Category Archives: Obituaries

Jason Edward Brewton

photo_002812_341776_1_24p1-preview_20161102-jpgxJason Edward Brewton, 34, of 700 Dr. Martin Luther King Street, passed on Sunday, October 30.

He was born in Gaffney and was a son of Patricia Hames Bradley of the home and the late Charles Brewton.

Jason was a graduate of Blacksburg High School, a member of Mt. Ararat First Pentecostal Church of America, Inc., and a former employee of Watts Fencing Company and Kohler Corporation.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by a daughter, Arianna, of Chicago, Ill.; three brothers, Dennis Fowler, Jr. of Greenville, Roshaun Hames (Amanda) of Jacksonville, N.C., and Capri Amos of Greenville; three sisters, Alease, Shawna, and Andria Brewton, all of Chicago; maternal grandfather, Charles “Sonny” Hames of Blacksburg and Elder Robert Brewton, Sr. of Gaffney; fiance, Isis Foster, of Gaffney.

Funeral Services will be Saturday, 2 p.m., in Mt. Ararat First Pentecostal Church with Elder R. Dowdle officiating. Interment will follow in Galilee Baptist Church Cemetery in Blacksburg.

He will be in state in the church Saturday at 1 p.m.

The Gilmore Mortuary

Annie Ruth Dawkins

Miss Annie Ruth Dawkins, 60, of 141 Iris Lane, entered eternal rest on Friday, October 14, in White Oak Manor, Spartanburg. She was a daughter of the late King David Dawkins, Sr. and the late Tollie Thomas Dawkins.

She was a member of Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Cowpens.

In addition to her parents, Annie was preceded in death by two brothers, John B. Dawkins and Sammy Lee Dawkins.

She leaves to cherish loving memories: three brothers, Bobby Gene Dawkins (Linda E.), King David Dawkins, Jr., and Terry Wayne Dawkins, Sr. (Patricia), all of Gaffney; Danny Whitmore of Gaffney and Callie Whitmore of Shelby, NC, both reared as brothers; sister-in-law, Yvonne Dawkins of Gaffney (widow of John B.); caregiver, Annie Ree Houey of Gaffney; nieces and nephews.

Funeral Services will be Thursday, 2 p.m., in Piney Grove Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. C. Dennis Rector officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
She will lie in state in the church Thursday at 1 p.m.

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