Martha Irvin Smith-Adams
Feb 26, 2025
Martha Irvin Smith-Adams, 85, of Easley, South Carolina, wife of the late Charles M. Adams, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
Born on August 14, 1939, in Greenville, South Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Howard and Kathleen Irvin. She was the owner and operator of Adams Attic Antiques located on...
Lillian Bryant Nicholson
Feb 25, 2025
Mrs. Lillian Bryant Nicholson, 94, wife of the late Doyle Heyward Nicholson, went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, February 25, 2025.
Born in Pickens County, a daughter of the late Perry Marion Bryant and the late Roxie Gilstrap Bryant, Mrs. Nicholson was a graduate of Easley High School and retired from the real estate industry. She was a...
Timothy Janilla
Feb 23, 2025
Timothy Lee Janilla passed away peacefully at his home in Easley, South Carolina on February 23, 2025 at the age of 80. He was born April 14, 1944 in Stillwater, Minnesota to Alfred and Myrtle (Nelson) Janilla. He was the husband of Deanna Emerson Janilla, having married on May 1, 1970. He was predeceased by his parents. Tim is survived...
James Elliot Ponder, Jr.
Feb 23, 2025
Jimmy Ponder
Dacusville, SC
James Elliot “Jimmy” Ponder, Jr., of Dacusville, passed away Sunday, February 23, 2025.
He was the son of the late James Elliot “Jim” Ponder, Sr. and Lou Ella Verdin Ponder.
Jimmy was a graduate from the Medical University of South Carolina and a pharmacist for thirty years before he retired. He worked at several locations in the area, the last...
Winnie Ruth Hunter Reynolds
Feb 22, 2025
Winnie Ruth Hunter Reynolds, 92, of Central, wife of the late William Verner "Polly" Reynolds, passed away February 22, 2025.
Born in Central, she was the daughter of the late John Curtis Hunter and Sara Frances Satterfield Hunter. Mrs. Reynolds was a member of Central Pentecostal Holiness Church and was a homemaker. She enjoyed sewing, cooking, and being with her family.
Ruth...
Laverne Owen Marchbanks
Feb 21, 2025
Laverne Owen Marchbanks, 79, wife of the late Wayne Ralph Marchbanks, of Piedmont, passed away Friday, February 21, 2025.
Born in Jackson County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Wayne Christopher and Mary Owen.
Mrs. Marchbanks was a member of the Upcountry Quilters Guild and Pickens Church of God. Along with quilting, she also loved stone-working and spending time at...
Catherine Fowler Maier
Feb 20, 2025
Catherine Fowler Maier, wife of the late Robert (Bob) Lee Maier, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 20, 2025, at the age of 93.
She was born in Connecticut, the daughter of the late Sarah (Sadie) Kelly Fowler and the late Arthur Fowler, Sr., on June 30, 1931. Catherine grew up In the Bronx, NY, where she worked as a switchboard...
Margie Moss Bryan
Feb 20, 2025
Margie Moss Bryan, 83, went to be with her Lord and Savior on February 20, 2025. She passed at the Willows of Easley, where she had been a resident for over two years.
Born on March 25, 1941, in Buncombe County, NC, she was the eldest daughter of the late Herman Willis and Daphna McKinney Moss. Margie graduated from North Buncombe...
Patricia Roberts Rutledge
Feb 19, 2025
Patricia Anne Roberts Rutledge, age 87, died peacefully at The Foothills of Presbyterian Communities of South Carolina in Easley, SC.
“Pat” was born May 18, 1937 at the University of Virginia Hospital, Charlottesville, VA. She was raised in Schuyler, Va., by parents, Emmett Samuel Roberts and Myrtle Saunders Roberts. She was the beloved wife of the late Dr. Broaddus L. Rutledge...
James Ray Godfrey
Feb 19, 2025
James Ray "Jimmy" Godfrey Jr.
Liberty, SC
James Ray Godfrey Jr., age 82, of Liberty, passed away on February 19, 2025.
He was born on April 4, 1942 to James Ray Godfrey, Sr. and Ruth King Godfrey. He proudly served his country in the US Navy for 18 years, from which he was medically discharged. He went on to work as an industrial...