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PROSPERITY - Services for Mary Shealy Long, 92, formerly of Route 1, will be
held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Bethel Baptist Church, with burial in the church
cemetery. Rev. Lynn Peters will officiate. Active pallbearers will be Mike Long,
Tracy Long, Dean Long, Jimmy Counts, Gene Counts, Von Counts, Francis Shealy and
Roy Shealy. The family will receive friends 6-7:30 tonight at McSwain-Evans
Funeral Home, Newberry. Memorials may be made to Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery
Fund, 2503 Bethel Church Road, Prosperity 29127.
Mrs. Long, widow of
Curtis D. Long, died Monday, Dec. 28, 1998, in Sumter. Born in Chapin, she was a
daughter of the late Julian and Ella Derrick Shealy. She was a homemaker and a
member of Bethel Baptist Church.
Surviving are her sons, Derieux Long and
William Long, both of Sumter; sister, Ada Ruth Addy of Irmo; three grandsons and
six great-grandchildren.
David Franklin Lindler
Peak David Franklin Lindler, 43, died Monday, June 18, 2001. Born in Cabarrus County, N.C., he was a son of Gwendolyn Chapman Lindler of Lewisville, N.C., and the late Rev. John David Lindler. Formerly: Lutheran minister. Graduate: Lenior Rhyne College, Hickory, N.C., and Lutheran Theological Seminary, Columbia.
Survivors: A daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Lindler, of King,
N.C. a son, Michael Andrew Lindler, of King, N.C. a sister, Ruth Ann Lindler, of
Lewisville a brother, John Paul Lindler, of Lewisville. Visitation: 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at Whitaker Funeral Home.
Service: 11 a.m. Friday at Mount Hermon Lutheran Church. Burial: Peak
Cemetery.
Gwendolyn C. Lindler
LEWISVILLE, N.C. - Mrs. Gwendolyn Chapman Lindler, 82, of Lewisville, passed away Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, in Yadkin Nursing Center in Yadkinville, N.C. She was born Jan. 3, 1925, in Newberry County to Franklin Talmage and Zula Stockman Chapman.
She was a member of Shiloh Lutheran Church, where she was very active in many positions over the years. She was a retired school teacher from South Carolina and North Carolina with many years of service. She thoroughly enjoyed singing at the nursing center where she would have everyone singing hymns, and she sang right up until the very end.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. John David Lindler, and son, David Lindler. She is survived by her loving son, John Paul Lindler and wife, Karen of Lewisville, and loving daughter, Ruth Ann Lindler, of Lewisville; 2 grandchildren, Sarah and Michael Lindler. She is also survived by a niece and 3 nephews. A funeral service was conducted Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Lutheran Church, with the Pastor Amy Crump officiating. The burial followed on Monday, at Peak Cemetery in Peak. Memorials may be made to Alzheimer's Association, 1315 Ashleybrook Lane, Winston-Salem, NC 27103 and Shiloh Lutheran Church, PO Box 125, Lewisville, NC 27023. Whitaker Funeral Home, Inc., Newberry, assisted the family locally.
NEWBERRY — Services for Myrtle Shealy Lominick will be Friday at 11 a.m. at
St. Philip’s Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday from 6 - 7 p.m. at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to St. Philip’s Lutheran Church, 2461 St. Philip’s Church
Road, Newberry, SC or the American Leukemia Society.
Mrs. Lominick, 100,
widow of Bennie Lominick, died February 13, 2007. Born in Newberry, she was a
daughter of the late John Adam and Mary Elizabeth Mayer Shealy. She was a member
of St. Philip’s Lutheran Church where she was a member of the Adult B Sunday
School Class.
Surviving are a daughter, Gladys Urick of McKeesport, PA; a
son-in-law, Heyward Glymph of Irmo; a daughter-in-law, Billie Lominick of
Newberry; a brother, Johnny H. Shealy of Newberry; nine grandchildren; fourteen
great-grandchildren and a number of great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by
a son, Bennie Walter Lominick and a daughter, Joan Glymph.
