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Joseph Brooks Doolittle, Sr.
Jan 25, 2022
Joseph Brooks Doolitttle, Sr., 61, of Doolittle Dr., Modoc, SC entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. A graveside service will be held at 1 PM Saturday, January 29, 2022, at Red Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service at the graveside. Mr. Doolittle was born in Augusta, GA and was the...
Cecil Clark Yonce, Jr.
Jan 24, 2022
Cecil Clark Yonce, Jr., 85, of Hwy 121, Johnston, SC, husband of Ann Wright Yonce entered into eternal rest on Monday, January 24, 2022. A Memorial Service will be held at 2 PM Friday, January 28, 2022, at Johnston United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends after the service at the fellowship hall. Mr. Yonce was born in Johnston,...
Colby Allen Reece
Jan 22, 2022
Colby Allen Reece, age 45, most beloved son, husband, brother, family member and friend passed suddenly on Thursday, January 22, 2022. Colby was born in Heidelberg, Germany and spent most of his young life as a military brat. He was employed by Play Tech out of Michigan. Those who knew Colby, even just a little, lost a shining light in...
James Steven "Steve" Brodie
Jan 20, 2022
Mr. James Steven "Steve" Brodie, 74, of Edgefield, passed away Thursday 1-20-22 at V.A. Medical Center. Mr. Brodie was born in Edgefield, S.C. and was the son of the late James and Doris Brunson Brodie. He was a retired Security officer in Wyoming. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. Survivors include 1 daughter- Lisa Isphording; 1 sister- Ann...
Melinda Carol Quarles Boone
Jan 17, 2022
Melinda Carol Quarles Boone, 59, of Sylvan Rd., North Augusta, SC wife of Carl Daniel Boone entered into eternal rest on Monday, January 17, 2022. Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Thursday, January 20, 2022, at Lighthouse Fellowship Church with burial in Peace Heaven. Mrs. Boone was born in Aiken, SC and was the daughter of the late...
Fred Luther White Jr
Jan 16, 2022
Fred Luther White Jr. 79, of Church St. Plum Branch, SC husband of Florence Lindley White entered into rest on Sunday, January 16, 2022. Mr. White was born in Edgefield, SC and was the son of the late Fred L. White Sr and Lillie Mae Gable. He was a retired supervisor for SC DOT. He dearly loved his Grandchildren and...
Luther Donald "Don" Quarles
Jan 16, 2022
Luther "Don" Quarles 89, of Bland Baptist rd. Johnston, SC husband of the late Mary Newman Quarles entered into rest on Sunday, January 16, 2022. Mr. Quarles was born in McCormick, SC and was the son of the late Henry Quarles and Odie Nelson Quarles. He was a retired insurance salesman for Aflac after having served and retired as a...
Ellie Mathis Miller
Jan 13, 2022
Ellie Mathis Miller, 87, of Sweetwater Rd., Edgefield, SC wife of the late John Raymond Miller entered into eternal rest on Thursday, January 13, 2022. Funeral Services will be held at 11 AM Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at Republican Baptist Church with burial in church cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service at the grave. Mrs. Miller was...
Arnette Bledsoe Holmes
Jan 12, 2022
Arnette Bledsoe Holmes, 82, of Jeter St., Edgefield, SC wife of F. Ward Holmes entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, January 12, 2022. A Memorial Service will be held at 3 PM Saturday, January 15, 2022, at Edgefield Mercantile Funeral Home. Mrs. Holmes was born in Saluda, SC and was the daughter of the late Douglas and Agnes Polatty Bledsoe....
Diane Thompson Faust
Jan 11, 2022
Diane Thompson Faust, 80, of Thurmond St., Edgefield, SC entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. Graveside Services will be held at 11 AM Saturday, January 15, 2022, at Little Steven Creek Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. Faust was born in Charlotte, NC and was the daughter of the late John Calvin and Marjorie Bailey Thompson. She was a...
