Obituaries

Gerald Forbes Murphy, 81, of Pendleton, SC passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 19, 2024, at his residence. Born in Duplin Co, NC on April 28, 1943, he was the son of the late James Forbes Murphy and Beulah Pearce Murphy and the husband of the late Syble Lucille Murphy…...

Barbara “Sue” Foster, 81, of Pickens, SC passed away on Saturday May 18, 2024, at the Rainey Hospice House. Born in Pickens, SC on October 4, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Marcie Aiken, she was the wife to James Foster Sr. Barbara retired from Wellington Mill and…...

Michael Bryan Hayes “Swazey Train”, 53, of Abbeville County SC, passed away on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Greenwood County SC. Born on November 15, 1970, in Ft Bragg, NC; he was the son of the late Larry Michael Hayes and Letha Diane Irwin Hayes. Swazey Train had a love…...

Nancy Melinda Nichols, 50, of Anderson, SC passed away on Tuesday May 14, 2024, at Rainey Hospice House. She was born in Anderson, SC on March 23, 1974, she was the daughter of the late James Thomas Gable and Jo Ann Weathers, she was the wife to Don Jay Nichols.…...

Karen Smith, 77, of Belton, SC passed away on Friday May 10, 2024. The Sosebee Mortuary and Crematory South Chapel is assisting the family with arrangements....

Laura Jean Fountain Jordan "Nanny", 79, of Anderson, widower of Albert Thomas Jordan, passed away on Friday, May 10, 2024. Born in Anderson, she was the daughter of the late Marvin and Nellie Pearl Fountain. Mrs. Jordan is survived by brothers: Willis Fountain and Marvin Fountain; sister: Selma Whitfield (Sammy);…...

Betty Jean Allen Freeman, 83, of Starr, SC, passed away after a long illness on Monday May 13, 2024, at the Callie and John Rainey Hospice House. Born on February 20, 1941, in Valdosta, Ga, she was the daughter of the late Burgess T. and Rose Gaines Allen and wife…...

Benjamin Earle Holdbrooks, 42, of Anderson, SC passed away on Friday May 10, 2024. Born in Anderson, SC on June 16, 1981, he was the son of Joseph Earle Holdbrooks and the late Becky Lynn Holdbrooks, husband of Kimberly Nicole Shaw-Holdbrooks and a member of Labor of Fields Church. In…...

Danny Sherman Ferguson, 81, of Anderson, SC passed away on Wednesday May 8, 2024. Born on August 13, 1942, he was the son of the late Clarence and Francis Ferguson and was a Veteran of the National Guard. He is survived by his son: Russell Ferguson; grandchildren: Quinn, Hogan, and…...

Carol Tilley Laire, 70, of Anderson, SC passed away on Friday May 10, 2024, at the Callie and John Rainey Hospice House of Anderson, SC. Born in Anderson, SC on December 23, 1953, she was the daughter of the late Lollis Durell Tilley and Dortha June Tilley, and was the…...