Obituaries
Obituaries
Ron Thomason
Feb 15, 2018
Hugh Ronald "Ron" Thomason, 79, of Anderson, SC passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Rainey Hospice House. Born April 1, 1938 in Anderson, SC, Ron was a son of the late Curly and Jeannie Thomason. He retired after 36 years from Owens-Corning Fiberglas, where he was known as "Rat". He served in the United States Army during the...
Myrna Lee Figueroa
Feb 14, 2018
Myrna Lee Figueroa, 32, of Anderson, SC passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born July 9, 1985 in New York, NY, she was a daughter of Nancy Lydia Alvarado Brito and the late George Figueroa. She was also preceded in death by her grandparents, Lydia Roman and Luis Alvarado and father-in-law, Danny Kelly. Myrna...
Betty C. Bonnett
Feb 14, 2018
Betty Crumpton Stegall Bonnett, 84, of Anderson, SC passed away on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at Linley Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. She was twice married, first to the late Harold Stegall, and then to the late Francis L. Bonnett. Betty was the youngest daughter of Henry Walker Crumpton and Lucy...
Jimmy R. Wicker
Feb 13, 2018
Jimmy Ross Wicker, age 74, of 423 Cromer Road, Townville, passed away at his residence on Tuesday, February 13, 2018, with his family by his side. Born on March 8, 1943, in Townville, he was the son of the late John Ross Wicker and the late Ginnie Dyer Wicker. Twice married, Jimmy was the husband of the late Vera Lee...
Harry Cleveland Spires Jr.
Feb 13, 2018
Harry Cleveland Spires, Jr., 92, of Lowndesville, SC passed away on Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at his home. Born May 4, 1925 in Lincolnton, GA, he was a son of the late Harry Cleveland Spires, Sr. and the late Ellaree Little Spires. He was also preceded in death by his son, Carroll Leslie Spires; sisters, Catherine S. Nelson and Frances...
Doug Gambrell
Feb 12, 2018
William Douglas "Doug" Gambrell, 82 of Pendleton, SC passed away on Monday, February 12, 2018 at his home. Born September 20, 1935 in Anderson, SC, Doug was a son of the late Floyd Gambrell and the late Floree Wells Gambrell. He was also preceded in death by his wife Jackie Ann Burdette Gambrell; son, David Gambrell; siblings Billy Gambrell, Pasty...
Anne Johnston Doyle
Feb 12, 2018
Anne Johnston Doyle, age 85, of 208 Moultrie Square, entered the Church Triumphant upon her death at Rainey Hospice House on Monday, February 12, 2018. Born in Anderson on September 12, 1932, she was the daughter of the late William Calhoun Johnston and the late Sara Louise Power Johnston. For sixty-two years, Anne was the loving and devoted wife of...
Eugene 'Gene' 'Pop-Pop' Charles Schneider
Feb 11, 2018
Eugene "Gene" "Pop-Pop" Charles Schneider, 89, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 11, 2018, at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home. He is joined again with his loving wife Jeanne Lukens Schneider of Germantown, PA (September 9, 2004) and his youngest daughter, Susan Beth Cannon of Carlsbad, NM (June 8, 2015). Born in Philadelphia, PA, on September 13, 1928, Gene...
Charles 'Bud' Hoffman
Feb 11, 2018
Charles "Bud" Robert Hoffman, 89, husband of Idella Mary Nason Hoffman, passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at Rainey Hospice House. Born in Detroit, MI, on March 16, 1928, Bud was the son of the late Carl Gilbert Hoffman and Louise Margaret Arasmith Hoffman. Bud proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corp during WWII. He then...
Fred Pilgrim
Feb 3, 2018
Fred Pilgrim, 69, of Anderson, SC passed away on Saturday, February 03, 2018 at Rainey Hospice House. Born March 29, 1948, in Anderson, SC, he was a son of the late Lewis Pilgrim and the late Hazel Lee Roberts Moore and her husband, the late Ira Moore. He was also preceded in death by his sister, Dianne Smalley. He was...