William H. Long - contribued by Dean Long
William H. Long Rites Are Held
William C. (typo) Long, 84, died Thursday afternoon at his residence in the O?Neal section of Newberry county after a short illness. Born and reared in Newberry County, he was the son of the late W.H. and Sallie (Sarah) Dickert Long. He was a lifelong member of Bethel Baptist Church where he served as superintendent of the Sunday school for over 40 years. He was a prominent farmer of the county. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon from Bethel Baptist Church by his pastor, the Rev. Alvin F. Boone, assisted by the Rev. J.W. Spillers of Clinton. Interment was in the church cemetery. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ida Baker Long; eight children, Mrs. L. L. Bowers, Mrs. Clarence Counts, Hance I. Long, and Curtis D. Long all of Prosperity; Mrs. Ronald Amick of Clinton, Mrs., George W. Boland of Newberry, Mrs. Carrie Williamson of Washington, D.C., and Furman B. Long of Columbia; one brother, B.L. Long of Prosperity; 13 grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Nephews served as pallbearers and granddaughters and nieces served as flower attendants. McSwain Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. W. H. Long Dies Wednesday; Rites Friday - contributed by Dean Long
Mrs. Ida Baker Long, 85, widow of the late Willie H. Long, of Route One,
Prosperity, died Wednesday afternoon at the Mills Clinic in Prosperity. She had
been in ill health for the past year.
Mrs. Long was born and reared in
Newberry Count, a daughter of the late John Ada and Mrs. Emma Connelly Baker.
She had spent most of her life in the Bethel Section of Newberry County, where
she was a member of Bethel Baptist Church, and was former Sunday school teacher,
former church organist. She was a member of the Women?s Missionary Society. Her
husband died in 1949.
She is survived by three sons, Curtis D. Long and
Hance I. Long, both of Prosperity, and Furman B. Long of Rock Hill; five
daughters, Mrs. Ruth Bowers and Mrs. Nell Counts, both of Prosperity, Mrs.
Carrie Williamson of Washington, D.C., Mrs. Grace Amick of Clinton and Mrs. Nan
Boland of Newberry; 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was the
last surviving member of her immediate family.
Funeral will be conducted
at 3 p.m. Friday at Bethel Baptist Church by Rev. Carroll J. Calvert. Interment
will be in the church cemetery. Grandsons will serve as active pallbearers. The
body will remain at McSwain Funeral Home in Newberry and will be carried to the
residence Thursday afternoon. McSwain Funeral Home is in charge.
Death of Mr. J.W.B. Lever, a Good Citizen - contributed by Dean Long
White Rock, Feb 10- Yesterday Mr. J.W.B. Lever died near Peak. He lacked only a little being 82 years old. During his lifetime he had accumulated quite a competency, and was liberal?altogether one of our very best and most substantial citizens. He is to be buried tomorrow in the cemetery of Capers? Chapel church, a church erected almost entirely by him as a memorial to his son Capers, who died quite a while ago.
Christine Havird Long - contributed by Dean Long
Christine Havird Long, 86, of Prosperity, wife of Hance I. Long, died Monday,
November 10, 2003 at the Newberry Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Long was born on
May 21, 1917 in Saluda County, a daughter of the late E.A. and Effie Quattlebaum
Havird. She was a retired employee of Damon International. She was a member of
Bethel Baptist Church, where she prepared communion for the church for more than
50 years. She was the secretary for the Senior Ladies Sunday School Class and of
the WMU.
Mrs. Long is survived by her husband and a number of nieces and
nephews. She was predeceased by four sisters, Ethel A. Havird, Lucille H. Werts,
Eva Mae McDowell, and Cora H. Gregory and six brothers, Wilbur Havird, Jasper
Havird, Garish Havird, J.L. Havird, Otis Havird, and Eugene
Havird.
Funeral services for Christine H. Long will be conducted at 2:00
P. M. Thursday at Bethel Baptist Church by the Rev. W. Lynn Peters. Interment
will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M.
Wednesday at the Whitaker Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Bethel
Baptist Church Parking Lot Fund, 2503 Bethel Church Road, Prosperity SC
29127.
