Deborah Brown
Jun 25, 2017
Deborah "Debbie" Fincher Brown, 62, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, June 25, 2017, at her daughter's home in Hendersonville, NC. Born June 25, 1955, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Eugene and Annie Grace Eledge Fincher. Survivors include her daughter, Amy Brown (Andrew) of Hendersonville, NC; grandson, Ares Brown of Hendersonville, NC; brother, Timothy Fincher of...
Norman Meekins
Jun 24, 2017
Norman "Dick" Meekins, 85, of Tryon, NC, died Saturday, June 24, 2017, at his home. Born May 20, 1932, in Dillon County, SC, he was the son of the late Oakley L. and Lonia Hayes Meekins. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Meekins loved his family and enjoyed camping and the beach. He attended Beaumont Baptist Church and was...
Ernest Shook
Jun 24, 2017
Ernest E. Shook, 99, of Arcadia, SC died Saturday, June 24, 2017 at his home. Born September 20, 1917 in Mars Hill, NC, he was the son of the late James Daniel and Carrie Ramsey Shook. He was the widower of Grace Louise Cantrell Shook. As a U.S. Army veteran, Mr. Shook was retired from Mayfair Mills as a machine...
Betty Burris
Jun 22, 2017
Betty Gowan Burris, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, June 22, 2017, at her home. Born July 11, 1928, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Homer Gowan and Ethel Freeman Gowan and widow of Lane Carson Burris. A graduate of Spartanburg Junior College, Mrs. Burris was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg and...
Billy Ezell
Jun 20, 2017
Billy Burton Ezell, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born August 17, 1921, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Burton Thorne Ezell and Ruby Mae Cudd Ezell and husband of the late Iris Fayssoux Gentry Ezell. A 1938 graduate of Spartanburg High School, Mr. Ezell received a BS...
Patricia Whitford
Jun 20, 2017
Patricia Hawkins Whitford, 73, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Tuesday, June 20, 2017, at her home. Born September 5, 1943, in Fingerville, SC, she was the daughter of the late H. C. and Ruby Roberts Hawkins. A graduate of Boiling Springs High School, Mrs. Whitford was an excellent baker and enjoyed traveling and camping. She was a member of the...
Ray Pettit
Jun 19, 2017
Ray O'Neill Pettit, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, June 19, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 18, 1925, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Walter R. and Lois Kennett Pettit and husband of the late Marie Orr Pettit. A 1942 graduate of Spartanburg High School and U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Pettit served in...
Anthony Gonsalves Jr.
Jun 19, 2017
Anthony "Tony" Manuel Gonsalves Jr., 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, June 19, 2017, at Magnolia Manor of Spartanburg. Born June 19, 1930, in Hartford, CT, he was the son of the late Anthony Manuel Gonsalves Sr. and Lillian Stackhouser Gonsalves. Mr. Gonsalves retired from Daniel Construction and was of the Catholic faith. Survivors include his wife, Connie Mabry Gonsalves;...
Roy Bryant
Jun 18, 2017
Roy Whitfield Bryant, 89, of Cowpens, SC, died Sunday, June 18, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 17, 1927, in Galax, VA, he was the son of the late James Carl and Flora Duncan Bryant. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II and graduate of the Industrial Institute of Electronics, Mr. Bryant was a member of...
James Gibson
Jun 17, 2017
James Ronald Gibson, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, June 17, 2017 at his home in Leicester, NC. Born March 9, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Franklin Gibson and Alberta Ball Squire. A U. S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Gibson was awarded the Letter of Commendation, Good Conduct Medal, Japanese...
Charlton Tripp
Jun 17, 2017
Charlton Lynn Tripp, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died June 17, 2017, at Dillon Pointe Assisted Living in Spartanburg. Born May 29, 1933, in Piedmont, SC, he was the son of the late Thaddeus Austin and Hattie Mae (McAlister) Tripp, and the husband of the late Ruby Ann (Woodcock) Tripp. Mr. Tripp attended White Plains School, in Piedmont, SC, and Bethesda-Chevy...
Dorothy Callaway
Jun 17, 2017
Dorothy Freda Shaw Callaway, 72, of Moore, SC died peacefully Friday, June 16, 2017. Born January 9, 1945 in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, England, she was the daughter of the late Francis and Dorothy Develin Shaw. Dorothy was a Master Gardener and was formerly a manager for the Hardware and Garden Center of Burnett's Ace Hardware, then with Odom Ace Hardware. In...
Dennis Jolly, Sr.
Jun 15, 2017
Dennis Edward Jolly, Sr., 53, of Rutherfordton, NC, died Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 19, 1963, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Hubert Claude Jolly, Sr. and Thelma Banks Jolly. Mr. Jolly loved his grandchildren and was an employee of Home Depot and retired from the State Highway Department. Survivors include...
Jerry Hyleman
Jun 14, 2017
Jerry Wayne Hyleman, 70, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 14, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Lemmie and Evelyn Mullinax Hyleman. Mr. Hyleman retired from R. R. Donnelly, was born again on March 19, 1989, and was a member of Gateway Baptist Church. Survivors include...
Iva Shea
Jun 14, 2017
Iva Jean Roland Shea, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, June 14, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 27, 1934, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Wilford Lee Roland and Nellie Mae Candler Roland and widow of Joseph N. Shea. A 1956 graduate of Greenville Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, Mrs. Shea was a registered nurse...
Jeffrey Knauff
Jun 13, 2017
Jeffrey Sawyer Knauff, born January 25, 2017, in Charlotte, NC, to Justin Knauff and Amanda Knauff of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Sawyer was always happy and smiling. He loved his older brother very much and from the moment he was born his family knew he was very special. In addition to his parents,...
Geraldine Suttles
Jun 13, 2017
Geraldine Tillotson Suttles, 83, of Arcadia, SC, died Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at her home. Born July 21, 1933, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Tom and Clara Dean Bagwell Tillotson and widow of Boyce Lee Suttles. She was a member of Arcadia Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include a son, Michael Lee Suttles of...
Alva Flynn
Jun 12, 2017
Alva James "A. J." Flynn, Jr., 75, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, June 12, 2017, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born July 27, 1941, in Campobello, SC, he was the son of the late Alva James Flynn, Sr. and Bessie Patterson Gibson and husband of the late Bertha Mae Gibbs Flynn. Mr. Flynn was a member of Gravely...
James Sherbert Jr.
Jun 12, 2017
James "Jimmy" Thomas Sherbert, Jr., 56, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, June 12, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 9, 1961, in Salina, KS, he was the son of the late James Thomas Sherbert, Sr. and Mary Ann Charles Sherbert. A graduate of the Charles Lea Program, Jimmy also worked for Workability with the Charles Lea Center. Survivors include...
Carey Thompson
Jun 12, 2017
Carey Poole Thompson, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, widow of Clyde Frederick Thompson, died Monday, June 12, 2017, at White Oak North Grove-Spartanburg. Born January 8, 1924, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walter DeLafayette Poole and Ollie Coggins Poole and last surviving member of her immediate family. A lifelong adult member of Beaumont Baptist Church,...
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