Dr. Welch
Sep 27, 2018
Dr. Nancy Lee Turner Welch, 77, of Greer, SC, died Thursday, September 27, 2018. She was born on July 25, 1941 to the late Reverend Dr. Fred Phillips Turner and Mrs. Alice Archambeau Turner in Nashville, TN. She is survived by her husband, Robert H. Harrison, Jr. of the home; two sons, Charles Turner Welch (Heather Hendley) and granddaughter, Hendley...
Eric Ritz
Sep 27, 2018
Eric James-Michael Ritz, 34, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 27, 2018 at his home. Born May 30, 1984 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of David Ritz and Deborah Head. Eric was an U.S. Army Veteran, and was the owner of American Enterprises. He was of the Buddhist faith. Along with his parents, he is survived by his...
George Misky
Sep 27, 2018
George Misky, 80, of Duncan, SC, died Thursday, September 27, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 9, 1938, in Cleveland, OH, he was the son of the late George and Adeline Salva Misky. Mr. Misky was a member of West View Church and organized a gospel/country group Picking & Grinning in 2011. An engineer, he retired from Lubrisol,...
Maudine Wyatt
Sep 26, 2018
Maudine "Nig" Warren Wyatt, 83, of Cowpens, SC, died Wednesday, September 26, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 5, 1935, in Clifton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ivey Bogan Warren Dorman and widow of Leroy Buck Wyatt. Mrs. Wyatt was a member of Central Baptist Church-Cowpens and retired from Healthtex Corporation after 20 years of...
Florence Hurteau
Sep 25, 2018
Florence "Tot" Moorhead Hurteau, 104, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, September 25, 2018, after a brief illness. Born April 11, 1914, in Gaffney, SC, the youngest of nine children, she was the daughter of the late James Longstreet Moorhead and Mary Frances Werts Moorhead and widow of Joseph Wheeler Hurteau. Tot attended LSU Business College where her brother...
Elizabeth Fuller
Sep 24, 2018
Elizabeth Sizemore Fuller, 86, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, September 24, 2018, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born July 17, 1932, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frances Boyd Sizemore and Beulah Fleming Sizemore. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are two nephews and three nieces....
Donald Waddell
Sep 24, 2018
Donald Lee Waddell, 80, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, September 24, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 4, 1938, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Arthur and Frances Waddell. A U. S. Army Reserves veteran and Class of 1960 Wofford College graduate, Mr. Waddell enjoyed NASCAR and fishing. He was a member of First Baptist...
Kevin Creel
Sep 23, 2018
Kevin (Todd) Creel, 48, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, September 23, 2018, at his home. Born October 15, 1969, in Georgetown, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Alfred Creel and JoAnn Wilson Creel. Kevin was the retired owner-operator of Creel's Heating & Air and a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church. Survivors include his daughters, Maggie Sitton...
Maxine Mullins
Sep 23, 2018
Maxine M. Mullins "Mamaw", one month prior to her 100th birthday, of Moore, SC, died Sunday, September 23, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 27, 1918, in Elkhorn City, KY, she was the daughter of the late Paris and Lou Emma Mullins and widow of John Phillip Mullins. Mrs. Mullins enjoyed doting on her loved ones, gardening and cooking....
Ruby Johnson
Sep 22, 2018
Ruby O'Neal Mabry Johnson, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, September 22, 2018 at home. Born December 13, 1934 in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hoyle and Elsie Hicks Mabry. She was the widow of Clarence Edward "Chub" Johnson. Ruby was retired from TNS Mills and was a longtime employee of Spartan Mills. She attended Bible...
King Mak
Sep 21, 2018
King Him Mak, 72, of Gaffney, SC, died Friday, September 21, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 27, 1945 in Taishan Guangdong, China, he was the son of the late Shi Nuan and Wai Sim Wong Mak. King was the co-founder and owner of The Royal Pavilion in Gaffney, SC from 1983 to 2001. He became a naturalized U.S....
Mildred Springs
Sep 21, 2018
Mildred Strange Springs, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, September 21, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 24, 1927, in the Walnut Grove community of Roebuck, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lammie H. Strange and Lannie Taylor Strange and widow of William Dale Springs. A graduate of Roebuck High School, Mrs. Springs retired as secretary...
Milton Smith, Sr.
Sep 21, 2018
Milton Alfred Smith, Sr., 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died peacefully on Friday, September 21, 2018. Born May 27, 1925, in Gray Court, SC, he was the youngest of three brothers, a son of the late John Harley and Josie Amanda Kessler Smith. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Smith enlisted September 24, 1943 at Camp Croft,...
Lee Rives
Sep 21, 2018
Joseph Lee Rives Jr., 55, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Friday, September 21, 2018, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born October 10, 1962, in Tuscaloosa, AL, he was the son of Joseph Lee Rives Sr. of Boiling Springs, SC and the late Paula Nell Roberts Rives. He was a U. S. Navy veteran and member of New Prospect Baptist...
Vivian Millwood
Sep 20, 2018
Vivian Ann Lister "Trick" Millwood, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 20, 2018, at her home. Born September 24, 1937, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Roy Marchant Lister and Leola Robinson Lister. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, Mrs. Millwood was a member of Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church. She was a great cook...
Elizabeth Hoover
Sep 18, 2018
Elizabeth Floyd Hoover, 77, wife of 57 years to James W. Hoover of Boiling Springs, SC, died Tuesday, September 18, 2018. Born October 17, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Calvin and Vermie Lackey Floyd. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three daughters,...
John Dearybury Jr.
Sep 17, 2018
John "Johnny" Edwin Dearybury Jr., 61, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, September 17, 2018, at Palmetto Health Richland-Columbia. Born October 17, 1956, in Columbia, SC, he was the son of Doris McCraw Dearybury of Boiling Springs, SC and the late John Edwin Dearybury Sr. Johnny was a member of Cowpens First Baptist Church and attended Graham Chapel Wesleyan for a...
Carlos Delatorre
Sep 16, 2018
Carlos Manuel Delatorre, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, September 16, 2018, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born February 8, 1930, in Havana, Cuba, he was the son of the late Carlos Manuel de la Torre y Gonzalez-Llorente and Juana Alcoz de la Torre. Carlos was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and an officer in the Knights...
Doris Miller
Sep 15, 2018
Doris Jean "Peggy" Broom Miller, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, September 15, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 29, 1931, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Claude James Broom and Gret Frazee Broom. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, Peggy attended St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Boiling Springs in the past years. Survivors include her...
Glenda Congleton
Sep 15, 2018
Glenda Rogers Congleton, 68, of Pacolet, SC, passed away Saturday, September 15, 2018 at her home. Born January 21, 1950 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lewis Glenn and Eleanor Elizabeth Greene Rogers. Glenda was a member of Montgomery Memorial United Methodist Church and the Vice President of UM Women. Survivors include her husband, Curtis Alvin...
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