Robert Gowan
Mar 28, 2019
Robert Charles Gowan, 82, of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, March 28, 2019, at his home. Born April 10, 1936 in Stone Station, SC, he was the son of the late Charlie Robert and Minnie Lee Bagwell Gowan. Mr. Gowan loved spending time with his family, hunting, and fishing. He was retired from Earnhart Electric Company after 42 years of service....
Edward Wells
Mar 28, 2019
Edward C. "Buddy" Wells, 94, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, March 28, 2019, at his home. Born July 4, 1924 in Pender County, NC, he was the son of the late Clingman M. Wells and Annie Irene Rivenbark Wells and husband of the late Gloria Ada Wells. Mr. Wells was a member of Lake Bowen Baptist Church and Masonic Lodge...
Carolyn Harris
Mar 27, 2019
Carolyn Martin Harris, 88, of Spartanburg, died peacefully on Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born in Toccoa, GA, she was the daughter of the late Warren G. Martin and Virginia Garland Martin. The family moved to Spartanburg when Carolyn was in elementary school. Carolyn attended Queens College and graduated from Limestone College in 1952. At Limestone...
Linette Tillotson
Mar 27, 2019
Linette Greene Tillotson, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 27, 2019, at Summit Hills Retirement Community. Born August 7, 1926, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Albert Leonard Greene and Carrie Essillee Wade Greene and widow of Herman Wilson Tillotson. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. Survivors include her children, Wilson...
Mary Eckles
Mar 26, 2019
Mary Wilkes Eckles, 95, widow of Ralph Bohlayer Eckles died on Tuesday, March 26, 2019. She was a native of Fairfield County, SC, the daughter of the late Thomas Broome & Myrtle Henry Wilkes. She was in the class of 1941 at Monticello High School, inducted into the National Beta Club, and in the class of 1945 at Newberry College....
Ann Fortenberry
Mar 26, 2019
Ann Elizabeth Axson Fortenberry, 73, of Chesnee, SC, died Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at her home. Born April 10, 1945, in Salley, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Robert Axson Sr. and Mildred Poole Axson. Mrs. Fortenberry was a member of First Baptist Church of Mayo and retired from Kohler Company after 29 years of service. Survivors...
Genelle Ellisor
Mar 25, 2019
Genelle Clary Ellisor, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, March 25, 2019, at Wesley Court Assisted Living-Boiling Springs, SC. Born November 19, 1926, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Monroe and Bessie Jean Green Clary and last surviving member of her immediate family. She was married 50 years to the late William "Bill" Stanley Ellisor...
Russell Kennedy
Mar 24, 2019
Russell J. Kennedy, 81, of Lorton, VA went home peacefully to be with the Lord, Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Capital Caring Halquist Memorial Center. Born November 30, 1937, he was the son of the late Russell and Eva Kennedy. He arrived in Northern Virginia in 1957 after a few odd jobs he found his niche in the electronics field....
Patricia Miller
Mar 22, 2019
Patricia Ann Martin Miller, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Friday, March 22, 2019, at Palmetto Baptist Hospital. Born August 11, 1936, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Lillie Martin. Survivors include her daughters, Teresa Dowey (Donnie) of Columbia, SC, Deborah Nettles (Frank) of Ridgeland, SC, Cindi Fedor (David) of Okatie, SC, and...
Bobby Mckinney
Mar 22, 2019
Bobby Walker McKinney, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, March 22, 2019 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 17, 1932 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Ernest and Catherine Cathcart McKinney and the widower of Carrie Mae Harmon McKinney. A US Army veteran of The Korean War, Mr. McKinney loved and enjoyed spending time with...
Earline Sutton
Mar 22, 2019
Earline Horton Sutton passed away on March 22, 2019 at Spartanburg Medical Center. She was born on July 22, 1936. Earline was a native of Boiling Springs, South Carolina. She was the wife of the late Kenneth Lane Sutton and a daughter of the late Earl and Ada Kimbrell Horton. She attended Cecil's Business College and was an office manager...
Joyce Knight
Mar 19, 2019
Joyce Elizabeth Mosley Fowler Knight, 74, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at her home. Born December 21, 1944, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Paul Harley Mosley and Mary Elizabeth Hawkins Mosley. Mrs. Knight was a member of Harmony Fellowship, Greer, SC and retired from Four Sea's Canteen. Survivors include her children, Elizabeth Fowler...
Jesse Riddle
Mar 18, 2019
Jesse Riddle, 74, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, March 18, 2019, at his home. Born March 3, 1945, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late James Louie Riddle and Ruth Jackson Riddle. Mr. Riddle was a member of Roebuck Baptist Church and a former member and deacon at Friendship Baptist Church. He retired from Walmart transportation. Survivors include...
Geraldine Sill
Mar 18, 2019
Geraldine "Geri" Houk Sill, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2019, at Richard M. Campbell Veterans Nursing Home. Born June 10, 1924, in Lawrence, Kansas, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Mary Margaret Neustifter Houk and widow of Jacob Thornwell "Thorny" Sill. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mrs. Sill was a member...
Sarah Lassiter
Mar 17, 2019
Sarah Lee Hodge Lassiter, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 17, 2019, at RoseCrest Retirement Community. Born October 3, 1938, in Rutherfordton, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Albert and Hazel Aiken Biggerstaff Hodge and wife of the late Frank Lee Lassiter Jr. Mrs. Lassiter was a graduate of R-S Central High School in Rutherfordton, NC...
Susan Rimel
Mar 15, 2019
Susan Lee Rimel, 72, of Moore, SC, died Friday, March 15, 2019, at her home. Born August 16, 1946, in Montgomery, PA, she was the daughter of Edward and Ruth Ostrowski of Pennsylvania and widow of Guy H. Rimel (1997). Susan was a constant, life-long reader who was renowned for her exactness in all things, and her forthright opinion. Her...
Frances Blackman
Mar 15, 2019
Frances "Happy" Coleman Blackman, 101, of Spartanburg, SC, died peacefully on Friday, March 15, 2019. Born August 9, 1917 in Hyman, SC, she was one of 13 children of the late Annie Pauline and William Coleman. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Percival Clarke Blackman in 1989 after over 50 years of marriage. Happy had a wonderful, long, and...
Richard Lefever
Mar 14, 2019
Richard LeRoy LeFever, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 14, 2019, at Pacifica Skylyn-Spartanburg. Born June 14, 1929, in Fort Wayne, IN, he was the son of the late Russell Dayton LeFever and Mayme Irene Wartsler LeFever. He was a U. S. Air Force veteran and retired from Reeves Brothers. Surviving are his children, Barry LeFever of Brownsburg, IN,...
Edna Tillotson
Mar 14, 2019
Edna Taylor Tillotson, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 14, 2019, at Greenville Place-Greenville. Born September 15, 1929, in Middlesboro, KY, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Dudley Taylor and Myrtle Goings Taylor and widow of William Ernest Tillotson. Mrs. Tillotson was a member of Center Point Presbyterian Church in Moore, SC. She retired from nursing with...
Ruby Stone
Mar 13, 2019
Ruby Gibson Stone, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at White Oak at North Grove-Spartanburg. Born April 28, 1930, in Fairmont, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charlie and Mae Blackwell Gibson. Ruby was a member of Nazareth Presbyterian Church, Circle 3, Friendship Club, and the Wagner Sunday School Class. A 1947 graduate of Duncan...
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