U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
David Burton
06/20/2007
DAVID BURTON
Walhalla – David Burton, 37 husband of Stephanie Dawn Moore Burton, of 105 Skyview Dr. died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 in Seneca.
Born in Oconee County to Larry Joe and Margaret Virginia Gillespie Burton of Seneca, Mr. Burton was employed by Northland Cable Company where he was a customer service technician.
He was the den leader for Boy Scout Troop #47 and attended Foothills Community Church.
Surviving in addition to his wife Stephanie, are children, Bailey T. Buchanan, Madison D. Buchanan, Jada D. Burton and Emma R. Burton all of the home. Also surviving are two children by a previous marriage, brothers Paul and Andy Burton and sisters Sherri Ann Sellers and Angie D. Miller.
Funeral services will be 2 pm, Saturday, June 23, 2007 at Seneca Baptist Church.
Burial will follow at Heritage Memorial Gardens.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 pm, Friday, June 22, 2007 at the Sandifer Funeral Home in Westminster.
The family will be at the residence and the home of parents Larry and Margaret Burton, 519 W. N. 4th St., Seneca, SC.
Memorials may be made In Loving Memory of David Burton for the children’s education, c/o Stephanie Burton, 105 Skyview Dr., Walhalla, SC 29691.
Bill Robertson
06/20/2007
BILL ROBERTSON
Westminster – William “Bill” Robertson, 74 of 2298 Hwy 59 died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at his residence.
Born in Anderson County in 1933 to the late Billy and Bernice Hipps Robertson, he was a mechanic and was self-employed as a truck driver for 32 years with Davis Company. He was of the Catholic faith.
Survivors include his wife Dixie Lynn Davis Roberts of the home, sons, Roger Dale Robinson, Raymond Junior Robinson, Ralph William Robinson, DJ Wood and Robert Martin Robertson, step-son Ronnie Joe Stancil, daughters Ruby Ann Robinson, Rudean Swafford and Lesley Wood and 14 grandchildren.
Twice married, his first wife, Frances Ruth Robinson and his parents precede him in death.
Funeral services will be 2 PM, Friday, June 22, 2007 in the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home in Westminster.
Burial will follow in Beaverdam Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM, Thursday, June 21, 2007 at the funeral home.
The family is at the residence. Flowers are accepted.
Jim Strigle
06/19/2007
JIM STRIGLE
Anderson –In the company of beloved friends and family, singing praises to his Lord, James H. “Jim” Strigle, 69 passed into the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, at 9:10 pm, June 19, 2007 at Hospice House in Anderson.
Born in Baltimore, MD, a son of the late James Ozzy Strigle and Agnes Guthrie.
He was a graduate of Mt. St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Baltimore and attended Harvard University.
He was a veteran of the United States Coast Guard.
Jim was formerly national promotions manager for Bristol Myers and formerly national promotions manager for Dritz-Covill in Spartanburg.
He founded Omni Office Products and formerly served as promotions director for Channel 40 WAXA TV in Anderson.
Later he was district manager for the Anderson Independent Mail and his most delighted in position was customer service representative “bagboy” with Publix Market, where he met and served everyone in Anderson.
He loved music since childhood and served as percussionist in the Praise Band at Cornerstone Assembly of God.
Surviving is the love of his life and best friend, his wife, Karen Stewart Strigle of the home, a son, James Michael Strigle of Taylors, three daughters, Joyce Anne Strigle Taylor and husband Marty of Spartanburg, Jennifer Frick Berg of Spartanburg and Julie Frick Wojcik and husband Paul of Hendersonville, NC.
Also surviving are the apples of his eyes, his grandchildren Brooklynn Alysse Porter of Hendersonville, NC, Lindsey Anne Taylor of Spartanburg, David Lawrence Berg of Spartanburg and John-Wesley Reinhold Berg also of Spartanburg.
His former wife Elsie Strigle of Spartanburg also survives him.
He also leaves behind his “beloved entourage”, his hospice care team of Allison, Kristy, Martha, Amber, Kandy, and the precious nursing staff at Hospice House in Anderson.
The family will receive friends at 10:30 AM Saturday, June 23, 2007 in the foyer of Cornerstone Assembly of God, Brown Road and Liberty Hwy., Anderson.
The family requests the honor of your presence at a celebration of Jim’s life at 11 AM in the church sanctuary with Pastor Ed Nelson and music ministers Mark Bunney and Jeff Brannon officiating.
A private burial was held Thursday, June 21, 2007 at Ramsey Creek Preserve in Westminster, SC.
The family requests that flowers be omitted and memorials be made to Hospice of the Upstate, 1825 Rogers Road, Anderson, SC 29621.
Lance Lindenfield
08/20/2007
LANCE LINDENFIELD
Westminster, S.C. – Lance Michael Lindenfield, 66 of 107 Point Place Dr. died Monday, August 20, 2007 at Oconee Memorial Hospital.
