Obituaries, Greenwood County, South Carolina

Margaret Swygert
Greenwood - Margaret Evans Swygert, 77, of 125 Canyon Drive, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2002. Survivors: Husband, James Roland Swygert Jr. daughters, Judy Kelley and Nita Gilmer sisters, Mollie Taylor and Ollie M. Johnson brothers, James E. and Herman O. Evans five grandsons four stepgrandsons four great-grandchildren and four great-stepgrandchildren. Visitation: 6 to 8:30 tonight at Blyth Funeral Home. Service: 1 p.m. Sunday at Immanuel Lutheran Church. Burial: 3 p.m. Sunday at Rosemont Cemetery. Memorials: Immanuel Lutheran Church KARIOS Mission, 501 E. Creswell Ave., Greenwood, SC 29646. (The Greenville News - January 26, 2002; additional information on Margaret can be found at Newberry County Genealogy Trails.)

Mamie Walker
Greenwood---Mamie McGee Walker, 79, of 137 Blyth Road died Wednesday. She was a retired employee of Greenwood Mills, Matthews Plant, and was a member of Matthew United Methodist Church. She attended South Greenwood Church of God. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Kenneth {Joyce} Elmore of Greenwood; a sister, Vera Tharpe of Greenwood, and a brother, Cleve McGee of Greenwood. Services 3pm Thursday at South Greenwood Church of God with burial in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Harley Funeral Home, Greenwood. (Greenville News - March, 1985...contributed by Andrew Staton)

Mary L. Stokes
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary L. Stokes will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at St. Marks Methodist Church. Mrs. Stokes died Monday after an extended illness. She was a member of St. Marks Methodist Church and a native of Greenwood, S.C. The body will be at the residence. 1251 Wrightsboro Road, until the hour of service. She is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Mozella P. Singfield and other relatives. Date: 1964-09-26; Paper: Augusta Chronicle, contributed by a Friend of Genealogy

Mrs. H. D. Sisk
Greenwood, June 30 - Mrs. Maude Wall Sisk, 73, wife of H. D. Sisk of Laurens Highway, died today at Self Memorial Hospital after 11 weeks sickness. A native of Wilkes County, Ga., she was a daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Wall and Caroline Cooley Wall. She had lived in Greenwood for 15 years and wa a member of Coronaca Baptist Church. Survivors, in addition to her husband, include two sones, James Sisk, St. Marks, Fla.; Robert Sisk, Greenwood; five grandchildren, two sisters, Mrs. Carrie Lou Cofer, Washington, Ga.; Mrs. H. D. Raby, Atlanta. Funeral services will be held at Blythe Funeral Home Tuesday at 11 a.m. by the REv. WAde Burton. Burial will be in Sardis baptist Church cemetery near Washington, Ga. The body will remain at the funeral home until after the service. The family is at the home of Robert Sisk, Greenwood. (transcribed by D. Whitesell from materials provided by Derrell Teat, unknown news source)

Lt. Gregory Carlylle Schoper
Alexandria, VA-Funeral services for 1st Lt. Gregory Carlylle Schoper, who was killed Feb. 14 in Vietnam, will be conducted Friday at 2 pm in Fort Myer Chapel. Burial with fullmilitary honors will be in Arlington National Cemetery. Lieutenant Schoper was born at Fort Bragg, NC. He was a graduate of the American high School at Kaiserslautern, Germany, and a Distinguished M ilitary Graduate of Clemson University. He entered the US Army on Dec. 19, 1968. His wife is the former Sherry Ann McKee of Greenwood. She is now making her home with her parents., Lt. Col. And Mrs. Royce McKee, 6304 Lachine Lane, Alexandria. He is also survived by his parents. M . Sgt and M rs. Floyd R. Read of Huntsville, Ala; a sister, Miss Mary Lou Read of Huntsville; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Schoper of Montpelier, Idaho, and maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. M . W. Smith of San Luis Obispo, Cal. Everly Wheatley Funeral Home in Alexandria is in charge. (Unknown news source, contributed by Andrew Staton)

Clyde Stanley Sweatt
Greenwood Man Killed in Vietnam
Greenwood Index-Journal
Sp. 4 Clyde Stanley Sweatt was killed in action in Vietnam Saturday, the Army has notified his wife, Mrs. Barbara M cKee Sweatt. Sweatt was assigned to Co. 2, 2nd Battalion, of the mechanized 8th Infantry. He began his Army tour of duty Feb. 15, 1968. He has just returned to duty after hospitalization for wounds received Feb. 24, when the half-track he was riding ran over a land mine. For those wounds, he received the Purple Heart.
He had been employed at Mathews Mill before he went into service. Mrs. Sweatt was living with her parents on Piedmont Street while her husband was in Vietnam. Survivors, in addition to his wife, are five brothers, Howard Sweatt of Atlanta, Ga., Larry Sweatt of the U.S. Navy Training Station at Orlando, Fla., and Clayton, Leon and Edwin Sweatt of Anderson; his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Clyde Sweatt of Greenwood; a sister, Mrs. J. C. [Amelia] White of Greenwood. Funeral plans will be announced by Harley Funeral Home. (Index Journal, unknown date, contributed by Andrew Staton)

Barbara Ann McKee (Sweatt)
Barbara Ann McKee, 50, of 101 Piedmont St., widow of Clyde "Buster" Sweatt, who was killed in Vietnam, died Jan. 20, 1995, at Self Memorial Hospital. Born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late Otis Allen and Carolyn Powell McKee. She was employed with Greenwood M ills and was a member of Callie Self Memorial Baptist Church. Surviving are a sister, Ramona McKee Jefferson of Greenwood. Services will be Saturday at 3:30 pm at Harley Funeral Home with the Rev. Lewis Sherard and the Rev. Reuel Westbrook officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Pallbearers will be Bobby Richardson, Joe Tullis, Onnie Doyle, Bobby Joe Mooney, Eddie Childers, Bill Childers, and Donnie Knight.
Honrary escorts will be Ann Tullis, Beverly Knight, Betty Doyle, Margie Fagan, Paula Worthington, Judy Childers, Helen Nelson, Jean Still, Mayble Lesley, Barbara Johnson, and Ben Johnson. The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home. The family is at the home of her sister, 420 Panacea Rd., Augusta Fields. (Index Journal, unknown date, contributed by Andrew Staton)

Mrs. Georgia C Williams
Special to The State.
Greenwood, Feb. 24. - Mrs. Georgia C. Williams, a most estimable Christain woman, died at the home of her sister. Mrs. J. W, Duckett, here Sunday night and was buried at the city cemetery Monday afternoon after funeral services in the First Baptist church conducted by her pastor, the Rev. B. H. DeMent, D. D. Mrs. Williams was one of the four surviving charter members of this church. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. J. W. Duckett, Sr.; one brother. Thomas N. Parks of Newberry and one son, W. Allie Williams. Mrs. Williams was in her 66th year. [The State, 2/25/1916]

Troy , Feb. 19. – After one week’s illness of influenza and complications, Mrs. J. N. Talbert died Sunday morning, February 15. The body was laid to rest Monday morning at 12 o’clock at Bethany Baptist church. Before marriage, Mrs. Talbert was Miss Margaret Robinson of Greenville . She was a splendid Christian woman and will be greatly missed in her church and community. She is survived by one sister, Mrs. F. A. Sizemore, Greenville , her husband and two small children, Helen and John Mixon, Jr. [State – 20 Feb. 1920 ; transcribed by Marla Zwakman]