Obituaries
Obituaries
Charly Blackston
Jan 26, 2019
Charly Blackston, 86, passed away at his home on Saturday, January 26, 2019. Born in Anderson, he was a son of the late Charlie Blackston and Bernice Alexander Penland. Charly was married for 60 years to Laura Faye McGraw Blackston and a member of Community Christian Church. He served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1974...
Clinton Grady Daniel
Jan 25, 2019
Clinton Grady Daniel, 92, of Iva, passed away on Friday, January 25, 2019 at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home. Born August 31, 1926 in Elberton, GA, he was a son of the late George Thomas and Vesta Ward Daniel. He was also preceded in death by his wife, Fay Wiles Daniel; sisters, Nettie Mullenix, Sara Tomlinson, Nanny Teasley and...
Martin Slaton
Jan 24, 2019
Edward Martin Slaton, age 81, passed away on Thursday, January 24, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Anderson County, SC on February 16, 1937, he was the son of the late Clarence Washington Slaton and the late Ruby Mae Blackwell Slaton. Martin enjoyed many things in life, but his greatest passions were his family and his church. He...
Jenny L. Smith
Jan 23, 2019
Jenny Louise Jennings Smith, 89 of Honea Path, SC born August 28, 1929 passed away January 23, 2019 at AnMed Hospital, Anderson, SC. She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas F. Smith, Jr; her parents Elmer and Minnie Jennings; her brother, Jack Jennings and sister-law, Ellen. She is survived by her children, Jackie S. Warner (Alex) Hope Mills,...
Kathleen Hinson Wilson
Jan 22, 2019
Kathleen Hinson Wilson, 96, of Clemson passed away on Tuesday, January 22, 2019 at Clemson Downs. Born June 5, 1922 in Fair Bluff, NC, to the late Weldon and Rhoda Strickland Hinson. She was also preceded in death by her first husband, John Henry Wilson; sisters, Bettie Howell, Dorothy Irons and Uldine Jordan and brother, Jasper Hinson. She was a...
Martha Buice Fairey
Jan 22, 2019
Martha Wilkerson Buice Fairey died peacefully on January 22, 2019, at her home, surrounded by her children. The widow of Dr. Frank Strait Fairey and the only daughter of Jane Pearl Rainey Buice and Wade Sims Buice, Mrs. Fairey was the last of her immediate family, having been predeceased by her two adored brothers, Wade Sims Buice, Jr. and John...
Margaret Catherine Dean
Jan 21, 2019
Margaret Catherine David Dean of Anderson passed away on her 91st birthday, Monday, January 21, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Anderson County, she was a daughter of the late Julian Miles and Maude Mitchell David. She was also preceded in death by brother, Julian Miles David, Jr.; sister, Ruth Scoggins and son-in-law, Jerry Tate. She was a...
Stuart Maffitt Brown
Jan 21, 2019
Stuart Maffitt Brown passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 21, 2019 in Clearwater FL. He was born on September 17, 1937 in Atlanta, GA. He earned his private pilot's license at the age of 16. He served 4 years in the Marines as an Aviation Technician. He graduated from Georgia Tech with a master's degree in industrial engineering...
Charles Byrum, Sr.
Jan 21, 2019
Charles Franklin Byrum, Sr., 73, of Anderson passed away on Monday, January 21, 2019 surrounded by his loving family. Born June 9, 1945 in Iva, he was a son of the late Frank and Willie Edna Chambers Byrum. He was also preceded in death by an infant brother; his sister, Leila Byrum Tiller and brother, Grover Byrum. Charles retired from...
Willie Louise Porter
Jan 20, 2019
Willie Louise Cason Porter, 82, of Anderson, passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2019 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born September 23, 1936, in Anderson, she was a daughter of the late Henry Summers and Annie Macie Timms Cason. She was also preceded in death by her brothers, Paul and James Cason and sister, Gertrude Ford Rowland. She was retired...
