All Obituaries

Mr. John Edward Caldwell of Newberry is the son of the late George and Elmira Caldwell. He was born and raised in Newberry County and attended the county's public schools. He furthered his education at Benedict College where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry and mathematics and also participated in football, baseball, and track. Mr. Caldwell distinguished himself as a member of the United States Army where he was assigned to the Redstone Arsenal of the United States...

Mustaffa Jalil Hussein Love of Sanford, Florida passed away suddenly on Saturday, June 30, 2018 in McCormick, South Carolina.  He was born on January 22, 1997 in Newark, New Jersey to Renee Thomas Jackson and Mustaffa Salahuddin Love.  Mustaffa attended Seminole County Public Schools, Seminole High School, Sanford, Florida.  He worked as a customer service representative for a call service center and an assembly line worker for a local factory.  Mustaffa was a member of...

Mr. James Cory Suber, son of James Clyde Suber and the late Jo Ann Henderson was born on August 13, 1978 in Newberry, SC. He entered into Eternal rest on July 2, 2018 in Charlotte, NC. He was predeceased by maternal grandparents, John Welsey Henderson and Willie Mae Smith Henderson; paternal grandfather, James Henry Suber; paternal great grandparents, Mr. Johnnie Huge Pitts and Mrs. Jessie Lee Pitts, step grandmother, Mrs. Zolene Pitts; uncles, Johnnie Henderson, Henry Lewis Henderson and...

Mr. Clyde Jessie, son of the late Mr. Johnny “Tobe” Jessie and the late Mrs. Lola Leaks Jessie, was born on August 30, 1938, in Chappells, South Carolina. He entered into the arms of Jesus on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, at the Hospice House, Hospice Care of the Piedmont, Greenwood, South Carolina. He was a member of Scurry Spring Hill Baptist Church, until he could no longer attend.  He honorably served in the United States Army for 21 years and was a retired...

Eugene Pitt, Sr. was born November 6, 1937 to Christal C. Pitt and Mammie Obye Pitt. His mother died when he was young and his father, a longshoreman and gospel singer, taught Eugene and his many siblings and friends how to sing and harmonize.   Eugene began singing secular music on Brooklyn street corners in the 1950s. He sang in two local groups before starting the Jive Five. Eugene had an amazing music career for 60 years. In the mid 1980s, the Jive Five recorded  memorable...

Baby Aiden Alexzander Freeman, son of Alexandria Freeman and Marrquesse Mathis, was born July 11, 2017 in Columbia, South Carolina. He entered into Eternal rest on Thursday, May 31, 2018 at Newberry County Memorial Hospital. He was predeceased by a maternal grandfather, Alexander Freeman and James Eddie Cannon, maternal great grandmother, Bessie C. Mayers and Beatrice Counts. Cherishing his memory are his mother, Alexandria Freeman of Newberry; father, Marrquesse Mathis of Newberry;...

Mrs. Doris C. Oxner entered into the arms of Jesus on Friday, May 4, 2018, at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. Born October 15, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Mr. Miles Clark and the late Mrs. Elease Long Clark. She received her early education in the Newberry, South Carolina school system and was a proud graduate of Gallman High School. Mrs. Oxner attended Friendship College in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and would later graduate from Benedict College in...

  Mr. Ernest Lee Thompson, Jr., affectionally known as “Frog” of 159 Nance Forest Drive in Newberry, SC entered into Eternal rest on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at his residence. He was born on July 29, 1962 in Newberry, SC to the late Mr. Ernest Lee Thompson, Sr. and the late Mrs. Bobbie Jean Koon Thompson. Ernest was a member of Saint James A.M.E. Church in Pomaria, SC. He was predeceased by aunts, Polly Koon, Reenay Sims, Shirley Turner, Mary Tribble and Brenda Koon;...

On April 26, 2018, as the sun set and just at the close of another day, God dispatched his angels to camp around her beside so that she may leave her earthly home peacefully and arrive at her heavenly home to receive her just reward. Mrs. Princetta R. Harris, widow of the late Albert R. Harris, Sr., born August 12, 1931 in Chapin, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Albert C. Ramey and late Earnestine Mayers & Eules Ramey.  Princetta was a lifelong member of Mt. Zion...

Mr. Noland Goree entered into Eternal rest on Friday, April 13, 2018 at Palmetto Health Richland Hospital in Columbia, SC. He was born on February 24, 1948 in Newberry County to the late Mr. Joseph Goree, Sr. and the late Mrs. Lucille Chaplin Goree. Noland was a member of Fellowship Baptist Church and was a member of the Sons of Aid Society Lodge No. 57.  He attended Gallman High School. Noland was predeceased by one brother, Joseph Goree, Jr. and a sister, Minnie Goree...