Obituaries

Frank Hilliard, 57, passed away from cancer on May 17. Born in Charleston, Frank was the son of Roy and Luna Hilliard (Greer).

Amanda Gaynelle James, 82, of 105 Davis Ave., widow of James Oscar Hart, died May 15, 2015.
A native of Greer, daughter of the late Samuel Benton and Margaret Smith James, she was a self-employed Home Health Care worker and of the Baptist faith. She was a strong woman and a loving mother and grandmother.

Kenneth “Kenny” Joe James, 57, died May 8, 2015, at his home.
A native of Greenville County, he was a son of the late Bobby Joe and Laura Ruth Anderson James, a retired woodworker and a member of Faith Temple.

John Latham Manley, 60, of 298 Fernwood Drive, widower of Charlotte G. Manley, died May 16, 2015 at his residence.
A native of Greenwood, son of the late Jake and Dorothy Latham Manley, he was a former employee of Winn Dixie and of the Baptist faith.

Rev. John Boyce Pitts, 81, of 707 Trade St., died May 17, 2015, at the White Oak Manor.

Tommy Lee Welch, 74, died May 19, 2015. A native of Greenville County, he was a son of the late James Pressley and Katherine Wood Welch, a retired employee of GE Turbine Plant, and a member of Washington Baptist Church.

Samuel Harry Williams, 91, of 138 New Woodruff Road, widower of Octavia Smith Williams, died May 8, 2015, at his home.

Edward “Chip” Eugene Kearney, born Oct. 8, 1954, in Union, passed away in April, 2015.