Joseph S. Avery, Sr.
Date of Birth: December 13, 1927
Date of Death: May 08, 2010
Service Date/Time: May 10, 2010 2:00 PM
Service Location: Harley Funeral Home Chapel
Services: Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday at Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Byars officiating. Burial with military honors will be in Rosemont cemetery in Clinton.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Joseph S. Avery, 82, of 1527 Rock House Road, husband of Pearl Pittman Avery died Saturday, May 08, 2010 at his home. born in Laurens County, he was a son of the late Ludie and Mary Metts Avery. He was an US Army veteran of the Korea Conflict and was a member of Redemption Baptist Church of Enoree, SC. Surviving in addition to his wife of the home are seven sons: Joey Avery, Jr., David Owens, both of Laurens, Allen Avery, Gene Avery, both of Clinton, Gene Owens, Stevie Owens, both of Greenwood and Carroll Owens of Hickory Tavern; three sisters: Geraldine Morris of Newberry, Sissy Nelson of Clinton and Linda Penland of Laurens; six brothers: Frank Avery, Jimmy Avery, Mac Avery, Bobby Avery, all of Clinton, Dub Avery and Buddy Avery, both of Laurens; nine grandchildren: Jamie Owens, Hailey Owens, Kaleb Avery, Corry Owens, Mandy Calvert, Dale Childress, Amanda Garrett, Charles Harrison and Benjamin Childress; and eleven great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Woody Owensby, Gary Owensby, Terry Taylor, Mike Waters, Bob Taylor and Stacy Hughes. The family is at the home.
John R. Johnson
Date of Death: May 06, 2010
Service Date/Time: May 12, 2010 2:00 PM
Service Location: Lutheran Church by the Lake
Services: A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Lutheran Church by the Lake. Memorials may be made to the family's favorite charities, the American Heart Association, 520 Gervais Street, Suite 300, Columbia, SC 29201 or to the National Parkinson Foundation, 1501 N.W. 9th Avenue, Bob Hope Road, Miami, FL 33136.
John Richard Johnson, of Savannah Lakes Village, passed away Thursday, May 6, 2010 at Self Regional Healthcare. John was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the son of Oscar and Madelon Johnson. He was a graduate of Coe College in Cedar Rapids. He spent most of his working career with Case New Holland in Human Resources specializing in Labor Relations. He was a past president of the Savannah Lakes Village Property Owners Association and a member of the Men's Golf Association. John is survived by Sue, his wife of 48 years, his daughter, Beth, of Duluth, Georgia and son, Lance, of Sherwood, Arkansas, and brothers, James and Robert Johnson, both of Cedar Rapids.
Elizabeth Vines
Date of Birth: May 26, 1918
Date of Death: May 06, 2010
Service Date/Time:
Service Location: Private service
Services: Services will be private. Memorials may be made to the Greenwood Humane Society, PO Box 242, Greenwood, SC 29648.
Elizabeth Nabors Vines, 91, widow of J. Sam Vines, Sr., died Thursday, May 6, 2010 at Savannah Heights Living Center, McCormick. born in Greenwood, she was a daughter of the late D. O. and Margaret Nickles Nabors. She was the owner of Dan Ella Cattle Farm and was a member of Mt. Lebanon United Methodist Church, where she was a former member of the choir and the United Methodist Women. Surviving are a daughter, Nancy Hellams of Greenwood; a son, Joe Vines, Jr. of Columbia; two sisters, Gladys Nabors Ouzts of Saluda and Bernice White of Greenwood; two brothers, Billy Nabors and Carl Nabors, both of Greenwood; two grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Huie Lee Williams
Date of Birth: January 20, 1940
Date of Death: May 05, 2010
No services are planned.