Olin D. Foster
Feb 1, 2018
Olin Dewitt Foster, age 81, of 504 Loblolly Drive, passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2018, at Rainey Hospice House. Born on March 25, 1936, in Anderson, he was the son of the late Yancey Foster and the late Sara Adams Foster. For fifty-six years, he was the loving and devoted husband of Sandra Sexton Foster of the home. Mr....
Ruby Wynell Hawkins 'Polly' Ashley
Jan 31, 2018
Ruby Wynell Hawkins "Polly" Ashley, age 71, of 3536 Trail Road, Belton, died on Wednesday, January 31, 2018, at AnMed Health Medical Center with her family by her side. Born on June 18, 1946, she was the daughter of the late William "Billy" J. Hawkins, Jr. and the late Marie Pruitt Hawkins. For forty-nine years, Mrs. Ashley was the loving...
Iris Dickson
Jan 31, 2018
Iris Grethel Dickson, 90, of Anderson, SC passed away on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at NHC of Anderson. Born April 3, 1927 in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late, Cleveland Keith and Rhoda Simpson Keith. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 73 years, RV "Dick" Dickson and sisters, Edna Page and Peggy Thrasher....
Naomi J Mccollum
Jan 31, 2018
Events Graveside service Monday, February 5, 2018 11:00AM New Silver Brook Cemetery 440 E. Shockley Ferry Road Anderson, SC 29624 Phone: 8642244343 Final Resting Place New Silver Brook Cemetery 440 E. Shockley Ferry Road Anderson, SC 29624
Rev. Zeb D. Smith Jr.
Jan 30, 2018
Rev. Zebulun "Zeb" D. Smith, Jr., 65, of Anderson, SC passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2017 at his home. Born October 15, 1952 in Anderson, SC, Zeb was a son of the late Rev. Zebulun D. Smith, Sr. and the late Rowena Stewart Smith. He graduated from Emmanuel College, Furman University, Erskine Theological Seminary and Emory University. He was...
Billy E. Garland Sr.
Jan 30, 2018
Billy E. Garland, age 88 of Anderson, SC passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Bakersville, NC, November 28, 1929, Billy was the son of the late William E. "Bill" Garland and the late Gertrude Winkler Garland. He was a graduate of Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk, NC. He formerly worked with Exxon,...
Frances Earline Fowler Simpson
Jan 30, 2018
Frances Earline Fowler Simpson, 80, of Anderson, SC passed away Tuesday, January 30, 2018 at Rainey Hospice House. Born September 30, 1937 in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late, Rev. R. Fred Fowler, Sr. and the late Reba Allison Fowler. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Parris Leville Simpson and grandson, Daniel Robert Powell....
Daniel J. Langston
Jan 29, 2018
Daniel Joe Langston, 70, husband of Sylvia Nelson Langston, passed away on Monday, January 29, 2018 at NHC Healthcare of Clinton. Born in Liberty, SC, on August 8, 1947, Daniel was the son of the late David F. Langston and Bobbie Dalton Gillespie Langston. After graduating from Pendleton High School, he worked and retired as a commercial truck driver transporting...
Frances Smith
Jan 29, 2018
Elsie Frances Smith, 91, of Anderson, SC passed away on Monday, January 29, 2018 at Rainey Hospice House. Born February 5, 1926 in Lewis County, KY, Frances was a daughter of the late Clifton Bruce Sparks and the late Callie Mae Scott Sparks. She was also preceded in death by her husband Richard Franklin Smith; sons, Ronald F. Smith and...
Janice 'Gayle' Bruce
Jan 28, 2018
Janice Gayle Parlier Bruce, 68, loving wife of Lee Bruce, passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2018 at her residence surrounded by her beloved family. Born in Boone, NC, on November 5, 1949, Gayle was the daughter of the late Hade Monroe Parlier and Reba Norris Parlier. Gayle and her husband owned and operated Bruce's Upholstery and Fabrics for 30...
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