Obituaries

Apr 11, 2024

Stewart Ralph Vickery, age 76, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2024, at Rainey Hospice House.

Born June 29, 1947, in Fair Play, SC, he was a son of the late Garland Vickery and Ruth Grant Vickery. He was also preceded in death by brothers, Edward, Haskel, and Forrest, Vickery.

Cotton's favorite pastimes...

Apr 11, 2024

Margaret Patricia Smith, age 90, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the Garden House of Anderson.

Born October 30, 1933, in the Lebanon Community of Anderson County, SC, she was the daughter of the late D.K. Smith and Mary Sanders Smith. She was married to Ted Carlton Smith until his death in 2012....

Apr 7, 2024

Adaline Louise Smith, infant daughter of Sarah Ables Smith and Wayne Todd Smith of Belton, SC, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2024, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Adaline was only with us for a short time but our love for her is endless. She was our perfect little girl and will live on in our hearts forever.

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Apr 7, 2024

Barbara Ellen Lewis Campbell, age 87, of Pelzer, SC, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2024, at her home.

Born April 22, 1936, in Anderson County, SC, she was a daughter of the late B.A. Lewis, Jr. and Louise Haulbrook Porter and the granddaughter of Bill and Lena Haulbrook. She was married for 57 years to Herman Wells...

Apr 6, 2024

Mrs. Jonelle Wentzky, age 89, widow of Vernon N. Wentzky, Sr. of 101 Mary Beth Drive, Anderson, SC, died Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Stedman, NC.

Born in Seneca, SC, Mrs. Wentzky was the daughter of the late R.P. White and the late Lottie McLane White. She graduated from the Carolina School of Commerce with a Secretarial...

Apr 5, 2024

Annie Ligon Geer, 104, of Anderson, SC, passed away Friday, April 5, 2024, at National Health Care Center of Anderson.

Born September 30, 1919, in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late William Jackson Ligon and the late Jennie Barnwell Smith Ligon. She was married to the late Joseph Spottswood Geer. Together they had two...

Apr 5, 2024

Louise Tiller Mull, age 97, of Anderson, SC, passed away Friday, April 5, 2024, at Morningside of Anderson.

Born December 16, 1926, in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Newton Isom Tiller and Floree Hughes Tiller. She was married to Charles J. Mull until his death in 1991. She was also preceded in death...

Apr 5, 2024

Reba Nadine Purdy, age 87, of Iva, SC, passed away peacefully Friday, April 5, 2024, at Rainey Hospice House.

Born January 1, 1937, in Rock Branch, GA, she was a daughter of the late Willie Anderson Fields and the late Evie Campbell Fields. She was also preceded in death by her son, Larry Purdy; and siblings, Furman...

Apr 4, 2024

Betty Jean Yon Sanders, age 95, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2024, at her home.

Born May 11, 1928, in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late George Ben Yon and Mattie Sue Campbell Yon. She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Otis Sanders; son, Douglas Williamson; brother, George Robert...

Apr 4, 2024

Beulah Mae Bratcher Pressley, age 87, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2024, at NHC Healthcare Anderson.

Born March 24, 1937, in Greenwood, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hoke Bratcher and Georgia Boyter Bratcher. She was married to Rev. Roy Andrew Pressley until his death in 2002. She was also preceded in...

Apr 4, 2024

Olga Carolyn Holbrook Ashley, age 85, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Rainey Hospice House.

Born May 25, 1938, in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank Holbrook and Alma Mason Holbrook. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Joe Billy Ashley.

Carolyn worked in retail...

Apr 3, 2024

Effie Merle Crook Lewis, age 92, of Anderson, SC, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at NHC Healthcare Anderson.

Born April 30, 1931, in Hartwell, GA, she was a daughter of the late Albert Omer Crook and Eva Cawthon Crook. She was married to the late Carlton Lewis. She was also preceded in death by a son,...

Apr 3, 2024

Mattie Belinda Ashley Ward, age 66, of Iva, SC, passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at AnMed Medical Center.

Born July 19, 1957, in Anderson, SC, she was the only child of Shirley Gray Ashley and the late Wesley Ashley. She and her mother were extremely close, depending on each other from the very beginning.

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Apr 1, 2024

Wayne D. Alexander, age 66, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, April 1, 2024, at Greenville Memorial Hospital.

Born August 26, 1957, in Anderson County, SC, he was the son of the late Miles H. Alexander, Jr. and Barbara A. Adams Alexander. He was married to Teresa Carroll Alexander until her death in 2018. He was also...

Mar 29, 2024

Sgt. (retired) William Bruce Cann, 82, of Anderson, SC, peacefully passed away Friday, March 29, 2024, at his home.

Born January 4, 1942, in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Clarence B. Cann and the late Maybelle Brock Cann. He was also preceded in death by his brother, Dupree Cann, and his sister Lottie...

Mar 29, 2024

Joseph Timothy "Tim" Brown passed into the Heavenly Portals of Glory to meet his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, March 29, 2024 in Regency Hospital

Tim was born on June 30, 1951 in Greenwood, SC to the late Joseph Wesley Brown and the late Martha Wilma Sorrow Brown. Tim was a faithful member of Long...

Mar 28, 2024

John Henry Whitfield, age 87, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2024, at NHC Healthcare Anderson.

Born December 13, 1936, in Anderson, he was a son of the late Hansel K. Whitfield and Mary Etta Mize Whitfield. He was also preceded in death by10 siblings, Lee Vaughn, Eunice Webb, Ruzie Brock, Zelma Dodgens, Ginny Harbin,...

Mar 27, 2024

Georgeanna Kerr Banks Hagerman, of Bowling Green KY, age 98, died on March 27, 2024, in Anderson SC, the home of her daughter Julie, and son-in-law, Dr. Harold Morse.

She was the beloved wife of the late Thomas Bartley Hagerman, a WWII veteran paratrooper and journalist. Their early lives together following the war were filled with Big...

Mar 27, 2024

John Thomas Simpson, age 62, of Iva, SC, passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at AnMed Medical Center.

Born January 25, 1962, in Anderson County, SC, he was the son of the late Roland Henry Simpson and Lois Huges Simpson. He was also preceded in death by two granddaughters.

John was a graduate of Crescent...

Mar 26, 2024

James Milford Taylor, went to be with Jesus in his heavenly home on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, at Rainey Hospice House at the age of 90.

He was born on July 20, 1933, in Walhalla, SC. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 66 years, Betty Frady Taylor, his infant daughter, Donna Marie Taylor,...