Obituaries

Dutch Browning

Dutch Browning

Jan 7, 2019

Dutch Browning, 80, of Tryon, NC, died Monday, January 7, 2019, at his home. Born November 30, 1938, in Greensboro, NC, he was the son of the late Fred Ray and Louise W. Brown. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Dutch was the owner/operator of Browning Detective Agency and also a Mason. Survivors include his wife, Claudette Browning of the...

R. Mixon Jr.

R. Mixon Jr.

Jan 7, 2019

Rudolph Benjamin Mixon Jr., 77, passed away on Monday, January 7, 2019. He was born November 17, 1941, in Charlotte, NC, to the late Rudolph and Bonnie Mixon. Benny was a graduate of Southern Missionary College. He worked for Case Brothers of Spartanburg for many years and retired as the piano curator for Converse College. Surviving are his wife of...

Danny Buckner

Danny Buckner

Jan 7, 2019

Danny Vestal Buckner, 74, of Campobello, SC, died Monday, January 7, 2019, at his home. Born September 25, 1944, in Richmond, VA, he was the son of the late Raleigh Vestal Buckner and Ethel Alene Phillips Buckner Frazier. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Buckner was owner/operator of Little Acres Sand and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his...

Peggy Coggins

Peggy Coggins

Jan 6, 2019

Peggy Jean Lee Coggins, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 6, 2019, at her home. Born September 22, 1935, in Clifton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Leasel and Eunice McIntire Lee and widow of Cecil Raymond Coggins. Mrs. Coggins was a member of Converse Baptist Church and the Willing Workers Sunday School Class. She loved her...

Larry Atchley

Larry Atchley

Jan 6, 2019

Larry Morris Atchley, 82, of Pauline, SC, died Sunday, January 6, 2019, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born November 23, 1936, in Rutherfordton, NC, he was the son of the late Guy Morris Atchley and Mary Juanita Logan Atchley. Mr. Atchley retired from Sherman Construction Company in Greenville, SC after 37 years of service. An incredible cook, with a wonderful garden,...

Ann Huckaby

Ann Huckaby

Jan 6, 2019

Ann Mackintosh Huckaby, 89, of Wellford, SC, passed away on Sunday, January 6, 2019. She was born June 19, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, to the late Charles Donald and Lucy Moore Mackintosh. Mrs. Huckaby was a homemaker and a loving and devoted wife and mother. She was a dedicated member and past-president of the Blue Flower Literary Club and First...

William Thomason

William Thomason

Jan 5, 2019

William Larry Thomason, 68, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 20, 1950, he was the son of Arthur and Helen Tillotson Thomason. A U. S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Thomason retired from the U. S. Postal Service after more than 20 years of service. He was a...

Ada Sammons

Ada Sammons

Jan 5, 2019

Ada Kirby Sammons, 92, passed away on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Mountain View Nursing Home after several months of declining health. She was the widow of John Earl Sammons to whom she was married for 55 years before his death in June 2001. She was the daughter of the late John Henry Kirby and Dovie Gardner Kirby. She is...

Dianne Hayes

Dianne Hayes

Jan 4, 2019

Renita Dianne Hayes, 53, of Moore, SC, died Friday, January 4, 2019 at her home. Born January 11, 1965 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late George Clifford Hayes and Mary Linda Crowe Ballew. Dianne was retired from City Financial, formerly Trans South Financial. Survivors include her two fur babies, Autumn and Toby, and many aunts, uncles,...

Bernice Baumgardner

Bernice Baumgardner

Jan 3, 2019

Bernice Farris Baumgardner, 88, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, January 3, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 17, 1930, in Kings Creek, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Nathan Farris and Mary Dover Farris and widow of George E. Baumgardner. She was a member of Boiling Springs First Baptist Church. Survivors include her daughters, Nancy...

Ralph Guthrie

Ralph Guthrie

Jan 3, 2019

Ralph Lewis Guthrie, 86, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, January 3, 2019, at Lakewood Assisted Living. Born November 15, 1932, in Rochester, MI, he was the son of the late Frank Walker and Alice Athella Taylor Guthrie. A U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Guthrie was a Tool Design Engineer with National Twist Drill and Tool...

Carroll Inman Sr.

Carroll Inman Sr.

Jan 3, 2019

Benjamin Carroll Inman Sr., 66, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, January 3, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 1, 1952, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Sam Carroll Inman and Lois Elizabeth Hyder Inman. He retired from Charter Communication and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Mary Lynn Reaves Inman; sons, Benjamin Inman...

Dennis Hughes

Dennis Hughes

Jan 2, 2019

Dennis William Hughes, 66, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at his home. Born April 10, 1952, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late Earl James Hughes and Hazel Smith Hughes. He was employed with Phillips Pet Food & Supplies. Survivors include his son, Josh Hughes (Sarah) of Inman, SC; grandchildren, Tyler Hughes of Ohio,...

Taft Eaker Sr.

Taft Eaker Sr.

Jan 2, 2019

Taft Henderson Eaker Sr., 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center-Huntersville, NC. Born August 11, 1935, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late Troy T. and Ruth Henderson Eaker and husband of the late Gail Wilson Eaker. A U. S. Army veteran and 1957 graduate of the University of...

Edith Mcadams

Edith Mcadams

Jan 2, 2019

Edith Louise Whittaker McAdams, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 2, 2019, at Inman Healthcare. Born July 3, 1933, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Marion Wittaker and Callie Bell Wilkie Whittaker and widow of William Travis McAdams. Mrs. McAdams was a member of Arcadia First Baptist Church and the TEL Sunday School Class....

Julie Henderson

Julie Henderson

Jan 1, 2019

Julie Folk Henderson, 66, of Moore, SC, died Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 23, 1952, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Nellie Shealy Folk of Spartanburg, SC and the late Marshall Gilbert Folk. A graduate of Cecil's Business College, Mrs. Henderson loved her pets and raising flowers in her green house. She was...

William Moon Sr.

William Moon Sr.

Jan 1, 2019

William Robert "Bob" Moon, Sr., 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 26, 1945, in Columbia, SC, he was the son of the late Jack Willingham Moon and Anne Jackson Moon. A U. S. Marine veteran and graduate of Limestone College, Mr. Moon was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. He retired...

James Barbee Jr.

James Barbee Jr.

Jan 1, 2019

James D. Barbee Jr., 82, husband of Darolyn Barbee of Spartanburg, SC, graduated to glory on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Born September 3, 1936, in Knoxville, TN, he was the son of the late James and Lois Barbee. A graduate of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Jim was an ardent fan of all the UNC athletics. Per his...

Eugene Dilazzaro

Eugene Dilazzaro

Jan 1, 2019

Eugene Raymond DiLazzaro, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 1, 2019, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 23, 1925, in Newark, NJ, he was the son of the late Michael and Louise Arace DiLazzaro. He was married to the late Theresa Rose Rapicano DiLazzaro for 64 years. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. DiLazarro...

Patsy Buice

Patsy Buice

Dec 31, 2018

Patsy Motts Gibson Buice, 71, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, December 31, 2018, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born October 24, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Reggie Motts and Myrtle Weathers Motts and widow of Dennis Morgan Gibson and William Charles Buice. She was a member of Tate Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors include her...