Obituaries

Obituaries

James Dillard Brown

James Dillard Brown

Mar 5, 2019

James Dillard Brown, 74, of Anderson, SC went to be with his loving Savior on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home. Born July 15, 1944, in Franklin County, GA, he was a son of the late Tommy and Sara Nell Burgess Brown. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Sally Hart Brown. He...

Sarah Hughes Wheeler

Sarah Hughes Wheeler

Mar 3, 2019

Sarah Edna Hughes Wheeler, 91 of Anderson, SC, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at NHC of Anderson. Born January 22, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Nellie Bailey Hughes. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Clyde Wesley Wheeler and her daughter, Kimberly Wheeler and brothers, Raymond, Bill and Cecil Hughes. Sarah...

Donnie Roger Black

Donnie Roger Black

Mar 3, 2019

Donnie Roger Black, age 69, of Anderson, SC, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home. Born October 26, 1949, in Anderson, SC, he was a son of the late Walter G. and Delsie Keaton Black. He was a graduate of McDuffie High School and a US Army Veteran having served during the Vietnam...

Vernon Charles Henderson

Vernon Charles Henderson

Mar 3, 2019

Vernon Charles Henderson, 73, of Williamston, went to his Heavenly home on Sunday, March 3, 2019 at his residence. Born May 26, 1945 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late George D. Henderson and Lois Tipton Henderson. He was also preceded in death by his two sisters, Carolyn Henderson Gaffney and Mary Jean Henderson. He retired from...

Marion Jones Turner

Marion Jones Turner

Mar 2, 2019

Marion Jones Turner, 86 of Anderson, SC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at NHC of Anderson. Born May 7, 1932 in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late James Harold Jones, Sr. and Evelyn Osteen Jones. She was also preceded in death by her husband, James Lewis Turner, Sr.; brother,...

Irene Massey Fennell

Irene Massey Fennell

Mar 1, 2019

Irene Massey Fennell, 90 of Anderson, SC passed away on Friday, March 1, 2019 at her home. She was born and raised in Anderson and was the daughter of the late Dessie Lewallen and Hubbard Shannon Massey. Irene was a member of Pleasant View Baptist Church. She is survived by her daughter, Diane Fennell Lollis and son-in-law, Larry Queen; five...

Benny Critzer

Benny Critzer

Feb 28, 2019

Garrett Benjamin "Benny" Critzer, 78, of Pickens, SC passed away on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House. Benny was born on December 26, 1940 in Waynesboro, VA, a son of the late Thomas Wilson and Laura Frances Drumheller Critzer. He was a devoted and caring husband to his late wife of 53 years, Doris June Durham Crizter and...

Mary Elizabeth Bittinger

Mary Elizabeth Bittinger

Feb 28, 2019

Mary Elizabeth Bittinger, 79, wife of Gary Bittinger, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 28, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC. Born Mary Elizabeth Spencer on January 12, 1940 in Oakland, MD, she was the daughter of the late Thomas P. Spencer and Myrtle I. Spencer. Mary was a graduate of Southern Garrett High School, class of 1957....

Albert Slaton

Albert Slaton

Feb 27, 2019

Albert Forris Slaton, age 97, of 330 Oakdale Road, Townville, passed away on Wednesday, February 27, 2019, at Cottingham Hospice House. Born in Oconee County on July 24, 1921, he was the son of the late Charley and Willie Alice Kinley Slaton. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. For 68 years, he was the loving and...

Samuel L. Davis, Sr.

Samuel L. Davis, Sr.

Feb 24, 2019

Samuel Lawrence Davis, Sr., 79, of Anderson, passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House. Born September 13, 1939, in Iva, he was a son of the late Ernest Bradford and Frances Lawrence Davis. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Clarence Davis. Samuel served his country in the United States Air Force for four...

Mildred Louise Shirley

Mildred Louise Shirley

Feb 22, 2019

Mildred Louise Shirley, 77, of Anderson passed away on Friday, February 22, 2019 at her residence surrounded by her loving family. She was the daughter of the late Millard Derry and Opal Romesberg Derry. She was born in Butler, Missouri and after high school graduation from Creston High School, she entered the U.S. Air Force after which, she was honorably...

Jeanne Patricia Mears

Jeanne Patricia Mears

Feb 21, 2019

Jeanne Mears, age 91 of Anderson, SC passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at The Rainey Hospice House. Born in Washington, DC, she was a graduate of Georgetown Visitation.Jeanne loved her life as a military wife and her happiest memories were of a tour of duty in Holland in the 1960s. Jeanne and her husband retired to Beaufort, SC...

Charles William Dickerson

Charles William Dickerson

Feb 21, 2019

Charles William Dickerson, age 82, passed away on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at the Rainey Hospice House. Born in Elberton, GA on May 12, 1936, he was the son of the late Thomas Elmer Dickerson and the late Mary Ruth Bruce Dickerson. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy. Charles earned the rank of Senior Chief and...

Mary K. Kay

Mary K. Kay

Feb 20, 2019

Mary Katherine Liske Kay, age 75, of Anderson, SC passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born August 19, 1943 in Detroit, MI, to the late Joseph and Mary Prescott Liske. She was a self-employed beautician and a member of Happy Trails Cowboy Church in Pelzer, SC. She is survived by her husband, Aubrey W....

Jimmy Snead

Jimmy Snead

Feb 20, 2019

James Ernest "Jimmy" Snead, age 77, of Anderson, SC passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born May 11, 1941 in Walhalla, SC, he was a son of the late James Edward Snead and Ruthie Mae Kelley Barker. He served in the United States Navy and retired from Foundry and Steel. He was a member...

Howard C. Mitchell, Jr.

Howard C. Mitchell, Jr.

Feb 19, 2019

Howard Cummings Mitchell, Jr., age 59, of Belton, SC passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. Born August 5, 1959 in Newfoundland, Canada, he was a son of the late Howard C. Sr. and Betty Brown Mitchell. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 29 years, Debra Smith Mitchell. He was a graduate of Westside High School...

Mark Hugh English

Mark Hugh English

Feb 18, 2019

Mark Hugh English, age 50 of Summerville, SC, passed away on Monday, February 18, 2019. He was born on January 31, 1969 in Danville, VA. He was general manager for Capitol Coffee Systems in Ladsen, SC and was former owner of Mark English Photography in Simpsonville. He was preceded in death by his step-sister, Jill Watson. He is survived by...

Ralph Wesley Morgan

Ralph Wesley Morgan

Feb 16, 2019

Ralph Wesley Morgan, age 97, passed away on Saturday February 16, 2019 at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, SC. Born in Seneca, SC on May 8, 1921, he was the son of the late Harrison Morgan and the late Annie Mae Morgan Newell. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy and Navy reserves for 42 years...

Wayne P Yarbrough

Wayne P Yarbrough

Feb 16, 2019

Wayne Padget Yarbrough, age 80, passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Saluda, SC, on February 18, 1938, he was the son of the late Guy Yarbrough and the late Margaret Padget Yarbrough. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1960 and retired as treasurer of Belton Industries. Wayne was a...

William Fred Hellams, Jr.

William Fred Hellams, Jr.

Feb 14, 2019

William Fred Hellams, Jr.William Fred Hellams, Jr. "Billy", age 63, passed away peacefully at his home in Anderson, SC, on Thursday, February 14, 2019. Mr. Hellams was born in Laurens County, SC and is preceded in death by his parents, William Fred Hellams, Sr. and Lura Lucille Baldwin Hellams. Billy leaves behind a wife of 16 years, Shirley E. Taylor...

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