Obituaries

Andrew Johnston

Andrew Johnston

Jul 4, 2019

Andrew "Drew" Boineau Johnston, 33, of Gaffney, SC, died Thursday, July 4, 2019. Born October 2, 1985, in Florence, SC, he was the son of Andy and Susan Pierce Johnston of Spartanburg, SC and the husband of Emily Cash Johnston of Gaffney, SC. Drew was always a free spirit, and now he is truly free. Drew attended Spartanburg Community College,...

Amelia Ragis

Amelia Ragis

Jul 4, 2019

Amelia Ruth Lukas Ragis, 101, of Spartanburg, SC, formerly of New Smyrna Beach, FL, died Thursday, July 04, 2019, at her home. Born June 24, 1918 in Worcester, MA, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Constance Matukaitis Lukas and wife of the late William Phillip Ragis. Mrs. Ragis was a member of St. Paul the Apostle...

John Templeton Jr.

John Templeton Jr.

Jul 2, 2019

John "Warren" Templeton Jr., 87, went home to be with the Lord he loved on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. Born March 1, 1932 in Laurens, SC, he was the son of the late John Warren Templeton, Sr. and Agnes Smith Templeton. Mr. Templeton was a 1950 graduate of Laurens High School and 1954 graduate of Presbyterian College with a degree...

Barbara Daniels

Barbara Daniels

Jun 30, 2019

Barbara Moore Daniels, 72, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Sunday, June 30, 2019 surrounded by her children. Born June 10, 1947 in Searcy, Arkansas, she is the daughter of RJ Moore and the late Ann Haynes Moore. Barbara graduated from Ludwigsburg American High School in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and the University of South Carolina in Columbia. She moved to Spartanburg and...

Theresa Prince

Theresa Prince

Jun 30, 2019

Theresa Brooks Prince, 49, of Florence, SC, died Sunday, June 30, 2019, at McLeod Hospice House. Born November 26, 1969, in Sumter, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dr. David H. Prince Sr. and Jennie Cox Prince. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg. Survivors include her brother, David Prince (Charlee) of Forsyth, MT; uncle,...

Hazel Stoddard

Hazel Stoddard

Jun 30, 2019

Hazel West Stoddard, 86, of Spartanburg, SC died Sunday, June 30, 2019 at White Oak at North Grove. Born July 19, 1932 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Pearl Sweatt West. She was the wife of the late Everett Stoddard. Mrs. Stoddard was a lifelong faithful member of Southside Baptist Church and enjoyed delivering for...

Janet Adee

Janet Adee

Jun 29, 2019

Janet Elaine Evans Adee, 62, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, June 29, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 11, 1956, in Ponca City, OK, she was the daughter of Clovis and Patricia Duffy Evans and the wife of 24 years to Douglas Wilfred Adee. Mrs. Adee was a member of Central Church of Christ. She loved her grandchildren, reading,...

Thelma Henderson

Thelma Henderson

Jun 28, 2019

Thelma Epley Henderson, 86, of Moore, SC, completed her work here on earth on June 28, 2019. She was the daughter of the late Charlie and Gladys Parris Epley. She was married for 58 years to her great love, the late Sam Dorman Henderson. She was an active member of Poplar Springs Baptist Church. She leaves behind a legacy of...

Sara Humphries

Sara Humphries

Jun 27, 2019

Sara Maxine Humphries, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, June 27, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 12, 1934, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William Elmore Jackson and Josie Leister Jackson and widow of Billy Joe Humphries. Mrs. Humphries was a member of Beaumont Baptist Church and owner of Humphries Transfer Company. Survivors include her...

Delanie Hess

Delanie Hess

Jun 27, 2019

Delanie Brewton Hess, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, June 27, 2019, at Eden Terrace-Spartanburg. Born November 4, 1919, in Jonesville, LA, she was the daughter of the late John Timothy Brewton and Elizabeth Reid Brewton and wife of 56 years to the late James Orr Hess. Beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Hess was an active member of...

Nona Estes

Nona Estes

Jun 27, 2019

Nona Mae Estes, 94, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, June 27, 2019, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born October 13, 1924, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Collis and Willie Faye Brown Jolly and widow of Walter Bryan Estes. Mrs. Estes was a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Florida and attended Converse Baptist Church in...

Marjorie Hembree

Marjorie Hembree

Jun 26, 2019

Marjorie Montine Johnson Hembree, 85, of Inman, SC, loving wife of 62 years to James Earl Hembree, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019, at her home. Born April 26, 1934, in Town Creek, AL, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Boyd Johnson Sr. and Alma Edmunds Johnson. Mrs. Hembree was a member of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church where she...

June Parks

June Parks

Jun 25, 2019

Carolyn June McKinney Parks, 89, went to be with her Lord on June 25, 2019. She passed away peacefully with family by her side at the Care and Wellness Center of Whitestone; a Masonic and Eastern Star Community in Greensboro, NC, after several years of declining health. June was born December 12, 1929, at home in Greer, SC. She was...

Ronald Cash

Ronald Cash

Jun 25, 2019

Ronald Preston Cash, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 10, 1946, in Birmingham, AL, he was the son of the late Ned Johnson Cash and Mary Mitchell Cash. A U. S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Cash earned a BA from Georgia Southern University and retired from Milliken &...

Horace Young

Horace Young

Jun 25, 2019

Horace "Butch" Young, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, June 25, 2019, at White Oak at North Grove-Spartanburg. Born October 20, 1934, in Richland County, SC, he was the son of the late Charles Ligon Young and Annie Kate Tisdale Young and husband of 50 years to the late Nancy Barnett Young. A University of South Carolina graduate as well...

Mary Nodine

Mary Nodine

Jun 24, 2019

Mary Dennis Burnett Nodine, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, June 24, 2019, at Summit Hills-Spartanburg, surrounded by her family. Born August 12, 1929, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Dennis W. Burnett and Minnie McClure Burnett and widow of Charles Allen Nodine. A graduate of Furman University, Mrs. Nodine retired from teaching after 15 years...

Michael Fowler

Michael Fowler

Jun 23, 2019

Michael Allen Fowler, 74, of Inman, SC, died Sunday, June 23, 2019, at his home. Born May 15, 1945, in Green Creek, NC, he was the son of the late Roy Herbert Fowler and Virginia McEntyre Fowler. He was retired from M & M Electric Services, Inc. and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife of 49 years, Pamela...

Perry Smith

Perry Smith

Jun 23, 2019

Perry Harrell Smith, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, June 23, 2019, at his home. Born July 22, 1930, in Bostic, NC, he was the son of the late Thomas Lee Smith and Annie Maude Harrell Smith and husband of the late Virginia "Jenny" Buchanan Smith. A U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Smith was a member...

Mitchell Harris

Mitchell Harris

Jun 22, 2019

Mitchell "Mitch" Donald Harris, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, June 22, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 18, 1946, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Hoyle Edward Harris and Grace Gertrude McCraw and husband of the late Norma Jean "Jeannie" McGraw Harris. A U. S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Harris...

Susan Coakley

Susan Coakley

Jun 22, 2019

Susan P. Coakley, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, June 22, 2019, at her home. Born September 12, 1943, in San Francisco, CA, she was the daughter of the late Willis Marshall Parrish III and Lillian Nunnally Parrish. Mrs. Coakley earned her MA in Education from Converse College and retired from teaching at E. P. Todd Elementary School. A loving...