Obituaries

Earline Sutton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Deloris Green

Deloris Green

Mar 13, 2019

Deloris Ann Taylor Green, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 26, 1930, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late James and Amy Bullman Taylor. She was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church. Survivors include her sons, James Green (Kathy) and Bobby Green, all of Spartanburg, SC,...

Alston Laye

Alston Laye

Mar 13, 2019

Alston Walker Laye, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 13, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 22, 1946, in Seneca, SC, she was the daughter of the late Bert H. Walker and Helen Heller Walker. A loving wife, devoted mother, proud grandmother, and good loyal friend, Mrs. Laye was gentle, caring, and giving, always putting others first....

Edith Cox

Edith Cox

Mar 13, 2019

Edith Cox left this earth on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 after living a wonderful 94 years making people laugh, enjoying great political debates, and enjoying a nice glass of chardonnay rather regularly. Edith was the daughter of the late Gladys M. and Clarence M. Livesay; and was predeceased by her two (2) brothers, Charles and Ronnie Livesay; and her sister...

Clarence Webber Jr.

Clarence Webber Jr.

Mar 12, 2019

Clarence William Webber Jr., 70, of Spartanburg, SC, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 12, 1948, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Clarence W. Webber Sr. and Betty Lucas Webber. He was called home by his Heavenly Father to be reunited with his grandparents, parents and...

Katherine "Kathy"

Katherine "Kathy"

Mar 11, 2019

Katherine Elizabeth Hayes Morris, 49, of Moore, SC, died Monday, March 11, 2019, at her home. Born October 31, 1969, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Herbert Roy Hayes and Wanda Turner Hayes of Moore, SC. Kathy was a member of Reidville Presbyterian Church. She received an Associate Degree from Virginia College and was a pharmacy technician. She...

Jean Drozdak

Jean Drozdak

Mar 11, 2019

Jean Hendrix Drozdak, 67, passed away on Monday, March 11, 2019, at Agape Hospice House, Columbia, SC after an extended battle with Multiple Myeloma. Born in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dr. William T. and Mary Parker Hendrix. She is survived by her husband of 44 years, Dennis Drozdak; her daughter, Jennifer Drozdak Stivers of Montgomery,...

Joseph Hawkins

Joseph Hawkins

Mar 10, 2019

Joseph Preston "Joe P" Hawkins, 74, of Duncan, SC, died Sunday, March 10, 2019, at his home. Born September 13, 1944, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Daniel Hawkins and Bertha Louise McCutcheon Hawkins. He was married for 33 years to the late Janet Belcher Hawkins. A U. S. Army veteran and graduate of Spartanburg...

Betty Hild

Betty Hild

Mar 10, 2019

Betty Jo Seawright Hild, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 10, 2019, at the Inverness of Spartanburg. Born June 12, 1934, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Roy Olin Seawright and Sarah Jane Frey Seawright. She was a member of Grace Baptist Church. Surviving is her son, Donald Joe Hild and his wife Deborah; and special...

Norma "Jeanie"

Norma "Jeanie"

Mar 10, 2019

Norma Jean McGraw "Jeanie" Harris, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 10, 2019, at Pelham Medical Center. Born March 28, 1945, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walter Arthur McGraw and Thelma Estelle Adams McGraw. A loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend, Jeanie was a dedicated Christian and member of Beaumont Baptist Church. She...

B. Sumner

B. Sumner

Mar 9, 2019

Boyce Callie Sumner, 80, of Pauline, SC, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, Saturday, March 9, 2019 at his home. Born December 6, 1938 in Pauline, SC, he was the son of the late Sum McGowan and Lillie Smith Sumner and the widower of Shirley Louise Skinner Sumner. Callie was retired from Draper Corp after 23 years of service as...