Obituaries

Obituaries

Elbert L. Menees, Jr.

Elbert L. Menees, Jr.

Sep 18, 2022

Elbert Lee Menees, Jr., age 86, of Anderson, SC, passed away Sunday, September 18, 2022 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born December 6, 1935 in Mobile, AL, he was the eldest child of Elbert L. Menees, Sr. and Lucille McCoy Menees. He was a graduate of Boys High and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in...

Tom Williamson

Tom Williamson

Sep 18, 2022

The family of Thomas Lee Williamson mourns the loss of their beloved husband, father, and grandfather to this world on Sunday, September 18, 2022, and we celebrate his arrival into the loving presence of our LORD and Savior. Tom was born in Thomson, Georgia on June 30, 1952. He was the son of the late Meryl and Woodrow Williamson. He...

Miriam Luquire Pettigrew

Miriam Luquire Pettigrew

Sep 17, 2022

Miriam Luquire Pettigrew, age 88, of Anderson, SC, passed away Saturday, September 17, 2022, at the Hospice of The Upstate Rainey House. Born August 30, 1934, in Greenwood, SC, she was the daughter of the late Maurice and Dolly Luquire. She was married for 37 years to Robert (Bob) Pettigrew until his death in 1994. Miriam was a graduate of...

Susan Mullinax Abernathy

Susan Mullinax Abernathy

Sep 17, 2022

Susan Mullinax Abernathy, age 73, of Starr, SC, passed away Saturday, September 17, 2022, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born November 5, 1948, in Anderson, she was the daughter of the late Harold L. Mullinax and Jewel Vickery Mullinax. She was married to the late William Anthony Abernathy. Susan was a graduate of Crescent High School Class of 1967. She...

Kathryn Mcalister Martin

Kathryn Mcalister Martin

Sep 16, 2022

Kathryn Holcombe McAlister Martin, age 93, of Iva, SC, went home to be with her Lord on Friday, September 16, 2022, at her residence. Born May 30, 1929, in Stephens County, GA, she was the daughter of the late William Parker Holcombe and Emeline Williams. Kathryn retired from Singer after twenty-four and a half years of service and was a...

Jimmy G. Kennedy

Jimmy G. Kennedy

Sep 16, 2022

Jimmy Gary Kennedy, age 82, of Belton, SC, husband to the late Willie Kennedy until her death in 2012, passed away Friday, September 16, 2022, at Piedmont Post-Acute. He was born March 7, 1940, in Laurens, SC, and proudly served his country in the United States Navy. He worked as a clothing store owner and loved to watch Western TV....

James David Sanders

James David Sanders

Sep 15, 2022

James David Sanders, age 78, of Honea Path, SC, passed away Thursday, September 15, 2022, at his home. Born November 5, 1943, in Chattanooga, TN, he was a son of the late Ralph Sanders and Mary Ables Sanders. He was married to Carolyn Elaine McCall Sanders until her death in 2000. James was a member of Homeland Park Baptist Church....

Michael Mcclain

Michael Mcclain

Sep 12, 2022

Michael McClain, aged 78, died Monday, September 12, 2022 at his home in Anderson South Carolina. Born July 12, 1944 in Washington, DC, he was the son of James Guy McClain and Vivian Pearl Davisson. Michael grew up in West Virginia where in high school he excelled in both football and basketball. He attended Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire....

Betty Tiller Franklin

Betty Tiller Franklin

Sep 12, 2022

Betty Jean Tiller Franklin, age 90, of Starr, SC, passed away Monday, September 12, 2022, at her home. Born October 20, 1931, in Seneca, SC, she was a daughter of the late Newton Isom Tiller and Floree Hughes Tiller. She was married for 68 years to Donald A. Franklin until his death in 2019. Betty was a graduate of Woodruff...

Robert E. Lee, Sr.

Robert E. Lee, Sr.

Sep 11, 2022

Robert E. Lee, Sr., age 94, of Starr, SC, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2022, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born August 28, 1928, in Anderson, he was the son of the late John Daniel Lee and Bertha Ramey Lee. He was married to the late Clara Effie Gee Allen Lee. He was also preceded in death by 11 siblings...

