Obituaries

Obituaries

Kendall Michele Brooks

Kendall Michele Brooks

Oct 18, 2019

Kendall Michele Brooks, 35, of Anderson, SC, passed away Friday, October 18, 2019. Born March 31, 1984 in Anderson, she was a daughter of Pamela Stones Crowe and the late John Kenneth Brooks. Kendall was a 2001 graduate of Westside High School and a 2006 graduate of Tri- County Technical College. She was a registered nurse for over 14 years...

Albert Junior Saylors

Albert Junior Saylors

Oct 17, 2019

Albert Junior Saylors,79, of 100 Regency Circle, Anderson, SC, entered into eternal rest October 17, 2019 surrounded by family. He was born in Anderson, SC, to Albert Lee Saylors and Alice A. Saylors. He was a retired industrial maintenance tech for Spring Industries and attended Grace Memorial Baptist Church of Anderson. He is survived by his wife of 59 years...

Syble Shirley Hicks

Syble Shirley Hicks

Oct 17, 2019

Syble Shirley Hicks, 91, a resident of NHC Anderson, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born September 28, 1928 in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late Grady Shirley and Lillie Mae Adams Shirley. She was married to the late William Prue Hicks. Throughout her career, Syble worked at Equinox Mill, Belvedere Bakery...

Mildred Jolly English

Mildred Jolly English

Oct 17, 2019

Mildred Jolly English, 98, of Anderson, SC passed away on Thursday, October 17, 2019 at her home. Mildred grew up in Kings Mountain, NC, then moved to Danville, VA in 1951 and to the Anderson area in 1967. She was the daughter of the late James Jolly and Cora Parker Jolly. She was a secretary at Clemson University for 15...

Marcus Anthony Ortiz

Marcus Anthony Ortiz

Oct 17, 2019

Marcus Anthony Ortiz, 49, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, October 17, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born October 16, 1970 in Bronx, NY, he was a son of Edmundo Ortiz and Abigail Suarez Brown. He was the former manager of KIA of Greer. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his children, Cayla Marie Ortiz (Austin...

Barbara Lee Vandiver Sosby

Barbara Lee Vandiver Sosby

Oct 16, 2019

Barbara Lee Vandiver Sosby, 85, of Ringgold, GA, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at her home. Born April 16, 1934 in Franklin Co., GA, she was a daughter of the late Oscar Pinkney Vandiver and Jessie May Morgan Vandiver. She was married to the late Rev. Dorsey B. Sosby. Barbara had served as pastor at Bowersville Church of God...

Mary Catherine Madden Bowen

Mary Catherine Madden Bowen

Oct 16, 2019

Mary Catherine Madden Bowen, 89, of Anderson, SC, passed away Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House. Born April 9, 1930 in Townville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Howard Madden and Cora Glenn Madden. Mary previously worked for BASF and was a member of West Anderson Church of God. She is survived by her daughter, Brenda...

Jay Bloomer

Jay Bloomer

Oct 15, 2019

Jay Bradford Bloomer, 42, of Anderson, SC, passed away Tuesday, October 15, 2019 at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born October 19, 1976 in Kingsport, TN, he was the son of Arlene Payne and Dalton Bloomer and his wife Janet. Jay was a graduate of Dobyns Bennett High School in Kingsport and the University of Tennessee. He was a Regional...

Dale Ansell Keeney, Sr.

Dale Ansell Keeney, Sr.

Oct 14, 2019

Dale Ansell Keeney, Sr., 70, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, October 14, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born December 28, 1948 in LaGrande, OR, he was the son of the late Hobart Keeney and Gladys Ansell Keeney. He was also predeceased by his first wife, Lilly Keeney. Dale was a veteran of the United States Army having served...

Butch Shira

Butch Shira

Oct 14, 2019

George Alvin Shira III, 74, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, October 14, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House. Born January 27, 1945, he was the son of the late George Alvin Shira, Jr. and Thelma Kuhn Shira. Butch grew up in Columbia, SC and graduated from A.C. Flora High School. He worked in construction as a welder and was a...

