Obituaries

Eloise Pitts

Eloise Pitts

Jul 21, 2019

Agnes Eloise Revis Pitts, 94, of Boiling Springs, SC, passed away on Sunday, July 21, 2019, at Wesley Court Assisted Living. The last surviving member of her immediate family, daughter of the late Rev. James Henry and Mamie Ola McSwain Revis was born in Chester County, SC on February 5, 1925. She grew up in Spartanburg County except for four...

Amelia Cohen

Amelia Cohen

Jul 20, 2019

Only the dust returns to the earth, the spirit returns to God who gave it. Amelia Rae "Amy" Cohen passed into the Endless Peace of Life Eternal on Saturday, July 20, 2019. Born on August 19, 1949 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jacob, Sr. and Ruth Brown Cohen. She is survived by her three brothers,...

Mildred Mabry

Mildred Mabry

Jul 19, 2019

Mildred F. Mabry, 93, of Spartanburg, died Friday, July 19, 2019 at home. Born July 29, 1925 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Giles F. and Alma Lands Aycock. She was predeceased in death by her loving husband, Sam E. Mabry, Jr. Mildred was a homemaker and a member of El-Bethel United Methodist Church for 70...

Anne Byce

Anne Byce

Jul 19, 2019

On Friday, July 19, 2019, Anne Huggins Byce departed this life peacefully at her home to join her Heavenly Father. Born in Laurens, South Carolina on October 29th, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Margaret McCord and John Cortsworth Huggins and the widow of Macon Earle Byce, Sr. Anne graduated from Spartanburg High School and worked at Smith...

Robert Md

Robert Md

Jul 19, 2019

Dr. Robert Hutchinson Taylor, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, July 19, 2019, at his home. Born April 20, 1929, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Claude Ambrose Taylor, Sr., Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, and Mary Young Cooper Taylor. Dr. Taylor was a graduate of Spartanburg High School Class of 1946, the University...

Sybil Thomas

Sybil Thomas

Jul 19, 2019

Sybil Jacqueline Hall Thomas, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, July 19, 2019, at her home. Born September 29, 1928, in Greer, SC, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Kate Bennett Hall and widow of Eugene Lamar Thomas. Mrs. Thomas was a member of First Baptist Church Spartanburg and was very involved in Foster Care in Spartanburg...

Galynne Trivette

Galynne Trivette

Jul 18, 2019

Galynne "Lynne" Gregory Trivette, 72, of Spartanburg entered the Kingdom of Heaven Thursday, July 18, 2019 in the care of the ICU nursing staff of Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System's Mary Black Campus. Born March 3, 1947 in Spartanburg, South Carolina to the late Reverend Gary Guy Gregory and Hilda Cannon Gregory, Lynne was a graduate of Hilderbran High School who...

Bennie Larj

Bennie Larj

Jul 18, 2019

Bennie Scurry Stone Larj, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 18, 2019, at her home. Born April 27, 1923, in Gainesville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Marshall Christman Stone and Bennie Maxwell Brown Stone. Bennie was a member of The Episcopal Church of the Advent, the DAR, the Colonial Dames Society of North America, and The...

Mary Martin

Mary Martin

Jul 17, 2019

Mary Elizabeth Turner Martin, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, July 17, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 1, 1938, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late M. D. and Lula Buckner Turner and widow of Ronald N. Martin. Mrs. Martin received her Bachelor's Degree from Gardner Webb University and was the owner/operator of Mary's Beauty...

Boyce Camp

Boyce Camp

Jul 16, 2019

Boyce Julian Camp, 83, of Cowpens, SC, went peacefully to his heavenly home on the evening of Tuesday, July 16, 2019. Born in Rutherford County, NC, he was the son of the late Claude J. and Louvera Ruth Camp. Boyce studied Mathematics at Appalachian State University and retired from a long career in accounting from Hoechst Celanese. He was a...

Lura Walker

Lura Walker

Jul 15, 2019

Lura Williams Walker, 94, of Wellford, SC, died Monday, July 15, 2019, at her home. Born May 12, 1925, in Greenwood, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Strom Williams Sr. and Martha Jane Harling Williams and widow of John Lawrence Walker Sr. A very loving and giving person, Mrs. Walker was a member of Wellford Baptist Church,...

Betty Brooks

Betty Brooks

Jul 15, 2019

Betty "Bunt" Weathers Brooks, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, entered eternal life with her Heavenly Father and beloved husband on Monday, July 15, 2019. A native of Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dean Cudd Weathers and Annie Moore Weathers. She was the wife of 64 years to the late Preston David Brooks. Betty retired from the...

Ray Childers

Ray Childers

Jul 14, 2019

Ray Leon Childers, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died peacefully in his sleep at his home on Sunday, July 14, 2019. Born February 27, 1925, in Greer, SC, he was the son of the late Henry Beacham Childers and Mary Ellen Norman Childers. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Ray served in both theaters of war and survived...

Haskell Cook

Haskell Cook

Jul 14, 2019

Haskell Calhoun Cook, known to everyone as "Hack", passed away at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home on Sunday, July 14, 2019, at the age of 95. Born in Laurens County, SC on October 17, 1923, he was the son of the late Lawrence N. Cook and Ruth Cooper Cook. Hack was happily married for 74 years to Martha Smith Cook...

Dr. Utley

Dr. Utley

Jul 11, 2019

Dr. Joella F. Jordan Utley, 83, of Campobello, SC, died Thursday, July 11, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 20, 1935, in Clinton, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of the late Marshall and Faye Fritch Jordan and wife of 44 years to the late Dr. Joe R. Utley. A gifted radiologist, Dr. Utley was involved in the community with...

Ruth West

Ruth West

Jul 9, 2019

Ruth W. West, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, July 9, 2019, at Eden Terrace-Spartanburg. Born March 17, 1922, in Pauline, SC, she was the daughter of the late Sam J. and Tiny Valentine Fowler West and widow of George William West. Mrs. West was a member of Southside Baptist Church where she was a nursery teacher for many years...

Hannelore Faulstich

Hannelore Faulstich

Jul 9, 2019

Hannelore Elisabeth Faulstich, age 84, died on Tuesday, July 9, 2019. She was born on June 9, 1935 in Stargard, Germany to Ferdinand and Hertha (Wichmann) Bartsch. Due to difficult times after the war, she emigrated alone to Canada in 1952 to forge a better life for her family. After working as a nanny for the Seagrams family, she reunited...

Mary Stafford

Mary Stafford

Jul 8, 2019

Mary Ann Krumpotich Stafford, 65, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, July 8, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 16, 1954, in Sumter, SC, she was the daughter of Joseph Robert Krumpotich of Sumter, SC and the late Mary Martin Krumpotich. Mrs. Stafford earned her BS Degree at the University of South Carolina School of Nursing and was formerly employed...

E. Ross

E. Ross

Jul 6, 2019

E. Floyd Ross, 89, of Cowpens, SC, died Saturday, July 6, 2019 at his home. Born May 5, 1930 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Gordon and Florence Harris Ross. Floyd retired after thirty years of service from Lockwood Greene Engineers & Architects. He was a lifetime member of Masonic Lodge #376, Hejaz Shrine Temple...

Jeffry Gray

Jeffry Gray

Jul 4, 2019

Jeffry Sims Gray, 56, of Inman, SC, departed this earth for his heavenly home on Thursday, July 4, 2019. Born October 30, 1962, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Charles E. Gray of Inman, SC and the late Shirley Ruth McCraw Gray. Jeff was a Christian and member of Boiling Springs First Baptist Church. There are no endings,...