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Fred Leo Fulmer Sr.
NEWBERRY — Services for Fred Leo Fulmer, Sr. will be at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at Colony Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be Monday from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m. at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Colony Lutheran Church, 48 Colony Church Road, Newberry, SC 29108 or to Palmetto Health Hospice, PO Box 352, Newberry, SC 29108.

Mr. Fulmer, 82, died February 11, 2007. Born in Little Mountain, he was a son of the late Lory Cohen and Blanche Mayer Fulmer. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of Colony Lutheran Church. He had retired from American Fiber and Finishing. He was a Mason and Shriner and more importantly, he was a loving husband, father and grandfather.

Surviving are his wife, Elizabeth Richardson Fulmer; sons, Fred Leo Fulmer, Jr. and wife, Beth, of Simpsonville, Daniel Walter Fulmer and wife, Suzie, and Richard Sidney Fulmer and wife, Roxanne, all of Newberry; grandchildren, Jacob and Natalie Fulmer, Angela Fulmer, Clayton Fulmer, Brittani Fulmer, Lori Fulmer and Sidney Fulmer. He was predeceased by his brothers, L.C., Ray and Jake Fulmer.

Active pallbearers: Fred Fulmer, Jr., Danny Fulmer, Richard Fulmer, Jacob Fulmer, Clayton Fulmer, Paul Hawkins, Dr. Joseph Frey and Brian Kunar. Honorary pallbearers: Carl Stoll, Juanita Stoll, Carolyn Sligh and her family, and Billy and Peggy Morris. The family wishes to express their appreciation to Mary Hill and Palmetto Health Hospice. 

Gus Franklin Sr.
NEWBERRY - Services for Gus B. Franklin Sr., 76, of 4013 College Street, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer conducted by the Rev. Dr. Richard Albert. Interment will be in Rosemont Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:30-8:00 this evening at Whitaker Funeral Home and the family will be at the residence, 4013 College Street. Active pallbearers will be Gus B. Franklin III, Donald E. Franklin, Dwight L. Mooney, Billye L. West II, Jeremy D. Larsen and John Arron Franklin. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Men's Bible Class of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer. Memorials may be made to the Abiding Memorial Fund of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, P.O. Box 382, Newberry, SC 29108. Notes to the family may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com.

Mr. Franklin died Wednesday, May 30, 2001 in Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. Born in Newberry County, he was a son of the late W. Hayne and Josie Brock Franklin. He was an Army veteran of World War II, having served in the South Pacific and retired as a manager of Market Basket. He was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and the Men's Bible Class. He was a charter member of Faith Lutheran Church and served on the congregational councils of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Beth Eden Lutheran Church and Faith Lutheran Church.

Surviving are his wife, Annie Mary Buist Franklin of the home; sons and daughters-in-law, Gus B. Jr. and Betty Mae Franklin and George E. and Donna Franklin, all of Newberry, James B. "Jim" and Gloria Franklin of Chapin and J. Henry Franklin of Prosperity; sisters, Maggie Lee F. Davis of Newberry and Joan F. Phibbs of Aiken; brother, William H. Franklin Jr. of Newberry; grandchildren, Gus Franklin III, Don Franklin, Anna Mooney, Debra West, Hope Franklin, Rhiannon Larsen, Aaron Franklin, Faith Franklin, Noel Franklin, Rachel Franklin, Scott Moore and Brett Moore; great-grandchildren, Bret West, Josie West, Brock Franklin, Morgan Franklin, Lane Moore and Jordan Moore. He was predeceased by a daughter-in-law, Crystal M. Franklin and sister, Ida Mae F. Hawkins.

William H. Franklin Jr.
NEWBERRY - William H. Franklin Jr., 85, of 1119 Summer St., Newberry died Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008 at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Newberry County on May 28, 1923 to the late W. Hayne and Josie Brock Franklin Sr. He was an US Army Air Core veteran of World War II and a retired mail carrier with the U.S. Postal Service. Mr. Franklin was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer and a former member of the Men's Bible Class. He was a member of the McDonald's Coffee Club and was a Master Mason.

