Honea Path – Katherine Evelyn Stallcup, 84, passed away on September 19, 2012 at NHC of Anderson.

Honea Path – John Fields Freeman, 57, husband of Alice Brendle Freeman, of 4 Latimer St., died Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at his home.

Honea Path – April Marie Pruitt, 32, of 397 Penson Rd., died Saturday, September 15, 2012.

Simpsonville – Lawrence Edward Baldwin, 82, widower of Ruby Fleming Baldwin, of 555 New Harrison Bridge Rd., died Monday September 10, 2012 at his home.

Belton – Jearllean Ballard Scott, 78, widow of Richard Fowler Scott, died Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012 at 424 Glenwood St.

Ware Shoals – Frances Howard Walker, 72, widow of Donnie Wilton Walker, of 7 Wood St., died Monday September 10, 2012 at her home.

Mr. John Dee Cook, 88, of Dunn died Sunday morning at E. Carlton Powell Hospice Center in Lillington, NC. He was born in Ware Shoals, SC on October 28, 1923 to the late Seth B. and Mamie M. Cook. He was preceded in death by his wife Laura Kathleen Cook. 

John served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He worked for Riegel Textiles as a Loom Fixer for over forty years before retiring. He was a past member of the VFW in Ware Shoals and Dunn. 

A graveside service will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Greenwood Memorial Gardens in Greenwood, SC by Rev. Tom Wagoner. 

He is survived by a son, Rodger Cook and wife Lynn of Belton, SC, a daughter, Lynn Wells and husband Doug of Dunn, three sisters, Ola Ouzts, Barbara Marsh, Blanche Jones all of Ware Shoals, SC, three grandchildren, Joy Lewis and husband Ronald, Alan Cook and wife Joanne, Justin Wells and wife Jana, six great grandchildren, Ali Lewis, Olivia Cook, Madelynn Cook, Mary Kathleen Wells, Aselin Wells, and Daphne Wells. 

The family will receive friends following the graveside service. Arrangements are by Skinner & Smith Funeral Home of Dunn, NC.

Local obituary courtesy of Parker-White-Pruitt Funeral Home

Honea Path – Robert Lee, Jr., 81, and his wife of 62 years, Bertha Kay Beasley, 80, of 126 Eastview St., died Thursday at their home.

Greenwood – Lena Roxanne Crooms, 38 died Thursday at the Carriage House in Greenwood.

Honea Path – Alvin Talmadge Whitman, 83, widower of Clara Nell Widner Whitman, of 1565 Legion Lake Road, died Tuesday August 28, 2012 at his home.