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Local & National Grief Support Groups



AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION
Mid-Atlantic Affiliate
310B Bennett Center Drive
Greer, SC 29650
Tele: 864-801-9550

AMERICAN SUDDEN INFANT DEATH INSTITUTE
Someone on call 24 hours a day.
Medical personnel available for support 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
509 Augusta Drive
Marietta, GA 30067
Phone: 800-232-7437
Local: 770-426-8746

American Cancer Society
154 Milestone Way
Greenville, SC 29615
Phone: 864 627-1903

Brookwood Church
Overcoming the Loss of a Spouse
Sundays, 10:00-11:20am
Grief Support Group (for those who
have experienced the loss of a loved one.)
Sundays, 9:30-11:00am
Jill Sikkelee
580 Brookwood Point Place
Simpsonville, SC 29681
Phone: 864-979-0961

The Buddy Club for Grieving Children;
(ages 4-up; adult group also)
During the school year, the first Tuesday @ 7 pm,
GHS Eastside office building (behind the hospital)
255 Enterprise Blvd
Greenville, SC

Amy Colquhoun, LMSW
Greenville Hospital System
701 Grove Road
Greenville, SC 29605
Phone: 864 322-2796

Brushy Creek Baptist Church
Loss of a spouse. Mondays, 10:00-12:00
Jewel Webb, facilitator
4999 Old Spartanburg Road
Taylors, SC 29687
Phone: 244-8058

CANCER SOCIETY OF GREENVILLE COUNTY
Jenny Eastin, facilitator
Phone: 864-232-8439
2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month:
  • 11 AM Group: those who have passed the first anniversary of their loved ones death.
  • Noon Group: those in their first year of grief.
  • Free individual counseling for cancer patients, family members and bereaved in community.
    Place: 113 Mills Ave.
    Greenville, SC 29605
    Phone: 864-232-8439

    COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS (for families who have lost children)
    Second Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm at Pelham Road Baptist Church
    Contact: Dick Renner
    Phone: 864-288-9820
    Pelham Road Baptist Church
    1108 Pelham Road
    Greenville, SC 29615
    email: rjrgsc@aol.com

    Fairview Baptist Church Call for information
    Nadine Bridwell and Paula Brown, facilitators
    1400 Locust Hill Road
    Greer, SC 29651
    Phone: 864 877-3784 (Ms. Bridwell)
    864 877-1881 (church)

    GHS RTS Bereavement Services Support Group (Stillbirth, miscarriage and neonatal loss.)
    Third Tuesday of each month
    7:00pm-9:00pm
    Greenville Memorial Hospital Employee Services Center
    Dannette Dearybury
    Phone: 455-3063

    Grief Support for the Death of a Child
    The Unexplained Loss; For Parents Who Have Lost Children.
    First Tuesday of each month
    7:00pm
    Clemson-Central Library on Hwy. 93
    Paul and Melanie Prichard
    Phone: 864-639-2411

    Heartland Hospice
    First Tuesday of each month at:
    Stribling Funeral Home
    120 Main Street
    Duncan, SC
    Rev. David Boyter, Chaplain
    421 S. East Main Street
    Simpsonville, SC 29681
    Phone: 864-963-0045

    "Holes in the Heart and Soul"
    Loss by death, divorce, job, etc.
    Ann Brooks, facilitator
    First Tuesday night of each month
    Messiah Lutheran Church
    1100 Log Shoals Road
    Mauldin, SC 29662
    Phone: 864-254-6216 or 864-517-4604

    Hospice Care of South Carolina
    Rev. Tony Kobukowsky, Chaplain
    600 E. Washington Street
    Suite 150
    Greenville, SC 29601
    Phone: 864-235-0344

    HOSPICE OF THE UPSTATE
    Donna Davis, Bereavement Coordinator
    Call to register for the listed groups:
    Grief Recovery series every six weeks, Monday at 10am
    First Year Grief Group: third tuesday of each month at 10am
    SAGES (Survivors After Grief Ever Sharing): third Wednesday of each month at 10am
    1835 Rogers Road
    Anderson, SC 29621
    Phone: 1.800.261.8636 or 864-224-3358

    INTERIM HOSPICE
    Second Friday of each month at 10 am on the second floor of Palmetto Health Baptist, 200 Fleetwood Dr., Easley, SC
    Third Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the Private Dining Room at Mary Black Hospital, 1700 Skylyn Dr., Spartanburg, SC
    Rev. Sam Byrum or Nancy Dereng
    775 Spartan Blvd.
    Spartanburg, SC 29301
    Phone: 864-587-9798
    E-mail:nancy.dereng@homenursing.com

    LUTHERAN HOSPICE
    Six week session beginning Tuesday, August 29th; 6:00-7:00pm
    Sandra McDowell, Bereavement Coordinator
    218 Trade Street
    Greer, SC 29650
    Phone: 864-848-1777

    Medi Home Hospice Care of Greenville
    Beverly Kenitzer, facilitator
    213 E. Butler Road
    Bldg. D2
    Mauldin, SC 29662-2172
    Phone: 864 627-4270
    E-mail: bkenitzer@msa.corp.com

    Mental Health Association of Greenville County
    24 hours, 7 days a week numbers:
  • CRISIS Line: 864.271.8888

  • TEEN Line: 864.467.TEEN (8336)


  • Oconee Memorial Hospital Hospice of the Foothills
    Quarterly (Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall)
    Rev. Robert Lowe, Chaplain/Bereavement Coordinator
    and
    Savannah's Friends (A pregnancy and infant loss support group.)
    First Tuesday of each month, 7:00-8:30pm
    Margaret Axson, LISW
    390 Keowee School Road
    Seneca, SC 29672
    Phone: 864 882-8940
    E-mail: robert.lowe@oconeemedical.org

    Open Arms Hospice, a Ministry of Bon Secours St. Francis Health System
    8-week groups; each Spring and Fall
    Thursday mornings at St. Francis Hospice, 414 Pettigru Street, Greenville, SC
    Thursday evenings at St. Francis Women's and Family Hospital, 125 Commonwealth Dr., Greenville, SC
    Ongoing Groups: Call for information
    Contact Person: Paula M. Cargill, LISW-CP, Bereavement Coordinator
    414 Pettigru Street
    Greenville, SC 29601
    Phone: 864.233.5300

    ST. MICHAEL LUTHERAN CHURCH GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP
    Second and fourth Tuesday, 7 pm at the church library
    Mike Smith, facilitator
    Phone: 864-288-8684
    Church Office Phone: 864-232-8510
    2617 Augusta Road
    Greenville, SC 29605

    SOUTHERNCARE HOSPICE
    Rev. Sandra Smith, Chaplain
    1097 Highway 101 South, Suite D-11
    Greer, SC 29650
    Phone: 864-989-0344

    Survivors of Suicide
    Providence Presbyterian Church
    Open meetings: First Tuesday of each month at 7:00-8:30pm
    Closed meetings: Beginning Thursday, August 31, 7:00-8:30pm
    4000 State 153 Hwy. (Powdersville)
    Greenville, SC 29611
    Phone: CRISISline @ 864-271-8888 for information

    Taylors First Baptist Church
    Loss of a Spouse
    Eight week sessions in the Spring (March/April) and Fall (October/November)
    Kathy Sams, facilitator
    200 W. Main Street
    Taylors, SC 29687
    Phone: 864-244-3535

    Vista Care Hospice
    Mondays at 2:00 at Vista Care Hospice office
    4006 E. North Street
    Greenville, SC 29615
    Phone: 864 244-2805











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