He was born in Newark, New Jersey in 1940; he lived in the Hackettstown area over ten years.
Mr. Lindenfield was a Mason and a Cub Scout Leader.
He was a foster parent in New Jersey and Georgia and volunteered in many civic organizations in addition to being a counselor on a drug help line.
Mr. Lindenfield was a member of the Mountain Park Masonic Lodge #729 in Stone Mtn., GA.
He was a manufacturing sales representative and has owned and operated a vacuum cleaner business.
His wife, Margarite Padula Lindenfield, daughter Kris Abouyan of Canton, GA and brother and sister in law Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Padula survive him.
His parents, Fabian and Evelyn Levowsky Lindenfield, predecease him.
Graveside services will be 2 pm, Friday, August 24, 2007 at Hackettstown Union Cemetery in Hackettstown, New Jersey.
The family will receive friends from 1 – 2 pm, prior to the service at the Cochran Funeral Home in Hackettstown, NJ where Masonic rites will be given.
In lieu of flowers the family requests memorials to Hospice of the Foothills Foundation, 390 Keowee School Rd., Seneca, SC 29672.
Arrangements by Sandifer Funeral Home, Westminster, SC
Cochran Funeral Home, Hackettstown, NJ
Mandy Floyd
08/04/2007
MANDY FLOYD
WESTMINSTER
Mandy Virginia Brown Floyd, 87, of 424 Budner Dr., Westminster, died Saturday, August 4, 2007 at her residence.
Born in Atlanta, Ga., she was the widow of the late James Edward Floyd and was a homemaker.
Survivors: Sons – Jim Floyd of Cullman, Ala., Ralph Floyd of Westminster & Joe Floyd of Omaha, Ala.
Daughters – Ethel Delp of Jacksonville, Ala. & Linda Simmons of Columbus, Ga.
12 Grandchildren and 14 Great-Grandchildren.
In addition to her husband, her parents, Daniel Gustus & Lydia Charlotte Ethridge Brown precede her death.
Burial will be in Cullman, Ala.
Leler Harbin
08/16/2007
Westminster – Leler Mae Blair Harbin, 90 of 535 Smith Dairy Rd., died Thursday, August 16, 2007 at her residence.
Born in Oconee County in 1917 she was homemaker and a member of Earles Grove Baptist Church.
Surviving are sons Ross Harbin, Earl Harbin and wife Katherine and Doyle Harbin and wife Bonnie all of Westminster, daughter Nancy Rankin and husband Jimmy of Mtn. Rest, four grandchildren, Judy Johns, Farmer Harbin, Beverly Seigler and Rhonda Broome, three great grandchildren and caretakers Edna and Diane Craig.
Mrs. Harbin was precede in death by her husband Lawrence Harbin her parents Farmer and Elizabeth Burdette Harbin, her son Jonas Coy Harbin and brother Leonard Burdette and a great grandchild Cory Johns.
Funeral services will be 2 pm, Sunday, August 19, 2007 in the Sandifer Funeral Home Chapel in Westminster.
Burial will follow in the Earles Grove Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends 6-8 pm, Saturday, August 18, 2007 at the funeral home.
The family is at the residence.
Flowers are accepted or memorials in her memory may be made to Hospice of the Foothills Foundation, 390 Keowee School Rd., Seneca, SC 29672.
Betty Harbert
08/14/2007
Westminster – Betty Faye Schaffer Wisniewski Harbert, 65 of 715 Schaffer Rd., died Tuesday, August 14, 2007 at Regency – St. Francis Hospital in Greenville.
Born in Oconee County in 1942, Mrs. Harbert was retired from JP Stevens Clemson Plant where she was a long time employee.
She was a long time member of St. Francis Catholic Church and a member of the Lake and Mountain Quilt Guild.
Survivors include husband Welton Henry Harbert of the home, son Mark William Wisniewski and wife Patty of Clemson, two grandchildren Thomas Skelton III and Jessie Wisniewski, two brothers Michael Schaffer and wife Sheila of Pendleton and Richard Schaffer of Westminster, two nieces, two nephews, a number of very dear cousins and her beloved pets.
She is pre-deceased by her first husband Thomas Leonard Wisniewski and parents Fred Roy and Blanche Barnum Schaffer.
Funeral services will be at 11:30 am, Friday, August 17, 2007 at St. Francis Catholic Church with Father Jeff Kirby officiating.
Burial will follow at Oconee Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends 6-8 pm, Thursday, August 16, 2007 at the Sandifer Funeral Home in Westminster.
The family is at the residence. Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Foothills Foundation, 390 Keowee School Rd., Seneca, SC 29672 or to the National Fibromyalgia Assn., 2121 S Towne Center Place, Suite 300, Anaheim, CA 92806.
