Obituaries

James Harrold Sr.

James Harrold Sr.

Feb 22, 2018

James Harvey Harrold, Sr. left his earthly home and went to be with the Lord on Thursday, February 22, 2018. Born July 7, 1927 in Pacolet Mills, he was the son of the late James William and Marion Mabry Harrold. James Harvey was a veteran of the US Navy, and a graduate from Clemson College. He was employed by The...

Betty Taylor

Betty Taylor

Feb 21, 2018

Betty Jo Emory Taylor, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, February 21, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. The eldest of 11 children, she was born August 31, 1932, in Mayo, SC, a daughter of the late Thad and Irene Champion Emory. Mrs. Taylor was a member of Mayo First Baptist Church and retired from Spartanburg District 7 schools. Survivors...

The Graham

The Graham

Feb 21, 2018

The J. F. Floyd Mortuary is honored to make guest register books available to the Spartanburg community for The Rev. Dr. Billy Graham. From 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM daily through noon Thursday, March 1, 2018, please visit Floyd's North Church Street Chapel, 235 N. Church St., Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel, 2075 E. Main St., or Floyd's Boiling Springs Chapel, 4161...

Ernie Ramsey

Ernie Ramsey

Feb 20, 2018

Ernie Dewitt Ramsey, 72, of Cowpens, SC, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born July 15, 1945, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late David Herman Ramsey Sr. and Annie Littlefield Ramsey. A graduate of Chapman High School and U. S. Air Force veteran of the...

Cathleen Gilbert

Cathleen Gilbert

Feb 20, 2018

Betty Cathleen (Cat) Gilbert, 91, of Spartanburg and recently of Simpsonville, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Born February 4, 1927, she was the daughter of the late John Taylor and Strocy Jones Parham and the widow of Charles Manning Gilbert. Of the Baptist faith, she attended Saxon Church of God as a child and...

Phyllis Thompson

Phyllis Thompson

Feb 20, 2018

On February 20, 2018, Mrs. Phyllis Hayes Thompson passed into eternal rest after a brief illness. She is survived by her husband Mark, to whom she was married on June 6, 1969. She had three surviving children: Tanya, Michael, and Andrew. Andrew and his wife Susan are the parents of her four grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son: James...

Wanda Weldon

Wanda Weldon

Feb 19, 2018

Wanda Marie Turney Weldon, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 19, 2018, at White Oak at North Grove. Born May 5, 1924, in South Coffeyville, OK, she was the daughter of the late Norman D. and Gertrude Thompson Turney and widow of Paul L. Weldon. Survivors include her sister, LaHoma Turney Nigh of Spartanburg, SC; brother, Dale J. Turney...

Elizabeth Thomas

Elizabeth Thomas

Feb 19, 2018

Elizabeth Hall Thomas peacefully passed away Monday, February 19, 2018. Elizabeth was born in Spartanburg, SC, daughter of W. Bernard Hall and Charlotte Bush Hall. A graduate of Limestone College, Elizabeth was a teacher at Z. L. Madden in Spartanburg, SC, Merrywood Elementary in Greenwood, SC, and a teacher and vice principal at Oakhurst Elementary in Seminole, FL. She was...

Bobby Bright Jr.

Bobby Bright Jr.

Feb 19, 2018

Bobby Dean Bright Jr., 47, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 19, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 28, 1971, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Vivian Parsons Strain of the home and Bobby Dean Bright Sr. of Clifton, SC. As a Christian, Bobby was devoted to his family and was a loving, caring person who was a...

James Weller

James Weller

Feb 18, 2018

James Ward (Jim) Weller, 82, died at his home in Spartanburg on Sunday, February 18, 2018. Born December 19, 1935 in Lexington, NC, he was the son of the late Leslie Ward Weller and Pauline Church Weller. Jim was a 1954 graduate of Central High School in Charlotte, NC and a 1958 graduate of Davidson College. At Central, he lettered...

Stevan Atkinson

Stevan Atkinson

Feb 18, 2018

Stevan D. Atkinson, 64, of Greenville, SC, died Sunday, February 18, 2018, at Heartland Healthcare-Greenville West. Stevan was born January 8, 1954, in Millen, GA, to the late Charles Atkinson and Louise Rice Atkinson. Stevan graduated from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1980 with an Industrial Management Degree. He remained an avid Yellow Jacket fan and also a diehard Atlanta...

Mr. William Hartnett

Mr. William Hartnett

Feb 17, 2018

William Joseph "Mr. Bill" Hartnett, peacefully passed away at his home on Saturday, February 17, 2018, at the age of 88. Bill was born on June 14, 1929, in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania, the son of Irish immigrants Patrick and Hanora Bunyan Hartnett. William attended Westinghouse Memorial High School and was its 1946 class president as well as the drum major of...

Barbara Sweeney

Barbara Sweeney

Feb 17, 2018

Barbara Ann Baldwin Sweeney, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 17, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 2, 1929 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Silliman Baldwin, Sr. and Helen Downing Baldwin and the widow of Dale Lewis Sweeney. A graduate of Mount Vernon College, Mrs. Sweeney was a member of First Presbyterian...

Arnold Mabry

Arnold Mabry

Feb 17, 2018

Arnold Mabry, 99, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, February 17, 2018 at The Homestead in Clyde, NC. Born September 23, 1918 in Glendale, SC, he was the son of the late Ollie and Lillie Byars Mabry. He was the widower of Floy Hazel Mullinax Mabry. A US Army veteran, Mr. Mabry was retired from Inman Mills. He was a member...

James Parris

James Parris

Feb 16, 2018

James L. Parris, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 16, 2018 at his home. Born February 19, 1927 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Jacob L. and Stella Solesbee Parris. As a WWII veteran, Mr. Parris was retired from the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC. He is survived by his daughters, Sherry Liming (Wayne),...

Judith Bryant

Judith Bryant

Feb 16, 2018

Judith Etienne Parker Bryant, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 16, 2018 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 4, 1932 in Glendale, SC, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Mary Bradley Parker and widow of Loy E. Bryant. Mrs. Bryant was a member of River Hills Baptist Church and the Red Hat Ladies Club. She...

David Hurd

David Hurd

Feb 16, 2018

David Allen Hurd, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Friday, February 16, 2018, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 13, 1944, in Greensboro, NC, he was the son of the late Ira Swain Hurd and Louise Lawrence Hurd and husband of 52 years to the late Brenda Nanney Hurd. A native of Spartanburg, SC, Mr. Hurd was a real...

Tammy Thornton

Tammy Thornton

Feb 15, 2018

Surrounded by her family, Tammy Boothe Thornton, 57, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, passed away on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Tammy was born in Dublin, Virginia on October 8, 1960 to Connie Baker Boothe and the late John Nelson Boothe. Graduating from the University of South Carolina with both a Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Education, Tammy...

Paul Lawson

Paul Lawson

Feb 15, 2018

Paul James "PJ" Lawson, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 13, 1925, in Friendship, SC, he was the son of the late Fletcher and Amelia Smith Lawson. A 1944 graduate of Pauline High School, Mr. Lawson loved the Lord and enjoyed reading his Bible. His love of the Lord and...

Lois Daum

Lois Daum

Feb 14, 2018

Lois Audrey Daum, 91, died in peace at her home at Summit Hills in Spartanburg on Wednesday, February 14, 2018. Born December 16, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. Bischoff and Elise Anna Herschler Bischoff. Lois lived most of her adult life in Philadelphia and Stamford, Connecticut. She is preceded in death...