Huie Lee “PeeWee” Williams, or “Napoleon” to his CB friends, 70, died at his home on Wednesday, May 5, 2010. born in Monroe, GA, he was a son of the late Robert Lee Williams and Azzie Lee Morrison. He retired from Moore Business Forms and Defiance Metal and had also been employed as an agent for Life of Georgia, the Greenwood Mills Compound and Stockman’s Radio & TV. While at Moore, he organized Moore’s Clowns for employee and community events. He was a member of Mathews Lodge #358 A.F.M., where he served as Worshipful Master in 1986 and joined the Past Worshipful Master for Life Club in 1987. He was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Mary Pinckney Ouzts Chapter 1, and the Mason’s Advisory Board and served on the Leadership Correspondent Council of the International Supreme Council of the Order of Demolay from 1982-1984 and the Advisory Board of the International Order of Rainbow Girls from 1984-1985. He had served as a Cub Scout Master in Ninety Six and had been a volunteer fireman and rescue squad paramedic in Arkansas. He was a member of Jordan Memorial Baptist Church, Greenwood. He was preceded in death by a son, Michael Stevenson (Stevie) Williams. Surviving are his daughter, Julie Lynette Williams; a son, Thomas C. Williams; grandsons, Steven C. Williams, Thomas Lance Williams and Hunter Gordon; granddaughter, Michala Barnum; great granddaughter, Brooke Nicole Williams; a brother, Lanier Williams; a sister, Polly Smith and several nieces and nephews.
Florence Matthews
Date of Birth: November 12, 1929
Date of Death: May 04, 2010
Service Date/Time: May 07, 2010 11:00 AM
Service Location: Graveside Service - Greenwood Memorial Gardens
Services: Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Greenwood Memorial Gardens with the Rev. Dean Lollis and the Rev. Charles Sperry officiating. The family is at the home of her daughter, Dana Crenshaw, 102 Timber Lane. Memorials may be made to Lupo United Methodist Church, PO Box 49637, Greenwood, SC 29649.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at Harley Funeral Home on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Florence Elliott Matthews, 80, widow of Andrew Cauthen Matthews, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010. born in Greenwood on November 12, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Joseph Daniel Elliott, Sr. and Desdemona King Elliott. She attended Lander College and retired from Parke-Davis. She was a member of Lupo United Methodist Church. Surviving are two daughters, Dana Crenshaw and her husband, Roger, and Debbie Smathers and her husband, Jerry, all of Greenwood; two sons, Michael Matthews of Grand Rapids, MI and Tim Matthews and his wife, Rhonda, of Greenwood; seven grandchildren, who all referred to her as “GanGan”, Ian Smathers and Paige Walden, both of Greenwood, Jason Crenshaw, Robin Crenshaw and Matthew Crenshaw, all of Athens, GA, Melissa Matthews of Bryson City, NC and Graham Matthews of Greenwood; six great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews, some who called her “Aunt Pants”. She was preceded in death by a sister, Doris Rush and two brothers, Joe Dan Elliott, Jr. and Mack Elliott.
Garfield Bowick
Date of Death: April 30, 2010
Service Date/Time: May 02, 2010 3:00 PM
Service Location: McCormick Presbyterian Church
Services: Services will be today at 3:00 p.m. at McCormick Presbyterian Church with Pastor Eldredge Kelley officiating. Burial will be at McCormick City cemetery. Pallbearers will be Lamar Parsons, Chevis Parsons, Jeff Dukes, Daniel Dukes, Gary Gable, Mickey Goff, and Bert Storey. TIn lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to The McCormick ARP Church in care of Wilma Flannegan, 981 Holiday Rd, McCormick, SC 29835, or The American Cancer Society, PO Box 1741 Greenwood, SC 29648.
Visitation: The family is at the home and will receive friends before the service from 2:00 – 3:00 at the church.
Garfield Augustus Bowick, Jr., 80, of 608 Carolina St., McCormick, died Friday, April 30, 2010 at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood. born in McCormick, he was the son of the late Garfield A. Bowick, Sr. and Ada Bon Bowick. He worked at Milliken for 25 years in McCormick before retiring from Strom’s Drug Store. Mr. Bowick was a member of McCormick Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Surviving are a sister, Lillie Belle “Dot” Parsons of McCormick; niece Mamie Parsons of Clinton; two nephews, Chevis Parsons of Columbia and Major Lamar Parsons of El Paso TX; nieces, Barbara Self of Parksville, Peggy Beasley of Hodges, Sue Dukes of Parksville, Dorothy McManus of Columbia, and Miriam Laswell of Plum Branch; and nephew Lonnie McManus of Greenwood. He was preceded in death by his wife, Frances McCreight Bowick; brothers Charlie Bowick and James Bowick; sisters Jessie McManus, Louise McManus, and Evelyn Dukes; and nephew Mack Parsons.