Messages to the family may be sent via email to
notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home, 1704 College Street,
Newberry, SC is assisting the family.
Haru Shamto "Frenchie" Leopard
Mrs. Haru Shamto Leopard, 60, died Tuesday night at the U.S. Army Hospital, Fort Jackson after two weeks illness. She was a native of Japan but had made her home in the U.S.A. for a number of years. Surviving are her husband, Earl Leopard, Newberry. Funeral was held Thursday at 1 p.m. from McSwain Funeral Home with Chaplain Daniel K. Hall conducting the service. Burial was held in Rosemont Cemetery.
We are sorry to learn of the death of Mr. Frank P. Lipscomb, son of Senator Jas. N. Lipscomb, which occurred in Atlanta, Ga., the 7th instant. Mr. Lipscomb was twenty seven years old, and was spoken of by those who knew him well as a young man of fine character and noble qualities. He had been in bad health several months, and his death, though not unexpected, was a sad afliction to his family, in which we extend our sincere sympathy.
Newberry, Sept. 14 - Mrs. Mary Evans Leavell, wife of Robert Y. Leavell and daughter of Capt. John C. Evans of Cheraw, died at her home in this city last night at 11:15 o'clock, in the 65th year of her age. She is survived by two children, Robert E. Leavell of this city and Mrs. Harry O'Donnell. The funeral will take place at 4 o'clock, with religious services at the grave, to be conducted by the Rev. Robert W. Lide of Darlington. The interment will be in Rosemont cemetery.
On Saturday Mr. Jacob Hawkins, a man about seventy years old, who lived near here, fell a victim to the grip. An hour later Mr. G. Adam Long, was claimed also by the grim monster. Mr. Long was one of the old and tried veterans of Co. H. Third South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, and was about fifty-two years old. He leaves a wife and children in good circumstances.
NEWBERRY - Services for Pauline Nichols Lester, 94, of 1524 Caldwell St.,
will be held at 2 p.m. today at St. Luke's Lutheran Church with burial in the
church cemetery. Whitaker Funeral Home is in charge. Memorials may be made to
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 3990 St. Luke's Church Road, Prosperity
29127.
Mrs. Lester, widow of Allen H. Lester, died Saturday, June 13, 1998,
at White Oak Manor. Born in Newberry County, she was a daughter of the late Luke
M. and Viola Schumpert Nichols. She was the retired operator of the Zesto
Drive-In and was the oldest member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church.
Surviving
are daughters, Thelma Dominick and Bonnie Culclasure, both of Newberry and Joyce
Johnson of La Grange, Ga.; a son, Fred V. Lester of Newberry; a sister, Erin
Kunkle of Saluda; and a brother, Demp Nichols of Newberry; eight grandchildren;
and 12 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by sons, Willie Frank
Lester, Vernon Lester and Jimmie Lester.
Sammie Lindsay Sr.
NEWBERRY -
Services for Sammie Lindsay Sr., widower of Pearlie Lindsay, are 3 p.m. Friday
at Calvary Baptist Church; burial in Hannah AME Church Cemetery. Visitation is
6:30-7:30 tonight at Pratt Funeral Home. Born in Newberry Co. to Samie and
Sallie Mills Lindsay, he died March 6, 2004. Surviving are daughter, Katie
Patterson; sisters, Dorothy Sims, Helen Toland; three grands; two
great-grands.
NEWBERRY -- Mr. Jerry K. Lester, 63, of Newberry, died April 29, 2007, in
Palmetto Baptist Medical Center. Born in Newberry, he was the son of the late
James R. and Kathleen Kunkle Lester. He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran
Church. He is survived by a son, Tom K. Lester of Newberry; a daughter, Jessica
L. Cano of Newberry; two sisters, Kathy Peel and Beth Kiker, both of Newberry;
and five grandchildren.
