Pansy Duke
Jun 3, 2020
Pansy Elizabeth Duke entered the Church Triumphant on June 3, 2020.Pansy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Fred and Louise Duke on May 5, 1938. After graduating from high school, she attended Montreat-Anderson College, now Montreat College. She received a Masters in Christian Education from Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond Virginia, now Union Seminary. After graduating from Montreat,...
Grady Ansel King
Jun 3, 2020
Grady Ansel King, Sr., 99, passed away peacefully at his daughter's home Wednesday, June 3, 2020. He was born August 27, 1920 in Pickens County, a son of Robert and Texieanna Alexander King.Grady served in the Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC) as a teenager, serving at both Jones Gap and Parris Mountain. He joined the US Army and proudly served his...
William C. "Bill" von Meyer
Jun 3, 2020
William (Bill) Carl von Meyer passed away on June 3, 2020 at the Rainey Hospice House in Anderson SC. Bill was born in Detroit, Michigan, the youngest of three boys, and soon moved to Sidney, Ohio where he exceled in adventuring, academics, and golf. He attended Ohio Wesleyan University, The University of the Pacific, and Purdue University culminating with a...
Della Ann Seawright
Jun 2, 2020
MSGT. Della A Seawright DacusvilleMemorial services for MSgt. Della A. Seawright, USAF Retired, age 66, of Dacusville, will be on Friday, June 5, 2020, at 11:00 AM, in the chapel of Robinson Funeral Home-Downtown, with Rev. Barry Dilworth, Rev. Tim Murrell and Pastor Micky Hitchock. Due to the COVID-19 Crisis only 50 persons will be allowed in the chapel. You...
Ralph L. Watson
Jun 1, 2020
Ralph Lloyd Watson, 92, of Easley, widower of Wilma Bernice Mulkey Watson, passed away June 1, 2020 at Rainey Hospice House.Born in Greenville, he was the son of the late Ralph Welborn and Bertha Willowby Cooley Watson. He served our country in World War II with the the US Navy.Ralph retired from Judson Mill. He and Wilma founded and operated...
Faye Garland Vehorn
May 30, 2020
Faye Garland Vehorn, of Easley, passed away on May 30, 2020. She was born in Jenkins, KY on August 28,1932. She was the daughter of the late David Leslie Garland and Pearlie Rice Garland. She was married to James Gilbert Vehorn for 71 years. "Mamaw" and her family enjoyed her wonderful cooking at many memorable family dinners. Faye was a...
Evelyn Trotter Groomes
May 29, 2020
Evelyn Trotter GroomesPickens, SCEvelyn Trotter Groomes, 72, of Pickens, loving wife of the late Ronnie Groomes, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020.Born in Pickens County, she was a daughter of the late Gus Andrew Trotter and Louise Gilstrap Trotter. Evelyn worked and retired from Yokohama in Liberty but her true passion was spending time with her grandchildren. Cherished by...
Stephen Zane Shipman
May 29, 2020
Stephen Zane Shipman, 34, passed away on Friday, May 29, 2020.Born in Greenville, SC, a son of David Harold Shipman and Gwen Limbaugh Shipman, he was a loving father, son, brother, and grandson who enjoyed cooking, knife sharpening, and listening to music. Stephen graduated from Wren High School in 2003. Surviving, in addition to his parents, are his son, Jaxon...
David Kinsley Bitzer
May 28, 2020
David Kinsley Bitzer, 48, passed away May 28, 2020, at the Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca.David was born in Anderson, SC, a son of Jerry and Dianne Jones Bitzer of Central. He was a 1990 graduate of D.W. Daniel High School where he played football, and was a self-employed welder and construction worker. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, the Pittsburgh Steelers,...
Donald A. Gilstrap
May 28, 2020
Donald A. GilstrapEasley, SCDonald "Goat" A. Gilstrap, 83, of Easley, loving husband of the late Frankie Freeman Gilstrap, passed away on Thursday, May 28, 2020.Born in Pickens County, he was a son of the late James Benson Gilstrap and Ellen Brooks Gilstrap. He was an Army Veteran who worked and retired from Ace Hardware in Pickens. He was a member...