Obituaries

Virginia Gosnell

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.

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

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

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

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,...

Keith Parris

Keith Parris

Aug 25, 2017

Keith Reginald Parris, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 25, 2017 at Mountainview Nursing Home. Born July 20, 1945 in Chesnee, SC, he was the son of the late Eolus Odysseus and Myrtle Estelle Henderson Parris. Mr. Parris was a U.S. Army Veteran. He was retired from the City of Spartanburg as an electrician. He was a member of...

Kenneth Morgan

Kenneth Morgan

Aug 24, 2017

Kenneth Ray Morgan, 77, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, August 24, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 20, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Grady Lee Morgan and Dora Splawn Morgan. Ken was a member of First Baptist North Spartanburg and retired from Lowe's contract sales after 20 years of service. Funeral services...

Glen Vick Ii

Glen Vick Ii

Aug 23, 2017

Glen Franklin Vick II, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at RoseCrest Healthcare Center. Born November 25, 1944, in Easley, SC, he was the son of the late Glen Franklin Vick and Carolyn Williams Vick Hendricks and stepson of Mr. B. L. Hendricks Jr. A 1963 graduate of Easley High School, Mr. Vick played on the 1962...

Robert Chapman Iii

Robert Chapman Iii

Aug 23, 2017

Robert Hett Chapman III, 66, of Spartanburg passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2017, surrounded by his family. Born in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Harrison Shackelford Chapman and Robert Hett Chapman Jr. He was a graduate of Spartanburg Day School, University of the South, Institute of Textile Technology, Harvard Business School and National Cotton Council....

Michael Fields

Michael Fields

Aug 23, 2017

Michael DeWitt Fields, 57, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Wednesday, August 23, 2017. Mike was the son of Rev. Dr. George DeWitt Fields and the late Mildred Ammons Fields. Born in Florence, SC, he was the son of a United Methodist minister and lived in many places including Florence, Andrews, Pickens, Rock Hill and Spartanburg. He especially loved his...

Louise Davis

Louise Davis

Aug 23, 2017

Mary Louise Deal Davis "MaMa", 100, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, August 23, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 18, 1917, in Hickory, NC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Osborne Deal and Mary Ella Butler Deal and widow of Paul Leonard Davis. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, Mrs. Davis was a member of...

Sam Houston

Sam Houston

Aug 22, 2017

Sam W. Houston, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, husband of Edna H. Houston, died Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born February 22, 1931, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late William Herbert and Pearl Tucker Houston. A longtime realtor and home builder, Sam was also employed by Norfolk Southern for 42 years. He was a...

Harvey Devoe, Jr.

Harvey Devoe, Jr.

Aug 22, 2017

Harvey Bernard DeVoe, Jr., 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 22, 2017, peacefully at his home. Born December 21, 1923, in Spring Valley, NY, he was the son of the late Harvey Bernard DeVoe, Sr. and Bessie Brown DeVoe. A veteran of the U. S. Army Air Corps during World War II, Mr. DeVoe was stationed in England in...

Debra Liner

Debra Liner

Aug 21, 2017

Debra Ann Whitener Liner, 62, of Pauline, SC, died Monday, August 21, 2017, at her home. Born April 14, 1955, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late Arlo Wilkerson Whitener and Lucy Beatrice Falls Whitener. Mrs. Liner was an avid gardener and loved animals. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church and former server at Quincy's....

Susan Haddon

Susan Haddon

Aug 21, 2017

Susan Lynn Haddon, 63, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, August 21, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 16, 1954, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Reuben Morrison Haddon and Pauline Penland Haddon. Susan was a member of Hammett Grove Baptist Church and retired from Mary Black Memorial Hospital after 20 years of service as...

Charles Ryan Sr.

Charles Ryan Sr.

Aug 19, 2017

Charles "Joe" Joseph Ryan Sr., 65, of McDonough, GA, died Saturday, August 19, 2017, at his home. Born March 13, 1952, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Elbert Lacon Ryan, Jr. and Amelia Victoria "Vicki" Miller Ryan. A lover of his family and the great outdoors, Joe was employed with Halperns' of Atlanta, GA. Survivors include...

Terry Dempsey

Terry Dempsey

Aug 18, 2017

Terry Martin Dempsey, 70, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 18, 2017, at Rolling Green Village, Greenville, SC. Born April 12, 1947, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Jones and Eula Lee Woodle Martin and widow of William Noel Dempsey. Mrs. Dempsey enjoyed cross stitch, reading, music, and her dogs. A graduate of Converse College,...

Gary Edwards

Gary Edwards

Aug 17, 2017

Gary Eugene Edwards, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, August 17, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 15, 1935, in Drayton, SC, he was the son of the late Willard Chester and Grace Waddell Edwards and husband of the late Joyce Cudd Sizemore Edwards. A 1953 graduate of Spartanburg High School and U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Edwards...

Bettye Easler

Bettye Easler

Aug 16, 2017

Bettye Dean Suddeth Easler, 78, of Chesnee, SC, died Wednesday, August 16, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 1, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jefferson Dean and Lila Maude Powell Suddeth and widow of Wayne O. Easler. Bettye was a 1958 graduate of Boiling Springs High School where she played trumpet in the...

Shirley Pack

Shirley Pack

Aug 15, 2017

Shirley Wooten Pack, 83, of Moore, SC, died Tuesday, August 15, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 11, 1933, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Edmond Wooten and Nannie Mae Morris Wooten and wife of 41 years to the late Cecil Coran Pack. Mrs. Pack retired from Cateswood Arkwright Plant after 40 years...