Thelma Hammock
08/15/2007
Westminster, SC – Thelma Youngblood Hammock, 78, of 120 Starcraft Drive, died early Wednesday morning at her home.
Mrs. Hammock was born in Thomaston, Georgia, a daughter of the late Ossie and Martha Gooch Youngblood.
She was a homemaker and a member of South Union Baptist Church.
Mrs. Hammock was twice married, first to the late Thomas Caldwell and then to the late James Hammock.
Survivors include her daughter Jane Caldwell Ellis of Thomaston, GA, two grandchildren Michael Shane Ellis and Shannon Ellis Franquero and her husband Chris, a great grandchild Steven Dale Ellis and a granddaughter-in-law Angela Ellis, also a number of nieces and nephews and inlaws.
Funeral services will be conducted 11:30 AM Thursday, August 16, 2007 in the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home, Westminster, SC with the Reverend Don Corley and the Reverend Calvin Smith officiating.
Burial will be 4:30 PM Thursday at Southview Cemetery in Thomaston, GA with the Reverend Terry Hunter officiating.
The family will receive friends from 10:30 to 11:30 AM Thursday at Sandifer Funeral Home in Westminster, SC.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Medi Home Hospice, 209 Center Park Drive Suite A, Seneca, SC 29678 or to South Union Baptist Church Building Fund, 510 South Union Road, Westminster, SC 29693.
Sandifer Funeral Home is serving the Hammock family.
Dewey Bowen
08/24/2007
Westminster – Dewey Ryal Bowen, 88, of 5857 West Oak Hwy, died Friday, August 24, 2007 at his home.
Born in Oconee County in 1918, Mr. Bowen was a member of the Westminster Rotary Club; he was a Paul Harris Fellow and a founder of the Westminster Rotary Club Scholarship Fund, a member of the Cattleman’s Association and Bethel Baptist Church.
He was the owner of B & B Pipeline Company.
Surviving is wife Lula Bess Keese Bowen of the home, sons Dewey Keese Bowen of Walhalla, John Ryal Bowen and Edward Eubanks Bowen both of Westminster, daughters Mahala Bowen Moore of Colbert, GA., and Peggy Bowen Moore of Westminster, brothers John Hulan Bowen of Mobile, AL, sister Ethelda Bowen Ables of Sanford, FL, 10 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
His parents Adger DeWitt and Ethel Eubanks Bowen, brother Lamar Bowen and sisters Francis, B. Hough, Wyona Richey and Patricia Garrison precede him in death.
The family will receive friends 4-6 pm, Sunday, August 26, 2007 at the Sandifer Funeral Home in Westminster.
A private family burial will be held on Monday, August 27, 2007 in the Bowen Family Cemetery.
The family is at the home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Westminster Rotary Club Scholarship Fund, c/o Connie Spencer, Westminster Rotary, 118 W. Windsor St., Westminster, SC 29693.
Betty Leroy
08/23/2007
Seneca – Betty Emma Crymes Leroy, 78, of 455 Lawrence Bridge Rd., died Thursday, August 23, 2007 at Greenville Memorial Hospital.
Born in Greenville County in 1929, Mrs. Leroy was a homemaker.
Surviving are sons Floyd Clifton “Nut” Leroy, Jr., Donnie Wayne Leroy and James Richard “Rick” Leroy all of Seneca, daughters Sarah Brown and Betty Johnson both of Seneca, sister Frances Beech of Hickory, NC, ten grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and two expected great grandchildren.
Her husband, the late Floyd Clifton Leroy, son Billy Edward Leroy, parents Bub and Delia McJunkin Crymes, brother James Crymes and sister Willie Mae Justice predecease her.
Funeral services will be 11:30 am, Saturday, August 25, 2007 in the Chapel of Sandifer Funeral Home in Westminster.
Burial will follow at Oconee Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 10-11 am, Saturday prior to the service at the funeral home.
The family is at their respective homes. Flowers are accepted.
Christopher Shook
08/22/2007
Seneca – Christopher Stanley Shook, 33, of 114 Cottonwood Drive, passed away Wednesday, August 22, 2007.
The beloved son of Stanley and Carol Shook of Westminster.
He graduated from West-Oak High School, attended Western Carolina University, and was a nationally certified massage therapist.
Chris enjoyed the outdoors and especially fishing and hiking.
Chris is survived by grandmothers, Lois Duvall of Westminster and Helen Shook of Robbinsville, NC.
Other survivors include loving aunts, uncles, cousins, a host of friends and his special canine, Frances.
His grandfathers, Darce Duvall and William Shook predeceased him.
The family will receive friends at Sandifer Funeral Home in Westminster on Saturday, August 25, 2007 from 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm.
A graveside service will be held at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Walhalla at 5:00 pm.
Flowers are accepted or memorials to Faith Baptist Church Building Fund, PO Box 296, Westminster, SC 29693.
