Obituaries

Bobby Mcdonald

Bobby Mcdonald

Dec 17, 2019

Bobby Joe McDonald, 86, of Spartanburg, SC and formerly of Conyers, GA, died Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at his home. One of nine children, he was born May 11, 1933, in Rutledge, GA, a son of the late Henry Grady McDonald and Mary Welborn McDonald. He was married for 45 years to the late Willie Lucille Pelfrey McDonald. A U....

Rebecca Upton

Rebecca Upton

Dec 15, 2019

Rebecca Hawkins Upton, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 15, 2019 at NHC HealthCare, Greenville. Born November 22, 1938 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert "Bill" Glenn Hawkins and Hazel Louise Brewer Hawkins Poole. Becky was retired from Chapman Concrete after 35 years of service. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church, a...

Robert Marshall Sr.

Robert Marshall Sr.

Dec 12, 2019

Robert "Bob" Lewis Marshall Sr., 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 12, 2019, at his home. Born April 4, 1932, in Greensboro, NC, he was the son of the late Julius Carl Marshall and Amanda Bleeker Graham Marshall. He was married for 65 years to the late Mildred Morgan Marshall. A member of Abner Baptist Church, Mr. Marshall retired...

Sharon Amann

Sharon Amann

Dec 11, 2019

Sharon Joy Clarkson Amann, 54, of Gaffney, SC, died Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born September 24, 1965, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Everett Clarkson Sr. and Dorothy Houghton Clarkson. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Mrs. Amann was a former member of the Spartanburg Junior League, former Director of...

Dorothy Cate

Dorothy Cate

Dec 10, 2019

Dorothy Wright Cate, 89, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born in Monterey, Tennessee, on May 7, 1930, to Dillard Lester Wright and Annie Lawson Wright, Dorothy grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, where in 1951 she married Robert Louis Cate. Over the next 54 years, they led a remarkable...

Frederick Dent

Frederick Dent

Dec 10, 2019

Frederick Baily Dent, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 17, 1922, in Cape May, NJ and raised in Greenwich, CT, he was the son of the late Magruder Dent and Edith Baily Dent. He was the husband of 53 years to the late Mildred "Millie" Harrison Dent and a member of...

Carroll Anthony Sr.

Carroll Anthony Sr.

Dec 10, 2019

Carroll Dean Anthony Sr., 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at White Oak at North Grove-Spartanburg following a valiant struggle with Parkinson's Disease. He was born April 10, 1939 to the late Paul Combee and Bertie Earle (Poole) Anthony at the family home in Spartanburg. Carroll was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and a veteran of...

Joan Turnage

Joan Turnage

Dec 10, 2019

Joan Dobbins Turnage, 89, of Roebuck, SC, died Tuesday, December 10, 2019, at her home in Columbus, NC. Born October 28, 1930, in Rutherfordton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Boyd Dobbins and Alma Bland Hendrix. A member of Second Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg since 1950, Mrs. Turnage was a member of Circle #2 and the honored recipient...

David Haddox

David Haddox

Dec 9, 2019

David Norman Haddox, 74, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 9, 2019, at his home. Born July 11, 1945, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Clyde Norman Haddox and Cora Lee Hudson Haddox. A member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, David was a renowned percussion educator and a self-employed musician for more than 54 years....

Jonathan Niles

Jonathan Niles

Dec 8, 2019

Jonathan Baird Niles, 65, of Boiling Springs, SC, passed away in the love and comfort of his family and friends on Sunday, December 8, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Jon was born in Danbury, CT on September 21, 1954 to Alton "Al" Niles of Boiling Springs, SC, and the late Barbara Rowland Niles. Jon graduated from Brookfield High School...

Charles Parsons

Charles Parsons

Dec 8, 2019

Charles Richard Parsons, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Sunday, December 8, 2019, at his home. He was born March 12, 1923 to the late John Wesley and Rilla Boulware Parsons in York, SC. He was the widower of June Westmoreland Parsons. Charles was an incredibly talented and creative woodworker from an early age. He enjoyed creating replicas of...