Imogene Price Lindley
Jan 10, 2022
Imogene Price Lindley, born May 9, 1936, widow of Claude Workman Lindley, died on January 10, 2022. Mrs. Lindley was a member of First Baptist Church in McCormick, SC. A resident of Long's Residential Care for may years, she had many wonderful caregivers. She is survived by one daughter, Pamela Lindley Hudson and husband James B. Hudson of McCormick, SC,...
Clyde Edward Mims, Jr.
Jan 9, 2022
Clyde Edward Mims, Jr., 79, of Bauskett St., Edgefield, SC, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, January 9, 2022. Graveside service will be held at 2 PM Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service at the graveside. Mr. Mims was born in Edgefield, SC, and was the son of the...
Margaret Helen Matheny Holmes
Jan 9, 2022
Margaret Helen Matheny Holmes passed away peacefully at Saluda Nursing Center on January 9, 2022. Born September 23, 1923, to Charles Benjamin "Charlie" and Lila Mae Holland Matheny in Bethlehem Community of Saluda County, Helen was the ninth of eleven children. Helen spent her ninety-eight years in the same community, where she loved and served her family second only to...
Martha Newton Gibson
Jan 8, 2022
Martha Newton Gibson, 99, of Johnston, SC, wife of the late James W. Gibson, entered into rest on Saturday January 8, 2022. Mrs. Gibson was born January 7, 1923, in Charleston, SC, and was the daughter of the late Emerson Harvey Newton and Mary Kate Alexander Newton. She was a 1943 graduate of Winthrop College. She was a retired teacher,...
Marie Robertson Perry
Jan 5, 2022
Marie Robertson Perry, 89, of Addison St., Edgefield, SC wife of the late Harold W. Perry entered eternal rest on Wednesday, January 5, 2022. Services will be held at 2 PM Friday, January 7, 2022, at Edgefield United Methodist Church, with burial in Sunset Gardens Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends after the service at the graveside. Mrs. Perry...
William Jackson "Jack" Harling
Jan 3, 2022
William Jackson "Jack" Harling of the Colliers Community in Edgefield County, South Carolina passed away peacefully in his sleep at the age of 91 on January 3, 2022. Jack was born in his family home in Colliers on October 15, 1930, to the late Wilfred Jackson "Bay" Harling and Della Carroll Harling. He was a longtime resident of Edgefield County...
Sandra Whatley Ellis
Dec 28, 2021
Sandra Whatley Ellis, who loved to be called "Mama" by her kids, and "Meme" by her grandkids, departed on December 28th. Graveside services will be held at 1 PM Friday, December 31, 2021, at Eastview Cemetery, Edgefield, SC. Sandra was born in Johnston, South Carolina on March 3, 1942, to Wilbur O. and Kathleen Whatley, and lived most of her...
Andrew James Rhoads
Dec 26, 2021
Andrew J. "Andy" Rhoads, 55, of Butler St., Edgefield entered into rest on Monday, December 26, 2021. Mr. Rhoads was born in Toledo, Ohio as the son of Carol Carl Rhoads and the late Jackson E. Rhoads. He was a United States Army Veteran. He was a retired arborists from Tree maintenance in Trenton, SC. Survivors include his Mother, nephew...
Cynthia Easterling Harris
Dec 24, 2021
Cynthia L. Harris (Easterling) went to be with her Lord and Savior on December 24, 2021. Cindy as everyone knew her was the shining example of a Christian woman. Born in Hartsville, SC to H.L. and Willie Rie Easterling on August 14, 1955. Her early years spent farming tobacco and cotton, with later years in the industrial maintenance field. Diagnosis...
C. Wayne Murrell
Dec 20, 2021
C. Wayne Murrell, 76, of Murrell Rd., Trenton, SC entered into eternal rest on Monday, December 20, 2021. A Memorial Service will be at 3 PM Thursday, December 23, 2021, at Johnston Pentecostal Holiness Church. The family will receive friends before the service from 2 to 3 PM at the church. Mr. Murrell was born in Trenton, SC and was...
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