Graveside services will be conducted at 3:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 1, 2007, in St. Luke's Lutheran Church Cemetery by the Rev. Arden
Hallman. The family is at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sims Peel, 4669 Stoney Hill
Road, Newberry, and will receive friends following the service in the church
fellowship hall. The family suggests that those desiring may make memorials to
St. Lukes Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall Fund, 4056 St. Luke's Church Road,
Prosperity, SC 29127. McSwain- Evans Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
www.mcswainevans.com
Newberry Grace Hare Lester, 95, widow of C. Eugene Lester, of 1165 Fred
Kunkle Road, died Thursday, March 30, 2000, at J.F. Hawkins Nursing
Home.
Survivors: a son, Carroll E. Lester, of Prosperity a sister, Vanessa H.
Taylor a brother, E.H. Hare five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Predeceased: parents, Joe W. and Laura S. Hare and a son, Bobby G.
Lester.
Visitation: 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at Whitaker Funeral Home.
Service: 3 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church. Burial: Church cemetery.
Memorials: St. Luke's Lutheran Church, 4056 St. Luke's Church Road, Prosperity,
SC 29127. Family: 4197 Stoney Hill Road, Newberry.
NEWBERRY - Services for Mary Blair Long, 93, widow of Bennie Long, 3 p.m. Thursday (visitation 1:30-2:30 p.m.) at Whitaker Funeral Home; burial in St. Luke's Lutheran Churchyard. Born in Newberry Co. to George and Fannie Blair, she died April 20, 2004. Surviving: children, Betty Kyzer, Linda Mayer, Sylvia Miller, Karen, Marsha, Gerald, Joel, Phillip Long; 5 siblings; 13 grands; 20 great and 1 great-great-grand.
BELOVED NEWBERRY ICON, COLLEGE CHEF LARK DIES
John ''Cat'' Lark never ran out of people to love. Just ask any of his
10 children, 32 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren or the hundreds of
extended ''family members'' at Newberry College.
Lark, 86, died Saturday
morning of heart failure. But the college's former head chef, who became a
virtual institution in his 58-year tenure, is remembered as one who left a
legacy of love.
''He had a great love for his children, all people in
general, in all walks of life,'' Lark's daughter Margaret Lark Wells recalled of
him Saturday.
Lark is fondly remembered by the hundreds of graduates,
faculty members and coaches he befriended while serving as Newberry's head chef
-- which stemmed from a dishwasher's job -- until his retirement in 1982.
He
and his wife, Florence, a housekeeper at the college for 40 years until her
retirement in 1977, were honored recently at the college's annual kickoff
banquet. Lark also was named an honorary member of the Indian Club at that time,
becoming the first person to receive such a distinction.
''Their
friendship has meant so much to anyone who ever attended Newberry College,''
booster club board member Bill Dufford of Columbia, said during the
banquet.
Margaret Lark Wells said her father developed a special
relationship with the athletes when he would return to the school on game-day
Saturdays to cook special meals for the football players.
''Mostly all
the coaches and the players, those were really the people that he catered to,
and he had many who remained friends with him throughout the years,'' Wells
said.
But she said his friendships didn't end there, noting that many
business leaders and others in the community often stopped by his home following
his retirement with words of encouragement.
''He truly will be missed in
this neighborhood. He had a lot of friends,'' Wells said.
Although Lark
never received a college degree, he instilled in his children the importance of
an education, something he gained from ''working around an institution of higher
learning,'' Wells said.
Today, his legacy includes educators, business
owners, a real estate agent, a master carpenter, a commander of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and a county supervisor of special needs and
disabilities.
''He always wanted the best for his children, and he
provided that for us,'' Wells said.
Lark is survived by his wife, of
Newberry; and eight children, Bill Lark of Columbia; Charles Lark of Brooklyn,
N.Y; James Lark of Stamford, Conn.; John Lark III of Fairfield, Conn; Michael
Lark of Suitland, Mass.; Margaret Wells of Newberry; Juanita Chaplin of
Suitland, Mass.; Malikah Ambolley of Los Angeles; and Ruby Workman of
Washington, D.C. Another son, Paul Lark, is deceased.
Funeral arrangements
will be announced by Pratt Funeral Home.
Miss Josie Lane, aged 23, daughter of the late Thomas P. Lane, for years a citizen of Newberry, died of typhoid fever yesterday at her home at Hendersonville, N.C. The body will reach here this afternoon at 2:48 over the Southern and will be buried in Rosemont cemetery by the side of her father and mother.
