Obituaries

Helen Walls

Helen Walls

Mar 15, 2021

Helen Godfrey Walls, 89, of Spartanburg, SC died Monday, March 15, 2021 at her home. Born December 7, 1931 in Old Fort, NC she was the daughter of the late Herbert Godfrey and Elsie Lavender Godfrey. She was the dedicated wife of the late Bobby L. Walls for 64 wonderful years. A member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church for over...

Donna Hammett

Donna Hammett

Mar 15, 2021

Donna Faye Hammett, 69, of Spartanburg died Monday, March 15, 2021, at her home. Born November 2, 1951 in Woodruff, SC, she was the daughter of the late Bobby Charles and Clemis Earline Edwards Hammett. A graduate of the University of South Carolina with a Master's Degree in library science, Mrs. Hammett was a retired educator and librarian. Survivors include...

Keith Hart

Keith Hart

Mar 13, 2021

Keith Wayne Hart, 63, of Boiling Springs, SC died Saturday, March 13, 2021 at Upstate Community Hospice House. Born October 10, 1957 in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late Nolan Robert Hart and Virginia Adair Hart. He was predeceased by his wife, Karen Morris Hart. Mr. Hart was a retired supervisor with Smith Wholesale Drug after many...

Peggy Robinson

Peggy Robinson

Mar 12, 2021

Peggy Gaye Swofford Robinson, 80, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, March 12, 2021, at Magnolia Manor of Spartanburg. Born April 9, 1940 in Cowpens, SC she was the daughter of the late Lewis Swofford and Ruth Sumner Swofford. A member of Croft Baptist Church, Mrs. Robinson was retired from Nestle Corporation. She is survived by her daughter, Sherry Donohue of...

Judy Dodd

Judy Dodd

Mar 11, 2021

Judy Juanita Strand Dodd, 80, of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, March 11, 2021, at Pacifica Senior Living Skylyn. Born in Laurens County, SC on March 12, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Violet Bowman Dodd and step-father, Ernest Strand Sr., and wife of the late Olin Dodd Sr. Mrs. Dodd was a retired Instructor at Spartanburg Community College....

Joyce Thornton

Joyce Thornton

Mar 10, 2021

Joyce Caldwell Thornton, 85, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Wednesday, March 10, 2021. She was the wife of the late Erwin C. Thornton. Born in Spartanburg on April 26, 1935, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Lanier Caldwell and Sara Miller Caldwell. A 1953 graduate of Spartanburg High School, she was a homemaker devoted to her family...

Cheryl Parker

Cheryl Parker

Mar 9, 2021

Cheryl Block Parker, 68, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 14, 1952, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Shirley Frey Block Lippert and Donald Taylor Block. She was predeceased by her husband, Wilson Roy Parker. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Georgia Southern University in 1974,...

Norman Harper

Norman Harper

Mar 9, 2021

Norman Lee Harper, 82, of Spartanburg, SC died Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 25, 1938 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Walter and Eulala Lavender Harper. Mr. Harper was of the Baptist faith and loved to cut grass in his younger years. Survivors include his brothers, Bernard Harper and John...

Mildred Stirzaker

Mildred Stirzaker

Mar 7, 2021

Mildred "Millie" Parsons Stirzaker, 91, of Longwood, FL passed away on Sunday, March 7th, 2021. Mildred was born on May 7, 1929 in Somerville, TN to the late Duncan Dewitt and Grace Holmes Parsons. Millie received her baccalaureate degree in Music Education from Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, and her master's degree in Music from Indiana State University in Terra...

James Parham

James Parham

Mar 7, 2021

James C. "Jimmy" Parham, 84, of Spartanburg, SC went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, March 7, 2021 at Spartanburg Medical Center after a brief illness. A native of Spartanburg, Jimmy was born July 9, 1936, the only child of the late Grace Lynch Parham and Weldon H. "Buck" Parham. He was married to the late Jean Grooms Parham....

Shirley Allen

Shirley Allen

Mar 6, 2021

Shirley H. Allen, 81, of Moore, SC, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 6, 2021 at her home, with her sons by her side. Born July 19, 1939 in Manchester, GA, she was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. T.K. Hinkle and the widow of Arthur Charles Allen, Jr. Mrs. Allen was a 1958 graduate of Manchester High School...

Christine Lewis

Christine Lewis

Mar 6, 2021

Christine M. Lewis, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 8, 1936 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Leland and Beulah Fowler Morrison and the widow of James Wyatt "Bud" Lewis III. Mrs. Lewis loved playing bridge, watching and feeding the birds, and loved animals, especially...

Gerald Johnson

Gerald Johnson

Mar 6, 2021

Gerald William "Will" Johnson, 52, of Spartanburg, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, March 6, 2021. Will was born in Spartanburg on March 12, 1968 to Katherine "Kay" Cox of Spartanburg and the late Joe William Johnson. A graduate of Boiling Springs High School, Will, was a kind and caring man that loved his family deeply and valued his friendships throughout...

Raymond Prince

Raymond Prince

Mar 6, 2021

Raymond Manning Prince, 96 of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 6, 2021 at his home. Born February 28, 1925 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Joe Richard and Wilma Turner Prince and the widower of Frances Gossett Prince. A U.S. Army Air Force veteran, Mr. Prince served during the WWII era. Raymond was retired from North...

Barbara Putman

Barbara Putman

Mar 6, 2021

Barbara Jean Putman, 76, of Cowpens, SC, passed away on Saturday, March 6, 2021 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. She was the wife of Joseph Edwin Putman. Mrs. Putman was a native of Fingerville, SC and the daughter of the late Myrtle Blackwell Cowart and Robert L. Cowart. She was a loving mother and grandmother, her passion was her family....

G. Glover Sr

G. Glover Sr

Mar 5, 2021

G. Ray Glover Sr., 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, March 5, 2021 at his home. Born July 30, 1927 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Paul Theron Glover Sr. and Belle Kennedy Glover. Gerald was retired as an agent with Life of Georgia after 40 years of service. He was a member of First Baptist...

Kenneth Snapp

Kenneth Snapp

Mar 4, 2021

Kenneth Jones Snapp, 94, of Pacolet, SC died Thursday, March 04, 2021, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born in Rogersville, TN on March 7, 1926, he was the son of the late Thomas Ellis and Minnie Jones Snapp and husband of the late Elsie Bishop Snapp and Barbara Gail West Snapp. A U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II, Mr....

Rebecca Balabanis

Rebecca Balabanis

Mar 4, 2021

Rebecca Balabanis, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, fell asleep in the Lord, Thursday, March 4, 2021. Born August 27, 1932 in South Milwaukee, WI, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Helen Balabanis. Rebecca taught first grade in the inner city schools of Chicago most of her life. She excelled in teaching all her first graders how to read,...

Otis Gregory

Otis Gregory

Mar 4, 2021

Otis Alford Gregory, 84, of Wellford, SC beloved husband, father and Papa, went home to be with his Lord Thursday, March 04, 2021, at his home. Born February 7, 1937 in Spartanburg, SC he was the son of the late H. B. Gregory and Monie Smith Gregory. A graduate of Fairforest High School, Mr. Gregory worked for Reeves Brothers Inc.,...

Richard Stockman

Richard Stockman

Mar 4, 2021

As for God HIS way is Perfect. The work of the LORD is tried, HE is a buckler to all those who put their trust in HIM. - II Samuel 22:31 Mr. Richard Cawood Stockman was born on November 4, 1952 in Spartanburg to the late Leon Edwin and Delores Shepard Stockman. He was predeceased by one sister, Rose Marie...