U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Carl E. Osborne
December 7, 2009
Carl E. Osborne, 74, of Whitmire, died Monday, December 7, 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Born in Whitmire, he was a son of the late Evans and Maude Deloach Osborne. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Mr. Osborne founded the Security Department of Whitten Center where he served as the chief of the Department for twenty plus years.
He was a life member of Eastern Star and the Masons and held membership in Masonic Lodge 176. He was a member of the Pentecostal Holiness Church and attended New Life Christian Fellowship Church.
Mr. Osborne was a caring and giving person who loved family, antique cars and fishing. He lived life to its fullest.
Surviving are his wife, Pat Hughes Osborne; two daughters and their spouses, Carla and Al Armfield of Whitmire and Laurie and John Lewis of Little Mountain; a son and his wife, John and Pam Osborne of Columbia; five grandchildren, Alex, Haley and Christa Armfield and Andy and Brittney Longshore; and a number of nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, Jessie “Sonny” Osborne and a sister, Dessie O. McClellan.
Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 A.M. Thursday at Whitmire Presbyterian Church by Rev. Dick Webber, Rev. Webster Curry and Pastor Bill Yon. Interment was in Whitmire Cemetery.
The family was at the home of Carla and Al Armfield, 1398 Coleman Ave., Whitmire and did receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at Whitmire Presbyterian Church, 1509 South Church St., Whitmire, SC.
Pallbearers were Donnie Boland, Carlton Hall, Andy Longshore, Alex Armfield, John Frye, Al Armfield, John Lewis and Drew Riddle.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr. William Stuck and Dr. Mark Davis.
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James F. Slice
December 6, 2009
James F. Slice, 49, of 667 Hollands Landing Rd, Prosperity, died Sunday at his residence.
He was born in Prosperity on April 17, 1960 to Jennings B. and Katie Mae Mills Slice. He was a member of Macedonia Lutheran Church.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Debra (Brian) Freund of Prosperity; brother, Mike (Eltis) Slice of Prosperity; a number of nieces and nephews and a great niece.
Graveside funeral services were conducted at 2:00 P.M. Thursday in Newberry Memorial Gardens by Rev. Randy Derrick and Rev. Waco Cotney.
Visitation were from 5:30 to 7:30 P.M. Wednesday at Whitaker Funeral Home in Newberry.
Memorials may be made to James F. Slice Fund, c/o Whitaker Funeral Home, 1704 College St., Newberry, SC 29108.
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Emmer Miller Hazel
December 6, 2009
Emmer Miller Hazel, 81, of Newberry, died Sunday, December 06, 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
She was born in Newberry on March 18, 1928, a daughter of the late Frank C. and Thelma Sligh Miller. She was a former employee of Damon International and was a member of Colony Lutheran Church, the WELCA and the Adult Sunday School.
Mrs. Hazel is survived by her husband, R. Lamar Hazel of the home; her daughter, Patsy Miller Long of Newberry, grandsons, Jamey H. (Veronica) Long, Jeffrey H. (Tara) Long, Jason H. (Dana) Long and John H. (Susie) Long all of Newberry, brothers, Eddie C. Miller of Newberry and Burnet “Buck” R. Miller of Aiken; great grandchildren, Bethany, Jami, Justin, Kaytlyn, Kelsey, Kristin, Marley, Brantlee, Johnny, Grayson, Ava Grace, Jeremiah, Sydney, Adrian, Yasmine, Fernando and Moisis; step children, Nancy Sangeline, Charles H. “Chuck” Hazel, Robert “Robin” Hazel and Susan Derrick and many step-grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was predeceased by her brother, John H. Miller and her sister, Ophelia M. Cox Leitzsey.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 P.M. Wednesday at Colony Lutheran Church by the Rev. Jerry Trantham. Burial were in the Church Cemetery.
The family did receive friends from 5:00 to 6:30 P.M. Tuesday at Whitaker Funeral Home in Newberry.
Pallbearers were Jamey H. Long, Jeffrey H. Long, Jason H. Long, John H. Long, Allen B. Cox, Austin B. Cox, Frank Leitzsey and Robin Hazel.