Joshua Hammett

Joshua Hammett

Dec 8, 2019

Joshua Lee Hammett, infant son of Joshua Duane Hammett and Teresa Renae Nichols was born unto earth and heaven on Sunday, December 8, 2019. In addition to his parents, he is survived by sisters, Nevaeh Joi-Ray Hammett and Natalya Renae Hammett; maternal grandparents, Terry and Nellie Nichols; and paternal grandmother, Rhonda Smith Hill. He was predeceased by paternal grandfather, Joey...

Densmore Jones

Densmore Jones

Dec 7, 2019

Densmore "Denny" Faris Jones, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, December 7, 2019, at Summit Hills Retirement Community. Born December 28, 1925, in Rock Hill, SC, she was the daughter of the late Paul Densmore Faris and Ida Whitesides Faris and widow of Lewis Pinckney Jones. A member of Central United Methodist Church and member of the United Methodist Women,...

William Gregory

William Gregory

Dec 6, 2019

William "Bill" J. Gregory, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, December 6, 2019, at his home. Born March 27, 1935, in Moore, SC, he was the son of the late William Junior Gregory Sr. and Lilly Mae Gregory. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Gregory was a member of Anderson Mill Baptist Church. He was valedictorian of his Roebuck High...

Claircy Purinton

Claircy Purinton

Dec 6, 2019

Claircy Kathelene Gordon Purinton, 62, of Spartanburg, passed away on Friday evening, December 6, 2019, at her home. Born February 1, 1957 in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late James Rufus "Jimmy" Gordon and Blanche Yvonne "Bonnie" Bellamy Gordon. A longtime math teacher with Spartanburg School District 7 at McCracken Junior High School, Claircy was a member of...

Leah Harrington

Leah Harrington

Dec 6, 2019

Leah Rebecca Cathcart Harrington of Spartanburg, died Friday, December 6, 2019, at her home. She was born November 28, 1969 in Spartanburg. She was the daughter of Nancy Cathcart KcKinney of Spartanburg and the late Leon Fowler and was the wife of Bobby Harrington. Leah is also survived by her children, Joshua Phillips and Rebecca Riddle; her brother, Leon Fowler,...

Harold Smith

Harold Smith

Dec 5, 2019

Harold Everett Smith, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 5, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 17, 1938, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Everette William and Frances Webb Smith and husband of the late Faye Marie Smith. Harold was a member of Beaumont Baptist Church and Saxon Masonic Lodge #186. He coached softball for...

Barbara Hughes

Barbara Hughes

Dec 5, 2019

Heaven welcomed a new angel on Thursday morning, December 5, 2019 when Barbara Jean Caldwell Hughes, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 6, 1937, in Penrose, NC, she was the daughter of the late Walter E. and Ruth VeHaun Caldwell. For more than 60 years, she was married to the late Donald Rex Hughes....

Mark Roddy

Mark Roddy

Dec 5, 2019

Mark O. Roddy, born March 20, 1961, died December 5, 2019, from complications of pulmonary fibrosis at Spartanburg Regional Restorative Care. Mark is survived by his father, Donald Roddy; his mother, Linda Young Roddy; his brother, David Allen Roddy (Tammy); and his partner, Thom Parks. Mark is also survived by nieces Jessica Bruce (Ben), Hannah Davidson (Tim), Betsy Perrigo (Travis),...

Jimmy Hodge

Jimmy Hodge

Dec 5, 2019

Jimmy Wilton Hodge, 88, of Marietta, GA and formerly of Pacolet Mills, SC, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at Sterling Estates of East Cobb Marietta, GA. Born November 14, 1931, in Pacolet Mills, SC, he was the son of the late Claude and Thelma Harrold Hodge and husband of 60 years to the late...