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Obituary: Sara Lee Turner

Sara Lee Turner, 98, of Greenville, widow of the late pastor A. Boyd Turner, died July 21, 2018. She attended North Greenville Academy and was a graduate of Winthrop College. She taught home economics at Everett School in Winnsboro... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Howard Frank Starks

Howard Frank Starks, 90, of Florence, died July 11, 2018. Born in Erie, Pa., he served in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he was a sergeant in the Second Marine Division Band. He attended Penn State University and Indiana... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Pete Cassidy

Pete Cassidy, 74, of Cayce, died Aug. 4, 2018. Born in Bethune, he was a graduate of Coker College and Luther Rice Seminary. He served as pastor at Westfield Creek, Mt. Olive, Mt. Calvary, Lucas Avenue and State Street... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Brenda Barnes

Brenda Jean Martin Barnes, 72, a longtime ministry assistant for Beaverdam Baptist Association, died June 18, 2018. Barnes, of West Union, served the association’s churches for 29 years. She was a member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church. Survivors include... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Lois Abercrombie

Henrietta Lois Alexander Abercrombie, 91, of Pickens, a pastor’s wife, died June 21, 2018. Born in Oconee County, she was the wife of Marion Luther Abercrombie Jr. She was a homemaker and a member of East Pickens Baptist Church.... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Doug Thrift 

Douglas Thrift, 73, of Mayo, died June 19, 2018. He was a 1971 graduate of Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute and pastored four churches, including two in South Carolina: Thorn Hill Baptist and Shamrock Baptist. He also worked for several... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Herbert Allen O’Neal

Herbert Allen O’Neal, 86, died June 21, 2018. He served as the former pastor of Victory Baptist Church in James Island. He was a nationally awarded photographer and owned a photography studio while living in Atlanta, Ga. Survivors include... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Waites McLeod 

Waites McLeod, 81, of Loris, died June 16, 2018. McLeod, a veteran of the U.S. Army, was a retired Baptist minister and a member of Pleasant Meadow Baptist Church in Loris.

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Obituary: Walter L. Howell

Walter Lewis Howell, 93, of Columbia, died June 18, 2018. Born June 23, 1924, in North Carolina, he served with the U.S. Armed Forces at an air base in England during World War II. After working for several years... Continue Reading »

Cordell Maddox

Anderson University mourns death of former president Cordell Maddox

J. Cordell Maddox, who served as president of Anderson College (now Anderson University) from 1973 until 1977, died July 23. He was 86. Following his tenure at Anderson College, Maddox served as president of Carson-Newman University in Jefferson City,... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Tommy Morrow

John Thomas “Tommy” Morrow, 83, of Camden, died May 26, 2018. A graduate of Wake Forest University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, he served as a Southern Baptist pastor for more than 40 years despite developing heart issues in... Continue Reading »

Obituary: Harold Owens

William Harold Owens, 81, of Lancaster, died May 19, 2018. A native of Inman, he was a graduate of Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute; Luther Rice Seminary; and Trinity College of the Bible and Theological Seminary. He was ordained to... Continue Reading »