September 15th, Mrs. Nancy Livingston, wife of Mr. John Livingston, of Newberry, aged 39 years, 9 months and 14 days.
September 13th, James M., infant son of Mr. C. W. and Virginia Lindsay, of Newberry, aged 2 years and nearly 6 months. (The Charleston Mercury October 4, 1859)
POMARIA - Sara Wicker Lathrop, 88, formerly of 343 Lathrop Road, Pomaria, died Tuesday, July 8, 2003, in Lexington Medical Center. Mrs. Lathrop, widow of William K. Lathrop, was born October 15, 1914, a daughter of the late Daniel Colie and Mattie Mae Crumpton Wicker. She was a retired textile employee and homemaker. At the time of her death she was a resident of Lowman Home Nursing Center. She was a lifetime member of St. Paul Lutheran Church and a member of the Ladies' Bible Class, the WELCA and the Chat-n-Chew Club. She is survived by a son, William C. "Billie" Lathrop of Columbia; daughter, Mae L. Wicker of West Columbia; daughters and sons-in-law, Juanita and Herman Nalley and Shirley and James Lester, all of Prosperity; brother, J.P. Wicker and sister, Mary Lou Griffin, both of Newberry. She is also survived by 16 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, David H. Lathrop, Sr. and son-in-law, Robert L. Wicker. Funeral services of Mrs. Lathrop will be conducted on Thursday, July 10, 2003, at 4 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church by Reverend D. Brent Nichols and Revered Gary Lyerly. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the McSwain-Evans Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 9 from 7-9 p.m. Memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church Bus Fund, 2496 S.C. Hwy. 773, Pomaria, SC 29126.
Mrs. Nettie Boland Lathan, 87, widow of the late Claude F. Lathan, died early
Monday morning at her home 2003 Main Street. She had been in declining health
for several years. Mrs. Lathan was born and reared in the Little Mountain
section of Newberry county and was the daughter of the late A. N. and Martha
Miller Boland. For the past fifty-two years she had made her home in Newberry
and was a devoted member of the Luthern church of the Redeemer, and a member of
the U. L. C. W. Mrs. Lathan is survived by one son, Claude F. Lathan Jr.,
Sumter; two daughters, Mrs. T. L. Bridges, Rock Hill, Mrs. J. C. McLean,
Marietta, Ga; four sisters, Mrs. Rhett Adair, Clinton, Mrs. Grover Page,
Louisville, Mrs. D. E. Farr and Mrs. E. J. Locke both of Little Mountain; 12
grandchildren and one great-greatgrandchild. Funeral services will be held at 11
o'clock Wednesday morning from Mayer Memorial Lutheran Church with Dr. H. A.
McCullough and Dr. C. K. Derrick conducting the service.
Mr. Lathan died at his home at 11:30 as
the result of a heart attack. For many years, the leading merchant in
Little Mountain, he had been identified with the interests and growth of the
town since its earliest days. He was a member of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church. His pastor, Rev. J. A. McKeown, of Prosperity and
Rev. John J. Long, of Little Mountain, along with Dr. J. W. Carson of Newberry
and the Rev. H. A. McCullough of Columbia, will conduct the funeral
services. Interment will be in the Holy Trinity Lutheran Cemetery.
Mr.
Lathan was survived by his wife, Lizzie Wise Lathan, Mrs. Lula Merchant of
Columbia, South Carolina; Mrs. L. M. Calhoun of Barnwell, South Carolina; Mrs.
S. C. Craig (Mary) of Lancaster, South Carolina; Mrs. C. G. Vandiver of Canton,
Georgia; and Miss Toy Lathan of Columbia, South Carolina. Also two
brothers, S. B Lathan of Chester, S.C., and W. I. Lathan of Blackstock, S.C.
survive.
