David Threadgill
Jan 4, 2018
David Travis Threadgill, Dave to some, died by his own hand on Thursday, January 4, 2018 in Miami Beach, Florida. David had the love and respect of his family and so many friends, including his beloved nieces and nephews with whom he shared a mutual adoration. Sadly, on that winter day, David could not feel that love and friendship, as...
Edward Garren, Jr.
Jan 2, 2018
Edward "Eddie" Carter Garren, Jr., 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 2, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. A native of Spartanburg, he was the husband of 68 years to June Oxley Garren of Boiling Springs, SC, and son of the late Edward and Birdie Quillen Garren. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Eddie was a lifelong...
Mickey Creach
Jan 2, 2018
Mickey Lee Creach, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 2, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 8, 1939, in Pamplico, SC, he was the son of the late Fred and Bessie Gopfert Creach. A U. S. Air Force Reserves veteran, 1964 graduate of Clemson University and longstanding member of IPTAY, Mr. Creach was employed with Milliken & Company...
Mary Coggins
Jan 1, 2018
Mary Irene Boukedes Coggins, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, January 1, 2018, at Lake Emory Post Acute Care-Inman. Born July 3, 1937, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James George and Nettie Irene Crocker Boukedes. Mrs. Coggins was a graduate of Cecil's Business College and was retired from Blockbusters Home Office. She was an active...
Margaret Wright
Jan 1, 2018
Margaret Ernestine Camp Wright, 94, died on Monday, January 1, 2018, after suffering a severe stroke. A former resident at White Oak Estates in Spartanburg, SC, she had been a resident at Park Pointe Village in Rock Hill, SC, since September 2016. The family is deeply grateful for the staff of the Wayne T. Patrick Hospice House for their compassion...
Dr. Griffin
Jan 1, 2018
"I am the vine; you are the branches....apart from me you can do nothing. John 15:5. On his 82nd birthday, January 1, 2018, Dr. Tommy Brewer Griffin went to the place Jesus had prepared for him. If an obituary of earthly works were going to be written, he wanted the reader to know that apart from Christ, he could do...
Bobbie Wingo
Jan 1, 2018
Bobbie Lou Smith Wingo, 86, of Inman, SC, died Monday, January 1, 2018, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Born January 14, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Max and Annie Lou Rogers Smith, and wife of the late John Olin Wingo. Mrs. Wingo was a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and the...
Floyd Crocker
Dec 31, 2017
Floyd Wendell Crocker, 79, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Sunday, December 31, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 19, 1938, in Glendale, SC, he was the son of the late Louie Eston and Marcella Ruth Willis Crocker. A United States Air Force Veteran, Mr. Crocker was a retired letter carrier with the US Postal Service in Kansas City,...
Herbert Hawkins Jr.
Dec 31, 2017
Herbert Caris Hawkins Jr., 65, of Inman, SC, died Sunday, December 31, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 20, 1952, in Danbury, CT, he was the son of Carol Elizabeth Cover Hawkins of Danbury, CT and the late Herbert Caris Hawkins Sr. A US Army Veteran, Mr. Hawkins was a retired Police Officer with the Danbury Police Department...
Edward Barnes
Dec 31, 2017
Edward N. Barnes, 76, of Moore, SC, died Sunday, December 31, 2017, at RoseCrest Retirement Community. Born November 30, 1941 in Decatur, IL, he was the son of the late John Edgar and Helen A. Barnes. Mr. Barnes graduated from Sullivan High School in 1959 and received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois in 1964. He...
Susan Clementson
Dec 30, 2017
Susan Buzzett Clementson passed away on Saturday, December 30, 2017 in Landrum, SC. Born July 7, 1943, she was the daughter of the late William Conter and Addie Boyd Buzzett. Born in Panama City, FL, she earned a bachelor's degree in English and Library Science at Florida State University, where she worked in Strozier Library as a student. The Florida...
Erik Anderson
Dec 30, 2017
Erik Fred Anderson, 66, of Moore, SC, died Saturday, December 30, 2017 at his home surrounded by family. Born February 10, 1951 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Doris Cook Anderson of Spartanburg, SC, and the late John Wilson Anderson. Mr. Anderson graduated from Clemson University as a Civil Engineer in 1973 and was a member of Joy...
C. Cassady
Dec 28, 2017
Charles Edward "Ed" Cassady, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 28, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 9, 1929, in Knoxville, TN, he was the son of the late G. W. and Nora Patty Cassady and husband of the late J. Rubyliene Cantrell Cassady. Mr. Cassady retired from Southern Railroad and was a member of United Baptist...
Gloria Pruitt
Dec 27, 2017
Gloria Jean Allen Pruitt, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 27, 2017, at her home. Born December 9, 1942, in Selma, AL, she was the daughter of the late Harold O. Allen and Celeste A. Godfrey Allen. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 57 years, George A. Pruitt; children, Scottie Pruitt and...
Iris Gary
Dec 26, 2017
Mrs. Iris Corbin Gary, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday evening, December 26, 2017, at her home surrounded by her family. Mrs. Gary was born July 15, 1924 in Hampton County, SC the eldest child of the late William Edward Corbin and Minnie Mixon Corbin. She graduated from Hampton High School, received a BA from Columbia College in 1946 and an...
Robert Milligan
Dec 26, 2017
Robert Harold Milligan, 70, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 25, 1947, in Wellsville, OH, he was the son of the late Harold Edwin and Aileen Vashta Roberts Milligan. Mr. Milligan loved his family, kids, and grandkids. He also loved college basketball, especially Duke University and was the retired basketball coach for...
Mary Haithcock
Dec 26, 2017
Mary Alice Haithcock, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 26, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 7, 1937, in Lexington, NC, she was the daughter of the late David Lee Tussey and Metta Bell Rowe Tussey. Mrs. Haithcock attended the Barbizon School of Modeling and worked at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York City. She was a member...
Elizabeth Belk
Dec 25, 2017
Elizabeth "Libby" Katherine Wasden Belk, 91, of Aiken, SC, died Monday, December 25, 2017 at PruittHealth Hospice-Aiken. Born August 8, 1926 in Louisville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Tommie A. and Elizabeth K. Brown Wasden and wife of the late Roger Hudson Belk. Mrs. Belk was an executive secretary with the Kohler Company until her retirement and...
Barbara Atkins
Dec 24, 2017
Barbara Lee Guy Atkins, 80, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, December 24, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 14, 1937 in Spartanburg, SC, she was a daughter of the late Harrison L. and Annie Okey Caldwell Guy and wife of the late Robert Broadus Atkins. She was a member of Lake Bowen Baptist Church. Surviving are daughters, Cheryl Rollins (Scott)...
Dorothy Skaptason
Dec 23, 2017
Dorothy Alice Mitchell McArtor Skaptason, 103, died at Summit Hills Retirement Center in Spartanburg, SC on Saturday, December 23, 2018. She was a delightful, intelligent, and graceful lady, devoted to her family and to all the students whom she taught through her long career as an elementary and special needs teacher. Dottie, as she was known to her many friends,...
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