Honorary pallbearers were Chuck Hazel and the members of Colony Adult Sunday School.
Memorials may be made to Colony Lutheran Church, New Bus Fund, 48 Colony Church Road, Newberry, SC 29108.
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William P. Crawford
December 2, 2009
William P. Crawford, 86, of 4506 SC Highway 560, Kinards, passed away Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
He was born on March 9, 1923 in Silverstreet to the late W. J. H. and Margaret Livingston Crawford.
Mr. Crawford was a member of Hopewell United Methodist Church and retired from Greenwood Mills, Joanna Plant. He was an Army Veteran of World War II and a member of the American Legion and VFW Clinton Post 5932.
Mr. Crawford is survived by a son and daughter-in-law; Ted L. and Libby B. Crawford of Enoree; two granddaughters and spouses, Amy C. and Jeremy Hudson of Enoree and Kim C. and Tim Workman of Kinards; great-grandchildren, Parker Workman, Brittany Workman, Taylor Hudson, and Jordan Hudson; and a sister-in-law, Evelyne Bishop of Kinards. He was predeceased by his wife, Josie Bishop Crawford and a sister, Luvania Smith.
The family is at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Tim Workman, 4984 SC Highway 560, Kinards, SC 29355 and will receive friends from 7:00 to 8:30 P.M. Friday at the Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry.
Funeral services were conducted at 11:00 A.M., Saturday at Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Jimmy Counts. Interment was at Newberry Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers were Doug Clark, Tim Workman, Jeremy Hudson, Randolph Johnson, Kevin Moore, Mike Longshore, and Ed Ettinger.
Honorary pallbearers were members of Hopewell United Methodist Church.
Memorials may be made to Hopewell United Methodist Church, 1557 Hopewell Church Road, Clinton, SC, 29325.
Rev. Charles Warren Nanney
Nov. 22, 2009
Charles Warren Nanney, 88, passed away on Nov. 22 in Forest City, NC. Born in 1921, the youngest of 17 half-siblings, he grew up in Union Mills, NC and attended Alexander School before entering Wake Forest College in 1938. There he especially enjoyed literature and mathematics, but with World War II imminent he enlisted as an aviation cadet in 1941, pursuing what became a lifelong passion for flying. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor that year, he and his beloved Rachel Johnson, of Rutherfordton, eloped on Christmas Day, 1941. As a second lieutenant celestial navigator in the Army Air Corps, Charles served first as an aviation instructor, then as navigator of a B-17 bomber outfitted for air-sea rescue. With the 5th Air Force in the 3rd Emergency Rescue Squadron, he completed 34 missions in the Pacific theater, flying his final mission photographing Hiroshima after its bombing. Returning home a 1st lieutenant, he and Rachel moved to Raleigh, NC in 1946, where he completed a degree in textile engineering, then returned to Spindale Mills where he became head of the Industrial Engineering Department. During those years, two daughters were born to Charles and Rachel—Judith, in 1946, and Lisa, in 1951. Feeling called to the ministry, however, Charles resigned from the textile industry, and he and Rachel took their young family to Louisville, Ky. to Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he earned a postgraduate degree. After graduation in 1955, he became pastor of Swepsonville Baptist Church, near Burlington, NC where a third daughter, Tracy, completed their family in 1957. The following year, Charles accepted a pastorate in Greenville, SC at Hampton Heights Baptist Church where he and Rachel served for sixteen years. In 1974 Charles become pastor of First Baptist Church of Newberry, SC, where he ministered until retiring in 1981 after heart bypass surgery. Returning in retirement to Union Mills, where he and Rachel had built a house, they gardened, travelled, and became active in Round Hill Church, which his family had attended when he was a boy, and later at First Baptist in Rutherfordton. In retirement he served as interim pastor at Hampton Heights as well as at Calvary Baptist and Fellowship Baptist in Rutherfordton. When Rachel became ill with Alzheimer’s disease, Charles ultimately moved into a Winston-Salem retirement community to stay beside her when she entered a nursing home there, nearer the homes of their daughters Judith (Ginn), Lisa, and Tracy. In the years after Rachel’s death in 2005, Charles remarried; he and his second wife, Grace