Obituaries

Obituaries

Richard E. Harder

Richard E. Harder

Aug 25, 2021

Richard Edward Harder, "Dick," passed peacefully into eternal life on the morning of August 25, 2021, after a short stay at Hospice of the Upstate in Anderson, SC. Dick was most recently a resident of Garden House in Anderson, SC. Prior to living at Garden House, Dick was a proud homeowner on his beloved Lake Hartwell near the Western Carolina...

Bobby L. Wheeler

Bobby L. Wheeler

Aug 24, 2021

Bobby Lee Wheeler, age 90, of Anderson, SC, passed away Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born May 31, 1931, in Gainesville, GA, he was a son of the late Samuel Wheeler and Beulah Lee Smith Wheeler. He was married for 39 years to Betty Jo Wheeler until her death in 2012. Bobby was a veteran of...

Gordon Provan

Gordon Provan

Aug 24, 2021

Gordon Matthew Provan, age 61, of Iva, SC, passed away Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born October 19, 1959, in Lakeland, FL, he was a son of the late Henry Matthew Provan and Dorothy Howard Provan. Gordon was a veteran of the United States Navy and formerly worked at Jackson Mill. He loved his family very...

Teresa Smith Shiflet

Teresa Smith Shiflet

Aug 23, 2021

Teresa Smith Shiflet, age 71, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, August 23, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born November 12, 1949, in Anderson, she was the daughter of the late Willard Buford Smith and Frances Baxter Smith. Teresa's passion was her family and she loved being a wife and mother but especially enjoyed being a grandmother. She enjoyed...

Bedford Goodin

Bedford Goodin

Aug 23, 2021

Beford Goodin, Jr., age 93, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, August 23, 2021, at Condor Health Anderson. Born July 6, 1928, in Helenwood, TN, he was a son of the late Bedford Goodin and Nancy Foster Goodin. He was married to the late Willene Walters Goodin. Bedford worked in the steel industry employed with Youngtown Steel in Hamond, IN,...

Edith Hopson

Edith Hopson

Aug 23, 2021

Edith Louise Whitman Hopson went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, August 23, 2021, at her home in Toccoa, GA. She was born on April 17, 1935 in LaFrance, SC, to the late Lois Guy and Mamie Smith Whitman. Edith was well known throughout her life for being a great cook and talented cake decorator. Many of...

Sarah Evelyn Bishop Walls

Sarah Evelyn Bishop Walls

Aug 21, 2021

Sarah Evelyn Bishop Walls, age 88, of Tullahoma, TN, departed this life on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at Vanderbilt Tennova-Harton Hospital following an extended illness. Mrs. Walls was born April 26, 1933 in Hartwell, GA, to William Carl Kelley, Sr. and Ruby Lena Walters Kelley. She and her husband, Amos Bishop, resided in Orlando, FL, for several years before his...

Ruby Bridges

Ruby Bridges

Aug 19, 2021

Ruby Watkins Bridges, age 98, of Anderson, SC, passed away Thursday, August 19, 2021, at NHC Healthcare Anderson. Born January 1, 1923, in Anderson County, she was a daughter of the late J.O. Watkins and Virglie Thompson Watkins. Ruby was retired from Orr Lyons Mill after 37 years of faithful service to the company. Following retirement, Ruby was a lunchroom...

Frank Edward Huntsinger

Frank Edward Huntsinger

Aug 18, 2021

Frank Edward Huntsinger, age 85, of Anderson, SC, passed away Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at Rainey Hospice House. Born July 6, 1936, in Anderson, he was the son of the late Claude C. Huntsinger and Lois Tinsley Huntsinger. Frank was a 1954 graduate of Boys High and a 1966 graduate of Clemson University earning a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering....

Ola B Coombs

Ola B Coombs

Aug 17, 2021

Ola B Daniels Coombs, age 94, of Anderson, SC, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Morningside of Anderson. Born May 20, 1927, in Goldsboro, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Daniels and Minnie O. Parks Daniels. Ola spent her career as a medical secretary and enjoyed farming and quilting. She is survived by her husband of...

