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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Frances Calvert
Dec 4, 2019
Frances Elizabeth Calvert, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at her home. Born September 24, 1936, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Sarah Mabry Seay and wife of 62 years to the late Bill Calvert. Mrs. Calvert was a member of United Baptist Church (formerly Hayne Baptist Church) and the...
Ladean Gardner
Dec 3, 2019
Ladean Gardner entered eternal rest on Tuesday, December 3, 2019. She was born in Mayo, SC on September 27, 1931, the youngest child of Preston Alexander Gardner and Lois Queen Gardner. She graduated from Mayo High School, where she played basketball and later went to Converse College. After graduating from Converse, Ladean relocated to Rock Hill, SC to begin her...
Frank Hayes
Dec 3, 2019
Frank Preston Hayes, 101, passed away on Tuesday, December 3, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center-Mary Black Campus. Born October 14, 1918, in Pauline, SC, to Grover Cleveland and Clevia Lancaster Hayes, Frank continued to live in Pauline throughout his entire life. He was married to Margie Gwinn Hayes for 64 years before her passing in 2004. He was a devoted...
John Morris Jr.
Dec 3, 2019
John Carroll Morris Jr., 68, of Jonesville, SC, died Tuesday, December 3, 2019 at his home. Born May 15, 1951, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late John Carroll Morris Sr. and Geraldine Motts Morris. Mr. Morris loved his family and fishing. He was a member of Gilead Baptist Church and a self-employed licensed contractor. Survivors include...
Lane Vaughan
Dec 2, 2019
Lane McMillin Vaughan "Pepper", 41, of Inman, SC, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Monday, December 2, 2019. Born July 3, 1978, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of David Lane Vaughan and Donna McMillin Vaughan of Inman, SC. Lane was a history enthusiast who loved to build guns and participated in many Civil War reenactments. He also...
Marion Hubbard
Dec 1, 2019
Marion Orcutt Hubbard, affectionately known to friends and family as "Dixie", of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 1, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 4, 1936, in Ashtabula, OH, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Ralph Orcutt and Luella Hudson Orcutt and widow of John Keith Hubbard. Dixie was not only a homemaker, she was a...
Liam Cudd
Dec 1, 2019
Liam Greyson Cudd was born on November 25, 2019, in Greenville County, SC and died Sunday, December 1, 2019, at his home. He was the infant son of Lee and Cecily Ingle Cudd of Boiling Springs, SC. In addition to his parents, survivors include his paternal grandmother, Sarah Cudd of Chesnee, SC; maternal grandparents, Richard and Michelle Ingle of Old...
Howard Childress, Sr.
Nov 30, 2019
Howard Dean Childress, Sr., 76, of Chesnee, SC passed away peacefully on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at his home. Born April 21, 1943 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William Harrison Childress, Sr. and Margaret Mae Emory Childress of Clifton, SC. Howard was a graduate of Cowpens High School, attended University of South Carolina-Spartanburg, and was...
Virginia Stewart
Nov 30, 2019
Virginia Lucille Dodd Stewart, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, November 30, 2019, at Magnolia Manor. Born August 28, 1936 in Fairforest, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank L. and Katie Dills Dodd. Virginia was retired after working in retail sales and was a member of the former Green Street Baptist Church. Survivors include her children, Lonnie...
Marilyn Bornstein
Nov 30, 2019
Marilyn Ruth Bornstein, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, November 30, 2019, at her home. Born December 5, 1934, in Everett, MA, she was the daughter of the late William and Frances Benjamin Schwaltz and widow of Norman David Bornstein. Mrs. Bornstein was a resident of Spartanburg for 54 years and a member of Temple B'nai Israel and the Sisterhood....
Frankie Watson
Nov 29, 2019
Frankie Taylor Watson, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, November 29, 2019 in Spartanburg, SC. Born August 16, 1933 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Roy Marchant Lister and Leola Robinson. She was first married to the late Irby C. Taylor, Jr. Frankie was retired as a secretary and office manager. She was a member of...
Zachary Willis
Nov 29, 2019
Zachary Alexander Willis, 3, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, November 29, 2019 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born July 8, 2016 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Michael Kevin and Rebecca Allison Willis. Our sweet Zach loved attending preschool at Pacolet Elementary School in Spartanburg, SC and singing along to his favorite nursery rhymes. Survivors are his parents, Kevin and...
Silvia Clary
Nov 27, 2019
Silvia Maria Socarras Clary, 62, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with the Lord, November 27, 2019. Born March 8, 1957, in Matanzas, Cuba, she was the daughter of the late Luis Rosendo and Matilde Trinidad Caraballo Socarras. Silvia graduated from high school in Spain; and also worked as a Professional Translator in Puerto Rico. She was a woman...
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