McCaskill, a lifelong friend to Charles and Rachel, lived at Rolling Green Retirement Community in Greenville until Grace’s death in 2007. Despite recurrent health problems, Charles energetically assumed new forms of ministry after he returned in 2007 to his home community in Rutherford County, NC. There, he taught Bible classes and Sunday School at his church, First Baptist in Rutherfordton; he ministered in song and story to those in local nursing homes; he was instrumental in establishing and marshalling resources for the Union Mills Learning Center. Musically gifted, he composed, published, and recorded sacred songs. A talented writer and speaker, he wrote and published privately a family history as well as a volume, soon forthcoming, of his sermons, poems, and stories of local history. He still enjoyed growing flowers, feeding the birds, playing the keyboard and autoharp, quoting poems and scripture and telling stories of his experiences in World War II, and he would take flight in a small plane at any opportunity. The profound sense of loss felt by his family and all who knew him will be comforted by the knowledge that he was, in his own words, “an old navigator who found his way home at last.” Charles Nanney is predeceased by his parents, Albert and Harriet Ellis Byrd Nanney and by his seventeen half-siblings. Besides his daughters, he is survived by two grandsons, Adam and Stuart Ginn; four great-grandchildren—Kate, Isabelle, and Ava Ginn, and Charles Ginn, all of Winston-Salem; and numerous extended family in and around Rutherford Cty. A graveside service for the family was held at 10:30 AM Dec. 7 at Round Hill Church, Union Mills, followed by a memorial service at 1 PM at First Baptist Church, Rutherfordton. A memorial service was also take place at 1 PM Dec. 15 at Hampton Heights Baptist Church, Greenville, SC. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Union Mills Learning Center, P.O. Box 210, Union Mills, NC 28167 (unionmillslearningcenter.org); to Round Hill Baptist Church, 6585 Hudlow Rd., Union Mills, NC 28167 (roundhillbaptistchurchnc.org); or to First Baptist Church of Rutherfordton, 246 N. Main St., Rutherfordton, NC 28139
Rev. Paul B. Cobb
January 21, 2010
Reverend Paul B. Cobb, 87, of Charlotte, NC, passed away on January 21, 2010 at The Cypress. He was born on September 22, 1922 in Greensboro, NC, a son of the late A.C. and Hyacinth Mangum Cobb.
He was a graduate of Duke University, A.B. Degree, Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, M. Div. Degree, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, M.Ed. Degree. His ordination took place on October 7, 1945 by the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina, at Union Lutheran Church, Salisbury, NC.
Parishes served by Reverend Cobb were; Calvary Lutheran Church, Concord, NC 1945-49, Alamance Lutheran Church, Alamance, NC 1949-53, Ascension Lutheran Church, Shelby, NC 1953-60, Woman's Memorial Lutheran Church, Pulaski, VA 1960-64 and St. Thomas Lutheran Church, Charlotte, NC 1964-84. A retired pastor since 1984, he served part-time on the staff at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Charlotte; and provided assistance to various Mecklenburg County Lutheran churches as needed.
He was a board member of the Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary and the Home Mission Committee Synod.
Reverend Cobb had been a member of Kiwanis International since 1945, and a ten year member of the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte. He served on the Executive Board of the American Red Cross and the American Cancer Society, as well as on the Advisory Council of the Adult Rehabilitation Center operated by the Salvation Army in Charlotte.
He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Louise Bowers Cobb, daughter, Ellen Cobb Yates and husband, John C. Yates, and grandson, John Paul Yates. His daughter, Rosalyn Cobb preceded him in death.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, January 25, 2010 at St. Marks's Lutheran Church with the Reverend Peter Brown and the Reverend Bradley Schmeling, officiating. The family will receive friends following the service in the Gathering Place at St. Mark's. Interment will take place at 1 p.m. on Tuesday at Rosemont Cemetery in Newberry, SC.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Fund for Leadership, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, 8765 W. Higgins Road, Chicago, IL 60631, or to Duke University Chapel Choir, Box 90974, Durham, NC 27708.