Vera Kinard
Livingston
Pomaria Vera Kinard Livingston, 89, widow of Henry
Livingston Sr., formerly of 124 Henry Livingston Road, died Wednesday, March 8,
2000. Born in Pomaria, she was a daughter of the late Julius and Nancy Oxner
Kinard. Survivors: a son, Henry Livingston Jr. of Pomaria daughters, Pearl L.
Pullen of Soperton, Ga., Ruth L. Ruff of Prosperity, and Dorothy L. Smith of
Pomaria 11 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Service: 3 p.m. today at
New Hope Baptist Church. Burial: Church cemetery. Memorials: J.F. Hawkins
Nursing Home, 1330 Kinard St., Newberry, SC 29108. -- McSwain-Evans Funeral
Home.
PROSPERITY - Services with burial for James Henry Lollis, 76, carpenter,
are 4 p.m. Sunday at Bachman Chapel Lutheran Church, where he was a member.
Visitation is 6-7 tonight at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home, Newberry. Born in
Pelzer to Harrison J. and Nora Bell Kinard Lollis, he died June 9, 2006.
Surviving: brothers, David, T. Newton Lollis; aunts, Annie Mae Bobb, Carrie
Kinard; nieces; nephew; cousins.
Hance Iradell Long
Hance I. Long, 90,
formerly of 1556 Hance Rod. Prosperity, widower of Christine Havird Long, died
Thursday January 24, 2008 at the Saluda Nursing Center.
He was born on January
12, 1918 in Prosperity, a son of the late William H. Long and Ida Baker Long. He
was a retired employee of Farmer's Ice and Fuel Company and was a member of
Bethel Baptist Church where he was a former Deacon, Church Clerk, and Sunday
School teacher. He was also a member of the Woodmen of the World.
Mr. Long is survived
bu a number of nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by five sisters; Ruth
Bowers, Carrie Williamson, Grace Amick, Nan Boland and Nell Counts and four
brothers Wallace Long, Furman Long, Curtis Long and Ashley Long.
Funeral services will
be conducted at 3:00 PM Sunday at Bethel Baptist Church by the Rev. Lynn Peters.
The body will be placed in the church at 2:00 PM. Interment will be in church
cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Saturday at the Whitaker Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery Fund, 2503 Bethe Church Rd. Prosperity, SC 29127.
Pallbearers will be William Long, Gene Counts, Von Counts, Ralph Summer, William Wessinger, Charles Havird, Richard Havird, and Dean Long.
Messages to the family
may be sent via email at notes@whitakerfuneralhome.com. Whitaker Funeral Home,
Newberry, is assisting the family.
Newberry County Loses An Honored Citizen
Death of Col. John R. Leavelle – Was a Prominent Figure in the Baptist Church
Newberry, Feb 6 – Col. John R. Leavelle, one of Newberry's
most honored citizens, died at 6:30 this afternoon, in the eightieth year of his
age. He had been suffering with rheumatism several days. He has been prominently
identified with the religious, social and commercial interests of the town for a
full half century. He was widely and favorably known throughout the southern
Baptist church, and at the time of his death, he was the senior deacon in the
first Baptist church. He held several positions of public trust in the county in
ante-bellum days. He married a daughter of Dr. Chalmers, of the county, and was
the father of sixteen children, of whom four sons and six daughters survive him.
One of his daughters is Mrs. J. F. Spearman of Columbia. He was a man of
singular purity of character and had the entire confidence of all who knew him.
He was especially loved by the young. His death will be sincerely mourned by the
entire community.
Frances
Bowers Long
Newberry Frances Bowers Long, 83, widow of William E.
"Bill" Long, formerly of Silverstreet, died Sunday, April 28, 2002.
Born in Newberry County, she was a daughter
of the late John H. and Annie Nichols Bowers.
Survivors: Sons, Jimmie Bowers and Eddy Long, both of Silverstreet a brother, Guy Bowers, of Newberry and four grandchildren. Predeceased: Sons, Johnny Long and Roy Long.
Visitation: 6:30 to 8 p.m. today at Whitaker Funeral Home.
Services: 2 p.m. Wednesday at Silverstreet Lutheran Church. Burial: Church
cemetery. Memorials: Silverstreet
Lutheran Church Organ Fund, 120 Long Street, Silverstreet, SC
29145.
