Annie H. RowlandCentral, SCAnnie Head Rowland, 83, of 143 Rowland Drive and wife of Harold M. Rowland, died Sunday, April 21, 2013. Born in Pickens County, she was a daughter of the late J. Arthur and Kansie Whitmire Head. She was a graduate of Central High School and was a long-time Lunch Room Manager at Central Elementary School. Annie was...
Miriam Ponder HallDacusvilleMrs. Miriam Ponder Hall, 94, wife of the late Frank Manning Hall, passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at Glorified Health and Rehab, Greenville, SC.Born January 3, 1919, in Dacusville, she was a daughter of the late Dr. William M. and Kate M. Ponder. After 28 years of service, she retired as an elementary school educator from West...
Charles Jefferson Brown,76, of Powdersville, and husband of Mary A. Brown, passed away Saturday April 20, 2013 at Hospice of the Upstate.Mr. Brown was born in Franklin County, Georgia, the son of the late Lloyd Martin and Florence Elrod Brown. He owned and operated C.J. Brown Construction Company for over 40 years and retired from Four Square Builders. He was...
Grace Hagood DownsEasleyGrace Hagood Downs, 41, wife of John Roland Downs, died suddenly Saturday, April 20th, 2013, at Richland Palmetto Health in Columbia, SC.She was the daughter of Anne Sherman Hagood and the late Charles Cleveland Hagood. She graduated from Easley High School in 1989, attended Yale University School of Drama Summer Acting Program in 1991, and National Theater Institute...
Douglas Phillip Hopkins,Sr., 92, formerly The Willows of Easley, and husband of Sadie Elliott Hopkins, passed away Friday April 19, 2013 at Hospice of the Upstate.Mr. Hopkins was born in Greenville, SC. He retired from Southern Railroad and was a member of First Baptist Church of Easley. He was a U.S. Marine Corps Veteran of W.W. II.Surviving in addition to...
Kelly L. BrackettCentral, SCKelly Leanne Brackett, 26, of 161 Kelly Mill Road died Friday, April 19, 2013 at Cannon Memorial Hospital in Pickens, SC.Kelly was born in Easley, SC a daughter of Ronnie Wade Brackett and his wife, Wanda of Central and Dorothy Jane Durham Brackett of Liberty. She was a student at Greenville Tech and an employee with McDonalds...
Lila SmithEasleyLila Evangeline Wright Smith, 74, wife of Chester Franklin Smith, Jr., passed away Thursday, April 18, 2013 at her home.Born in Easley, to the late V.A. and Ola Mae Bagwell Wright, Lila graduated from Pickens High School in 1956 with honors and was a member of the Beta Club. She went on to study at Holmes Bible College for...
Sue Binns BlackClemson, SCSue Binns Black, 99, passed away peacefully at Clemson Downs retirement center in Clemson, SC, on April 17, 2013. Born to Joseph and Martha Binns of Union Point, Georgia, on July 28, 1913, she was valedictorian of her class at Union Point High School before attending and graduating from Wesleyan Methodist College (now Southern Wesleyan University) in...
Elizabeth "Betty" CruickshankClemson, SCElizabeth "Betty" Henry Cruickshank, 81, wife of Charles A. Cruickshank died Wednesday, April 17, 2013 at the Cottingham Hospice House in Seneca, SC.Born in Rochester, NY, she was the daughter of the late Russell B. and Mildred Doty Henry. Betty earned an Associate degree in Dietetics from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY, her B.A. in...
Thomas Clifford Rankin, Jr., 93, husband of the late Leah Pettit, passed away Saturday April 13, 2013 at his home on Liberty Highway after a short illness. He was the son of the late Grayton Johnston and Thomas C. Rankin.Born May 19, 1919 in the Walker McElmoyle community of Anderson County, he graduated from Pendleton High School then traveled to...