Betty Kiser
Dec 18, 2017
Betty Lou Doughty Kiser, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 18, 2017, at her home. Born October 7, 1932, in Bonnie Blue, VA, she was the daughter of the late Reuben C. and Jennie Mae Lawson Doughty and widow of Billy Kiser. Mrs. Kiser was a member of Central Church of Christ and retired from Harley Bag. Survivors include...
Donald Washburn
Dec 17, 2017
Donald Emery Washburn, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 17, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born June 29, 1953, in Montrose, PA, he was the son of Alan John Washburn and Marie Lindsey Washburn of Spartanburg, SC. A U. S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Washburn attended Roebuck Presbyterian Church and was the self-employed owner/operator associated with...
Betty Smith
Dec 17, 2017
Betty Lou Smith, 88, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Sunday, December 17, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 20, 1929, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Lula Sanford Crawford. Betty Lou was a member of Westgate Free Will Baptist Church and worked for Abbott Laboratories, Waccamaw Pottery, J. M. Fields, and Skylyn Place....
Fletcher Thompson
Dec 17, 2017
Fletcher Dew Thompson of Spartanburg died on December 17, 2017. Born in Spotsylvania County, VA, on August 11, 1921, he was the youngest child of the late Charles H. and Jennie Lee Thompson, and the husband of Ruth DeLoache Thompson, whom he married in 1945. The couple met as students at the Textile Industrial Institute (TII), now Spartanburg Methodist College,...
Carolyn Farr
Dec 16, 2017
Carolyn Calvert Farr, 83, returned to her heavenly home on December 16, 2017, surrounded by her loving family, after a valiant battle with a long illness. Her devotion to her family and her firm belief in God supported her in her struggle and ultimately gave her peace. Carolyn was born to the late Ray Ashmore and Mamie Malone Calvert in...
Betty Anderson
Dec 15, 2017
Betty Mason Anderson, 86, loving wife of 40 years to the late Vernon Brockman (Brock) Anderson, died Friday, December 15, 2017, at White Oak Estates in Spartanburg. Born September 17, 1931, in Glendale, SC, she was the daughter of the late Elmo Mason and Lucille Mason Gibson (James). She attended Cecil's Business College and Spartanburg Methodist College. She began working...
G. Wilkins
Dec 15, 2017
G. R. "Chick" Wilkins, 95, of Spartanburg and formerly of Cowpens, SC, died Friday, December 15, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 18, 1922, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late Ralph Shumpert Wilkins and Ida Gineta Moore Wilkins and husband of 56 years to the late Dorothy "Dot" Hazel Hammett Wilkins. A graduate of...
John Macphail
Dec 15, 2017
John A. MacPhail, 93, of Skylyn Place, Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, December 15, 2017. Born January 20, 1924, he was the son of the late Donald Cameron MacPhail and Marie Trapp MacPhail. Mr. MacPhail was a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College and Dickinson School of Law in Pennsylvania. He served in the U. S. Army Field Artillery in Europe...
Angelina Aldana
Dec 14, 2017
Angelina "Gely" Belisario Aldana, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, December 14, 2017, at White Oak at North Grove. The last surviving member of her immediate family, she was born March 1, 1930, in Davao City, Philippines, the daughter of the late Juan Fulgosino Belisario, MD and Socorro Crisostomo Belisario, MD. A member of St. Paul...
Annie Matthews
Dec 14, 2017
Annie Belle Lee Matthews, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 14, 2017, at White Oak Estates. Born June 27, 1921, in White Stone, SC, she was the daughter of the late Claude Arthur and Annie Crocker Lee and wife of the late Henry Terrell Matthews. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. A graduate of Cecil's...
Sarah Mcclure
Dec 14, 2017
Sarah Hopper McClure, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 14, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 17, 1922, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late P. H. Hopper and Lillie Mae Pettit Hopper and widow of Clyde James McClure. Mrs. McClure loved her church and family. She was a member of Clifton Second...
Roy Mabry Sr.
Dec 14, 2017
Roy Dean "Tunk" Mabry, Sr., 83, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, December 14, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 10, 1934, in Cowpens, he was the son of the late Albert and Edna Sally Spencer Mabry and husband of the late Joyce Dean Webb Mabry. Mr. Mabry was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church-Cowpens and retired from Pike...
William Hudson
Dec 13, 2017
William "Bill" Alex Hudson, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 9, 1935, in Hartsville, SC, he was the son of the late Elijah Lee Hudson and Daisy Parnell Hudson. A 1953 graduate of North Charleston High School, Bill was a gifted athlete. He played football, basketball, and track in high school...
Kay Reed
Dec 13, 2017
Kay Karegeannes Reed, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 13, 2017, surrounded by her children and Windsor House friends. Born March 4, 1928, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late George and Katherine Melehes Karegeannes. A member of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Kay received her Master's Degree in Social Work from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA. She...
Jeanette Reeves
Dec 13, 2017
Jeanette Doris Smith Reeves, 67, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 4, 1950, in Albany, NY, she was the daughter of the late Roland C. and Doris Elvira Campbell Smith. A graduate of Albany Business College, Mrs. Reeves was employed at the University of South Carolina Upstate for Business Affairs...
Thomas Vinyard
Dec 13, 2017
Thomas Everette Vinyard, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 13, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 10, 1928, in Gadsden, AL, he was the son of the late L. T. and Grace Dismukes Vinyard who died when he was very young and the late B. C. and Mary Kate Dismukes Morgan. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr....
J. Petty
Dec 12, 2017
Jones L. "J. L." Petty, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 12, 2017, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. The last surviving member of his immediate family, he was born December 17, 1931, in Spartanburg County, SC, to the late James Henry and Frances "Fanny" Jane Parris Petty. He was married to the late Octavia Smith Petty for 63 years. Mr. Petty...
James Lawing Sr.
Dec 12, 2017
James "Bo" Albert Lawing Sr., 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 12, 2017, and went to his heavenly home, now walking the streets of gold. Born January 16, 1935, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late John Calvin Lawing and Mary Ornor Morrow Lawing. A U. S. Army National Guard veteran, Mr. Lawing retired from Hoechst...
Betty Henderson
Dec 11, 2017
Betty Jane Cash Henderson, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 11, 2017, at Physical Rehabilitation & Wellness Center of Spartanburg. Born July 25, 1934, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Vance and Myrtle Taylor Cash. Mrs. Henderson loved fishing, bowling, and traveling. She was a member of Fairview Free Will Baptist Church and retired from Cliffdale...
Rachel Jackson
Dec 11, 2017
Rachel Shull Jackson "Boomba", 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 11, 2017, at her home. Born May 10, 1921, in West Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late Edward A. and Daisy Foster Shull. A member of Gravely Memorial United Methodist Church, Mrs. Jackson was a longtime member of The Sweet Adelines and loved singing with her...
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