John
Long
SILVERSTREET (--) Services
for John Grady Long, 96, will be held at 3 p.m. Monday at Silverstreet Lutheran
Church with burial in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at
the McSwain-Evans Funeral Home Sunday evening from 7 until 8:30 p.m. The family
suggests that those desiring may make memorials to Silverstreet Lutheran Church,
120 Long St., Silverstreet, SC 29145. McSwain-Evans Funeral Home in
charge.
John Long widower of Mrs. Bessie Sanders Long, died January 12, 2001, at Saluda Nursing Center. Born in Silverstreet, Mr. Long was a son of the late Henry Osborne and Daisy Dominick Long.
A graduate of Newberry College in 1925, and Draughons Business College in 1926, he served 43 years in varying capacities as teacher, coach, principal, and superintendent of schools at St. Charles School in Lee County, Mountville School in Laurens County, and Silverstreet Schools in Newberry County. During a thirty-nine year career in Newberry County Public Schools, he additionally served as vice-president then President of the Newberry County Education Association, opened one of the first Head Start programs in 1966, and maintained membership in the National Education Association, the South Carolina Education Association and the Newberry County Education Association. Before entering the educational profession, Mr. Long worked with his father in the lumber business and owned a mercantile business near Silverstreet. Additionally he was very active in community affairs throughout his life, including service on the Newberry County Memorial Hospital Board, Newberry County Development Board, Newberry County Retired Senior Citizens Advisory Committee, and the Silverstreet Boy Scout Troop Council. He was a charter member of the Newberry College Indian Club and a member of the local chapter of the Woodmen of the World. During World War II, Mr. Long served on the local Selective Service Registration Board, successfully chaired the local Red Cross Drives, and headed various projects locally to aid in the war effort. As a long time member of Silverstreet Lutheran Church, Mr. Long served on the Church Council numerous terms, sang in the choir, taught Sabbath Schools, and was elected as Superintendent of Sunday School, Church Treasurer, Church Secretary, and Secretary/Treasurer of the Sunday School over his lifetime. He also served on various councils through the years, including Constitution, Finance, and Pulpit committees. The degree of respect and appreciation for his civic and professional efforts was awarded with the naming of a new recreational facility as the a John G. Long Athletic field in Silverstreet, SC in 1997.
Surviving are 2 daughters, 1 sister-in-law, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren. He was
predeceased by daughter Catherine L. Wiles and her husband Evertte R.
Wiles.
Furman Long
Newberry - Furman Long, 78, died Sunday, Dec. 15, 2002. Born in Prosperity, he was a son of the late George Arthur and Love Taylor Long.
Survivors: Wife, Mrs.
Frances Shealy Long sons, Dial Long of Little Mountain and Glenn Long of
Newberry daughters, Brenda Freie of Columbia, Shirley Frick of Chapin and Julia
Long of Lexington eight grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Service: 2 p.m. today, at Colony Lutheran Church. Burial:
Church cemetery. Memorials: Colony Lutheran
Church, 48 Colony Church Rd., Newberry, SC 29108. -- McSwain-Evans Funeral
Home.
Horace Asbury Livingston Jr.
Pomaria Horace Asbury Livingston Jr., 69, of 799
Livingston Road, died Monday, March 27, 2000, at his residence.
Survivors: sisters, Frances L. Fulmer of
Marion, Lynn L. Ruff of Newberry, Magdalene L. Rikard of Batesburg, and Llewella
L. Fulmer of Pomaria and brothers, W. Felix, Leander G., Virgil C. and David N.
Livingston, all of Pomaria. Predeceased: parents, Horace A. Sr. and Essie Long
Livingston and one sister. Visitation:
7 to 8 p.m. today at McSwain-Evans Funeral Home. Service: 3 p.m. Wednesday at
Morris Chapel Southern Methodist Church. Burial: Church cemetery. Memorials:
Lutheran Hospice, 1505 Bull St., Columbia, SC 29126.