Tatom Williams
Jan 19, 2019
Tatom M. Williams. age 93, passed away on Saturday, January 19, 2019 at Linley Park Rehabilitation Center. Born in Alto, GA on July 11, 1925, he was the son of the late James Wesley Williams and the late Ida Sigars Williams. A committal service will be held on Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 11:00 am at Forest Lawn Memorial Park....
Doris Haddock
Jan 19, 2019
Mrs. Doris Huddleston "Dot" Haddock died on Saturday, the 19th of January 2019, in Houston, with her family by her side. Dot was born on the 31st of May 1935, in Greenville, Mississippi, to Herbert and Doris Huddleston. Dot graduated from Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia with a degree in European History. Dot was an avid reader, and gardener....
Roger L Coker
Jan 18, 2019
Roger Lee Coker, age 75, of 435 Hamby Road, Starr, entered his Heavenly Home on Friday, January 18, 2019, upon his death at AnMed Health Medical Center, surrounded by his beloved family. Born on July 16, 1943, in Belton, SC, he was the son of the late Claude Coker and the late Millie Jennings Coker. He was the beloved husband...
Jerry Welch
Jan 17, 2019
Gerald Douglas Welch, 77, of Anderson, SC, died on Thursday, January 17, 2019. He was born in Washington, DC, the son of Maimo Cain Welch and Warren Douglas Welch. He attended Baylor University for his undergraduate and earned a Masters from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he met his wife, Nancy. After marrying, they moved to California, where he...
Bill Porter
Jan 16, 2019
William Joe "Bill" Porter, died Wednesday, January 16, 2019. Born December 24, 1927 to William Alonzo Porter and Mary Sentell Porter, Bill was raised and lived in Anderson, SC all of his life. Bill graduated from Melton High School, where he loved playing basketball. He was on the 1946 state championship basketball team, that was coached bythe first female coach...
Katherine G. Dukes
Jan 16, 2019
Katherine G. Dukes, 83, of Anderson, SC passed away on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 at Rainey Hospice House. Born April 23, 1935 in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late Clarence and Elizabeth Chastain Gilbert. She was also preceded in death by her daughter, Darlana Dukes; brother, Ed Gilbert and sister, Genelia Gilbert. She and her husband of...
Schaffer Poore
Jan 14, 2019
Schaffer Lee Poore, age 95 of Scotland Neck, NC formerly of Anderson, SC passed away on Monday, January 14, 2019 at Scotland House, Scotland Neck, NC. Born December 28, 1923 in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Dewey Lee and Corrine Shirley Poore. He was a graduate of Pendleton High School, class of 1941 and went on...
Marilyn Ann Waldsmith
Jan 12, 2019
Marilyn Ann Thiel Waldsmith, 78, of 209 Obannon Court, Anderson, SC, died January 12, 2019 at The Rainey Hospice House in Anderson, surrounded by her loving family. She was the devoted wife of Daniel Joseph Waldsmith Sr. for nearly 61 years. Born in Detroit, MI, she was the daughter of the late Basil Frank Thiel and Dorothy Mary Dempsey Thiel....
Clara Smith Henderson
Jan 12, 2019
Clara Smith Henderson, 96, of E. North Ave., passed away at her residence on Saturday, January 12, 2019. Born in Fountain Inn, SC, she was the widow of the late Arthur Richard Henderson and the daughter of the late Samuel Arthur Smith and Lillian Holland Smith. She was a graduate of Girls High and a charter member of Pope Drive...
Ricky Dean 'Snowman' Snow
Jan 12, 2019
Ricky Dean Snow "Snowman", 58, of Iva, SC passed away on Saturday, January 12, 2019. Born April 16, 1960, in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Wansley Edger Snow and Shirley Ann Osborne Snow Clinkscales. He was also preceded in death by two role models he was blessed to have in his life, that he loved and...
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