Hazel Weeks
Date of Birth: June 04, 1936
Date of Death: April 28, 2010
Service Date/Time: April 30, 2010 11:00 AM
Service Location: Harley Funeral Home Chapel
Services: Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ronnie Merritt and the Rev. Lamar Wright officiating. The family is at the home.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Hazel Smallwood Weeks, 73, of 2 Luke Lane, Greenville, wife of Samuel Weeks, died Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. born in Banks County, GA, she was a daughter of the late Hubert Henry and Mittie Ann Wilson Smallwood. She was a housewife and grandma and was a member of Free Life Church. She was preceded in death by two sons, Wilson Ralph Anderson and William Wendell Anderson. Surviving is her husband of the home; a daughter, Norma Jean Gilliland of Greenwood; three sons, Randy Smallwood of Honea Path, Jimmy Anderson and Ricky Anderson, both of Greenville; a step daughter, Pam Sweat of Greenwood; two sisters, Susie Roddy of Greenville and Gaynell Smith of Greenwood; a brother, William Smallwood of Ninety Six; 17 grandchildren and 32 great grandchildren.
Frances Lavender
Date of Birth: April 06, 1919
Date of Death: April 26, 2010
Service Date/Time: April 28, 2010 11:00 AM
Service Location: South Greenwood Pentecostal Holiness Church
Services: Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at South Greenwood Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Rev. Lawrence Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Memorial Gardens. Honorary escort will be Guy Reed, Rufus Padgett, John Williams, Donald Gunnells and Myron Toney. In memory of Mrs. Lavender, memorials may be made to South Greenwood Pentecostal Holiness Church, PO Drawer C, Greenwood, SC 29648. The family is at the home.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at Harley Funeral Home on Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m. The body will be placed in the church at 10 a.m. on Wednesday.
Frances Cooper Lavender, 91, of 506 Saco Street, widow of James Milton Lavender, died Monday, April 26, 2010 at Self Regional Medical Center. born in Greenville County, she was a daughter of the late Fritz and Emma Balcombe Cooper. She was retired from Greenwood Mills, where she was a member of the Quarter Century Club. She was a member of South Greenwood Pentecostal Holiness Church, where she taught the Frances Lavender Class for 52 years. She was the recipient of the Upper SC Conference Sunday School Teacher of the Year in 2000 and 2001 and the 1995 recipient of the Amethyst Award for Outstanding Christian Leadership. In addition to her husband of 49 years, she was also preceded in death by sisters, Allie B. Long and Azilee Cooper and brothers, Coke, John, Rueben, Otto, Estee, Rinza and Junior Cooper. Surviving are her daughter, Judy Morrison, of Lenoir, NC; two sons, Johnnie Lavender of Easley and Michael Lavender of the home; a sister, Vivian Bigham of Greenville; two grandchildren; four step grandchildren; seven great grandchildren and 21 nieces and nephews.
Chuck Butler
Date of Birth: November 28, 1954
Date of Death: April 26, 2010
Service Date/Time: April 29, 2010 3:00 PM
Service Location: Harley Funeral Home Chapel
Services: Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robbie Burton officiating. Burial will be in Oakbrook Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Johnny Reeves, Kyle Hanke, Russell Vines, Tony Argo, Roy Swink and Jason Loveless. Honorary escort will be the employees of Covidien. It is respectfully requested that flowers be omitted and memorials made to HospiceCare of the Piedmont, 408 W. Alexander Avenue, Greenwood, SC 29646.
Visitation: The family will recieve friends Wednesday night from 6:00 until 8:00p.m.