Diane Waldrup

Diane Waldrup

Aug 17, 2021

Margaret Diane Waldrup, age 69, of Anderson, SC, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at her home. Born January 18, 1952, in Anderson, she was a daughter of the late Elbert Lamar "Slim" Waldrup and Ruth Henley Cox Waldrup. Diane was retired from Electrolux through the Anderson County Disabilities and Special Needs Board. She loved the Lord, was a firm...

Howard Steven Fowler

Howard Steven Fowler

Aug 17, 2021

Howard Steven Fowler, age 64, of Williamston, SC, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at St. Francis Hospital. Born May 4, 1957, at Anderson Memorial Hospital, he was the son of the late Howard George Fowler and Shirley Martin Fowler. Steve was a graduate of Palmetto High School Class of 1975 and was retired from General Electric. He was a...

William J. Mcbride

William J. Mcbride

Aug 17, 2021

William J. McBride, age 75, of Anderson, SC, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021, at Linley Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. Born July 31, 1946, in Anderson and reared in Iva, he was a son of the late William Ardy McBride and Gertrude Smith McBride. William was a veteran of the United States Navy. He received his Master's in Education...

Maksim Melnik

Maksim Melnik

Aug 17, 2021

Maksim Melnik, age 22, of Pendleton, SC, passed away Tuesday, August 17, 2021. Born September 15, 1998, in Sacramento, CA, he was the son of Vladimir Melnik and Mariya Shereyko Melnik. Maksim was a graduate of Westside High School and Tri-County Technical College. He was an LPN with Dominion Senior Living and was a member of Summer of God Slavic...

Bibiane Lozita Julien Edouard

Bibiane Lozita Julien Edouard

Aug 16, 2021

Bibiane Lozita Julien Edouard, age 73, of Anderson, SC, passed away Monday, August 16, 2021, at her home. Born November 22, 1947 in Gros-Morne, Haiti, she was the daughter of the late Alce Julien and Celoria Derifont Julien. She was a member First Haitian Baptist Church. She is survived by her husband, Valerius Edouard; sons, Luckner Edouard (Liliane), Norly Edouard...

Imogene Terry

Imogene Terry

Aug 16, 2021

Imogene Ozmint Allred Terry, affectionately known as "Mimi", age 95, of Iva, SC, passed away peacefully on Monday, August 16, 2021, at Cottingham Hospice House with her family by her side. Born October 29, 1925, in Iva, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Hoyt Ozmint and Mittie Rice Ozmint. She was also preceded in death by her first...

Martha Mcconnell

Martha Mcconnell

Aug 15, 2021

Martha Lou Messer McConnell, age 81, of Iva, SC, passed away Sunday, August 15, 2021, at River Falls Rehabilitation and Healthcare. Born August 14, 1940, in Dillsboro, NC, she was a daughter of the late Lynn Adam Messer and Iva Lee Crisp Messer. She was the widow of Franklin Ray McConnell. Martha was a member of Calvary Baptist Temple where...

Charles 'Chase' Ray Merck Iii

Charles 'Chase' Ray Merck Iii

Aug 14, 2021

Charles Ray Merck III, age 38, of Townville, SC, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2021, at AnMed Health Medical Center. Born January 22, 1983, in Anderson, SC, he was the son of Charles "Chuck" Ray Merck II and Ruby Epps Merck. Chase enjoyed entertaining people, carpentry, and fixing up cars, but he was most passionate about his beautiful wife Crystal,...

Nick Reid

Nick Reid

Aug 14, 2021

Nick Reid, age 12, of Anderson, SC, passed away on Saturday, August 14, 2021, at his residence surrounded by his loving family. Born December 3, 2008, in Anderson, SC, he is the son of Zack Reid (Kat Hinton) and Melissa Reid (Shane Wiles). In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brothers, Andrew Reid, and John Hinton; and...

Opal R. Anderson

Opal R. Anderson

Aug 14, 2021

Opal Rush Anderson, age 89, of Anderson, SC, passed away Saturday, August 14, 2021, at Rainey Hospice House. Born March 12, 1932, in Greenwood, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Kirksey Rush and Ethel Watson Rush. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Bobby Glen Anderson; and brother, Wayne Rush. Opal spent her career in...

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