Obituaries






Cremation Society of South Carolina
Brandon Alvarado Gaspar
April 13, 2025
-Brandon liked to play baseball as a child and was a pitcher on the school baseball team. He was very calm and very intelligent. He left school when he was in high school and started working in the fields and soon after decided to go to Monterrey. He became a father at the age of 20. He loved enchiladas and drinking beer and tequila with his friends. He decided to go to the United States at the age of 22…

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Robert Earl Jewell
April 13, 2025
Mr. Robert Earl Jewell, 82, husband of Kay Murrell Jewell, passed away Sunday, April 13, 2025.
Born in Pickens County, a son of the late Ilar Robert Jewell and the late Lois Finley Jewell, Mr. Jewell was a graduate of Liberty High School and later received his associate degree from Tri-County Technical College. He was the retired owner and operator of…

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Joesph Walter Grant
April 13, 2025
Joseph W. Grant
Pickens, SC
Joseph Walter Grant, 91, beloved husband of the late Katherine Artie Mae Riggins Grant, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 13, 2025, at his earthly home.
Born on August 8, 1933, in Pickens, he was a son of the late Julius Walter Grant and Addie Malinda Hudson Grant.
Mr. Grant was a member…

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Joseph Walter Grant
April 13, 2025
Joseph W. Grant
Pickens, SC
Joseph Walter Grant, 91, beloved husband of the late Katherine Artie Mae Riggins Grant, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 13, 2025, at his earthly home.
Born on August 8, 1933, in Pickens, he was a son of the late Julius Walter Grant and Addie Malinda Hudson Grant.
Mr. Grant was a member…

Cremation Society of South Carolina
Rita Fay Engel
April 13, 2025
Rita Fay Engel, 69, passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 13, 2025 at home in Greenville, SC.She was born December 10th, 1955 to Broadus and Mary Mathis in Greenville, SC where she lived until moving to Dayton, Ohio during her early teens. The family moved around as her father was in the Air Force before settling back in Greenville finishing his career at Donaldson AFB. She was a loving caregiver in nursing facilities, and private residences in the Greenville area…