Robert Kenneth Frederick, 84, of Blackville, died Oct. 19, 2022. A native of Williston, he served six years in the U.S. Army Reserve. He graduated from North Greenville Junior College (now North Greenville University) and was ordained into the ministry by Rosemary Baptist Church on March 25, 1962. For the next six decades, he would […]

Freda V. Crews, 86, of Lake Bowen and wife of the late Dr. William Crews, died Oct. 21, 2022. A native of Florida, she was a graduate of North American Baptist Seminary and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and served as director/dean of the International University for Graduate Studies School of Christian Counseling in St. Kitts. […]

Thomas “Tom” Esse Burns, 72, of Greer, died Oct. 31, 2022. A native of Greenville, he served in the U.S. Navy and later graduated from the University of South Carolina and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He served in various churches in South Carolina, Texas, Georgia, and North Carolina in such capacities as youth pastor, minister […]

Clyde Calvin Allen Jr., 73, of Charleston, died Nov. 8, 2022. A native of Newberry, he grew up in western North Carolina, graduating from Appalachian State University. After beginning a teaching career, he joined the Marines, and after a medical discharge he spent eight years as Quartermaster First Class in the Naval Reserve. During this […]

William Lake “Bill” Reames, 89, of Charlotte, N.C., died Oct. 11, 2022. A native of Johnston, S.C., he graduated from Furman University and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. He previously served as pastor of the following South Carolina Baptist churches: Mt. Gallagher, Ware Shoals; Westminster; Northgate, Greenville; and Orangeburg First. Survivors include his wife, Frances Horne […]

J. Derrill Smith, 70, of Seneca, died Sept. 30, 2022, from complications caused by Lewy body dementia. A native of Seneca, he attended Anderson College, Central Wesleyan College, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Erskine Theological Seminary. His first pastorate was at College Street Baptist Church, Walhalla, and after graduation from Southern Seminary he was called […]

Evelyn Griffith Tollison, 98, of Easley, wife of the late Grady Tollison, died Oct. 1, 2022. Born in Anderson County, she served 50 years alongside her husband in churches he pastored and volunteered with Palmetto Baptist Hospital for 21 years. She was a longtime member of Easley First Baptist Church. Survivors include two sons, three […]

Augustus Kennerley Bonnette Jr., 77, of Summerville, a longtime professor at Charleston Southern University, died Sept. 5, 2022. A North Charleston native, he was a graduate of the College of Charleston and Clemson University. In January 1971, he began his career at Baptist College at Charleston (now Charleston Southern University) teaching all levels of chemistry, […]

Robert Dewitt Clyde, 93, of Gaffney, died Aug. 26, 2022. Born in Greenville, he was a retired minister who previously served as pastor of Baptist churches in Kentucky and South Carolina, including Philadelphia, Pauline; New Prospect, Inman; and New Pleasant, Gaffney. He formerly served as director of missions for Broad River Baptist Association in Gaffney […]

Felton Cox, 97, of Greenville, died Aug. 16, 2022. A native of Greenville, he served in the Army Medical Corp in New Guinea during World War II. He was called into the ministry at age 35 and attended North Greenville College, Furman University, and Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. During his 33 years of ministry, he […]