Obituaries

Joyce Mae Ables 82, of Honea Path SC, passed away on Thursday, May 8, 2025, at Hospice and Palliative Care of the Piedmont, Greenwood SC. Born in Ware Shoals, SC, on April 5, 1943, she was the daughter of Alma Smith Gillian and the late OK Allen. Joyce Mae as…...

Brandon Jan Draper, 41, of Pendleton, SC, passed away on May 2, 2025. Sosebee Mortuary and Crematory is assisting the family with the arrangements....

John Earl Mullikin, Sr., 64, of Iva, SC passed away on May 4, 2025. Sosebee Mortuary and Crematory is assisting the family....

Gerald ‘Jerry’ Marshall Jones, 81, of Anderson, SC, passed away on May 7, 2025, at Callie and John Rainey Hospice House. Born in Anderson, SC on November 30, 1943; he was the son of the late Marshall Fretwell and Hazel Kay Jones.  He was a veteran of the US Army. …...

Joe B. Finley, 83, of Belton, SC, passed away on Sunday, May 4, 2025, at his home. Born in Plain City, OH, on May 20, 1941; he was the son of the late Neal and Frances Wetzel Finley and married to the late Karen Askins Finley for 60 years.  Joe…...

Michael Gregory Bannister, 56, of Belton, SC passed away on Friday, May 2, 2025 at AnMed Health Medical Center.  Born in Anderson, SC on July 10, 1968, he was the son of the late Jimmy and Judith Ann Smith Bannister.  Michael was a Christian and a wonderful father.  He was…...

David Benny Arflin, 62, of Anderson SC, passed away on Friday, April 25, 2025, at Prisma Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born in Anderson, SC, on January 26, 1963, he was the son of the late James and Cora Arflin and the husband to the late Kathy Arflin. David was a loving…...