Harry & Bryant Company is serving the family.
Josephine "Jo" Harris Layton
January 19, 2010
Josephine “Jo” Addison Harris Layton, 90, of Springfield Place and formerly of Jessica Avenue, Newberry died Tuesday, January 19, 2010 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Layton was born in Laurens County on July 17, 1919 a daughter of the late Richard Gray and Erin Addison Harris. She was a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the Women’s College of Furman University and taught for many years in the public schools of Newberry County.
She was an involved member of O’Neal Street United Methodist Church, where she served as a church school teacher, lay delegate, and Chairperson of the Administrative Council. She was active district-wide in the U.M.W. serving as both an officer and member. Mrs. Layton was a Past President and member of the Newberry County Retired Teachers Association and a Board Member of the South Carolina Retired Teachers Association. She was an officer and a member of the Fidelis Delta Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa and was a member of the Newberry Literary Study Club. Mrs. Layton assisted with the publication of the Newberry County Family History book and enjoyed many other community and civic activities.
She is survived by nieces and nephews, Linda Harris Brown (Ted Raymond) Fansher of Spartanburg, Susan Harris Grady of Greenville, Nancy Harris (Dr. Edward Morris) Abrams of Myrtle Beach; Neal (Floride) Dickert of Augusta, David (Barbara) Dickert of Eureka, MO, Barbara (Dalton) Parker of Columbia, Nan (Larry) Bridgers of Clinton, Charlie (Kathy) Layton of Lakeland, FL, Steve (Tammy)Layton of Gulf Breeze, FL, Sue Layton Davenport of Newberry, and Michael (Debby) Layton of Chester; a sister-in-law, Mary Layton Dickert of Newberry; and a niece-in-law, Mary Ellen Layton of Newberry. She was predeceased by her husband, Olin Carlisle Layton; brother, William Pinckney Harris; sister, Weeta Margaret Harris; sister-in-law, Emma Heriot Harris; nephews, Charles Layton and Tom Layton; and two nephews-in-law, Earl Brown and Jack Grady.
Funeral services will be conducted at 4:00 P.M. Friday at Whitaker Funeral Home Chapel by the Rev. Dr. Steven Todd. Burial will be in Rosemont Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 2:30 to 3:30 P.M., prior to the service, at Whitaker Funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to O’Neal Street United Methodist Church, P. O. Box 5, Newberry, SC 29108.
The family deeply appreciates the love and care shown by her sitters and would like to thank Patricia Kelly, Rebecca Cram, and Dana Williams who were so good to Jo.
Julian B. Addy
January 11, 2010
Julian B. Addy, 90, died peacefully on January 11, 2010. Born October 29, 1919, in Lexington, South Carolina, he was the son of James B. and Martha H. Addy.
He was a lifelong member of St. Jacob’s Lutheran Church; served on the council, taught sunday school and sang in the choir. Julian attended Chapin High School and continued his education by earning his BS at Newberry College and his Masters at USC. He influenced many young people as he coached, taught and later became school principal. Julian ended his career in administration as the assistant superintendent of Lexington County School District 5.
Julian was an avid gardener, sports enthusiast, and a passionate Clemson Tiger fan. Among his many achievements: He was a charter member of the Chapin Ruritan Club, was presented with Ruritan Forever Membership, and received the Chapin Mankind Award. He also served in the US Army/Air force as a flight officer during WWll.
Julian was preceded in death by 10 brothers and sisters; son Jerry B. Addy and grandson Reid A. Addy.
He is survived by his wife, Lula N. Addy, of 64 years; two sons, Gene W. Addy and his wife Donna of Rockford, Illinois, and Glenn R. Addy of Surry, Virginia and daughter Donna A. Pittman and her husband Dickie of Surry, VA; 8 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be held at St. Jacobs’s fellowship hall on Sunday January 17, starting at 1:00 PM followed by a Memorial Service at 2:30 PM in the sanctuary.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or to your charity of choice.
Bucktrout of Williamsburg is in charge of the arrangements.
