Obituaries

Charles Frierson

Charles Frierson

Jul 18, 2020

Mr. Charles James "Booty" Frierson, 73 of Piedmont, South Carolina, passed July 18, 2020, at Magnolia Manor. He was the son of the late James and Lorine Goodlett Frierson. Surviving: two cousins, Nellie Sullivan and James Young, both of Piedmont, South Carolina; and a host of other relatives and friends. Graveside Service: Friday, July 24, 2020, 11:00a.m. at Resthaven Memorial...

Calvin Brazel

Calvin Brazel

Jul 18, 2020

Mr. Calvin C. Brazel, Sr. 72, passed on Saturday July 18, 2020 at St. Francis Hospital Downtown. He was a son of the late Jack Brazel and Hattie Sales McCombs. Surviving: two sons, Calvin C. Brazel, Jr. of Greer. S.C. and Michael R. Brazel of Mauldin, S.C.; one sister, Sherry (Horace) Mood of Decatur, GA; two brothers, James Brazel and...

Betty Bolden

Betty Bolden

Jul 18, 2020

Ms. Betty Jean Bolden, 77, of New York, passed July 18, 2020. She was a daughter of the late Eddie and Nellie V. Bolden. Surviving: one son, Joseph (Carl Ann) Paden of St. James, NY; two sisters, Ada Mangrum and Nancy Black, both of Greenville, SC; one brother, Dwight (Eve) Bolden of Germany; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a host...

Joan Carr

Joan Carr

Jul 18, 2020

Mrs. Joan C. Carr, 79, of Greenville, passed on Saturday July 18, 2020 at Prisma Health. She was a daughter of the late Joe and Cassie Robinson Cureton. Surviving: her husband, Otis Carr, Sr. of the home; one sister, Lillie Ruth Durham of Greenville; five grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends. Graveside Service: Friday, July...

Harold Moore

Harold Moore

Jul 18, 2020

Mr. Harold Moore, 73, passed on Saturday July 18, 2020 at McCall Hospice House. He was a son of the late Claude Moore and Ella Mae Pinson. Surviving: one brother, Joe Lewis (Rosa) Moore of Greensboro, N.C.; a step-sister, Pauline Pinson of Greenville, SC; and a host of other relatives and friends. Graveside Service: Saturday, July 25, 2020, 1:00p.m. at...

Pernica King

Pernica King

Jul 17, 2020

Ms. Pernica Ann King, 49, of Greenville, passed on July 17, 2020, at her home. She was a daughter of Ernest King, and Annie R. Butler Rainwater. Surviving: two sons, Mark Siber and Wunya Rector, both of Greenville, SC.; foster mother, Lucille Stribling of Elberton, GA; four sisters, Debbie (Roy) McGuire of Walton, GA; Ernestine(Donnie) Hardeman of Newton, GA and...

Amanda Davis

Amanda Davis

Jul 15, 2020

Mrs. Amanda Denise “Neisy” Davis 46, of Greenville, passed on Wednesday July 15, 2020, at her home. She was a daughter of Phillip Jefferson and Hope Thompson Grier. Surviving: her parents, Phillip Edward Jefferson of Greenville and Hope Grier of Mauldin; her husband, Reginald Davis of the home; two daughters, Kinesha Jenkins of Greenville and Spiritual Sullivan of the home;...

Hulee Woodruff

Hulee Woodruff

Jul 15, 2020

Mr. Hulee Woodruff, 86, of Greenville, passed on Wednesday, July 15, 2020 at St. Francis Hospital Downtown. Surviving: his wife, Carrie Oglesby Woodruff of the home; daughters: Rhodia Ann Thomas, Annie Mae Goldsmith, Barbara Woodruff, Patricia Williams and Felicia Long all of Greenville; Sons, James Woodruff of Greenville, Curtis Woodruff of Easley and Chris Moore of Belview, Ohio; sister, Virginia...

Jeanette Wells

Jeanette Wells

Jul 14, 2020

Ms. Jeannette Wells, 79, of Greenville, passed on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at her home. She was a daughter of the late Georgia Bell Wells and Lillie Kate Ebaugh Wells. Surviving: two sisters, Lillie Ruth Wells of Greenville and Annie Sullivan Wells of the home; and a host of nieces, nephews; other relatives and friends. Viewing Only: Saturday, July 25,...

Irene Miles

Irene Miles

Jul 14, 2020

Ms. Irene Miles, 95, of Greenville, passed on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, at Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital. Survivors: daughters, Alberta M. Taylors, Deborah Burnside, Dorothy Aiken, Gwendolyn Earl, Patricia Arnold and Lila Mae Martin all of Greenville; sons, Calvin Miles ,David Miles, Charles Miles, Harold Miles, William Miles and Harvey Jerome Miles all of Greenville. And a host of...

