Gloria Naomi Whitten
Dec 13, 2021
Gloria Naomi Whitten, age 82, of Anderson, SC, passed away, Monday, December 13, 2021 at AnMed Health Medical Center. When Gloria Naomi Whitten was born into the family of Claude and Jesse Whitten, it seemed that she was destined to give her life ministering to others. The youngest of four girls (Claudia, Betty, Frances) and Big Sister to Little Brother...
Jesse Shirley
Dec 13, 2021
Jesse Thomas Shirley, age 4, of Pendleton, SC, passed away on Monday, December 13, 2021 at MUSC Medical Center. He was born May 11, 2017, in Charleston, SC, and was the son of Justin T. Shirley and Brittney Anderson Shirley. He is also survived by his sister, Layla Jaye Shirley; grandparents, Thomas R. and Gina Shirley, Russ and Suzette Baker,...
Aaron Winchester
Dec 12, 2021
James Aaron Winchester, age 58, of Anderson, SC, passed away Sunday, December 12, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born July 23, 1963, in Anderson, he was the son of Robert Winchester and Mary Anne Fowler Winchester. Aaron was a graduate of Tri County Technical College and formerly was an electrician with C & W Electric. He was hard working...
Audra D. Owens
Dec 11, 2021
Audra Mae Dickson Owens, age 98, of Anderson, SC, loving wife to the late Arnold B. Owens, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021, at NHC HealthCare, Anderson. Born October 26, 1923, in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eddie Arthur Dickson and Omie Mae Byrum Dickson. Audra worked at J.P. Stevens as a packer in the Clemson...
Howie Bates, Jr.
Dec 11, 2021
H.W. "Howie" Bates, Jr., age 63, of Anderson, SC, passed away Saturday, December 11, 2021, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born March 19, 1958, in Anderson, SC, he was the son of Harold William Bates, Sr., and the late Jean Bryant Bates. Howie was a graduate of McDuffie High School and was a self-made and self-taught entrepreneur owning and operating Saf-Guard...
James S. Binder
Dec 11, 2021
James Sylvester Binder, of Easley, SC, passed away on Saturday, December 11, 2021. Born on May 21, 1933, in Quincy, FL, he was a son of James Harold Sylvester, Sr. and Orpha Russell. As a youth, Jim participated in Boy Scouts and earned the highest rank becoming an Eagle Scout. After graduating from The Darlington School, Jim attended Presbyterian College....
Robert J. Bazinet, Sr.
Dec 9, 2021
Robert Joseph "Papa Bob" Bazinet, Sr., age 88, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, December 9, 2021, at his home. Born May 14, 1933, in Taunton, MA, he was the son of the late Joseph Rene Bazinet and Stella Sophie Arcikowski Bazinet. He was married for 59 years to Patricia Ann Bazinet until her death in June 2015. Robert was...
Sharon Anne Merchant
Dec 9, 2021
Sharon Anne Merchant, age 76, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, December 9, 2021, at Rainey Hospice House. Born June 30, 1945, in Hamlet, NC, she was the daughter of the late Suddath Merchant and Helen Slice Merchant. She is survived by her brothers, Curtis Merchant of Easley, SC, and David Allen Merchant of Cayce, SC; and sister, Audrey Ledford...
Araluen 'Clinky' Clinkscales Seabrook
Dec 8, 2021
Araluen (Clinky) Clinkscales Seabrook, 91, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family on December 8, 2021. Clinky was predeceased by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Grady S. Clinkscales and her husband, Cordes G. Seabrook, Jr. She grew up in Anderson and spent many happy summers as a child at Camp Pinnacle in the mountains of NC. She graduated from...
Carolyn H. Neese
Dec 6, 2021
Carolyn Frances Harward Partridge Neese, age 76, of Iva, SC, passed away Monday, December 6, 2021, at her home. Born February 2, 1945, in Anderson, she was the daughter of the late Lou Ellen Drake Harward. She was married to Michael Jack Neese until his death in 1980. She is survived by her son, Robert Michael Neese; daughters, Frances Darlene...
Shirley S. Gray
Dec 6, 2021
Shirley Smith Gray, age 80, of Iva, SC, passed away Monday, December 6, 2021. Born January 14, 1941, in Iva, she was the daughter of the late R.H. Smith, Sr. and Georgie Brown Smith. She was married to Baxter Milton Gray, Jr. until his death in 2005. Shirley loved caring for her family and gardening. She was a member of...
Leola C. Hammonds
Dec 5, 2021
Leola Ruth Chambers Hammonds, age 99, of Anderson, SC, passed away Sunday, December 5, 2021, at her home. Born August 27, 1922, in Davy, WV, she was the daughter of the late Julius Chambers and Martha Cline Chambers. She was also preceded in death by ten siblings and was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Leola was retired...
Margaret H. Benfield
Dec 3, 2021
Margaret H. Benfield, age 81, of Belton, SC, loving wife to the late Bobby S. Benfield, passed away Friday, December 3, 2021, at NHC Healthcare, Anderson. Born February 24, 1940, in Belton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Howard C. Hawkins and Thelma Jones Hawkins. Margaret worked as a weaver at Glen Raven where she later retired. She...
Robert Vinson Elliott
Dec 3, 2021
Robert Vinson Elliott, age 86, passed away on Friday, December 3, 2021 at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home. Born September 23, 1935 in Anderson, SC, he was a son of the late Furman Vinson Elliott and Janie Lucille Wilson Plummer. He was also preceded in death by his first wife, Sara Elliott Singleton and second wife, Juanita Burton Elliott....
Virginia Cleveland
Dec 2, 2021
Virginia Dare Cleveland, age 75, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, December 2, 2021 at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born July 21, 1946 in Anderson, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eddie Lamar Findley and Ruby Estelle Craft Findley. Virginia was a member of Gethsemane Baptist Temple and loved her church. She loved to cook and enjoyed good...
Nelson W. Schofield
Dec 1, 2021
Nelson Wayne Schofield, age 70, of Anderson, SC, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born December 24, 1950, in Grand Rapids, MI, he was the son of the late Zack Nelson Schofield and Annie Mae Myrick Schofield. He is survived by his sons, Tony Schofield (Joyce) of Missouri and Zack Leroy Schofield (April Gillham) of...
Linda Pelfrey Garland
Dec 1, 2021
Linda Pelfrey Garland, age 72, of Pendleton, SC, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at Rainey Hospice House. Born May 11, 1949, in Oconee County, SC, she was a daughter of the late Homer Pelfrey and Gladys Goss Metts. Linda will be remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She loved to cook for all of her...
Marie Garland
Dec 1, 2021
Elizabeth Marie Winters Garland, age 84, of Anderson, SC, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2021, at NHC Healthcare Anderson. Born November 16, 1937, in Hall County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Hubert Winters and Effie Mae Townsend Winters. She was married for 62 years to Kenneth Jerry Garland until his death in October 2016. Marie was a...
Georgette Carlton Kelly
Nov 29, 2021
Georgette Carlton Kelly, age 81, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, November 29, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born March 18, 1940, in Belton, she was the daughter of the late Sherman Willie Carlton and Willie Mae Shaw Carlton. She was married to Voniver S. Kelly until his death in November 2016. Georgette spent her career as a nurse...
Patsy Hagood
Nov 29, 2021
Patricia "Patsy" Brown Hagood, age 87, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, November 29, 2021, at NHC Healthcare Anderson. Born November 24, 1934, in Pendleton, she was the daughter of the late Claude Knox Brown and Eloise Shockley Brown. She was married to Roy Wallen "Toby" Hagood until his death in May 2020. Patsy was a graduate of Pendleton High...