Leander
Livingston
POMARIA - Funeral services for Leander Graham Livingston, 59, will at 3:00 p.m. today at Morris Chapel Southern Methodist Church with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to the church, 1189 New Hope Road, Pomaria, SC 29126. McSwain-Evans Funeral Home is in charge. www.mcswainevans.com.
Mr. Livingston died March 11, 2004. Born in Pomaria, Mr. Livingston was a son of the late Horace Asbury Livingston Sr. and Essie Long Livingston. He was an Army veteran, a retired employee of Louis Rich Corp., a member of the Young Farmers of America, Woodmen of the World No. 1054, and Morris Chapel Southern Methodist Church.
Mr. Livingston is survived by his wife, Brenda Meade
Livingston; a son Matthew Livingston, and wife, Joni, of Waverley, NY;
daughters, and sons in law, Sandy and Ricky Kiker, Nancy and Wade Waites, and
Sherry Livingston, all of Pomaria; sisters, Frances Fulmer of Marion, Lynn Ruff
of Newberry, Magdalene Rikard of Batesburg, and Llewella Fulmer of Pomaria;
brothers Felix Livingston, Virgil Livingston, and David Livingston, all of
Pomaria; 5 grandchildren, Dillon Waites, Thomas Kiker, Leanna Kiker, Wyatt
Waites, and Malachi Livingston. He was predeceased by a brother, Asbury
Livingston Jr. and a sister, Florence Haltiwanger.
Thomas E. Livingston
POMARIA -
Thomas Edward Livingston, 60, Pomaria, died March 29, at Lexington Medical
Center.
Born in Newberry, Mr. Livingston was a son of the late Thomas O'Neal and Frances Stoudemire Livingston. He was retired from the South Carolina Department of Transportation and was currently employed by the LPA Group. He was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church, where he was active in the Men's Club and the church choir. He was also a member of the Young Farmers Association.
Mr. Livingston is survived by his wife, Janet Cromer Livingston; a son, Aaron O'Neal Livingston of Irmo; daughter, Jennifer (Wil) Jones of Anderson; sisters, Jessie L. Robbins of Lexington and Alliene L. Sease of Newberry; and two beautiful grandchildren, Jake and Ally. He was pre-deceased by a sister, Norma L. Knox.
Services will be held at 3 p.m. today, March 31, 2008, at New Hope United Methodist Church by the Rev. Richard Goldie. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Memorials may be made to New Hope United Methodist Church c/o 331 Holloway St., Pomaria, SC 29126.
Active pallbearers: Nick Waites, Morgan Sease, Mark
Livingston, Mike Livingston, Jody Haltiwanger and Barry Caton.
Honorary pallbearers: Members of the New Hope
Men's Club. McSwain-Evans Funeral Home
is entrusted with the arrangements.
Donald Livingston
CHARLESTON - The
relatives and friends of Donald K. Livingston are invited to attend his funeral
services at J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Greenridge Road Chapel, North Charleston, this
(Thursday) morning, June 30, 2005, at eleven o'clock. Graveside services will be
Friday, July 1, 2005, in Pomaria Cemetery, Newberry County at twelve o'clock
(noon). Friends may call at Stuhr's Greenridge Road Chapel. In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to Friends of The Hunley, Warren Lasch Conservation
Center, 1250 Supply Street, Bldg. 255, North Charleston, SC 29405.
Mr. Livingston was born May 22, 1943, in Newberry, South Carolina, the son of Petus Tillman Livingston and Lula Mae Swygert Livingston. Mr. Livingston was a retired machinist with G.E. Corporation and was a former associate with J. Henry Stuhr, Inc. Funeral Home. He was a member of the Hammerton Masonic Lodge, Scottish Rite, Omar Shrine Temple, Sons of the Confederacy-Secession Camp #4, and a volunteer with The Hunley Commission.
Surviving are two sons, Lt. Shawn K. Livingston of North
Charleston and Christopher R. (Livingston) Williamson of Albuquerque, New
Mexico; three sisters, Betty Smith of Columbia, SC, Madeline Free and Patsy
Slice both of Chapin, SC; and a grandson, James Collin Livingston of North
Charleston.