NEWBERRY COUNTY — Each year The Newberry Observer, with the cooperation of the Newberry County Veterans Affairs Officer Leslie D. Parnell, publishes a list of veterans from Newberry County who have passed away since the previous Memorial Day.
During the past year, 69 veterans from Newberry County have died. Names of these veterans, the wars in which they served, and dates of death are recorded by the Veterans Service officer as follows:
World War II
Stephen C. Altman — April 11, 2016
Oscar W. Bowers — Nov. 6, 2015
Arthur G. Brank — Sept. 11, 2015
Matthew Brown Sr. — Sept. 14, 2015
Marty J. Cavanaugh — Nov. 9, 2015
Elbert Donaldson Jr. — Dec. 28, 2015
Ralph Fazio — Oct. 16, 2015
George Frank Fowler Sr. — Sept. 29, 2015
Alphonso Grier — May 3, 2015
John R. Harbison — Nov. 26, 2015
Berry B. Kennedy — April 26, 2016
Thaddeus Malinowski — April 27, 2016
Drayton L. Minick — Feb. 28, 2016
Ralph H. Moore Jr. — Nov. 25, 2015
James H. Phibbs Jr. — June 12, 2015
Robert M. Renwick — July 9, 2015
Larry Senn — Feb. 3, 2016
Edward K. Shuford — Nov. 13, 2015
Donald M. Smith — July 5, 2015
Floyd L. Summer — Aug. 12, 2015
Vietnam
Wallace W. Alexander — Dec. 6, 2015
Kevin D. Cook — March 30, 2016
William Farmer — May 15, 2015
Kenneth A. Harmon — May 17, 2015
Daniel P. Hansen — Oct. 28, 2015
Bobby E. Hill — July 11, 2015
Leroy Hill Jr. — Jan. 19, 2016
Charlie L. Johnson Sr. — June 8, 2015
Larry D. Jones — Oct. 23, 2015
Ernest C. Kibler Jr. — Nov. 1, 2015
Billy Lawson — May 29, 2015
John W. Leavell — Feb. 19, 2016
Lewie R. Minick — April 17, 2016
William C. Mossmayer Jr. — Oct. 22, 2015
Sim Henry Price — May 28, 2015
Ted E. Ragsdale — Nov. 6, 2015
James A. Salter — May 29, 2015
Barry S. Sidenberg — Jan. 25, 2016
Duke A. Speight — Feb. 4, 2016
Thomas R. Spencer — Jan. 12, 2016
Korean War
Billy H. Boyd — Feb. 25, 2016
Carl M. Brown — May 24, 2015
Warren R. Cousins — Aug. 8, 2015
Joe L. Flemon — Oct. 22, 2015
Oscar W. Frye — April 21, 2016
Sidney E. Gilliam — Aug. 9, 2015
James Goggans Sr. — Sept. 23, 2015
Clarence M. Huffstetler — July 3, 2015
Edward L. Irby — Oct. 23, 2015
Walter E. Koon Sr. — Nov. 2, 2015
Harold W. Krengel — Oct. 29, 2015
Charles E. McMurray — Nov. 5, 2015
James O. Morris — May 3, 2016
Paul Romines Sr. — April 15, 2016
Richard H. Ruff — April 19, 2016
Joseph F. Smith — July 30, 2015
Robert S. Szymczyk — Feb. 24, 2016
Olen D. Wall — Nov. 30, 2015
Persian Gulf
Brian D. Turner — June 3, 2015
Peacetime
Murrel Boyd Jr. — May 4, 2016
Marilyn J. Bouknight — Aug. 19, 2015
John S. Derrick — Feb. 24, 2016
John A. Hopka Jr. — June 19, 2015
William D. Kibler — July 23, 2015
James R. King — May 30, 2015
Gerald W. Meadows Sr. — June 23, 2015
Richard J. Reid — Jan. 15, 2016
Thomas M. Stewart — March 30, 2015
Bennette L. Waites — May 18, 2016