Ena Mae Mcalister

Ena Mae Mcalister

Sep 8, 2022

Ena Mae Campbell McAlister, 98, passed away on September 8, 2022 at her home after a decline in her health. A life-long resident of Anderson, she was born on April 30,1924 to the late Sarah Mae Brown and Evans Wilhite Campbell. She was the wife of the late James Walter (JW) McAlister. Surviving are two nieces: Sarah Pierce (Max Rogers)...

Betty J. King Bailey

Betty J. King Bailey

Sep 5, 2022

Betty J. King Bailey, 90, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, September 5, 2022, at Abbeville Nursing Home. Born July 30, 1932, in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late Melvin King and Nettie Daniel King. She was married to Archie Bailey until his death in 2009. Betty loved spending time with her family and especially her grandchildren....

Patricia Moynihan

Patricia Moynihan

Sep 5, 2022

Patricia Casey Moynihan, 90, of Anderson, South Carolina, passed away on Monday, September 5, 2022. She was born Patricia Ann Casey in Batavia, New York on October 1, 1931, to the late Dorothy and Lawrence T. Casey. She is survived by her children, Sheila Moynihan van den Bandt (Bert) of Woudrichem, The Netherlands, Michael Robert Moynihan (Robin) of Harrisonburg, Virginia,...

Kathleen Ann Philpot

Kathleen Ann Philpot

Sep 4, 2022

Kathleen Ann Crone Philpot, age 78, of Anderson, SC, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2022, at Rainey Hospice House. Born February 10, 1944, in Dayton, OH, she was the daughter of the late Aaron David Crone, Sr. and Elizabeth Jean Thompson Crone. She was married to the late Ludlow Philpot. Kathleen loved to watch movies. She especially enjoyed John Wayne...

Doris Crook

Doris Crook

Sep 4, 2022

Doris Simpson Crook, age 86, of Iva, SC, loving wife to the late Jack Bronson Crook, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, September 4, 2022. Born December 26, 1935, in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Crayton Simpson and Willie Skelton Simpson. She enjoyed spending time with her family and was a member...

Norma Koon

Norma Koon

Sep 3, 2022

Norma Jean Martin Koon, age 80, of Anderson, SC, loving wife to the late George H. Koon, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, September 3, 2022, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born December 1, 1941, in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late John F. Martin and Ressie Arnold Martin. Norma worked as a caretaker...

William 'Hub' Murphy

William 'Hub' Murphy

Aug 29, 2022

William Herbert Murphy, Sr. was born October 31, 1927, in Anderson, SC, the son of the late JC and Mary Vanadore Murphy, and died peacefully at home on August 29, 2022. He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris Adams Murphy whom he was married to for 68 years; 3 brothers and 2 sisters. He is survived by his...

Charlene Wewers

Charlene Wewers

Aug 28, 2022

Charlene Vickery Wewers, age 60, of Anderson, SC, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2022, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born June 27, 1962, in Hartwell, GA, she was a daughter of Charles Linder Vickery and Betty Jane Caudell Vickery. Charlene was a special education teacher and sign language interpreter. She taught religious education to elementary students at St. Andrew Catholic...

Shirley Burke Dunse

Shirley Burke Dunse

Aug 28, 2022

Shirley Burke Dunse, age 82, of Starr, SC, passed away Sunday, August 28, 2022, at her home. Born October 21, 1939, in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Glenn Burke and Myrtle Mae Hutchins Burke. She was also preceded in death by her son, Glenn Dunse; 2 brothers and 3 sisters. Shirley was married to her...

William James Price

William James Price

Aug 26, 2022

William James Price, age 88, formerly of Anderson, SC, passed away at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born April 7, 1934, in Waukegan, IL, and worked as a machinist at Form-A-Tool, Inc. where he later retired. He enjoyed woodworking, fishing, and camping. He is survived by his son, Don Price (Donna) of Inman, SC; daughter, Pamela Clark (Robert) of Iva,...

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