Marian Eugenia Wakefield

Marian Eugenia Wakefield

Oct 12, 2019

Marian Eugenia Patterson Wakefield, 100, of 702 Betsy Street, Iva, SC, went to her Heavenly home on Saturday, October 12, 2019 at her residence. Born in Antreville, SC, on April 25, 1919, she was a daughter of the late Eugene A. and Minnie Milford Patterson. She was also predeceased by two sisters, Dorothy Davis and Ruth Hurt. For sixty-seven years,...

Kathleen Joan Barr

Kathleen Joan Barr

Oct 9, 2019

Kathleen Joan Barr, 91, of Anderson, SC, passed away Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House. Born September 19, 1928 in Barberton, OH, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Addison Bing and Gladys Price Howells Bing. Kathleen was a graduate of Barberton High School and was named Miss Barberton, Ohio. She and her husband spent 25 years...

Richard Keith Campbell

Richard Keith Campbell

Oct 8, 2019

Richard Keith Campbell, 63, of Iva, SC, passed away Tuesday, October 8, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born August 20, 1956 in Anderson, SC, he was a son of the late George Kenneth Campbell, Sr. and Barbara Free Campbell. Keith was retired from Michelin where he was known as Hillbilly Bear. He loved to golf, fish and travel and...

Fay Inez King

Fay Inez King

Oct 4, 2019

Fay Inez Dodgens King, 92, of Anderson, SC passed away on Friday, October 4, 2019 at NHC of Anderson. Born January 30, 1927 in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late Ernest Joshua and Tency Uray Smith Dodgens. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Raymond Albert King; daughter, Vickie King and son in law Doug...

Catherine Gallman Rochester

Catherine Gallman Rochester

Oct 4, 2019

Catherine Gallman Rochester, 88, of Anderson, SC, formerly of Laurens, SC, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, October 4, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 4, 1931, in York County, SC, she was a daughter of the late C.C. and Hattie Wood Gallman. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Harold T....

G. Odell Williams

G. Odell Williams

Oct 2, 2019

George Odell Williams, 80, of Anderson, SC, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at his home. Born July 24, 1939 in Abbeville, SC, he was a son of the late Robert B. Williams and Lizzie Jones Williams. Odell was a graduate of Abbeville High School and married the love of his life, Shirley Hill, on May 23, 1959. He worked...

Preston Lewis

Preston Lewis

Oct 2, 2019

Preston Lewis, 81, of Anderson, SC, passed away Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at his home. Born November 3, 1937 in Fairplay, SC, he was a son of the late Autice Leard Lewis and Fannie Mae Davis Lewis. Preston was a veteran of the United States Army and was retired from BASF. He was Past Master at Hiram Lodge #68 and...

Daniel William Thacker

Daniel William Thacker

Sep 30, 2019

Daniel William Thacker, 64, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, September 30, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House. Born May 17, 1955 in Anderson, he was the son of the late William Thacker and Sallie Boles Thacker. Danny worked in the Environmental Service division at AnMed Women's and Children's Hospital and was a member of Covenant Baptist Church. He is survived...

Mabel C. Powell Wilder

Mabel C. Powell Wilder

Sep 30, 2019

Mabel C. Powell Wilder, 96, of Pendleton, SC, passed away Monday, September 30, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House. Born September 20, 1923 in Oconee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank Carver and Mae Jenkins Carver. She was twice married, first to the late Almon Bert Powell and second to the late Robert M. Wilder. She was...

Irene Couch Chasteen

Irene Couch Chasteen

Sep 30, 2019

Virginia Irene Couch Chasteen, 91, of Anderson, SC, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, September 30, 2019 at her home. Born February 19, 1928 in Anderson, she was a daughter of the late Calvin Couch and Ada Moore Couch. She was married to the late Ralph J. Chasteen for 70 years. Irene had worked...

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