Obituaries
Emma Blakely
May 29, 2020
Mrs. Emma Butler Blakely 61, of Greenville, passed Friday, May 29, 2020 at he home. She was a daughter of the late Ansel and Thelma Ladson Butler. Surviving: three sons, Jonathan (Angel) Butler, Jonas Blakely and Arthur (Danielle) Blakely, all of Greenville; five sisters, Iola Edwards of Simpsonville, Queen Cureton, Nancy Johnson, Tracey (Donnie) Sligh and Cynthia Butler, all of...
Gary Center
May 28, 2020
Mr. Gary Willis Center, 66, of Piedmont, passed on Thursday, May 28, 2020, at Prisma Healthcare.
Sharron Burgess
May 27, 2020
Ms. Sharron Cheryl Burgess, 60, of Easley, passed on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at Fleetwood Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. She was the daughter of the late Bobby Henderson and Mildred Burgess Allen. Surviving: one daughter, Summer (Kendon) Lawson of Easley, SC; one son, Reco (Deann) Dawkins of Austell, GA; three brothers, Cecil (Debria) Burgess of Greenville, SC, Christopher Burgess of...
Calvin Ware
May 27, 2020
Mr. Calvin Ware, 73, of Travelers Rest, passed on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at his home. Sarah Cheeks Ware and the late Rev. Robert Ware. Surviving in addition to his mother, his wife, Mildred Brooks Ware of the home; three daughters, Jacquelyn (Don) Beal of Piedmont, Tami Morris (Michael Paden) of Greenville and April Ware of Taylors; one sister, Bobbie...
Lola Rankin
May 27, 2020
Mrs. Lola Dee Rankin, 97, of Greenville, South Carolina passed on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, at McCall Hospice House. She was the daughter of the late Monty McCullough and Eva Brown. Surviving: one son, Calvin (Margaret) Rankin of Simpsonville; a grandson reared in the home, Christopher Antoine Vaughn of Greenville, S.C; and a host of grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and other relatives...
James Wright
May 26, 2020
Mr. James West Wright, 68, of Greenville, passed on May 26, 2020, at his home. He was a son of the late Winston Churchill and Lillie Javey Wright. Surviving: two daughters, Jamika Wright (Joe Nathan) Andrews of Greenville, SC, and Jamise Wright of Simpsonville, SC; one brother, Winston Churchill Wright of Greenville, SC; two grandchildren; and a host of other...
Hattie Richburg
May 25, 2020
Ms. Hattie M. Richburg, 84, of Sumter, passed away on Monday, May 25, 2020, at Prisma Health Upstate. She was a daughter of the late Willie Reginald and Inez Pringle Brunson. Surviving: two daughters, Aziza ( Minister Abdul Aziz) Muhammad of Greenville, SC, and Crystal Richburg of Sumter, SC; three sons, Pastor Ray Sanders of Sumter, SC, Richard (Tina) Lyons...
Edna Louise Ely
May 24, 2020
Mrs. Edna Louise Moss Ely, 72, of Greenville, passed away on Sunday, May, 24, 2020, at Prisma Health Upstate. She was a daughter of the late William Rudolph and Mary Lee Martin Moss. Surviving: one daughter, Stephanie Brewster of Greenville; two sons, William Brewster and Ernest Brewster, both of Greenville; one sister, Alice Moss of Greenville; five brothers, Robert Moss,...
Mack Butler
May 24, 2020
Mr. Mack Butler, 80, of Greenwood, passed away on Sunday May 24, 2020, in Greenville, S.C. He was a son of the late Matthew and Laura Bell Butler. Mack served in the Korean War, He worked at Self Regional Hospital Greenwood, and at Boggero’s Septic Service and retired from Greenwood Mills. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in...
Glenn Hackney
May 23, 2020
Mr. Glenn Allen “Grill Master KC” Hackney, 54, of Greenville, passed on Saturday, May 23, 2020 at his home. He was a son of the late Earl and Mary Helen Johnson Hackney. Surviving: four daughters, Kristian Walker of Piedmont, Tanisha Washington, Gwendolyn Hackney and Jordan Earle, all of Greenville; one son, Tyrone Greene of Greenville; three sisters, Mary (David) Griffin...
