

Shirley Thompson Keown, 90, of 1110 Marshall Road, widow of Ralph D. Keown, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Ridley Park, PA, she was the daughter of the late Henry Joshua Thompson and Mable Paulson Thompson. She was raised by her grandmother, Mary Ellen Thompson, her Aunts, Alice Paulson Baird...

Michael Forbes

Michael Forbes

Apr 29, 2020

Michael Francis Forbes 11-10-1942 – 4-29-2020 Mike was the son of the late Eileen Mulville. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan. He had three sisters, Connie Good, Joanne Forbes and Patricia Perrin; one brother, Kevin Forbes and a very special cousin, Eileen Mary Sharp, all of Michigan. He married the love of his life, Diane Forbes whom he...

Anthony Jackson

Anthony Jackson

Apr 29, 2020

Anthony Kent Jackson, 43, of Circle Drive, Greenwood, husband of Jennie Westberry Jackson, died Wednesday, April 29, 2020. Born in High Point, NC, he was a son of the late William Woodrow Jackson and Jeanie Rhodes Shaffer. Anthony was an avid fisherman, NASCAR and West Virginia Mountaineers fan, He was a loving father and husband to his family and his...

Christopher Long

Christopher Long

Apr 27, 2020

Christopher Eugene Long, 47, of Ninety Six, died Monday, April 27, 2020 at his home. Born in Greenwood he was a son of Vivian Marie Hanna Long and the late Robert Marion Long. Chris was a former salesman with Newells Music and a member of First Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by a brother, Stephen Craig...

Bobby Gene Stennett Sr.

Bobby Gene Stennett Sr.

Apr 26, 2020

Bobby Gene Stennett, Sr., 74, of Greenwood, husband of Tina Lynn Kineard Stennett, died Sunday, April 26, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Albert and Emma Ruth Jay Stennett. Bobby was a U. S. Army veteran having served during Vietnam and was a retired construction manager with...

Corey Landers

Corey Landers

Apr 23, 2020

Corey Pierce Landers, 33, of 910 Holley Ferry Road, Leesville, passed away Thursday, April 23, 2020 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Darrell Edward Landers and Rhonda Gunnells Landers. He was a 2005 Emerald High School graduate and attended Piedmont Technical College. Corey's passions were skateboarding, soccer, and golf. At an early age he excelled...

Martha Mccombs

Martha Mccombs

Apr 22, 2020

Martha Barnhardt McCombs, 90, wife of Rev. R. Earl McCombs, Jr., died Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at NHC Health Care Center. Born on January 29, 1930, she was a daughter of the late Floyd R. and Ruth Frieze Barnhardt of Kannapolis, NC, where she attended local schools and Lenoir Rhyne College, receiving a business degree. She retired from Greenwood Vocational...

Katherine Bundrick Langford

Katherine Bundrick Langford

Apr 22, 2020

Katherine Crumpton Bundrick Langford, 94, former resident of Bayberry Inn in Greenwood, died Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born on May 19, 1925 in Prosperity, she was a daughter of the late Lee Olin and Cora McCarthy Crumpton. Katherine was one of seven children. She was twice married, first to the late Virgil...

Heather Witt

Heather Witt

Apr 20, 2020

Heather Denise Witt, 40, of 520 Bolt Avenue, passed away Monday, April 20, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of Glenn Martin Witt and Karen Young Dobbins. Surviving in addition to her parents, Glenn and Karen are her daughter, Connor Witt; sister, Hope Leigh-Ann Witt; brother, Donnie Dobbins; grandfathers, Julian Martin Witt and...

Nancy Jeanette Tucker

Nancy Jeanette Tucker

Apr 19, 2020

Nancy Jeanette Ginn Tucker, 81, of 108 End Street, Ninety Six, wife of James William Tucker, died Sunday, April 19, 2020 at Saluda Nursing and Rehab Center. Born in Clinton, she was a daughter of the late Jesse Calhoun and Nola Mae Smith Ginn. She retired from Greenwood Mills, Adams Plant and was a member of Ninety Six Church of...

Charles Surrett

Charles Surrett

Apr 18, 2020

Charles Delano Surrett, 81, of 1101 Watts Bridge Road, Ninety Six, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2020. Born in Asheville, NC and raised in Swannanoa, NC, he was the son of the late Woodrow and Geneva Capps Surrett. He retired from Kendall Medical Products and was a US Navy veteran. He enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid fisherman. Surviving...

Travis Calliham Sr.

Travis Calliham Sr.

Apr 17, 2020

Travis Dale Calliham, Sr., 48, of 1120 A Rockhouse Road, passed away Friday, April 17, 2020 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Peggy Elaine Lewis Spence and the late Larry Dale Calliham. He was employed by Outdoor Creations and was a US Army National Guard veteran, where he served during the Desert Storm in Germany....

Eliza Simpson

Eliza Simpson

Apr 17, 2020

Eliza Joanne Hall Simpson, 78, of 1119 Cornelia Circle, widow of Jimmy Lee Simpson, passed away Friday, April 17, 2020 at her home. Born in Polk County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Vernon Lee and Luria Mahaley Hobert Hall. She retired from Greenwood Mills, Mathews Plant and was a member of Greenwood Wesleyan Church. Surviving are her...

Virginia Harvley

Virginia Harvley

Apr 14, 2020

Virginia Chapman Harvley, 74, of Stone Oak Lane, widow of Charles William Harvley, died Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Oscar W. and Alice Iona Perry Chapman. She was of the Baptist faith. She was preceded in death by a sister, Jean Taylor. Surviving are a brother-in-law, Otis Harvley,...

Jerry W. Barnes

Jerry W. Barnes

Apr 14, 2020

Jerry W. Barnes, 74, of Ronnie Drive, husband of Ann Brooks Barnes, died Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Oscar Lee and Ruby Gregory Barnes. He retired as a supervisor with Greenwood Mills after 40 years and worked with Greenwood Plating for two years following his retirement. Jerry was...