Obituaries

Norma Riley

Norma Riley

Mar 28, 2018

Norma Jean Isaacs Riley, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at her home. Born August 18, 1944, in Grethel, KY, she was the daughter of the late Okie and Edith Reynolds Isaacs. Norma loved her family and enjoyed singing gospel songs as well as boating on Lake Greenwood. She was a member of Full Salvation Church of...

Thelma Pettit

Thelma Pettit

Mar 28, 2018

Thelma Leola Pruitt Pettit, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 28, 2018, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born February 13, 1925, in Spartanburg, she was the last surviving member of her immediate family, a daughter of the late Virgil and Ollie Pearl Tillotson Pruitt and widow of William H. Pettit. Mrs. Pettit was the eldest member of Grace Baptist Church and...

Orestis Sapounas

Orestis Sapounas

Mar 27, 2018

Orestis Arthur Sapounas, 86, of Boiling Springs, SC, passed away on Tuesday, March 27, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Orestis arrived in America from Thessaloniki Greece in 1950. He was a decorated veteran who in 1952 was honored to serve America beside some of the greatest soldiers during the Korean War. After the war he moved to New York where...

Andrew Bishop

Andrew Bishop

Mar 27, 2018

Andrew L. Bishop, 26, of Mayo, SC, died Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at his home. Born July 17, 1991, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Robin D. Bishop of Mayo, SC and Jeani Belcher Bishop of Chesnee, SC. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a son, Aiden Bishop of Landrum, SC; brother, Robbie Laughter of...

Vincent Napoli, Jr.

Vincent Napoli, Jr.

Mar 27, 2018

Vincent "Vinnie" Napoli, Jr., 88, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at his home. Born August 1, 1929, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Vincent and Rose Napoli and devoted husband of 60 years to his beloved wife, the late Mary Felicita Ramella Napoli. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Napoli...

Bobby Smith

Bobby Smith

Mar 25, 2018

Bobby "Bob" Michael Smith, 77, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Sunday, March 25, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 18, 1940, in Drexel, NC, he was the son of the late Alvin and Dora Hice Smith. He was husband of the late Patricia Anne Thomas Smith and the late Sallie Blease Smith. A U. S. Marine veteran and graduate...

Julia Poole

Julia Poole

Mar 25, 2018

Julia Mae Waddell Biggerstaff Poole, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 25, 2018, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born March 26, 1926, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ambers Bruce Waddell and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Reynolds Waddell. She was the widow of her first husband, Walter Biggerstaff and second husband, Clyde Poole. She was a member...

Geroldine Mccraw

Geroldine Mccraw

Mar 25, 2018

Geroldine "Jerri" Miller McCraw, 77, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Sunday, March 25, 2018, at Wesley Court Assisted Living. Born September 10, 1940, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was raised by her grandmother, the late Annie Hyde Miller and was the widow of Robert "Sonny" Kenneth McCraw. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church of Spartanburg and the Eastern...

Ronald Clark

Ronald Clark

Mar 24, 2018

Ronald Eugene Clark, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 24, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 11, 1935, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late George William and Maude Phillips Clark and husband of 60 years to the late Eva Nell Sullivan Clark. Mr. Clark was a U. S. Army veteran and retired from textile...

Vivian Petrie

Vivian Petrie

Mar 24, 2018

Vivian V. Petrie, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 24, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 1, 1929, in Buffalo, NY, she was the daughter of the late Curtis R. Nappier and Ruby Larue Smith Nappier. Survivors include her children, Barbara Satchell and Wayne Gowan; sisters, Patsy Blackmore and Sylvia Wolford; grandchildren, Jason Ogle (Kristy), Stephanie Price (Jim)...

Mary D'Entremont

Mary D'Entremont

Mar 24, 2018

Mary Ellen Abernathy Hendley d'Entremont, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 24, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 12, 1937, in the Canaan Community of Roebuck, SC, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Lanie McAbee Abernathy. A proud graduate of Roebuck High School, Mrs. d'Entremont was a longtime insurance agent with the E. George Floyd...

Colleen Andrews

Colleen Andrews

Mar 23, 2018

Colleen McGarity Andrews, 89, of Arcadia, SC, died Friday, March 23, 2018, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum, SC. Born November 11, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Alex Andre McGarity and Elizabeth Eve Hughes McGarity and widow of Edward Eugene Andrews. Mrs. Andrews was a member of First Baptist Church Arcadia and retired from Raycord....

Brian Mccray

Brian Mccray

Mar 22, 2018

Brian Wilfred McCray, 55, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 22, 2018 in Jackson, SC. Born July 5, 1962 in Winston-Salem, NC, he was the son of S. Fred and Mavene Parker McCray of Spartanburg, SC. Brian was a Nuclear Engineering graduate of North Carolina State University and employed at the Savannah River Plant, Mox Project. He was a member...

Julian Tunno, Sr.

Julian Tunno, Sr.

Mar 22, 2018

Julian Leigh Tunno, Sr., 79, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away at his home on Thursday, March 22, 2018 after several years of declining health. A native of Spartanburg, Leigh was born December 22, 1938, to the late Julian Roswell Tunno and Emily Leigh Tunno. He was a product of the Spartanburg District 7 school system attending Pine Street School, Jenkins...

P. Brooks

P. Brooks

Mar 21, 2018

Preston David Brooks, 83, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, March 21, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 31, 1934, in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late John Henry Brooks and Clara Cleo Austin Brooks. Mr. Brooks retired from the U. S. Army National Guard and Spartanburg Water Works. He was a member of Boiling Springs...

Charles "Dean" Sr.

Charles "Dean" Sr.

Mar 20, 2018

Charles Dean Turner Sr., 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at his home. Born May 20, 1938, in High Shoals, NC, he was the son of the late Arnold Robert Turner and Willie Sue Early Turner. He was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. Dean graduated from Tri-High in NC and Western Carolina University where he excelled...

Kristine Cooper

Kristine Cooper

Mar 20, 2018

Kristine "Kris" Alene Kauffman Cooper, 53, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 20, 2018, at her home. Born February 23, 1965, in Utica, NY, she was the daughter of Janice Kauffman of Woodruff, SC and the late David Peterson. Mrs. Cooper attended Spartanburg Technical College and was a member of Arcadia First Baptist Church. She was a former Emergency Medical...

Gladys Malone

Gladys Malone

Mar 20, 2018

Gladys Easler Malone, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, loving wife of the late William Ashley Malone, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, after a brief illness. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and will be greatly missed. Born February 3, 1921, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Bonner L. Easler and Margaret Buna...

Robert Field

Robert Field

Mar 19, 2018

Robert P. Field, 86, of Greer, SC, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018, at Pelham Medical Center. Born October 22, 1931, in Saint Albans, England, he was the son of the late Priscilla Rose Field and husband of the late Margaret Rose Norburn Field. A veteran of the British Army, Mr. Field was a member of The Episcopal Church...

Betty Wood

Betty Wood

Mar 19, 2018

Betty Turner Wood, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, devoted wife of 60 years to Billy W. Wood, passed away on Monday, March 19, 2018, after an extended illness. Born November 1, 1934, in Woodruff, SC, Betty was the daughter of the late Wilford O. Turner and Mozelle R. Turner. A dedicated member of Southside Baptist Church for over 70 years, Betty...