Obituaries

Irene White

Irene White

May 21, 2020

Irene Walker White, 91, formerly of Trakas Avenue, widow of Sam Taylor White, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Martinez, GA, she was a daughter of the late Harvey J. and Cleo Parton Walker. She attended Durst Avenue Church of God and also South Greenwood Pentecostal Holiness Church. Surviving are...

T.A. Able

T.A. Able

May 20, 2020

Thomas Walker Able, Sr. "T.A.", 62, of 202 Sirrine Street, Ninety Six, husband of Denise Suits Able, passed away Wednesday, May 20, 2020 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Jessie Mae Walker and the late Richard Able. He was employed with Able's Furniture and a member of Ninety Six First Baptist Church. Surviving in addition...

Destynee Barrett

Destynee Barrett

May 20, 2020

Destynee Dawn Barrett, 22, of Greenwood, died Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of Victor Barrett and the late Nancy L. Moss Barrett. Destynee was formerly employed with Pizza Hut and attended First Damascus Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to her father and stepmother, Melanie Cochran are her son, Jaxson Lea Richardson; fiancé Terran Richardson;...

Stone Shealy

Stone Shealy

May 17, 2020

Tyler Stone Shealy, 22, of 105 Rock Creek Drive, passed away Sunday, May 17, 2020. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Paige Shealy and Eric McMahan and Ty and Jill Goldman. Stone was a 2016 Greenwood High School graduate. He received his Welding Certificate from Piedmont Technical College and was employed with TICI. He played soccer for the...

Mike Butler

Mike Butler

May 15, 2020

John Michael "Mike" Butler, 66, of 105 Sanders Drive, passed away Friday, May 15, 2020 at Augusta University Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late James Robert and Susie Mae Tullis Butler. He was employed by Greenwood Mills and a US Army Veteran. Mike was a member of Central Baptist Church. Surviving are his children,...

Jonelle Lovern

Jonelle Lovern

May 14, 2020

Jonelle Lovern, 72, of 106 Pender Row Circle, Ninety Six and formerly of Greensboro, NC, died April 13, 2020 at her home. Born in Greensboro, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Astor Lovern and Jeanelle Reeves Armstrong Lovern. Jonelle was a truck driver and loved racing cars. She was the former owner of Creations Unlimited and was known...

Wilford Wiley

Wilford Wiley

May 12, 2020

Mr. Wilford (Bill) Manning Wiley, 88, husband of Dorothy James Wiley of Laurens, died May 12, 2020, at Hospice of the Piedmont in Greenwood, SC. Born in Mayo, SC, he was a son of Buford Thomas and Naomi Hughey Wiley. He was a devoted member of CenterPoint Wesleyan Church where he formerly served as Superintendent, Chairman of the Board, Adult...

Dewette Gable

Dewette Gable

May 11, 2020

Dewette Eustace Gable, 82, of Lowell Street, Ninety Six, widow of Jimmy Gable, died Monday, May 11, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Dewey and Minnie Lee Aites Eustace. She worked for Greenwood Mills and retired from Medical Textiles. Dewette was a member of Cambridge United Methodist Church. She was...

Cathy Hodge

Cathy Hodge

May 10, 2020

Cathy Joyce Mars Hodge, 45, of 3325 Highway 25 South, wife of Michael Hodge, Sr., passed away Sunday, May 10, 2020. Born in Abbeville, she was a daughter of Marion Lee Mars and the late Sarah Ann Ouzts Lamb. She was the QC Records Holder at Carolina Pride and a member of First Damascus Baptist Church. Cathy enjoyed travel and...

Chris Vinson

Chris Vinson

May 8, 2020

John Chris Vinson, 50, of Greenwood, died Friday, May 8, 2020 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Annie Tullis Vinson and the late John Thomas "Tommy" Vinson. He was preceded in death by a brother, Kenneth Vinson. Surviving in addition to his mother are his fiancée Jeannie McAlister; his children, Hunter Vinson, Grey Vinson and...

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...