Obituaries

Gene Riddle

Gene Riddle

May 7, 2018

Gene Riddle, 74, of Cowpens, SC, died Monday, May 7, 2018, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born June 29, 1943, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Paul William Riddle and Mary Grace Lee Huntsinger Riddle and husband of 45 years to the late Opal Diane Lane Riddle. Mr. Riddle retired from Beaumont Mills and loved...

Jimmy Harvey

Jimmy Harvey

May 5, 2018

JJimmy Wells Harvey, 82, of Pacolet, SC, died Saturday, May 5, 2018. Born July 3, 1935 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Willie Lawson Harvey, Sr. and Lizzie Beth Foster Harvey. Mr. Harvey was a veteran of The US Army National Guard, and was retired from Hoechst Celanese as a maintenance mechanic. Jimmy was a member...

Newton Hardie

Newton Hardie

May 5, 2018

Newton Gary Hardie, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, May 5, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, surrounded by family members. Born in Inman, SC, he was the son of the late Mary and Newton Hardie. He was married for 61 years to Nell Elizabeth Barker of Walhalla, SC. Mr. Hardie attended Georgia Institute of Technology on a naval ROTC...

Tyler Burgess

Tyler Burgess

May 4, 2018

Tyler Patrick Burgess, 23, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, May 4, 2018 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Born March 30, 1995 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Greg Patrick Burgess and Lynn Hyatt Davis. Tyler was employed with The Carolina Country Club, where he was part of the Golf Course Maintenance Department. He was of the...

Brian Wood, Sr.

Brian Wood, Sr.

May 3, 2018

Brian Parker Wood, Sr., 69, of Arcadia, SC, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home surrounded by family and friends. Born March 22, 1949, in Providence, RI, he was the son of the late Joseph Parker Wood and Ida Lewiska Wood. A mechanical engineer, Mr. Wood retired from the Savannah River Plant and was of the Catholic...

Erin Ivey

Erin Ivey

May 3, 2018

Erin Easler Ivey, 89, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at her home after a recent illness. Born in Spartanburg on December 19, 1928, for 71 years she was blessed to be the wife of James W. Ivey, deceased in February, 2016. Mrs. Ivey had a happy childhood in Cherokee Springs, attended Spartanburg High School, married in 1944 and moved out...

Kristy Fletcher

Kristy Fletcher

May 3, 2018

Kristy Nakatia Fletcher, 43, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 4, 1975, in Augusta, GA, she was the daughter of Lynda Spencer Campbell (Furman) of Inman, SC and Billy Arthur Fletcher (Helen) of Conway, SC. She was a member of North Spartanburg Free Will Baptist Church. In addition to her parents and...

George Jones

George Jones

May 3, 2018

George Russell Jones, 70, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at his home. Born April 16, 1948, in Landrum, SC, he was the son of the late Clovis Pender "Pinky" Jones and Clara Mae Edwards Jones. He loved fishing and racing. Survivors include his wife, Lucy Johnson Jones; children, Corey Jones (Kelli), George Jones Jr. (Amy), and Ricky...

James Brown

James Brown

May 3, 2018

James E. "Bo" Brown, 96, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, May 3, 2018, at RoseCrest Community Healthcare. Born April 3, 1922, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Ira Oscar Brown and Anna Marie Bonner Brown and husband of the late Edna Lavender Brown. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Bo retired from Southern...

Elizabeth Easler

Elizabeth Easler

May 2, 2018

Elizabeth "Betty" Verna Wilson Easler, 80, of Chesnee, SC, died Wednesday, May 2, 2018, at Brookview Healthcare-Gaffney, SC. Born August 23, 1937, in Stanley, NC, she was the daughter of the late Arthur F. Wilson and Hazel Garner Wilson and widow of Paul Easler. Surviving are her children, Dianne Litteral (Joe) of Gaffney, SC, Kathy Scruggs (Randy) of Inman, SC,...

James Christian

James Christian

May 1, 2018

James Marvin Christian, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at his home. Born May 16, 1935, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Hugh and Lillian Putman Christian. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Christian loved his family, children, and grandchildren. He retired from the Spartanburg Post Office and also served as a Spartanburg...

Mr. Stephen "C"

Mr. Stephen "C"

May 1, 2018

Stephen Douglas Chandler "Mr. C", 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at his home. Born May 18, 1946, in Greenville, SC and raised in Ware Place, he was the son of the late L. Wells Chandler and Glenna Maude Leatherwood Chandler. Mr. Chandler retired from teaching 8th Grade at D. R. Hill Middle School in Duncan, SC....

Herman O'Steen

Herman O'Steen

Apr 30, 2018

Herman O'Steen "Papa Bobby", 88, of Pacolet, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, April 30, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 2, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William Edward O'Steen and Era Wilkins O'Steen. Above all, Mr. O'Steen loved his family. He was an avid fisherman, antique bottle collector,...

John Caldwell

John Caldwell

Apr 30, 2018

John Vernon Caldwell, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, April 30, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 15, 1940, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late John Dean Caldwell and Lena Mae Holland Caldwell. A U. S. Air Force veteran and retiree of GE, Mr. Caldwell was a member of First Baptist North Spartanburg, a Mason, and...

Thomas Johnson

Thomas Johnson

Apr 28, 2018

Tom Johnson, 83, passed away peacefully in his home, surrounded by his family on Saturday, April 28, 2018. Tom, a native of Evanston, Illinois, was born to his parents, Herbert and Katherine on October 23, 1934. He graduated from Evanston Township High School in 1953 and went on to attend the University of Illinois to study theater and began acting...

Stephen Parris

Stephen Parris

Apr 28, 2018

Stephen "Steve" Anthony Parris, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, April 28, 2018, at his home. Born November 11, 1948, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Ralph Hazle Parris and Doris Cannon Parris. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Mr. Parris was a teacher at USC-Upstate and a real estate agent. He was also employed...

Clark Cox

Clark Cox

Apr 25, 2018

Clark Cox, 91, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, April 25, 2018, at his home. Born December 31, 1926, in Mitchell County, NC, he was the son of the late Millard and Grace Washburn Cox. A U. S. Marine veteran and member of Valley Falls Baptist Church, Mr. Cox loved to hunt and was owner/operator of Cox Trucking. Survivors include...

Jeffrey "Jj"

Jeffrey "Jj"

Apr 25, 2018

Jeffrey Jay Burkett "JJ", 58, of Spartanburg, SC and formerly of Frederick, MD, passed away on Wednesday, April 25, 2018. Born September 28, 1959, in Olney, MD, he was the son of Ramona J. Burkett of Hagerstown, MD and the late H. Marion Burkett. Jeff was an experienced auto technician, talented artist and loved to cook. His passion was freshwater...

Charles Boone

Charles Boone

Apr 21, 2018

Charles Chaffin "Charlie" Boone, 90, died April 21, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 31, 1927 in Franklinton, NC, he was the son of the late John Albert and Esther Stanbury Boone, and a resident of Spartanburg for 52 years. He is survived by his brother Walter Boone, his daughter Mary Boone Pinkowish, his sons-in-law Thomas John Pinkowish...

Theodore Ware

Theodore Ware

Apr 20, 2018

Theodore "Teddy" Robert Ware, 38, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, April 20, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 25, 1979 in Louisville, KY, he was the son of Diane Franz Ware and the late Charles Stephen Ware, Sr. Theodore graduated from Southern Polytechnic State University of Marietta, GA and was an electrical engineer with Food Control Engineering of...