He is survived by his wife, Sara Byrd Franklin of the home; his son, William H "Bill" Franklin III and wife, Carolyn, of Irmo; two grandsons, Brian D. Franklin and wife, Monica, of Gilbert and Kevin A. Franklin and wife, Karen, of Lexington; three great grandchildren, Joel, Ashton and Landon Franklin; and two sisters, Maggie Lee Davis of Newberry and Joan Phibbs of Aiken. He was predeceased by a brother, Gus B. Franklin and a sister, Ida Mae Hawkins.

Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. today at the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer by the Rev. Caldwell Day. Interment will be in Rose-mont Cemetery. The family received friends yesterday at Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry. Pallbearers will be his nephews: Gus Franklin Jr., Jim Franklin, Henry Franklin, George Franklin, Hayne Davis, Andy Hawkins, Robert Phibbs and Ben Phibbs. Memorials may be made to the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Growing in Grace, PO Box 382, Newberry, SC 29108. Messages to the family may be sent via e-mail at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry is assisting the family.

The following obits contributed by Cathy Schmidt

Ethel Bowers Fellers
Mrs. Ethel Bowers Fellers, 76, died early Tuesday morning at the Newberry Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Fellers was born in Newberry County, daughter of the late James M. and Lidie Sparks Bowers. For many years she was a teacher and principal of the West End School in Newberry. She was a member of the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, the Lutheran Church Women, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the South Carolina Retired Teachers Association, and the National Teachers Association. Her husband, F. Raymond Fellers, died 23 years ago. She is survived by one sister, Miss Clara Bowers of Newberry; one sister-in-law, Mrs. George S. Wise of Columbia; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be conducted today (Thursday) at 3:30 p.m. from the Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. E. B. Keisler, and Dr. Henry A. McCullough Jr. Burial will follow in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Dr. James Underwood, Preston McAlbany, Herman Langford, Jesse Frank Hawkins, I. Schissell, Spence Wise, Emory Bowman, and Earl Bergen. Whitaker Funeral Home is in charge.

Alice Dickert Folk
Mrs. Alice Dickert Folk, 84, of 2105 Evans Circle, widow of William Folk, died Monday afternoon at her residence. Mrs. Folk was born in Newberry County, a daughter of the late Jacob L. and Effie Counts Dickert. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, American Legion Auxiliary and the Clvin Crozier Chapter, UDC.
She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Trice and Mrs. Anna Hawkins, both of Newberry; one brother, Forrest W. Dickert of Newberry; two granddaughters, Mrs. Beth Sparks of Greensboro, N.C. and Miss Lisa Folk, of Charlotte, N.C.
Funeral services were conducted at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home by Rev. Charles Nanney. Interment was in Rosemont Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Dr. Elbert J. Dickert, Billie Windhorn, Carl Ringer, P. K. Fuller, Ray Dickert, and Hamilton Folk. Whitaker Funeral Home was in charge.

Carrie Mae Lindler Frick

Mrs. W. J. Frick of Chapin Dies Wednesday

Mrs. Carrie Mae Lindler Frick, 77, wife of Walter J. Frick of Route One, Chapin, died early Wednesday morning at the Newberry County Memorial Hospital after a week's critical illness. Mrs. Frick was born and reared in Newberry county, a daughter of the late Wesley and Jean Boland Lindler. She spent most of her life in Lexington County, where she was a member of St. Peter's (Pineywoods) Lutheran Church and a life member of United Lutheran Church Women.

She is survived by her husband, Walter J. Frick; three sons, David W. and Carroll Leon Frick, both of Chapin, and Claude Richard Frick of Irmo; four daughters, Mrs. Virgil (Gertie) Fulmer, Miss Evangeline Frick, and Mrs. Sam (Nellie) Stoudemire, all of Chapin, and Mrs. Curtis (Mattie Lee) Martin of Prosperity; one sister, Mrs. Josne Amick of Chapin; three brothers, Clarence O. Lindler of Greenwood, Elton and Carl Lindler, both of Little Mountain; 19 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be conducted at 3 p.m. today (Thursday) at St. Peter's (Pineywoods) Lutheran Church by Rev. John D. Zeigler and Rev. J. S. Wessinger. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be the grandsons. Honorary escort will be members of St. Peter's Lutheran Church Council, Dr. B. M. Montgomery and Dr. W. W. King Jr.