Robert Johnson

Robert Johnson

Jul 13, 2020

Mr. Robert L. Johnson 70, of Mauldin, passed on Monday July 13, 2020, at his home. He was the son of the late R. B. and Jessie Henry Johnson. Surviving is his companion of many years, Sharon Pitts; two daughters, Valerie Boyd and Yolanda M. Meadow. Six sisters, Lillie Kennedy, Lydia P. Sullivan, Henrietta Johnson, Bobbie Claxton, and Catherine Riggins;...

Rufus Thompson, Sr.

Rufus Thompson, Sr.

Jul 12, 2020

Mr. Rufus Lee “Red” Thompson, Sr. 74, of Greenville, South Carolina, passed July 12, 2020 at his home. He was the son of the late David Thompson and Lula Mae Jones Thompson. Surviving: one daughter, Robin Thompson of Greenville, SC; one son, Gerald (Kenisha) Thompson of Piedmont, SC; a sister, Dorothy Jo Thompson of Greenville, SC; two brothers, David (Thelma)...

Nelson Cooley

Nelson Cooley

Jul 12, 2020

Mr. Nelson Lee Cooley Jr., 90, of Greenville, passed on Sunday, July 12, 2020, at Hillcrest Prisma Health. He was the son of the late Nelson and Alberta Johnson Cooley, Sr. Surviving: two daughters, Janice Cooley of Greenville, and Patricia Cooley of Belton; three sons, Terry Cureton of Greenwood, John Cooley of Greenville and Dennis Cooley of Greenville. Fifteen grandchildren...

Charles Reddick

Charles Reddick

Jul 12, 2020

Charles Anthony Reddick was born to the late Bettye Jean Reddick on June 1, 1964. Bettye Jean Reddick passed when Charles and his sister (the late Chanda E. Reddick) were very small children. They were lovingly raised by their great aunt, the late Annie Sue Turpin, affectionately known to all as Ms. Sue or Aunt Sue. Charles was affectionately known...

Mary Witt

Mary Witt

Jul 11, 2020

Mrs. Mary Frances Witt, 86, of Taylors, passed on Saturday July 11, 2020 at St. Francis Hospital Downtown. She was the daughter of the late James Teague and LaRue Milliken. Surviving: one daughter, Phyllis LaRue Witt of the home; one son, George Livingston Witt of Houston, TX; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends. Entombment:...

Carolyn  Duren Smith

Carolyn Duren Smith

Jul 11, 2020

Mrs. Carolyn Elaine Smith Duren, 62, of Easley, passed on Saturday, July 11, 2020, at her home. She was a daughter of the late Kanzadis Smith Sloan. Surviving: her husband, Clyde Duren of the home; one daughter, Taura Freeman (Charles Melwee) of Easley; one son, Cameron E.J. (Kelsea) Webb of Easley; three sisters, Cathy Rhodes, Cynthia Smith and Jacqueline Smith,...

Warnett Johnson

Warnett Johnson

Jul 10, 2020

Mrs. Warnett DeAngela Johnson, 52, of Greenville, passed on Friday, July 10, 2020, at McCall Hospice House. She was a daughter of Bertha Lee Duckett Young and the late William Kenneth Young. Surviving in addition to her mother; her husband, William Johnson of the home; two daughters, Tia Johnson and Tamara Johnson, both of the home; three sisters, Lynese Griffin...

Jeffery Edwards

Jeffery Edwards

Jul 10, 2020

Mr. Jeffery B. Edwards, 58, of Greenville, passed on Friday July 10, 2020, at St. Francis Hospital Downtown. He was the son of the late Bobby Williams and Marilyn Edwards. Surviving: one daughter, Nyisha Mitchell of Greenville, SC.; a special aunt, Betty J. Long of Greenville, five grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and a host of other relatives and friends. Graveside Service:...

Tasha Hawkins

Tasha Hawkins

Jul 9, 2020

Ms. Tasha Nichole “Tot” Hawkins, 48, of Greenville, passed on Thursday, July 9, 2020 at Prisma Healthcare. She was a daughter of Clarence Henry and the late Barbara Ellis Samuels. Surviving: in addition to her father; two daughters, Adora Samuels and Danelle Hawkins, both of Greenville, SC.; one son, Tremayne Hawkins of Greenville, SC.; three sisters, April Dawkins, Lacinda Brown...

John Sanders

John Sanders

Jul 9, 2020

Mr. John B. J.B. “Bud” Sanders, 74, of Greenville, passed on Thursday, July 9, 2020, at his home. He was the son of the late C.J. Johnson and Catherine Sanders. Surviving: two daughters, Lisa (Ronald) Kett of Mauldin, SC and Malinda Sanders of Greenville, SC; two sons, Tony F. Sanders of Atlanta, GA and Michael A. (Jamaica) Sanders of Greenville,...