Obituaries
Obituaries
Annie Margaret Tinsley
May 15, 2014
Annie Margaret Tinsley, of Anderson, SC, and widow of Wallace H. Tinsley, passed away on Thursday, May 15, 2014 at the AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in High Point, NC on June 7, 1930, Mrs. Tinsley was the daughter of the late Alfred C. Charping and Irene McAlister Charping. She was a graduate of Anderson Girls High School. She retired...
Charles Matthew Cox Jr.
May 14, 2014
Charles Matthew Cox, Jr., age 67, husband of Nancy Gwendoline Cox of 1335 Cox Lake Road, passed away on Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Seneca, SC on December 15, 1946, Mr. Cox was the son of Florence Henderson Cox of Belton and the late Charles Matthew Cox, Sr. He was a graduate of Forrest...
Harold David Higgins
May 14, 2014
Harold David Higgins, age 75, husband of Barbara Ann Turpen Higgins of Anderson, passed away Wednesday, May 14, 2014 at the Rainey Hospice House. Born in Piedmont, SC on March 15, 1939, Mr. Higgins was the son of the late L. J. "Mutt" Higgins and Idell Walker Higgins Childs. He was a 1957 graduate of Anderson Boys High School and...
Edna Grace Winchester
May 13, 2014
Edna Grace Chastain Winchester, age 92, of 238 Winchester Road, Townville, went home to be with Her Lord when she died at her residence on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Born in Anderson on September 24, 1921, she was the daughter of the late J.S. Chastain and the late Ethel Todd Chastain. For 71 years, she was the loving and devoted...
Grier Brown
May 13, 2014
Ernest Grier Brown, age 86,of Parker Bowie Road, Iva, SC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. Born March 12, 1928 in Iva, SC, Grier was the son of the late William David Brown and Varina Campbell Brown. He was a graduate of Iva High School and attended Clemson University. He served in...
Carolyn Heitman Kimel
May 13, 2014
Carolyn Heitman Kimel, age 92 of Anderson, SC, widow of Clinton Holmes Kimel, passed away at AnMed Health Medical Center in Anderson on May 13, 2014. Born in Winston Salem, NC, Mrs. Kimel was the daughter of the late Beecher Graham Heitman and the late Pansy Phillips Heitman. She was a homemaker and a member of Trinity Moravian Church in...
Alan Dean Saylors
May 12, 2014
Alan Dean Saylors, age 46 of Anderson, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2014. Born in Anderson, SC on July 3, 1967, Alan was the son of Brenda Louise Hubbard Morris of Anderson and the late Eugene Dorsey. He was employed with Dwight Davis Collision. He is survived by his mother; sons, Joshua and Christopher Saylors; daughter, Amanda Saylors; brothers,...
Betty Farmer Thomas
May 12, 2014
Betty Farmer Thomas, of Anderson, SC, passed away on Monday, May 12, 2014 at McCall's Hospice House, Simpsonville, SC. Born in Habersham County, GA on May 28, 1929, Mrs. Thomas was the daughter of the late William Farmer and Lorena Ayers Farmer. She retired from Clarke-Schwebel with 26 years of service. She loved to play golf with her friends at...
Lollis David Tilley
May 10, 2014
Lollis David Tilley Anderson, SC Lollis David Tilley, age 73, passed away on Saturday, May 10, 2014 at his residence. Born on August 27, 1940 in Anderson, SC, he was the first of nine born to the late Lollis D. and Dorotha (Dot) Tilley of Anderson. He proudly served his country in the United States Army from 1956 -1957. He...
Ralph Pruette
May 9, 2014
Ralph Pruette Anderson, SC Mr. Ralph Lynn Pruette, age 87, of Anderson, SC, passed away Friday, May 9, 2014 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Charlotte, NC, he was the son of the late G.V. Pruette and the late Ivy Wyrick Pruette. As a teenager, Ralph was very involved in sports as a player in both football and baseball....
Velma Magness
May 9, 2014
Velma Magness Anderson, SC Velma Jeanette Freeman Magness, age 85, passed away on Friday, May 9, 2014 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Colbert, GA, she was the daughter of the late Buren Freeman and the late Mildred Smith Freeman. She was a homemaker and a member of the Sanctuary of Praise. Velma was a loving mother, grandmother and...
Florence Dooley
May 8, 2014
Florence Dooley Anderson, SC Florence Celano Dooley, age 83, of 2306 Whitehall Avenue, Anderson, SC, passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2014. Born on August 6, 1930, in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Peter Celano and Lucille Damiano Celano. She attended Mount Saint Mary's College, where she earned a Masters Degree in Special Education. Over a...
Betty Cohen
May 8, 2014
Betty Cohen Anderson, SC Betty Jean Atwood Cohen, age 81 passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Los Angeles, CA, on November 25, 1932, she was the daughter of the late Donald Lester Atwood and the late Marjorie Ethel Preston Atwood. She is survived by her children, Brett Elliott Cohen and his wife...
Dean Kennedy
May 8, 2014
Dean Kennedy Anderson, SC Harold Dean Kennedy, age 80, of Anderson, passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2014 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born in Anderson, SC, on February 6, 1934, he was the son of the late John Wayne Kennedy and the late Bertice Othela Dunn Kennedy. He proudly served his country in the United States Navy during the...
Joan M Stover
May 7, 2014
JOAN M. STOVER Joan Margaret Keating Stover, age 70, of 116 Midway Drive, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at AnMed Health Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Born in Chicago, IL on February 16, 1944, she was a daughter of the late William Keating and the late Louise Bilski Keating. For 52 years, she was the loving...
Nancy Anderson
May 6, 2014
Nancy Anderson Anderson, SC Nancy Martin Anderson, age 67, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at her residence. Born December 11, 1946, she was the daughter of the late Grover Lynn "Bud" Martin, Jr. and the late Mildred Ashley Martin. She was a graduate of Dixie High School and Forrest Junior College. She retired in 2009 from the office...
Marvin 'Buddy' Brooks
May 6, 2014
Marvin "Buddy" Brooks Anderson, SC Marvin "Buddy" Brooks, age 71, of 403 Edith Street, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 at the Rainey Hospice House. Born in Starr, SC, on July 10, 1942, he was the son of the late Clyde Henry Brooks and the late Thethel Hayes Brooks. He worked at Richbourgs Grocery Store for many years. He...
Maude Spearman
May 6, 2014
Maude Spearman Anderson, SC Maude Watkins Gilstrap Spearman, age 82, of Anderson, passed away on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Born in Pickens, SC, on September 23, 1931, she was the daughter of the late John Druce Gilstrap and the late Melvania Gilstrap. She was married to Bobby Spearman, who died in 1991. She is survived by her two sons, Ricky...
James M Higginbotham
May 5, 2014
GRANVILLE, OH JAMES M. HIGGINBOTHAM, Sr. Mr. James M. Higginbotham, Sr., age 84, of Granville, OH, went to be with his Lord on Monday, May 5, 2014, upon his death at Licking Memorial Hospital in Newark, OH. Born on December 20, 1929, in Iva, SC, he was the son of the late Dock Turner and the late Lucy Turner Higginbotham....
Kathryn Cantrell
May 5, 2014
Kathryn Cantrell Fair Play, SC Kathryn Sullivan Cantrell, age 51, passed away on Monday, May 5, 2014 at her residence. Born in Fair Play, SC, on January 9, 1963, she was a daughter of Helen Craft and the late Furman Sullivan. She was employed with Becton Dickinson and was a member of Oakdale Baptist Church. She is survived by her...
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