Anthan Hailstock
May 22, 2020
GRAVESIDE SERVICE Mr. Anthan “Ant” Hailstock, 54, of Greenville, passed on Friday, May 22, 2020, at Rainey Hospice of Anderson. He was a son of Elverta Hailstock and Robert Ellis. Surviving in addition to his parents, two daughters, Sabreena McCoy and Nyem Hailstock, both of Charleston, SC; one son, Anthan Hailstock, Jr. of Greenville, SC; three sisters, Adrean Taylor of...
Cameron Suber
May 22, 2020
Mr. Cameron Avery Suber, 25, of Greenville, passed away on Friday May 22, 2020, at UC Health Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He was a son of Andrea Mattison and Noah Suber. Surviving in addition to his parents, a fiance’ Ja’Covia Johnson of Charleston, SC; two sisters, Raven Suber and Quinishia Suber, both of Greenville, SC; one brother, Travarius...
Ethel Lee Sullivan
May 22, 2020
GRAVESIDE SERVICE In lieu of flowers the family request donations to be made to Meals on Wheels, 15 Oregon Street, Greenville, SC 29605, in Memory of Mrs. Ethel B. Sullivan. Mrs. Ethel Lee Brown Sullivan, 95, passed on Friday, May 22, 2020, at Magnolia Manor of Spartanburg. She was the daughter of the late Garland and Eller Loree Pitts Brown....
David Maddox
May 19, 2020
Graveside Service Mr. David Lee Maddox, 61, of Greenville, passed on Tuesday, May 19, 2020, at Greenville Post-Acute. He was a son of Daisy Byrd Alridge and the late John Thomas Maddox. Surviving in addition to his mother, one sister, Sheryl Maddox of Greenville; two brothers, Thomas Maddox (Audrey) and John Maddox, both of Greenville; and a host of other...
John Richard Taylor
May 19, 2020
GRAVESIDE SERVICE: Mr. John Richard Valdiaz “Pooh/Joog/Fathead” Taylor, 30, of Greenville, passed on Wednesday, May 19, 2020, at Prisma Healthcare. He was the son of John Walter Jones and the late Earline Michelle Taylor. Surviving: his father, John Walter (Geneva) Jones of the home; two sons, Nizerian Irby of Travelers Rest, SC, and John Taylor, Jr., of Greenville, SC; adoptive...
Johnnie Childers
May 18, 2020
Mrs. Johnnie Elaine Childers, 71, of Mauldin, passed on Monday, May 18, 2020, at her home. She was a daughter of the late John and Florence Allen Golden. Surviving: her husband, Aubrey Childers of the home; one son, Reginald (Cicely) Childers of Mooresville, SC; nephew, Kevin Barger of Greenville, SC; two sisters, Bobbie Jean Golden and Carolyn Jennings, both of...
Marion Keller
May 17, 2020
Mr. Marion “JuJu” Keller, Jr., 49, of Greenville, South Carolina, departed this life on Sunday, May 17, 2020, at St. Francis Hospital Downtown. He was the son of Marion Keller, Sr., and the late Irma Jean Curry Keller. He graduated from Greenville High School and attended Rutledge College and Spartanburg Technical College. He was employed at Flour Daniel, Freightliner, Spartanburg...
Ida Bowling
May 16, 2020
GRAVESIDE SERVICE Ms. Ida Joetta Bowling was born in Anderson County, South Carolina, on December 6, 1943, to the late Maloy Brown and Corine Jones Brown. On Saturday, May 16, 2020, Ida Joetta Bowling was called to eternal rest. Her impact and influence on her family and the lives she touched is interminable and ever yielding. Joetta was educated in...
Mildred Nelson
May 16, 2020
GRAVESIDE SERVICE Mrs. Mildred Brewton Cannon Nelson passed away in Houston, Texas, on Saturday, May 16, 2020, following an extended illness. She was born on July 6, 1932, in Woodruff, South Carolina. She was the ninth of nine children born to the late William Wallace, Sr., and Florence B. Cannon. She confessed her belief in Christ at an early age...
Nytedra Goldsmith
May 15, 2020
VIEWING ONLY Ms. Nytedra L. “T” Goldsmith, 23, passed away on Friday May 15, 2020, at McCall Hospice House. She was the daughter of the late Laura Goldsmith. Surviving: an adoptive mother, Sis. Jimmie Thompson of Greenville; four adoptive sisters, Rhonda Thompson, Renee Thompson, Renata Thompson and Roslyn Hampton, all of Greenville; two adoptive brothers, Sylvester Thompson and Shun Thompson,...