John Fruit
Feb 1, 2019
John Phelps Fruit, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 1, 2019 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 27, 1935 in Chattanooga, TN, he was the son of the late Edgar William and Annie Elizabeth Nance Fruit. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Fruit was a graduate of The University of South Carolina, and was an Accountant for over 40...
Wanza Seay
Feb 1, 2019
Wanza Auldora Seay, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 1, 2019 at her home. Born April 4, 1934 in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late George Ashley and Alice Edwards Keller. Sue was a homemaker and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. She managed the Melrose Park Speedway in Saluda, NC during the 1970's and...
Lois Hesser
Feb 1, 2019
Lois Ann Hesser, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 1, 2019 at her home. Born January 9, 1931 in Hudson Falls, NY, she was the daughter of the late Herbert Edwin Barker and Madeline Selfridge Barker. She was the wife of John Robert Rungo. Miss Lois was a retired professor at Nova Southeastern University. She was a member of...
Maxie Garrett Jr.
Feb 1, 2019
Maxie Perry Garrett, Jr., 56, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, February 1, 2019 at his home. Born April 12, 1962 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Maxie Perry Garrett Sr., and Thelma Ann Westmoreland Garrett. Maxie was an independent expedited driver with Express Unlimited and was a Tire Chief for Ferrari of Beverly Hills. Desiring to...
Ralph Parris Jr.
Feb 1, 2019
Ralph Oswald Parris, Jr., 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 1, 2019 at his home. Born September 28, 1938 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late R.O. Parris, Sr. and Vassar Louise Parris. Ralph graduated from Roebuck High School and Spartanburg Methodist College. He served two years in the U.S. Army. Upon moving to California, he...
Thomas Reaves
Jan 31, 2019
Thomas Robert Reaves, 45, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, January 31, 2019. Born July 16, 1973 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Monte Ballard Reaves and the late James A. "Tommy" Reaves. Thomas was a driver for RL Jordan Oil Company. He was a member of Glendale Baptist Church and had been attending New Prospect Baptist Church....
Tina Burnett
Jan 31, 2019
Tina A. Burnett, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, January 31, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 14, 1940, in Glendale, SC, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Leroy Alley and Ruth Nelleene Morris Alley and widow of George Wilbur Burnett, Jr. Mrs. Burnett was a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church and retired from the...
Kathleen Seay
Jan 31, 2019
Kathleen Turner Seay, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, January 31, 2019, at her home. Born July 5, 1927, in Pacolet Mills, SC, she was the daughter of the late Roy Turner and Beulah Shields Turner. She was a member of Crossroads Baptist Church. Survivors include her loving husband of 65 years, Donnie E. Seay; daughters, Debbie S. Culbreth (Neil)...
Edith Davis
Jan 29, 2019
Edith Jacobs Davis, 92, formerly of Greenville, SC and Charlotte, NC, died Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at Brasstown Manor in Hiawassee, GA. Born September 1, 1926, in Elm City, NC, she was the daughter of the late James Ansel Jacobs and Mildred Oxendine Jacobs. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years, Romeo Davis. She retired from...
Charles Mcclellan
Jan 26, 2019
Charles R. McClellan, 89, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, January 26, 2019 at White Oak Manor. Born November 24, 1929 in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Roy Judson McClellan and Nettie Sue Painter McClellan Merrick, and the widower of Genelle Johnson McClellan. A U. S. Air Force veteran during the Korean War, Mr. McClellan was...
Billy Edge
Jan 26, 2019
Good Servant, Billy Gene Edge, 84, of Pacolet Mills, SC, went home to be with his Heavenly Father Saturday, January 26, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 17, 1934 in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Troy Webster and Bessie Norah Barner Edge. He was the husband of Thelma Brackins Edge for 67 years....
Phyllis Powell
Jan 25, 2019
Phyllis Powell, 79, of Fairforest, SC, died Friday, January 25, 2019 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 19, 1939 in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late James and Lucille Rodney Bishop. Phyllis was a member of Progress Baptist Church of Hendersonville, NC and was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Robert C. Powell; sons, Timothy Powell (Kim)...
Liam Kennedy
Jan 25, 2019
Liam Wesley Kennedy, born unto earth and heaven on Friday, January 25, 2019. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 PM Tuesday, January 29, 2019, at Floyd's North Church Street Chapel, 235 N. Church St., Spartanburg, SC 29306. Floyd's North Church Street Chapel To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Liam Wesley Kennedy please visit our...
Sylvia Gordon
Jan 24, 2019
Sylvia Ann Pace Gordon, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, January 24, 2019, at The Inverness at Spartanburg. Born July 2, 1946, in Pacolet, SC, she was the daughter of the late Grover Odean Pace and Martha Lea Revels Pace. She retired from Milliken & Company and was a member of Solid Rock Church. Survivors include her son, John Gordon...
Levonia Pye
Jan 24, 2019
Levonia L. Pye, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, January 24, 2019, at her home. Born November 12, 1935, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Lee Vaughn Henderson and Ruby Mae Gore Henderson. She was married for 61 years to the late Herbert Lee Pye Sr. Mrs. Pye retired from Sparkle City Laundromat after 30 years of...
Suzanne Johnsen
Jan 23, 2019
Suzanne Rolfes Johnsen, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 23, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 4, 1929, in Springfield, OH, she was the daughter of the late Robert Bauer Rolfes and Mary Frances Young Rolfes and widow of Theodore Norman Johnsen. She received a Bachelor's Degree from Miami of Ohio and retired as Curriculum Director at...
Christopher Lawrence
Jan 22, 2019
Christopher Nolan Michael Lawrence, 14, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Tuesday, January 22, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 8, 2004, in Springdale, AR, he was the son of Larry and Catherine Rawlinson Lawrence of Boiling Springs, SC. Christopher was a student at Boiling Springs Middle School and a member of Encounter Church in Gaffney, SC where he was...
Claude Hunt
Jan 21, 2019
Claude Webster Hunt, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, January 21, 2019, after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. Born March 17, 1940, in Rocky Mount, NC, he was the son of the late Goldia Mae Henry Hunt and Charles William Hunt, Sr. Claude loved his God, his family, and his country. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Claude served...
Robbye Mcginty
Jan 20, 2019
Robbye Elizabeth Daughty McGinty, 92, of Cowpens, SC, died Sunday, January 20, 2019, at her home. Born April 30, 1926, in Henry County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Harrison Daughty and Bertha Wall Daughty and widow of James D. McGinty. She was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Survivors include her son, Steven D. McGinty...
James Gibbs
Jan 20, 2019
Jimmy Gibbs, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 20, 2019, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born May 14, 1937, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late James Roy Gibbs and Viola Marie Reynolds Gibbs. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Gibbs was owner/operator of Boiling Springs Body Shop. Upon retiring he was an avid golfer at The...
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