Obituaries
Obituaries
Alyce M Davis
Jan 16, 2017
Alyce McElroy Davis, age 89, of Anderson, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2017 at the Rainey Hospice House of Anderson. Born on December 24, 1927, in Pelzer, SC, she was the daughter of the late William T. McElroy and Earle M. McElroy. She attended Anderson City Schools and Forest College. Alyce retired as a bookkeeper of Gates Firestone in...
Mike Ramsey
Jan 14, 2017
Richard Michael Ramsey, age 64, of 202 Keystone Drive, passed away on January, 14, 2017 at home surrounded by his family. Born in Anderson, SC on September 5, 1952, he is the son of Joan Ramsey and the late R.E. Ramsey. Mike was raised in Anderson where his family and friends were the center of his life. He worked in...
James Richard Rogers Jr.
Jan 14, 2017
James Richard Rogers, Jr., age 85, passed away on Saturday, January 14, 2017, at his home. Born in Anderson, SC on September 8, 1931, he was the son of the late James R. Rogers, Sr., and the late Myrtice McCurley Rogers. He was a graduate of Anderson Boys High. James proudly served his country in the United States Navy where...
J.O. Blume
Jan 13, 2017
James Otis Blume, age 90, passed away on January, 13, 2017. James honorably served his country in the United States Navy and Merchant Marines. Mr. Blume retired from the South Carolina Highway Patrol. The funeral service will be held in the Chapel of The McDougald Funeral Home on Saturday, January 21, 2017, at 2:00 p.m. with the Reverend Chad Charles...
Marvin Landers
Jan 13, 2017
Marvin Landers, age 80, passed away on January, 13, 2017 at Rainey Hospice House. Born in Anderson, SC on May 26, 1936, he was the son of the late Robert Lee Landers and the late Deller Broome Landers. Marvin proudly served his country in the United States Army. He worked and retired as a grocery manager at Greens Grocery, then...
Larry Black
Jan 12, 2017
Robert Larry Black, age 78, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at the Rainey Hospice House. Born in Central, SC, on October 15, 1938, he was the son of the late Remus and Nellie Martin Black. He served in the National Guard and retired from Owens Corning Fiberglas. Larry was a faithful member of Homeland Park Baptist Church where...
Edward F. Ifkovits
Jan 11, 2017
Edward Frank Ifkovits, age 85, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born on April 8, 1931, he was the son of the late Frank I. and Johanna Bodish Ifkovits. Edward was a graduate of Northampton High School, Northampton, PA. He proudly served his country as Corporal in the United States Army, served during the...
Laura Jean Bowen
Jan 11, 2017
Laura Jean Bowen, age 71, passed away on Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at the Rainey Hospice House. Born in Anderson, SC on April 12, 1945, she was the daughter of the late James Clayton and Margaret Elizabeth Cole Madden. She was a member of Mt. Zion Presbyterian Church in Sandy Springs, SC. She is survived by her loving children, Lonnie...
Maxie Mae Palmer
Jan 10, 2017
Maxie Mae Palmer, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at her home. Born in Oconee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ben Sorrow and the late Inez King Sorrow. She was the retired owner and operator of Maxine's Beauty Salon on Highway 24 in Townville, SC for more than 20 years. Maxie was a...
Virginia Nell King Cordell
Jan 9, 2017
Virginia Nell King Cordell, age 94, of Anderson, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2017, at AnMed Health Medical Center with her family by her side. Born on May 10, 1922, in Newry, SC, she was the daughter of the late Timothy Paul King and the late Willie Collins King. For fifty-three years, she was the loving and devoted wife...
Jon Palmer
Jan 9, 2017
Jonathan "Jon" Edward Palmer, age 31, passed away on Monday, January 9, 2017. Born in Woking, Surrey England on April 23, 1985, he was the son of Elaine Finchum and her husband Jeremy Finchum and the late Edward John Palmer. He worked as a handy man and welder in the construction field as well as with Palmetto Moving Company. He...
Ernie Gentry
Jan 8, 2017
Ernest Wilton Gentry, Jr., age 59, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Anderson, SC on December 30, 1957, he was the son of the late Ernest Wilton Gentry, Sr. and the late Sabra Ann Brown Gentry. He was a graduate of Crescent High School. Ernie volunteered for the Iva Fire Department. He...
Carrie Mae Fields Clamp
Jan 8, 2017
Carrie Mae Fields Clamp, age 88, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at Ellenburg Nursing Center. Born in Banks County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Con Arflin and the late Blanche Dalton Arflin. She worked as a seamstress in the textile industry for many years and was a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church. She is...
Barbara Faye Richey Williams
Jan 8, 2017
Barbara Faye Richey Williams, 78, of Cathedral City, CA, formerly of Anderson, SC, passed away on Sunday, January 8, 2017 at her residence in California. Born in Anderson, SC on June 24, 1938, she was the daughter of the late William Glenn and Mary Evelyn (Farr) Farrow Richey. She was a homemaker and also a member of The Church of...
Robert Dwight 'Bob' Layton
Jan 7, 2017
Robert Dwight "Bob" Layton, age 88, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2017 at the Rainey Hospice House. Born in Anderson, SC on April 17, 1928, he was the son of the late Robert Dewey Layton and the late Mary Essie Clark Layton. He graduated from Boys High in 1945 and attended Clemson University. Dwight proudly served his country in...
Floyd Dean Aiken
Jan 6, 2017
Floyd Dean Aiken, age 85 of Anderson, passed away on Friday, January 6, 2017, at Rainey Hospice House with his loving family by his side. Born on January 14, 1931, he was the son of the late William Aiken and the late Eldora Donalds Aiken. Floyd was twice married, first to the late Mary Kathryn Gailey Aiken and then to...
Betty Lou Holbrook Crisp
Jan 4, 2017
Betty Lou Holbrook Crisp, age 82, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Whitmire, SC, on June 16, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Lofton Holbrook and the late Geneva Livingston Parton. She worked at the Singer Plant and Ryobi. Betty was a member of North Anderson Baptist Church. She is...
Martha Irene Neese
Jan 4, 2017
Martha Irene Neese, age 80, of Anderson, passed away on Wednesday, January 4, 2017 at Heartland Healthcare Center in Greenville. Born in Anderson, SC on August 21, 1936, she was the daughter of the late John B. Moore and the late Nancy Richey Moore. She retired from Glenn Plumbing as a bookkeeper. Martha enjoyed flowers, quilting, and other crafts. She...
Ellen Selman Fortune Cenzalli
Jan 3, 2017
Ellen Selman Fortune Cenzalli, age 79, of 1202 Hanover Road, Anderson, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2017, at Rainey Hospice House. Born in Chattanooga, TN on July 1, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Archibald S. Fortune and the late Sarah Enloe Fortune. The Fortune family owned and operated the Fortune Hosiery Mill in LaFayette, Georgia. For...
William Waymond Teate
Jan 3, 2017
William Waymond Teate, age 89, passed away on Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Hartwell, GA on July 9, 1927, he was the son of the late William Ernest Teate and the late Susie Bowman Teate. He proudly served his country in the United States Army. William worked in the textile industy for many years...
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