Marthanna Rast Banks Phillips, loving wife of James Albert Phillips of Clemson, went home to be with her Saviour on Monday, April 30, 2018. She was born September 19, 1935, in Columbia, SC the daughter of Jacob Philip and Nancy Owen Daniel Rast, and was a 1953 graduate of Dreher High School. She was first married to David Houser Banks,...
Dr. James Edward Matthews, 90, widower of Dorothy Love Matthews, died Monday, April 30, 2018 at Clemson Downs.Born in St. Petersburg, Florida, he was a son of the late Ray D.B. and Julia Bunch Matthews. Dr. Matthews was a 1949 graduate of University of Florida where he also earned a Masters and Ed. D degree. He began his career in...
Martha Stover Riley, 65, wife of Ron Riley, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, April 30, 2018.Born in Greenville, she was the daughter of Willie Mae Coker Stover and the late Guy Stover. Martha worked for many years as a dental assistant and was a member of Mt. Airy Baptist Church. Surviving, in addition to...
Joe K. BrownPiedmontJoe Kendall Brown, husband to Renee Parnell Brown, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018.Born in Anderson, a son to Jack H. Brown, Jr. and the late Wilma Adams Simmons, he was a Co-owner and Operator of Dream Home Renovation and a member of Powdersville First Baptist Church. He loved Clemson football, Nascar, boating, and camping, but he...
Georgia A. RivardEasley, SCGeorgia Ann Rivard, 92, of Easley, SC was born July 28, 1925 in Little Rock, Arkansas to James Monroe and Stella May Benson, and went to be with her Lord on Sunday, April 29, 2018. Georgia's mother died when she was very young. She and her sisters Elizabeth and Laverne grew up caring for their father and...
Christopher Shane HeatonEasley, SCMr. Christopher Shane Heaton, 31, husband of Kayla Looper Heaton, passed away Friday, April 27, 2018.Born in Pickens County, the son of James Clifford "Chuck" Heaton and the late Ginger Ann Tyre Heaton, Mr. Heaton was a graduate of Pickens High School, a technician with Stegall Transmission and the co-owner of Starcrest Christmas Tree Farm. He was...
Ronald ChastainCentral, SCRonald Lee "Ron" Chastain, 70, husband of Margaret Nunns Chastain, passed away on Friday, April 27, 2018 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson.Mr. Chastain was born in Pickens County and was a son of the late, Barney Lee and Rosa Lee Peak Chastain. He was owner of a textile machinery repair company and was a member of Bishop...
Eleanor Marjorie Stout Barker, formerly of Knoxville, Tennessee, passed away April 25, 2018, at Foothills Presbyterian Community in Easley, S.C. Mrs. Barker was born Feb. 18, 1924, in Fitchburg, Mass., to the late George and Marion Stout. She grew up in Fitchburg; Birmingham, Ala.; and Brooklyn, N.Y. After earning a degree in psychology from Maryville College and working in New York City,...
Virginia Ann BarrettEasley, SCVirginia Ann Hardy Barrett, 60, went to be with her Lord and Savior Tuesday, April 24, 2018.Born in Pickens County, a daughter of the late Raymond Carl Hardy and the late Doris Virginia Richards Childress, Mrs. Barrett retired from the textile industry and was a member of Jones Avenue Baptist Church. Ann was a loving mother, grandmother...
Gertrude Rosenast BaasEasley, SCGertrude "Be" Rosenast Baas, 95, of the Foothills Presbyterian Retirement Community in Easley, SC, formerly of Keowee Key, SC, East Hampton, NY, and New Jersey, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 23, 2018. Be was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Dr. Charles W. Baas.Be was born in Jersey City, NJ, a daughter of the late...