Lillie Fulmer
PROSPERITY - Services for Lillie Mae Barrett Fulmer, 84, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Macedonia Lutheran Church, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 tonight at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Macedonia Lutheran Church, 49 Macedonia Church Road, Prosperity, SC 29127.

Miss Berdell Fuller - contributed by Dean Long
NEWBERRY- Miss Berdell S. Fuller, 78, died Friday at Newberry County Memorial hospital. Born in Richland County, she was the daughter of the late W.G. and George Ann Amick Fuller. Surviving are one sister, Mrs. Blanche Watson of Charlotte, N.C., a brother, Glenn Fuller of Mineral, Calif., an several nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Capers? Chapel United Methodist Church, with burial in Newberry Memorial Gardens. The family suggests that those who wish may make contributions to the Capers? Chapel United Methodist Church. McSwain Funeral Home is in charge.

Margaret Feagle
Mrs. Margaret Feagle died at her home near Pomaria, the 1st instant (June 1, 1878), in the 69th year of her age. Mrs. Feagle was the mother of nine children, one of them Mrs. U. B. White, and the grandmother of twenty-eight. She was buried at St. Paul's of which Church she had long been a faithful member.

Armanda Fair
Mrs. Armanda Fair, wife of the Rev. Robert A. Fair, who for several years was pastor of the Presbyterian church at this place (Newberry), died at the home of her son, the Rev. James Y. Fair in Richmond, on the 17th inst. The Rev. James Y. Fair, her son, is quite a well known divine, only recently having received a call in the Independent church of Savannah, one of the oldest churches in this country, being situated on land granted by George II. It is thought he will accept the call.

Simeon Fair, Colonel
Col. Simeon Fair, died at Glenn Springs So. Ca. July 15th, 1873, from an attack of Diarrhoea. The writer has known the deceased citizen for many years notice hereunto attached from the Columbia Phoenix [p.154] [clipping] Colonel Simeon Fair, a distinguished citizen and eminent lawyer, departed this life, on the 15th instant, at Glenn Springs, from an attack of diarrhoea. His remains were carried to Newberry yesterday, where they will be interred to-day. He was elected Solicitor of the Middle Circuit in 1846, which position he occupied until 1868 - nearly a quarter of a century. Colonel Fair was in his seventy-third year, having been born in Newberry District in April, 1801. He leaves three sons, one daughter and a host of relatives, friends and neighbors.

Pearlee Fulmer
WEST COLUMBIA - Service for Pearlee Able Fulmer, 75, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday in Capers Chapel United Methodist Church, Little Mountain, with burial in the church cemetery. Officiating will be the Rev. Robert Chiles and the Rev. Charles Brookshire. Visitation will be 5-7 today at Dunbar Funeral Home, Gervais Street Chapel. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, Alzheimer's Association or to a charity of one's choice.

Mrs. Fulmer, wife of the late Karl Louis Fulmer, died Friday, July 20, 2001. Born in Aiken County, she was the daughter of the late George L. and Ida Spradley Able. She was formerly employed with the Moore Orthopaedic Clinic.

Surviving are sons, Larry K. Fulmer and his wife, Hume L. Fulmer of Elgin, Wendell E. Fulmer of West Columbia and L. Craig Fulmer and his wife, Laurie B. Fulmer of Lexington; grandchildren, Karlynn and Harrison Fulmer; sister, Mrs. Murray (Irene) Bundrick; and nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by brother, George William Able.

John Floyd
POMARIA - Services for John V. Floyd, of 5179 SC Highway 34, will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday at St. Matthew Lutheran Church with burial to follow in the Graham Family Cemetery. The family is at the residence and will receive friends at St. Matthew Lutheran Church from 5-7 p.m. Friday. The family suggests that those desiring may make memorials to St. Matthew Lutheran Church Organ Fund, or Consolidated Fire Department No. 5. McSwain-Evans Funeral Home of Newberry is in charge.

Mr. Floyd died Tuesday, November 20, 2001, in Dorn V.A. Medical Center. Born in Silverstreet, he was a son of Mrs. Alice Pearsall Floyd and the late Barney Wyatt Floyd. He was an Army veteran of World War II, a retired employee of Daniel Construction Company, a member of American Legion Post 24 and a member of St. Matthew Lutheran Church. He was a volunteer with Consolidated Fire Department No. 5.

