Obituaries

Helen Fryer

Helen Fryer

Jan 16, 2020

Helen Marie Ewton Fryer, 67, of 1705 C Westbrook Drive, wife of Dr. Carl L. Fryer, passed away Thursday, January 16, 2020 at the home of her daughter, Carla Fryer. Born in Dunlap, TN, she was a daughter of the late Roy Thomas and Virginia Jo Griffith Ewton. Helen was the secretary of her husband's chiropractic office, Fryer Clinic, and...

Ray Ferqueron

Ray Ferqueron

Jan 15, 2020

Archie Ray Ferqueron, Sr., 75 of Arabian Road, Greenwood, widower of Barbara "Bobbie" Black Ferqueron, died Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at his home. Born in McCormick, he was the son of the late Luther Lee Ferqueron and Minnie Wideman Ferqueron. Ray was a U. S. Navy veteran and was the owner and operator of Pulpwood and Tree Surgery. He was...

Peggy Hallman

Peggy Hallman

Jan 13, 2020

Peggy Mattison Hallman, 66, of 3304 Golf Course Road, Ninety Six, wife of Vaden Hallman, passed away Monday, January 13, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Marvin H. and Agnes Fox Mattison. She was employed by Fuji Film and a member of Ninety Six Church of God, where she was...

Jim Truelove

Jim Truelove

Jan 12, 2020

Frank "Jim" Loyd Truelove, 46, of 410 A Pitts Circle, passed away Sunday, January 12, 2020 at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of Jimmy L. Truelove and Faye Ellis. He was employed by Truelove Drywall and he was of the Christian faith. Surviving in addition to his father and stepmother,...

Donald Harwell

Donald Harwell

Jan 11, 2020

Donald Barry Harwell, 55, of 644 Davis Street, husband of Wanda Ivie Harwell, passed away Saturday, January 11, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, he was the son of Christine Mullen Harwell and the late Walter Edward Harwell, Sr. He was employed by Electricom and a member of South Main Baptist Church. Surviving in addition to his...

Natalie Fisher

Natalie Fisher

Jan 10, 2020

Natalie Elizabeth Byars Fisher, 42, of 758 Dragoon Drive, Mount Pleasant, passed away on January 10, 2020, at the Medical University of South Carolina. Born On December 1, 1977, in Greenwood, to Milton Byars and Patricia Pabst Harrison, Natalie attended Cambridge Academy; and was a graduate of Greenwood High School; Furman University, where she was a member of Kappa Kappa...

Shirley Abernathy

Shirley Abernathy

Jan 7, 2020

Shirley Walker Abernathy, 83, of Parkway, Greenwood, widow of William Heartwell Abernathy, died Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at Self Regional Medical Center. Services will be held at 2 pm on Saturday at Harley Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends before the service at the funeral home from 1-2 pm.

Bertha Malpass

Bertha Malpass

Jan 1, 2020

Bertha Stone Malpass, 81, of 100 Pinsonville Road, Greenwood, widow of Buck Malpass, died Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at JF Hawkins Nursing Home in Newberry. Born in Whitmire, she was a daughter of the late Homer and Erin Chapman Stone. Bertha retired from Monsanto after 31 years and was a member of Emerald Baptist Church. She was preceded in death...

Mary Cowan

Mary Cowan

Jan 1, 2020

Mary A. Horne Cowan, 83, of Greenwood, widow of Harry Cowan, died Wednesday, January 1, 2020 at Emerald Gardens. Born in Greenwood County, she was the daughter of the late Marcus H. Horne and Emmie Ouzts Horne. She was retired from Capsugel and a member of Abney Memorial Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Samantha Cowan....

Ernest Randolph Maffett

Ernest Randolph Maffett

Dec 31, 2019

Ernest Randolph Maffett, of 113 Pettit Drive, husband of Judy Maffett, died Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at his home. Arrangements are incomplete.

Betty Sue Wells

Betty Sue Wells

Dec 31, 2019

Betty Sue Medlock Wells, 74, of 622 Grier Street, widow of John Roberts Wells, passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont. Born in Possum Kingdom, she was a daughter of the late Elbert and Margaret Strawhorn Medlock. She retired from Harris Plant and was a member of Beulah Baptist Church. Surviving are her...

