Bessie Cecil
Sep 8, 2017
Bessie Seay Cecil, 93, of Spartanburg passed away on Friday, September 8, 2017, at her home. Born in Spartanburg on June 1, 1924, she was the youngest of six children of the late Corrie Waters Seay and Charlie Gudger Seay. She was married for 70 years to the late David William (Bill) Cecil, Sr. and was also predeceased by a...
Viola Bailey
Sep 8, 2017
Viola Cochran Bailey, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, September 8, 2017, at her home. Born April 17, 1944, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Andy and Viola Morgan Cochran. Mrs. Bailey is survived by her sisters, Barbara Milan and Elizabeth Ballew, both of Wellford, SC, Rachel McAbee of Inman, SC, and Mary Crowe of...
William Barron
Sep 7, 2017
William "Bill" Howard Barron, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 7, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 1, 1940, in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late Howard Edward Barron and Catherine Dolores Faulkenhan Barron. Bill received his BS Degree in Computer Science from the University of Dayton and retired from SEW Eurodrive. Survivors include his...
Ann Kiesau
Sep 7, 2017
Ann Hultin Kiesau ended her life's journey on September 7, 2017. Born March 16, 1941, in Kingsport, TN, she was the daughter of the late Carl Frederick and Sadie Brinkley Hultin. She graduated from Dobyns Bennett High School in 1959. She graduated from Wake Forest University with a B.A. in English in 1963. She later achieved a M.Ed. from Converse...
Katherine Scruggs
Sep 7, 2017
Katherine Smelcer Scruggs, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 7, 2017, at Summit Hills Assisted Living. Born October 28, 1921, in Greeneville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Alden C. and Elsie B. Smelcer and widow of Thomas Daniel Scruggs Sr. A graduate of East Tennessee State University, Mrs. Scruggs enjoyed gardening and collecting antiques. She was...
Martha Schiltz
Sep 6, 2017
Martha Ree Wright Schiltz, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Wednesday, September 6, 2017. Born April 15, 1920, in Landrum, SC, she was the daughter of the late Humphrey and Sarah Kelly Wright and wife of the late Clarence Eugene Schiltz Sr. Mrs. Schiltz graduated from the Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1941 and retired from Spartanburg...
Corinne Dillard
Sep 5, 2017
Corinne Arbutus Willis Dillard, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at her home. Born January 6, 1931, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Ray Willis and Lillie Mae Mabry Willis. She was married for 49 years to the late John Thomas Dillard. Mrs. Dillard was a member of Cherokee Springs Baptist Church and...
Jack Lowe
Sep 5, 2017
Jack Lowe, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 5, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 30, 1936, in Pickens, SC, he was the son of the late Luna and Alma Chappell Lowe. Jack loved his family and enjoyed fishing and cooking for them. He also enjoyed dirt track racing, NASCAR, and was co-owner of a race car...
Sandra Patterson
Sep 3, 2017
Sandy Patterson, 73, beloved wife, sister, mother, and grandmother, passed away peacefully on Sunday, September 3, 2017. She was born in Cumberland, MD on December 5, 1943, to Boyd and Kitty Payton. Sandy graduated from Nursing School at Charlotte Memorial Hospital in 1963. It was in Charlotte where she met and married Dr. John A. Patterson, to whom she was...
Wilma Fowler
Aug 31, 2017
Wilma Jolly Fowler, 87, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, August 31, 2017, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 28, 1930, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Collis Kenyon Jolly and Willie Faye Brown Jolly and widow of George Earl Fowler. Mrs. Fowler loved to cook and enjoyed traveling. She was a member of First Baptist...
James Langston
Aug 29, 2017
James "Jim" Roger Langston, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 25, 1937, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Thomas M. Langston Sr. and Janie Sherbert Langston. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Langston retired from the Spartanburg County Building Code Office and was a member of...
Clark Bush
Aug 29, 2017
Clark T. Bush, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Clark was the husband of the late Eleanor Sanderson Bush. Born June 9, 1924, in Barnesville, GA, he was the son of the late Clark Talmadge Bush Sr. and Eva Lillian Thurmond Bush. Clark graduated from Rock Hill High School in 1941 and attended...
Joseph Caggiano
Aug 29, 2017
Joseph "Joey" Patrick Caggiano, 53, of Gaffney, SC, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, August 29, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 3, 1963, in Gaffney, he was the son of the late Vincent George Caggiano, Jr. and Sara Katherine "Sadie" Collins Caggiano. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his oldest brother, Vincent G. Caggiano III....
Bernard Pruitt
Aug 28, 2017
Bernard Pruitt, 73, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 29, 1944, in Cherokee Springs, SC, he was the son of the late Stead James and Doris Feagan Pruitt. A loving husband, father, grandfather, and brother, Mr. Pruitt was a member of Cherokee Springs Baptist Church, Cherokee Springs Lodge #135 AFM,...
Pauline Allison
Aug 28, 2017
Pauline "Polly" Thompson Allison, of Inman, SC, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at the Clinton Presbyterian Community. Born in Rock Hill, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Kilgore Thompson, Sr. and Pauline Anderson Thompson and widow of John Coan Allison, Sr. Mrs. Allison was a Registered Nurse graduate of Spartanburg School of Nursing. She worked at Spartanburg...
Virginia Gosnell
Aug 28, 2017
Virginia Blackwell Gosnell, 97, of Inman, SC, died Monday, August 28, 2017, at RoseCrest Retirement Community. Born March 3, 1920, in Campobello, SC, she was the daughter of the late Melvin and Grace Burns Blackwell and widow of James William Gosnell. A graduate of Campobello High School, Mrs. Gosnell also attended Cecil's Business College, and retired from the Selective Services...
James Phillips Jr.
Aug 26, 2017
James "Jim" Wyatt Phillips Jr., 70, of Spartanburg passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, August 26, 2017. He was born May 10, 1947 in Richmond, Virginia, to Elsie Boone Schlaeger and the late Dr. James Wyatt Phillips. In his junior year, Jim attended Riverside Military Academy in Gainesville, Georgia where he earned his Marksman Rifle Badge, was a...
Derrick Cantrell
Aug 26, 2017
Derrick Alan Cantrell, 46, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Saturday, August 26, 2017, at home surrounded by family. Born September 25, 1970, in Spartanburg, he graduated from Boiling Springs High School and attended the University of South Carolina-Upstate. He was the COO of Concept Packaging Group in Spartanburg. Derrick is survived by parents, Larry K. and Barbara Burgin Cantrell;...
Pauline Ramantanin
Aug 25, 2017
Pauline Bradley Ramantanin, affectionately known as "Polly" and "Yia", 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 25, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 24, 1918, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Dock and Venia Belcher Bradley. A member of Tabernacle Baptist Church, Polly was employed with Butte Knit for 20 years and The Pantry in...
Ethel Gosnell
Aug 25, 2017
Ethel Larose Gosnell, 81, of Campobello, SC, died Friday, August 25, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 13, 1936 in Mount Vernon, NY, she was the daughter of the late Fredrick and Ruth Mae Pearsall Muller. Ethel was a self-employed physical therapist. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her loving husband of 12 years, Cleveland Gosnell; daughters,...
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