Harry Satcher Bell
Mar 30, 2022
Harry Satcher Bell completed his earthly journey on March 30, 2022. He was born November 11, 1927, the son of Harry DeVaughn and Floriede Satcher Bell at his childhood home in Ward, SC. Mr. Bell graduated from Ridge Spring High School in 1944; attended Gordon Military College and Clemson College prior to entering the U.S. Army Air Corp Enlisted Service...
Ronnie
Mar 30, 2022
C. "Ronnie" Owens, Sr. 78, of Murrell Rd. entered into rest on March 30, 2022. Ronnie was born in Indian Head, Maryland as the son of the late T.B. Owens and Dorothy Murrell Owens. Mr. Owens was a self-employed painter and a member of the Johnston Pentecostal Holiness Church. Survivors include: two daughters Sheri Hart, Nancy Mercer, two brothers, Ted...
Betty Strom Carey
Mar 29, 2022
Betty Strom Carey was born on the 28th day of January 1927 in Edgefield, South Carolina to Thaddeus Edd Strom and Bettie Quarles Strom. She was one of twelve (12) red-headed children: Brooker, Sallie, Helen, Lee, Heyward, Henry, Betty, Red, Roy, Harold, Peggy and Naomi. It was a loving family filled with laughter and home-cooked meals. The home at 404...
Margaret Dawes Edwards
Mar 22, 2022
Margaret Dawes Edwards, 98, of Johnston, SC, died Tuesday, March 22, 2022. She was born in Mullins, SC, on March 15, 1924, a daughter of the late Lellan Barnes Dawes, Sr. and Frances Watson Dawes. She grew up in the farming community of Loris, SC, attending public schools, graduating from Loris High School. She received a BA degree majoring in...
Fred Browning Freeman
Mar 18, 2022
Fred Browning Freeman, 70, of Sleepy Creek Rd. husband of 45 years to Anne Pace Freeman entered into rest on March 18, 2022. Fred was born in Columbia, SC as the son of the late Benjamin and Ruth Bodie Freeman. He was a retired small engine mechanic and was of the Episcopalian faith. He loved to hunt and fish in...
Betty Jean Clark
Mar 13, 2022
Miss Betty Jean Clark went home to be with her Lord on March 13, 2022. She passed away peacefully at her home. Born in Johnston, SC, she attended Winthrop University. She graduated and was an English teacher at North Augusta High School for 35 years, until her retirement. During her teaching years she earned her Master's Degree from the University...
James Carlton Rutland
Mar 12, 2022
James Carlton Rutland 80, of Mt. Calvary Rd., husband of Shirley Sizemore Rutland entered into rest on March 12, 2022. James was born in Edgefield, SC as the son of Lewie Maxwell Rutland and Olive Kirkland Rutland. He retired from Graniteville Company and was a member of Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church. He was a very patriotic man who loved his...
Robert Tracy Moore
Mar 11, 2022
Robert Tracy Moore 88, of Daniel Ave., husband of Jean Brown Moore entered into rest on March 11, 2022. Robert was born in Oxford, NY as the son of the late Susan Slocum and Barrett Tracy Moore. He was a helicopter pilot and former Deputy Sheriff of Chenango County of Norwich, New York as well as a farmer. Mr. Moore...
Jerry Wayne Bass
Mar 9, 2022
Jerry Wayne Bass 78, of Currytown Rd., husband of Jackie Terry Bass entered into rest on March 9, 2022. Jerry was born in Dodge County, Ga as the son of the late Ozella Sawyer Swan and Bennie Bass. He was a Veteran of the United States Navy. He was employed at Procter & Gamble for ten years before becoming the...
Janice Robinson Trotter
Mar 5, 2022
Janice Robinson Trotter 69, wife of Phillip C. Trotter of Flat Rock Rd. entered into rest on March 5, 2022. Funeral services will be held 2pm Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church, 174 Red Oak Grove Rd. Modoc, SC 29838 with burial in the church cemetery. Family will receive friends 5-7pm Monday, March 7, 2022, at...
