Ann Huitt
Dec 15, 2021
Ann Weathers Huitt, age 87, died Wednesday, December 15, 2021, at home surrounded and lifted up by the love of her devoted family. A lifelong resident of Anderson, South Carolina, Mrs. Huitt was the only child of the late Mrs. Mary Belle Manly Weathers and the late Mr. George Wesley Weathers. She was married to the love of her life,...
Elizabeth 'Lib' Johnson
Dec 14, 2021
Elizabeth Ann McElhannon Johnson, age 87, of Greenville, SC, passed away Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at Southpointe Healthcare and Rehabilitation. Born September 14, 1934, and raised in Iva, she was the daughter of the late Eugene McElhannon, Sr. and Annie May Osborne McElhannon. She was married to Gerald D. Johnson until his death in August 2007. She was also preceded...
John P. Clinkscales, Sr.
Dec 13, 2021
John P. Clinkscales, Sr., age 84, of Anderson, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, December 13, 2021. Born July 31, 1937, in Anderson, he was the son of the late Lucius and Anna B. Clinkscales. John was a veteran of the United States Air Force. He enjoyed being in the outdoors and farming and loved his...
Julia M. Wallace
Dec 13, 2021
Julia Ann Moorhead Wallace, 75, of Pendleton, SC passed away Monday, December 13, 2021, at AnMed Health Care Center. She was the wife of Frederick Lance Wallace. Born May 11, 1946, in Anderson, SC, she was a daughter of the late James Robert Moorhead and Jeanette Morris Moorhead. Julia was a graduate of Winthrop University and a member of Johns...
Virginia Smith Crump
Dec 13, 2021
Virginia Smith Crump, age 82, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, December 13, 2021, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born December 10, 1939, in Hart County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Alton Ray Smith and Martha Nell McGhee Smith. She was married for 40 years to Bill Crump until his death in October 2019. Virginia spent her career...
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...