Surviving are his mother; wife of 57 years, Mrs. Dorothy Annette Graham Floyd; sons, John V. Floyd Jr. of Columbia, Wilbur W. Floyd, Randall Graham Floyd both of Pomaria, Curtis P. Floyd of Newberry; sisters, Helen Floyd Saye of Saluda, Constance Floyd Sletten of Waphton, N.D.; 11 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren. He was predeceased by a grandchild and a great grandchild.

Milton H. Fair
The Charleston Mercury September 22, 1856
Death of Capt. M. H. Fair - By a letter just received from Kansas, we are pained to learn that Capt. Milton H. Fair, of the Newberry company of emigrants, died at Leavenworth city on the 3d inst. - Newberry Mirror.

Katharine B. Floyd
Newberry Katharine B. Floyd, 82, widow of John Reuben Floyd Sr., of Presbyterian Home, Clinton, died Sunday, June 3, 2001. Born in Newberry, she was a daughter of the late Gaston F. and Sallie Davenport Boozer. Member: Smyrna Presbyterian Church. Survivors: Sons, Rooney Floyd of Aiken, Gaston Floyd and Yancy Floyd, both of Newberry a sister, Myrtle B. Martin, of Newberry and five grandchildren. Service: 11 a.m. today at Smyrna Presbyterian Church. Burial: Church cemetery. The family will receive friends in the church fellowship hall following the committal service. -- McSwain-Evans Funeral Home.

Jerry Fulmer
PROSPERITY - Services for Jerry R. Fulmer, 58, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Macedonia Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Randall Derrick officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Active pallbearers will be J.R. King, John Larden, Win Hughey, Danny Young, Thomas Barr, Dwayne Jackson, Mike Litton, and Ray Smith. Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Carolina SeaBee Reunion Association, Eddie Mims, James Tinsley, and Jesus Rivera. The family will receive friends from 4-6 p.m. today at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the National Cancer Institute specified for Mesothelioma Research, Bldg. 31, Room 11 A16, 900 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, or to the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association, PO Box 6574, Silver Spring, MD 20916.

Henry Thomas Farr
Little Mountain - Henry Thomas Farr, 77, died Monday at his home after a long illness. Mr. Farr was a native of Newberry County, a son of the late George and Mamie Stockman Farr. He was a retired mechanic. Service will be held today at 3:30 p.m. in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church with burial in Newberry Memorial Gardens. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Eunice Amick Farr; two daughters, Mrs. Paul Shoren of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Miss Ellie Farr of Little Mountain; a son, Howard T. Farr of Irmo; two brothers, John D. and Boyd Farr of Little Mountain; and a sister, Mrs. Henry Fulmer of Little Mountain. McSwain Funeral Home is in charge.

Hattie Riggs O'Dell Ferguson
Hattie Riggs O'Dell Ferguson, 95, formerly of 1307 Kinard St., died Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002.  Survivors:  daughters, Frances O. Bannister, Elizabeth O. Sligh and Martha F. Prather; a son, Billy O'Dell; sisters, Dorothy Zeigler and Hazel Huskey; 16 grandchildren; and a number of greatgrandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren.  Predeceased: Husband, Edgar S. O'Dell and John T. Ferguson; and sons, Jesse O'Dell and Rudolph Ferguson.  visitation: 6 to 7:30 tonight at Whitaker Funeral Home.  Service: 2 p.m. Saturday at the funeral chapel.  Memorials:  Central United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 67, Newberry, SC 29108

Clarence Fulmer
LEESVILLE - Services for Clarence R. Fulmer, 89, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 14, 1999 at Macedonia Lutheran Church Cemetery, with the Revs. Gary Brandenburg and Rev. J. Hilton Roof officiating. Pallbearers will be Berley, Carroll, Larry, Monroe, and Wyman Fulmer and John Carroll Swygert. Visitation will be 6:30-8 tonight at Charles R. Shealy and Son Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to Macedonia Lutheran Church, 49 Macedonia Church Road, Prosperity 29127, or Cedar Grove Lutheran Church, 1220 Cedar Grove Road, Leesville 29070.

