Obituaries

On March 13, 1922 Ella Demaris Stine was born in Sulphur, La. to her parents Irwin E. Stine and Lydia Heard Stine.  Ella was the first born of 6 children.  She is predeceased by her brothers, Coy Stine and Marvin Stine and sisters, Ruth Stine Goodwin and Ruby Stine Mattwell.  She has one surviving brother, Carroll Stine of Sulphur, La.

Martha Jean “M.J.” Rhodes, 67, of 105 River Street, Greer, died August 9, 2014 at her home.

A native of Greer, daughter of the late Mattie Oliver Burrell, she was a retired employee of Dollar General.

Surviving are two sons, Billy Rhodes of Easley and Michael Rhodes of the home and one cousin Allen “Craze” Oliver of Greer.

Bernice Hall Painter, 90, widow of George Dewey Painter, went home to be with Jesus on Aug. 6, 2014.

Richard Eugene Mulder, 83, of 2 Beaver Brook Court, Taylors, died Aug. 6, 2014 at his home.

A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, son of the late William Freddie and Etta Phelps Mulder, he was a U.S. Army Veteran of the Korean War, a retired employee of the U.S. Postal Service and a member of Jackson Grove United Methodist Church.

Today we celebrate the life and legacy of Reverend Phillip Homer McSwain, 94, who died, Aug. 8, 2014.

Miss Odelle Few departed her earthly life Aug. 10, 2014. She was 97 years old, born November 6, 1916 the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Gary and Rachel Annis Forrester Few.

Minnie Darlene Smith Chasteen, 63, of 7 Matlock Circle, Greer, died Aug. 4, 2014 at St. Francis Hospital.

A native of Greenville county, daughter of the late Hubert Norman and Ruth Eva Derrick Smith, she was a homemaker.

Andrew Jefferson George, 87, of 3568 N. Hwy. 14, Greer, died August 2, 2014 and was reunited with his loving wife of 58 years, Sue Carol Wilson George, who passed away in 2011.