Obituaries

Wayne Mcmillan

Wayne Mcmillan

Nov 13, 2017

Tony Wayne McMillan II, 49, of Boiling Springs SC, beloved son of Susan Bates McMillan and Tony Wayne & Kathryn Birath McMillan, died Monday, November 13, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center after a brief battle with esophageal cancer. Wayne enjoyed hunting, fishing, camping, the beach, working on cars and trucks and spending time with his family. He was employed with...

Virginia Hill

Virginia Hill

Nov 12, 2017

Virginia Smith Hill, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, November 12, 2017, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born August 30, 1936, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Virginia Hatchette Sprouse and adoptive daughter of the late Russell Posey Smith Sr. and Guynita Wilkins Smith and widow of Robert Dennis Hill, Jr. Mrs. Hill received her Bachelor's...

Paul Poteat

Paul Poteat

Nov 12, 2017

Paul Edwin Poteat, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, November 12, 2017, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born November 8, 1930, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Joe Jason and Mary Messer Poteat. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Poteat retired from Fluor-Daniel Construction Company. He was a member of Clifton Sunrise Masonic Lodge #215,...

Drew Petty

Drew Petty

Nov 12, 2017

Drew Petty, 59, of Gaffney, SC, died Sunday, November 12, 2017, at his home. Born March 17, 1958, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Connie Merle Mabry Gonsalves (Anthony) of Gaffney, SC and the late Andrew Jackson Petty. Drew was a member of Cowboy Baptist Church and formerly employed with Mayfair Mills. In addition to his mother and...

Beatrice Strohacker

Beatrice Strohacker

Nov 12, 2017

Beatrice Theora Hughes Strohacker, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, November 12, 2017, at her home. Born July 7, 1929, in Summersville, WV, she was the daughter of the late Heber Jennings Hughes and Naomi Pierson Hughes and widow of Thurman Allen Strohacker. Mrs. Strohacker loved to pick pecans and apples to bake and can for family. Surviving is her...

Carrie West

Carrie West

Nov 11, 2017

Mrs. Carrie Byrd West, 89, of Glenn Springs, SC, passed to her heavenly home on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. She was born in Spartanburg on September 17, 1928, to the late Delbert Erastus Byrd and Mary Elmina King Byrd. She was the loving wife of the late Lester O. West for 57 wonderful years. In...

Catherine Phillips

Catherine Phillips

Nov 11, 2017

Catherine Virginia Sellars Phillips, 90, of Greenville and formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, November 11, 2017, at her home. Born March 30, 1927, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dudley Albert Sellars and Martha Olema Daniel Sellars and widow of Rosco Walter Phillips. Mrs. Phillips loved cooking and family time. She retired from Southern Bell...

Bernice Hercka

Bernice Hercka

Nov 11, 2017

Bernice Eileen Kurnal Hercka, 93, of Wellford, SC, died Saturday, November 11, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 8, 1924, in Canonsburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Catherine Radlinski Kurnal and widow of Stephen Thomas Hercka. She was a member of Jesus, Our Risen Savior Catholic Church. Survivors include her son, Martin Hercka,...

Ruth Bennett

Ruth Bennett

Nov 9, 2017

Ruth Dunagin Bennett, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, passed peacefully on Thursday, November 9, 2017, at her home. Born March 17, 1925, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Dunagin Sr. and Eunice Dunagin and widow of Wallace Bennett. A member of Cannon's Camp Ground United Methodist Church for over 70 years, Mrs. Bennett was also a...

Gwendolyn Page

Gwendolyn Page

Nov 9, 2017

Gwendolyn Smith Page, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Thursday, November 9, 2017, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. A native of Spartanburg County, born June 30, 1925, in Roebuck, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walter S. and Lois Haynes Smith. She was married for 59 years to James Crawford Page who predeceased her in 2006. A graduate...

Ada Morgan

Ada Morgan

Nov 9, 2017

Barbara Ada "Mimi" Spencer Morgan, 100, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, November 9, 2017. The last surviving member of her immediate family, she was born December 10, 1916, in Spartanburg, to the late Columbus Mitchell Spencer and Fannie Ward Spencer and was the widow of Jack A. Morgan. Mrs. Morgan was a member of...

Maxine May

Maxine May

Nov 9, 2017

Dorothy Maxine Gillespie May, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, November 9, 2017, at Summit Hills Retirement Community. Born August 17, 1933, in Walhalla, SC, she was the daughter of the late Major Teccoa Gillespie and Inez Elva Rowland Gillespie and widow of Victor Lemuel May. She was devoted to her family and loved spending time with her granddaughters. A...

Robert Wilson

Robert Wilson

Nov 8, 2017

Robert "Bob" Eugene Wilson, 74, of Lyman, SC, died Wednesday, November 8, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 30, 1943, in Terre Haute, IN, he was the son of the late Orval and Vera Welch Wilson. A U. S. Army veteran and retired mechanic, Bob loved his family and also enjoyed fishing. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors...

Marjorie Goodwin

Marjorie Goodwin

Nov 6, 2017

Marjorie Reid Goodwin, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, November 6, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 20, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Luther Elgin Reid and Mallie Mabel Ballenger Reid. Mrs. Goodwin was a member of Second Presbyterian Church, the Couples Class, the Chancel Choir, Soup Kitchen volunteer, Women of the Church officer,...

Betty Glover

Betty Glover

Nov 5, 2017

Betty Snow Glover, 84, of Greer, SC, died Sunday, November 5, 2017, at Greer Rehabilitation. Born June 2, 1933, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hiram Ernest and Bernice McElrath Snow and widow of James Herbert Glover. A graduate of the Laboratory Technology Program at Spartanburg General Hospital, Mrs. Glover retired after 42 years of...

Murle Satterfield

Murle Satterfield

Nov 5, 2017

Catherine Murle Satterfield, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, November 5, 2017 at her home. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family, born December 31, 1926, in Roebuck, SC, a daughter of the late James Lanham Montgomery and Frances Minnie Switzer Montgomery and widow of Harold Carl Satterfield. Mrs. Satterfield and her husband were avid gardeners and...

Robert Dunn

Robert Dunn

Nov 4, 2017

Robert Edward Dunn, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, November 4, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 10, 1940 in Canonsburg, PA, he was the son of the late James Albert and Mary Louise Cuppett Dunn. Mr. Dunn attended Hopewell High School in Aliquippa, PA and was president of the 1958 Senior Class and captain of the Hopewell...

George Bowyer

George Bowyer

Nov 3, 2017

George Edgar Bowyer, 85, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, November 3, 2017 at White Oak at North Grove. Born February 28, 1932, in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Finch Arizona and Addie Bowyer. George was retired from Chapman Grading. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church. Survivors include his loving wife of 59 years,...

John Ritzo

John Ritzo

Nov 3, 2017

John Alexander Ritzo, 70, of Moore, SC, died Friday, November 3, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 26, 1947 in Greensburg, PA, he was the son of the late Peter Patrick Ritzo and Anna Balego Ritzo. A member of Nazareth Presbyterian Church and Manager of Master-Lee Services Spartanburg Operations, John loved his family, his work, his colleagues, his...

Joe Cantrell

Joe Cantrell

Nov 2, 2017

Joe Grace McKinney Cantrell, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, November 2, 2017 at White Oak at North Grove. Born April 16, 1923 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hugh Z. and Mae Benson McKinney and widow of Boyce Dean Cantrell. Mrs. Cantrell was a retired bookkeeper. Survivors include her cousins, Lillian Boyd and John Vickers,...