All Obituaries

  Doris Ann Thompson age 80 of Landrum, SC. passed away Thursday, July 29, 2021 at her residence. Born in Spartanburg County to the late Emsley Belue and Ethel Pruitt Belue. She is also predeceased by 3 brothers, Donald Belue, J.W. Belue, and Jamie Belue; 3 sisters, Helen Lyda, Dell Campbell, and Willie Maude Cash. Doris attended Victory Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Larry Thompson of Landrum; daughter, Stephanie Sain and husband, Travis; 2 brothers, Gene Belue of...

Norma Lavetta Bowie age 82 of Flat Rock, NC. passed away July 27, 2021. Norma was born in Bingham, Illinois, the eighth of nine children born to Homer Arthur and Freeda Meyer Thompson. She is survived by brothers Marion Thomas (Regie) Thompson, Irvin Meyer (Judy) Thompson and a sister, Donna Ray (James) Dell. She was predeceased by brothers Arthur Dorwin Thompson, Ogden Neil Thompson, Ronald Eugene Thompson and sisters Wilma Beryl Brunner and Joyce Elain Cox. Norma is also survived by...

Scott Arthur Ruff age 59 of Columbus, NC passed away July 24, 2021. Born in Polk County to the late Buford W. Ruff and Julia Lawter Ruff. He was also predeceased by a sister, Peggy Ann Bruce. Survivors include a sister, Bettie Selleck of Lebanon,Tn , 3 brothers, Morris Ruff (Margaret) of Tryon, NC , Clyde Ruff (Becky) of Landrum, SC , and Stanley Ruff (Charlotte) of Morriston,Fl ,and several nieces and nephews. A Memorial Service will be 11 AM. Saturday, July 31, 2021 at Midway Baptist...

Samuel Taylor age 88 of Saluda, NC. passed away July 26, 2021. Arrangements will be announced. Sanders Funeral Home.

Vernus Clyde Larson age 94 of Saluda, NC passed away July 18, 2021. Services are private. Sanders Funeral Home.

  Jean Ellen Hatch, 89, formerly of Mauston, Wisconsin, passed away July 12, 2021 in Columbus, North Carolina. She was born January 23, 1932 to Joseph and Mary (Vruwink) Arnold on Searle’s cranberry marsh in Cranmoor, WI. She attended Altdorf Country School, then St. Joachim’s Catholic School.  She graduated salutatorian from Pittsville High School with honors in vocal and instrumental music. Jean married her high school sweetheart, William (Bill) Hatch, her husband...

  Joseph Elias Perez, age 67 passed away peacefully July 8, 2021 from an early onset of dementia with his wife by his side, at The Landings in Mills River. Joe spent 33 years working as a firefighter in Chevy Chase Maryland before retiring in 2012 and moving to Saluda in 2015.  He was awarded a gold medal for saving five children from a burning home. He will have a special memorial service in Maryland with his crew and those who were privileged to work with him, to honor this...

   Bettye Blackwood Trousdale Erikson, 87, of Augusta, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 6, 2021. She was born on October 1, 1933 to the late Joseph Ronald Blackwood and Elizabeth Kinney Blackwood in Nashville, Tennessee.  She is preceded in death by her husband of 35 Years, Walter Erikson, and her sisters, Joanne Flintoff and Linda Oman. Bettye attended Hillsboro High School and University of Tennessee, where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. She had a very...

John Hughes Jackson age 69, of Columbus, NC passed away July 5, 2021. Arrangements are pending. Sanders Funeral Home.

Henry Warren Callahan age 87 of Saluda, NC passed away June 30, 2021. Services will be held in Georgia. Sanders Funeral Home.