NEWBERRY COUNTY — In honor of Memorial Day, the following is the annual Memorial Day List remembering veterans from Newberry County who passed away since last Memorial Day, as provided by the Newberry County Veteran’s Affairs Office.
This year, a total of 94 veterans passed away, including 13 World War II veterans, 22 Korean War veterans, 41 Vietnam War veterans, four Persian Gulf veterans, eight peacetime veterans and six retired National Guard veterans.
WORLD WAR II
• Amick, Seber R. – October 03, 2020
• Baxter, Harry M. Jr. – February 16, 2021
• Bedenbaugh, David E. – December 31, 2020
• Bouknight, John J. – November 13, 2020
• Davenport, Vernon K. – August 16, 2020
• Fulmer, Charles E. – June 07, 2020
• Gambrell, William S. – September 02, 2020
• Hawkins, Thomas E. – June 22, 2020
• Lieb, Frederick H. – October 30, 2020
• Rollins, Edward – January 02, 2021
• Ruff, Robert E. – October 19, 2020
• Ruff, Samuel J. – May 18, 2020
• Wieters, Rosalyn M. – July 11, 2020
KOREAN WAR
• Baker, Kenneth Q. – September 03, 2020
• Bedenbaugh, Earle J. – October 22, 2020
• Boland, John D. – June 16, 2020
• Brown, Paul C. – February 05, 2021
• Epting, Harold E. – December 19, 2020
• Frick, Charles W. – January 19, 2021
• Henry, Gordon C. – November 12, 2020
• Johnson, George R. – September 15, 2020
• Leach, Thomas C. – April 02, 2021
• Maness, Bascom H. Jr. – March 06, 2021
• Mayers, James M. Sr. – May 29, 2020
• Metts, Everett L. – September 19, 2020
• Morris, Bobby F. – March 25, 2021
• Morrison, Allen W. – August 31, 2020
• Newman, Donald C. – September 12, 2020
• Qualls, Benjamin G., Jr. – October 04, 2020
• Rinehart, James E. – May 20, 2020
• Shealy, Vones H. – August 18, 2020
• Swittenburg, Forrest – July 21, 2020
• Wessinger, Tommy J. – June 10, 2020
• Wicker, Freddie L. – November 09, 2020
• Williams, Earl – July 04, 2020
VIETNAM WAR
• Ashley, Robert E. – November 16, 2019
• Babb, Randall J. – March 24, 2021
• Bookman, Leroy – May 04, 2021
• Boozer, Enoch J. – October 02, 2020
• Buril-Carvolho, Carol – September 19, 2020
• Burns, Milton H. Jr. – January 18, 2021
• Caldwell, Cleophus Jr. – January 26, 2021
• Cannon, James E. – May 26, 2020
• Celorio, Toney J. – July 29, 2020
• Clark, Charleen A. – October 28, 2016
• Clark, James E. – January 11, 2021
• Davis, Leonard D. – January 22, 2021
• Dickert, Harold B. – April 26, 2021
• Doolittle, Charles K. – July 16, 2020
• Drafts, George R. – February 08, 2021
• Foy, James R. – December 29, 2020
• Frick, Samuel N. – April 24, 2021
• Fuller, James E. – June 09, 2020
• Glenn, Harold E. – September 12, 2020
• Haggard, Robert D. – July 14, 2020
• Henderson, William R. – December 21, 2020
• Johnson, Alfred E. – June 11, 2020
• Kenan, Richard M. – December 31, 2020
• Lander, James A. – October 29, 2020
• Linton, Charles L. – May 21, 2020
• Mathis, Thomas U. – June 22, 2020
• Mitchell, Griffin III – September 17, 2020
• Moyer, Charles L. Sr. – November 24, 2020
• Nobles, Daniel L. – July 04, 2020
• Paysinger, Alan J. Sr. – March 08, 2021
• Price, Paul D. Jr. – April 27, 2021
• Rushton, Johnny B. – August 02, 2020
• Schumpert, William E. – March 16, 2021
• Sims, Charles E. Jr. – October 18, 2020
• Smith, James W. – October 20, 2020
• Snelgrove, Robert L. – August 05, 2020
• Stevens, Stevie F. – June 08, 2020
• Tarbox, James N. – September 25, 2020
• Taylor, Virgil L. – November 19, 2020
• Tucker, Larry D. – March 09, 2021
• White, William G. – February 12, 2021
PERSIAN GULF
• Cockel, Edrick J. – January 27, 2021
• Ezzell, Samuel H. – December 14, 2019
• Macon, Sharon O. – October 09, 2020
• Schumpert, Jeremy W. – October 20, 2020
PEACETIME
• Alewine, Olin R. – January 04, 2021
• Brown, John W. – February 17, 2021
• Chapman, Tony C., Sr. – September 19, 2020
• Fuller, Paul – August 28, 2020
• Jacobs, James E. – July 18, 2020
• Lyles, Michael L. – February 04, 2021
• Whitaker, Boyce G. – November 29, 2020
• Wroten, Duane – September 22, 2020
RETIRED NATIONAL GUARD
• Gibson, Billy R. – March 17, 2021
• Hunter, Terrie E. – January 19, 2021
• Lester, Clyde L. – June 05, 2020
• Lloyd, Franklin S. – December 08, 2020
• Wallace, William W. Jr. – March 24, 2021
• Wilson, John C. Jr. – July 30, 2020
Newberry’s annual Memorial Day ceremony took place on Sunday, May 30 at 4 p.m. in Memorial Park in downtown Newberry.