Obituaries

June Parris

June Parris

Jan 7, 2018

June Elaine Parris, 70, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, January 7, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born June 13, 1947, in Pacolet, she was the daughter of Elbert Teaster of Gaffney, SC and the late Nellie Phillips Teaster. Mrs. Parris was a member of White Plains Baptist Church and formerly employed with Dr.'s Johnson-Elmore-Adams. In addition to her father, she...

John Neuse

John Neuse

Jan 6, 2018

John Darden Neuse, 62, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 6, 2018 at his home after a brief illness. Born February 1, 1955, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Raymond E. Neuse, Sr. of Spartanburg, SC and the late Ruth Darden Ostrowski. He received an associate's degree from Fisher College and was as a veteran of the US...

Susan Hawkins

Susan Hawkins

Jan 6, 2018

Susan Frances Hawkins, 72, of Inman, SC died Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 8, 1945 in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Stephen and Frances Kautz and the widow of Herbert Caris Hawkins. Susan was a paramedic with the City of Danbury, CT, as well as Campion Ambulance, and Prospect Volunteer...

Richard Wright

Richard Wright

Jan 6, 2018

Richard Bernard Wright, 74, of Boiling Springs, SC died Saturday, January 6, 2018 at Magnolia Manor Inman. A native of Glendale, he was born March 5, 1943, in Spartanburg, SC. He was the son of the late Charles A. and Ionia W. Wright. Richard was a former supervisor at Butte Knit and a member of First Baptist North Spartanburg. Survivors...

Bryson Humphries Jr.

Bryson Humphries Jr.

Jan 5, 2018

Bryson Humphries, Jr., 87, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, January 5, 2018 at his home. Born May 1, 1930 in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Bryson Humphries, Sr. and Alma Watkins Humphries. He was the widower of Laura Humphries. Bryson was a tie in machine operator at Drayton and Mayfair Mills. He was an avid...

Daniel Lepage

Daniel Lepage

Jan 5, 2018

Daniel "Dan" Mark LePage, 55, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, January 5, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 5, 1962, in Lowell, Massachusetts, he was the son of Elaine LeBranche LePage of Portland, CT and the late Joseph LePage. A U. S. Army LTC of Operation Iraqi Freedom and fervent server of Jesus, Dan was a member of American...

Betty Hostetler

Betty Hostetler

Jan 5, 2018

Betty Lawson Hostetler, 77, of Woodruff, SC, died Friday, January 5, 2018 at Montrose Manor Assisted Living. Born February 21, 1940, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ardis and Lottie Mae Fowler Lawson. She was the widow of Robert Ezell Hostetler. Betty was a former employee of Abney Mills and Woodruff Manor. She was a...

Barbara Burnett

Barbara Burnett

Jan 5, 2018

Barbara Lee Dorman Burnett, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, January 5, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 5, 1936, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Troy Lee and Sara Margaret Tillotson Dorman. A crafty lady who enjoyed the outdoors, Barbara was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church. Surviving are her children,...

Milton Ivey

Milton Ivey

Jan 5, 2018

Milton Lamar "Booty" Ivey, husband of the late Margaret Brockman Ivey, died on Friday, January 5, 2018. Born May 15, 1927, in Hendersonville, NC, he was the son of the late Milton Ivey and Eva Glover Ivey. As a lifetime resident of Spartanburg, he graduated from Spartanburg High School, class of 1944, and Presbyterian College in 1949, having been awarded...

David Threadgill

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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...