Vera Jones Newington

Mrs. Vera Jones Newington, age 99, of Walterboro, entered into rest Thursday evening, September 17, 2026, at Magnolias of Walterboro. She was the loving wife of the late Mr. Duane Edwin Newington.

Born June 22, 1927 at the Parsonage of her father’s church in Hickory Corners, Michigan, she was a daughter of the late Reverend Victor E. Jones and the late Mrs. E. Luella Trowbridge Jones. She worked for the Secretary of State in Michigan, having worked in the Kalamazo office. For that agency, she began as a secretary and eventually became driving test administrator. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church in Walterboro, where she was a member of the Lula Strickland Circle and the United Methodist Women. Mrs. Vera was an avid Bingo player and was an expert shopper who always exhibited the best in style and fashion.

Surviving are: five children, Sandra Katchuk (Michael) of Walterboro, and Sally LaGrow, Edwin Newington (Marlene), Terry Newington (Sally), and Douglas Newington all of Michigan; a brother, Roland Jones (Patricia); and a host of fifteen grandchildren; thirty-one great grandchildren; and ten great great grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be directed in her memory to the following:  Friends of Colleton County Animal Shelter, 33 Poor Farm Road, Walterboro, SC 29488; or to, South Carolina Commission for the Blind, 1430 Confederate Avenue, Columbia, SC 29201.  

The family is extremely grateful to the staff of Edisto Hospice as well as Magnolias of Walterboro for the love and devotion give to Mrs. Vera.  

The Relatives and Friends of Mrs. Vera Jones Newington are invited to attend her funeral service which will be conducted at 11 o’clock Friday morning, September 25, 2026, from Bethel United Methodist Church, 355 Hampton Street, Walterboro. Entombment will follow in Glendale Memorial Chapel Mausoleum, 2210 Mount Carmel Road, Walterboro. The family will receive friends prior to the funeral ceremony beginning at 10 o’clock that morning in the church sanctuary.

Arrangements by: THE BRICE W. HERNDON AND SONS FUNERAL HOMES AND CREMATORY, WALTERBORO CHAPEL, 1193 Bells Highway, Walterboro, 843.538.5408. Visit the registry online at: www.briceherndon.com.