Randolph Maffett

Randolph Maffett

Dec 31, 2019

Ernest Randolph Maffett, 82, of 113 Pettit Drive, Ninety Six, husband of Judy Collins Maffett passed away Tuesday, December 31, 2019 at his home. Born in Saluda, he was a son of the late GC and Mozelle Addy Maffett. He retired from Greenwood Mills after more then 35 years, where he was a member of the Quarter Century Club and...

Dr. C. Herbert Magruder

Dr. C. Herbert Magruder

Dec 28, 2019

Dr. Christopher Herbert Magruder, 87, beloved husband, father, physician, entrepreneur, golfer and avid gardener, died Saturday, December 28, 2019 at his home in Greenwood. Born and raised in Jackson, MS, he was a son of Abbey Wailes Magruder, Sr. and Christine Herbert Magruder. He was married to the late Hampton Holland Magruder and then to Anne Crenshaw Magruder. After his...

Walter C. Calhoun, Jr.

Walter C. Calhoun, Jr.

Dec 25, 2019

Walter Carson Calhoun, Jr., 85, resident of Wesley Commons, husband of Gladys Warnke Calhoun, passed asway in Greenwood, SC on Wednesday, December 25, 2019. Born in Long Beach, CA, he was a son of the late Walter Carson Calhoun, Sr. and Louise Bond Calhoun. He worked for the Montgomery County public school system in Maryland, was a US Navy veteran...

Rallie Taylor

Rallie Taylor

Dec 25, 2019

Rallie Emanuel Taylor, 90, of 227 Cove Road, husband of Debra NinaBess Parkman Taylor, passed away Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at his home. Born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late Albert Leroy Taylor and Willie Mae Williams Taylor. He retired as a SSgt with the US Marine Corps, where he served in the Korean War and later...

David M. Rylee, Sr.

David M. Rylee, Sr.

Dec 25, 2019

David Michael Rylee, Sr., 71, formerly of Fitzgerald, GA, died Wednesday, December 25, 2019 at Lexington Medical Center. Born in Corning, NY, he was a son of the late Thomas Arthur and Grace Mary Young Rylee. David was a US Air Force veteran, having served during the Vietnam War. He attended Ben Hill Technical College and had been employed with...

Sophie Mcdowell

Sophie Mcdowell

Dec 24, 2019

Sophie Mae Cockrell McDowell, 91, of Sherard Avenue, Ninety Six, widow of Bernard M. McDowell, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2019 at her home. Born in Saluda, she was a daughter of the late Tom and Willie Mae Leopard Cockrell. Sophie retired from Greenwood Mills-Ninety Six Plant and attended Faith Temple Holiness Church. She was preceded in death by a...

Peggy Mattison

Peggy Mattison

Dec 23, 2019

Marcia "Peggy" Fagan Mattison, 73 of Crescent Drive, wife of Kenneth R. Mattison, passed away Monday, December 23, 2019 at her home. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Thomas Fagan, Sr. and Dorothy Owings Fagan. Peggy was formerly employed with Greenwood Mills and was a charter member of Emerald Baptist Church. Peggy was preceded in...

Juanita Vanderford

Juanita Vanderford

Dec 23, 2019

Juanita Motes Vanderford, 80, formerly of 106 Buggy Court, widow of Donald Eugene Vanderford, died Monday, December 23, 2019 at NHC of Laurens. Born in Joanna, she was a daughter of the late George Washington and Effie Morgan Motes. She was retired from Clinton Mills and was a former member of Whitehall Church of God. She was preceded in death...

Arkie Cogdill

Arkie Cogdill

Dec 21, 2019

Arkie Magdeline Stewart Cogdill, 79, of Lowell Avenue, widow of Charles Frank Cogdill, died Saturday, December 21, 2019 at Self Regional Medical Center. Born in Greenwood, she was the daughter of the late Gambrell William Stewart and Margert Brown Stewart. Arkie retired from Greenwood Mills and was a member of Durst Avenue Church of God. She was preceded in death...