Obituaries
Obituaries
Norma Jeanne Stecker
Feb 23, 2021
Norma Jeanne Stecker, age 95, of Pendleton, SC, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at Rainey Hospice House with her daughter and dear friend by her side. Norma was a native of Morton Grove, IL, the youngest child of the late Rev. O. P. and Elsa Heidtke. Norma played the organ for a small church in Niles, IL as a...
Frances Swaney
Feb 23, 2021
Frances Sosebee Swaney, age 78, of Pendleton, SC, passed away Tuesday, February 23, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Frances was born September 29, 1942 in Easley, SC to the late Jesse Sosebee and Martha Swafford Sosebee. Frances retired from Milliken in 2009 after 34 years of service in human resources. She was a member of Fants Grove Baptist Church....
Christina Eaves Ballard
Feb 21, 2021
Christina Johanna Eaves Ballard, 53, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2021, at her residence after a long battle with lung cancer. Born June 5, 1967 in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Joe Eaves and Johanna Buchanan Eaves. She is survived by her children, Cliff Barrett (Anna), Stephanie Barrett, and Brandon Ballard; grandchildren, Hannah Jo Barrett and...
George Austin Sullivan
Feb 21, 2021
George Austin Sullivan, age 85, of 2006 Linda Drive, passed away Sunday, February 21, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Walla Ghee Sullivan and Ila Balance Glenn Sullivan. He was married for 65 years to Betty Dove Sullivan until her death last month. George retired from Owens Corning Fiberglass...
Ray Hart
Feb 20, 2021
Ray Hart, age 69, of Anderson, SC, passed away Saturday, February 20, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born September 17, 1951 in Iva, SC, he was the son of the late Sam Hart and Betty Keown Hart. Ray was an automotive technician with Toyota of Greenville for 27 years. He loved and collected classic cars and even though he...
Jimmy L. Thomas, Ii
Feb 19, 2021
Jimmy Lee Thomas, II, age 52, of Anderson, SC, devoted husband to Sandy Williamson Thomas for 33 years, went home to be with his Lord on Friday, February 19, 2021. Born April 5, 1968, in Anderson, SC, he is the son of Juanita Barnes Thomas and the late Jimmy Lee Thomas. Jimmy was a graduate of BHP, Class of 1986....
Randy Summers
Feb 19, 2021
Randy Brian Summers, age 53, of Iva, SC, passed away Friday, February 19, 2021. He was born June 26, 1967 in Baltimore, MD, and was the son of Madge Elizabeth Church Jones. Raised in Ellicott City, Maryland, he joined the United States Army after graduating high school. Randy was a proud American and was stationed at the Pentagon. Following the...
Gerald 'Jerry' Donald Joseph Phelan, Sr.
Feb 18, 2021
GERALD "Jerry" DONALD JOSEPH PHELAN, Sr. Born August 24, 1933, Middlefield, NY; adopted by Martin Phelan and Gertrude Ware. Raised in Brooklyn, NY. Joined Navy as a Corpsman in 1952. Retired with medical disability. Met Patricia Coleman in 1953 when both were stationed together. After three-month whirlwind romance, were married, had three children in two years, seven months. Lived in...
Robert Lane Pitts
Feb 18, 2021
Born September 12, 1941, in Oakway, SC, he was a son of the late William "Bill" Pitts and the late Clara Sue Campbell Pitts. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Susan Marie Mayfield Pitts. Lane was a graduate of Oakway High School and Tri County Technical College, where he earned a degree in electrical engineering. He worked...
Lawrence Kukulski
Feb 18, 2021
Lawrence Joseph "Uncle Larry" Kukulski, age 84, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021, at Rainey Hospice House. Born January 16, 1937 in Chicago, IL, he was the son of the late Edward Kukulski, Sr. and Stella Wolski Kukulski. He was married to Patricia Ann Kukulski until her death in 2018. Lawrence was a graduate of the University...
Domingo C. Padilla, Jr.
Feb 18, 2021
Domingo "Dan" C. Padilla, Jr., age 81, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at home surrounded by his loved ones. Domingo was born on May 14, 1939 in Rizal, Philippines to Domingo F. Padilla and Julia Cequena Padilla. After graduating, he went on to pursue a career where he proudly served in the Unites States Navy for over...
Ellie Powell Barnes
Feb 18, 2021
Ellie Lois Powell Barnes, 93, a longtime resident of Anderson, SC, passed away on Thursday, February 18, 2021 at the Palmettos of Charleston. Born August 28, 1927 in Columbia, SC, she was a daughter of the late James Edward Powell and Lois Eunice Bell Powell. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Frank L. Barnes; brothers, Albert, Eldridge,...
Deborah Bowser
Feb 16, 2021
Deborah "Debi" Luwayne Miller Bowser, age 66, of Starr, SC, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born December 30, 1954 in Altoona, PA, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Wayne Miller and Esther Lucille Parke Miller. Debi and her husband lived in Pottstown, PA for many years before moving to the Anderson area....
Sherri Childs
Feb 16, 2021
Sharon Ann Childs, age 61, of Anderson, SC, passed away Tuesday, February 16, 2021, at Rainey Hospice House. She was born April 6, 1959 in Canton, OH and was the daughter of Charles Thomas Fromknecht and the late Mary Ann Kappes Fromknecht. Sherri was a graduate of Clemson University earning her bachelor's degree in Education. She taught 6th and 8th...
Maria Cortes Price Hoffman
Feb 15, 2021
Maria Cortes Price Hoffman, age 96, of Pendleton, SC, passed away Monday, February 15, 2021, at her home. She was born in Alajuela, Costa Rica, in 1924 to Manuel Cortes and Felicia Cordero. She came to the U.S. in 1943 and attended Winthrop College. After visiting a relative in Clemson, SC, where she later worked, she met Frank Crowther of...
Len Reed
Feb 15, 2021
Len Carroll Reed, age 71, and husband of Diane Cleveland Reed, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, February 15, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. He was born April 30, 1949 in Anderson, SC and was the son of the late Bennie Carroll Reed and Josephine Brown Reed. Len had worked since he was a teenager doing auto body repair...
Gayle White
Feb 14, 2021
Gayle "Annie" Addison White, age 66, of Anderson, SC, passed away Sunday, February 14, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born November 7, 1954 in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of Betty Jo Bates Addison and the late Dwain Addison. She was married to Ron White until his death in 2016. Gayle was a 1973 graduate of McDuffie High...
Polly Ann Moore
Feb 14, 2021
Polly Ann Moore, 76, of Anderson, SC passed away on Sunday, February 14, 2021 at her home. Born January 14, 1945 in Oconee, SC, she was the daughter of the late Grover Worley and Ruby Lecroy Worley. She was also preceded in death by her son, Donald Scott Hudgens; daughter, Tammy Nannett Hudgens and her brothers, JC Worley and Junior...
Steve White
Feb 14, 2021
B. Steve White, age 69, of Anderson, SC, went to his Heavenly home on Sunday, February 14, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. He was born May 9, 1951 in Anderson, SC, and was the son of the late Harold White and Lillie Mae Chitwood White. Steve was a graduate of T.L. Hanna High School, graduate of Anderson College, and...
Joyce Alewine
Feb 14, 2021
Joyce Marie Alewine, 64, of Anderson, SC passed away Sunday, February 14, 2021, at Condor Rehabilitation and HealthCare Center. Joyce was born on August 25, 1956, in Anderson, SC. She was the only child of the late Dewey E. Alewine and the late Inez Burdette Alewine. She was a member of Bethel Baptist Church. She is survived by a cousin,...
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