Mr. Fulmer died Tuesday, Oct. 12, 1999. Born in Chapin, he was a son of the late Thomas and Emma Frick Fulmer. He was a member of Cedar Grove Lutheran Church, and retired as a truck driver from R.H. Smith Lumber Co. He was also a farmer. He was predeceased by his wife, Louise Swygert Fulmer.  Surviving are his brother, Curtis N. Fulmer of Ward; a number of nieces and nephews.

Lillie Folk
NEWBERRY - Lillie Mae Folk, 82, of 1421 Wheeler Street, Newberry, died Thursday April 7, 2005, at her residence.

Miss Folk was born August 28, 1922, in Newberry, a daughter of the late Christian Milton and Lily May Caldwell Brown Folk. She was a life long member of Beth-Eden Lutheran Church, a member of the church choir, an officer of the WELCA and served on various committees of the church. She had retired from J.F. Hawkins Nursing Home.

Miss Folk is survived by a sister, Mary F. Lominick of Pomaria; eight nieces and nephews, Olin Lominick, Jr., Jane L. Ringer, Bobby F. Lominick, Chris F. Lominick, Dianne Lominick, M. Hayne Folk, J. Wayne Folk, and J. David Folk; a number of great-nieces and nephews; and a number of great-great-nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three brothers, Hamilton Folk, James D. Brown, and R. Haskell Brown and a sister, Sarah Adelaide Folk.

Funeral services for Lillie Mae Folk will be conducted at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Beth-Eden Lutheran Church by the Rev. Rodney Gunter. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

The family will be at the residence, 1421 Wheeler Street, Newberry. Memorials may be made to Beth-Eden Lutheran Church, 228 Jalapa Road, Newberry, SC 29108. Active pallbearers will be nephews. Messages to the family may be sent via email to notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home, 1704 College Street, Newberry, is assisting the family.

R. Samuel Franklin
NEWBERRY - Services for R. Samuel "Sam" Franklin, 71, will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Beth-Eden Lutheran Church with burial in the church cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 this evening at Whitaker Funeral Home.

Mr. Franklin died Monday in Newberry County Memorial Hospital. Born in Newberry, he was a son of the late Benjamin Giffin and Augustus Danzler Franklin. He was a peacetime veteran of the U.S. Army, a Mason and a member of Beth-Eden Lutheran Church.

Surviving are brothers, Buford, Daniel Franklin; nieces and nephews; dear friend, Mary B. Summer.

John S. Fair
Cokesbury, June 16 - John S. Fair died at his late residence on Thursday morning in the 60th year of his age. His remains were carried to Newberry on Friday accompanied by his wife, his daughters, Miss Lillie and Mrs. T. N. Gaines, and his sons, J. S. and Herndon Fair, where the interment took place in Rosemont cemetery.

For the past 16 years Mr. Fair has been in declining health. Five years of the time he has been a physical wreck, and almost helpless.

Mr. Fair graduated with distinction in Washington and Lee university in 1873. He afterwards practiced law at Newberry with his brother-in-law, Y. J. Pope. He was for 18 years the treasurer of the city council of Newberry, and also held the position of trial justice, and was for eight years postmaster of Cokesbury.

He married Miss Hannie Herndon, a daughter of Col. B. Z. Herndon of Cokesbury, and leaves surviving him his wife and the following children: J. Sims, Herndon and Miss Lillie Fair and Mrs. Tn N. Gaines.

W. B. Franklin
Newberry, Aug. 6 – Mr. W. B. Franklin, who during the Civil war was a member of Company B., First South Carolina regiment, and a brave and faithful soldier, dropped dead at his home in the county yesterday afternoon. Mr. Franklin has attended every general reunion of Confederate veterans for the past 10 or 12 years. He was about 70 years of age. His remains were buried at Rosemont cemetery this afternoon.

Elizabeth Fant
HOUSTON - Graveside services for Elizabeth DuBose Fant, 56, will be held at 2 p.m. today in Silverstreet Lutheran Church Cemetery, with the Rev. H. Wyman Dowd officiating. A memorial service was held December 30, 2001, at Memorial Drive Lutheran Church, Houston, Texas, with the Rev. Sam Koenning officiating. McSwain-Evans Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements. Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 311, Columbia, SC 29204.

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