Charles E. “Chuck” Butler, 55, of 726 Truett Street, died Monday, April 26, 2010 at his home. born in Greenwood, he was a son of the late James Robert and Susie Mae Tullis Butler. He was employed by Covidien for 34 years, was an avid Atlanta Braves fan and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents, he was also preceded in death by a brother, Robert Wayne “Bo Bo” Butler. Surviving is his long time companion, Mary Goodman, of Greenwood; a daughter, Jessica, of Greenwood; two sisters, Mary Rice of the home and Nancy Hanke of Greenwood; two brothers, William “Billy” Butler and his wife, Barbara, of Hodges and John Michael “Mike” Butler of Greenwood; grandchildren, Andrew and Karleigh; nieces and nephews, Britt and Jenny Rice, Chris Butler, Joey Butler, Mary Susan Butler, Layce Gunter, Robbie Butler and R. J. Hanke; great nieces and nephews, Jackson Rice, Andrew Butler, Veda Butler and Tristan Butler.
Ann Getsinger
Date of Birth: August 23, 1944
Date of Death: April 26, 2010
Service Date/Time: April 29, 2010 4:00 PM
Service Location: Rehoboth United Methodist Church
Services: Services will be at 4 p.m. Thursday at Rehoboth United Methodist Church with the Rev. Keith Sweat and the Rev. Carlos Fincannon officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Wendall Adams, Joel Whatley, Dennis Seymour, Shane Weatherford, Richard Woodruff and David Brazell. Honorary escort will be the members of the Fellowship Class at Rehoboth United Methodist Church. The family is at the home.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at Harley Funeral Home on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. The body will be placed in the church at 3 p.m. on Thursday.
Ann Hayes Getsinger, 65, of 322 Phoenix Road, widow of Joe Ronald “Pete” Getsinger, died Monday, April 26, 2010 at Self Regional Medical Center. born in Dillon, she was raised at Epworth Children’s Home in Columbia and was a member of Rehoboth United Methodist Church and the Fellowship Class. Surviving are her daughter, Brenda Getsinger and her wife, Janet, of Atlanta, GA; two sons, Wade Getsinger and his wife, Cindy, and Clay Getsinger, all of Greenwood; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Agnes and Wade Arnette of Moncks Corner and Clara and Tom Brown of Canton, NC; a brother and sister-in-law, Doug and June Hayes of Moore; three grandchildren, Austin Getsinger, Brianna Getsinger and Jacob Getsinger, all of Greenwood.
Samuel Lowe
Date of Birth: July 05, 1918
Date of Death: April 21, 2010
Service Date/Time: April 23, 2010 3:00 PM
Service Location: Harley Funeral Home Chapel
Services: Services will be at 3 p.m. Friday at the Harley Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Andy Bowers and the Rev. Bennie Ridlehoover officiating. Burial will be in Oakbrook Memorial Park. Pallbearers will be Alan Lowe, Sam Lowe, Tommy Bennett, Steve Ridlehoover, Steve Langley and Joe Ridlehoover. Honorary escort will be Wayne Ridlehoover and Mel Riley. The family is at the home. Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina Pallative Foundation, 231 Hampton Avenue, Suite A, Greenwood, SC 29646 or to the Greenwood Humane Society, PO Box 242, Greenwood, SC 29648.
Visitation: The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Samuel McGowan Lowe, 91, of 134 Allison Drive, husband of Gladys King Lowe, died Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at Savannah Heights Living Center, McCormick. born in Edgefield, he was a son of the late Hiram Pugh and Katherine Jackson Lowe. He retired from Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works, was a US Army-Air Force veteran of World War II and was a Mason for more than 60 years. He was a member of Jordan Memorial Baptist Church. He was first married
to the late Ellen Ridlehoover Lowe for 62 years. Surviving is his wife of Greenwood; two sons and daughters-in-law, Luther Samuel and Carolyn Lowe of Greenville and Bennie Allen and Dianne Lowe of Greenwood; three grandchildren, Alan Lowe, Sam Lowe and Mary Beth Bennett and four great grandchildren, Katie Lowe, Josh Lowe, Lee Bennett and Jacob Bennett.