Rip Johnson
Mar 4, 2022
Robert C. "Rip" Johnson 80, of Penny Ln. Edgefield, SC husband of Betty D. Johnson, entered into rest on March 4, 2022. Mr. Johnson was born in North Augusta, SC as the son of the late Nora Lillian Renfroe and Horace C. Johnson. He was a retired maintenance associate at Augusta Gardens and a member of Republican Baptist Church. Survivors...
Fennie Deale
Mar 4, 2022
Sharon "Fennie" White Deale 62, of Church St.extension entered into rest after an extended illness on March 4, 2022. Fennie was born in McCormick, SC as the daughter of the late Rassie Maude Holcombe and Robert Owens White. She was a retired county mapper for McCormick County. She is survived by: one daughter Sabrina Broome (Mark), two grandchildren Mason and...
Mary Vannette Wells
Mar 3, 2022
Mary Vannette Wells, 79, of Campobello, SC, died peacefully on March 3, 2022 surrounded by those she loved at The Graceful Swan personal care home in Marietta, GA. Born on February 21, 1943, in Edgefield County to Van Edwards and Alice White Edwards, Vannette was raised by her father and stepmother Mary Gavin Edwards. She grew up in Johnston and...
Lonnie Earl Wilson Sr.
Mar 1, 2022
Lonnie Earl Wilson Sr., 69, of Partridge Dr. Aiken, SC husband of 48 years to Olivia Corley Wilson entered into rest on Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Lonnie was born in Johnston, SC and was the son of the late Clarence and Nancy A. Easler Wilson. He retired from SRS in 2009 as a senior computer specialist after having served in...
Horace W. "Rock" Bledsoe, Sr.
Feb 25, 2022
Horace W. "Rock" Bledsoe, Sr., 89 of McQueen St., Johnston, SC husband of the late Doris Rook Bledsoe entered into rest on February 25, 2022. Mr. Bledsoe Sr. was born in Johnston, SC and was the son of the late Monroe P. and Rebecca Quattlebaum Bledsoe. He was a retired business owner, repairman and salesman. He was a member of...
Raymond Edward Derrick Sr.
Feb 21, 2022
Raymond Edward Derrick Sr. 72, of McCreight rd. Johnston, SC husband of Jeanette Murrell Derrick entered into rest on February 21, 2022. Mr. Derrick Sr. was born in Johnston, SC as the son of the late Edith Daisy Riley and Cleveland Olin Derrick. He was a Vietnam Veteran of the U.S. Army as well as a retired painter. He was...
Wilbur Raymond Pennington
Feb 21, 2022
Wilbur Raymond Pennington, 85, of Johnston, South Carolina, passed peacefully in his home on February 21, 2022. Mr. Pennington was born in Clermont, Florida to the late Mary Judy. He served in the Florida National Guard and moved to Johnston, South Carolina in 1976. Mr. Pennington retired from the Johnston Sawmill. He was a member of Rocky Creek Baptist Church...
Betty Brodie Bedenbaugh
Feb 17, 2022
Betty Brodie Bedenbaugh, 96 of Waters Edge dr. Aiken wife of the late Ralph Bedenbaugh entered into rest on February 17, 2022. Mrs. Bedenbaugh was born in Aiken, SC as the daughter of the late Betty Myrtis Quattlebaum and George Clarence Brodie. She was a member of Edgefield United Methodist Church. Survivors include: Daughter, Brenda (Randy) Cunningham, Daughter-in-law, Brenda Winter,...
Gloria Warren Hill
Feb 13, 2022
Gloria Warren Hill, 75 of Highway 191, Johnston, entered into rest on February 13, 2022. Mrs. Hill was born in Little Rock, Arkansas as the daughter of Gloria Jean Edwards and Foss Dowell Warren Jr. She was a retired elementary school teacher and a member of Harmony United Methodist Church. She was a loving wife for fifty-two years to George...
Bess Prince Tripp
Feb 4, 2022
Bess Prince Tripp of Country Place Rd., Edgefield, SC wife of Thomas Tripp, entered into rest on February 4, 2022. Bess was born in Augusta, Ga as the Daughter of the late Lunette Bussey and Talton Prince. She worked as a secretary for The Edgefield County Department of Education. She was a member of Edgefield First Baptist Church and attended...
