Obituaries

Peggy Brewington

Peggy Brewington

Mar 2, 2017

Peggy George Brewington, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, went to be with the Lord on March 2, 2017 at her home. Born March 26, 1934 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late John N. George, Sr. and Anna Lucille Wheat George. She was the widow of LeRoy Brewington. She was predeceased by a son, Steven LeRoy Brewington and...

Malcolm Ridings

Malcolm Ridings

Mar 1, 2017

Malcolm Lee Ridings, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 1, 2017, at the Golden Age Nursing Home-Inman. Born August 22, 1931, in Fingerville, SC, he was the son of the late Otis and Penola McIntyre Ridings. A United States Air Force Veteran, Mr. Ridings was a retired manager with Piedmont Interstate Warehouse. He was a Gideon and member of...

Phillip Pridmore

Phillip Pridmore

Feb 28, 2017

Phillip Todd Pridmore, 47, of Gaffney, SC, died Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 1, 1969, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Phillip Jerome Pridmore of Pelzer, SC and Patricia Lou Jolley Pridmore of the home. Todd enjoyed hunting, fishing, video gaming, and was of the Baptist faith. In addition to his parents...

Gladys Allen

Gladys Allen

Feb 28, 2017

Gladys L. Wood Allen, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 24, 1920, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Aldon John and Julia Clubb Wood, and widow of Jasper Allen, Jr. A member of St. Luke United Methodist Church, Mrs. Allen was retired from Arkwright Mills after 40...

Ralph Dillard

Ralph Dillard

Feb 27, 2017

Ralph Walker Dillard, 93, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, February 27, 2017, at his home. Born November 29, 1923, in Pacolet, he was the son of the late Luther Harley and Estelle Brown Dillard. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Dillard was a member of Pacolet United Methodist Church and retired from Ivey Electric after 45 years of service. He...

Barbara Gay

Barbara Gay

Feb 25, 2017

Barbara Ann "Bobbi" Corn Gay, 73, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 3, 1943 in Arcadia, SC, she was the daughter of the late Alma Corn Inman. She was the widow of Rupert Thomas Gay. Mrs. Gay was the co-owner of North Village Laundry. She was a member of Free Will...

Ollie Jackson

Ollie Jackson

Feb 25, 2017

Ollie Mae Drake Jackson, 73, of Inman, SC, died Saturday, February 25, 2017, at RoseCrest-Inman. Born December 1, 1943, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late Virgil and Margaret Clayton Drake and widow of Hollis Wayne Jackson, to whom she was married for 53 years. A member of Lake Bowen Baptist Church, Mrs. Jackson was a longtime...

Bernice Potter

Bernice Potter

Feb 25, 2017

Bernice Martin Potter (lovingly known as "Boo" to family and close friends), 102, of Cowpens, SC, died Saturday, February 25, 2017, at Summit Hills, Spartanburg, SC. Born October 24, 1914, in Pacolet Mills, SC, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Laura Martin and was married to the late Woodrow W. Potter for 65 years. She was one...

Jean Cooksey

Jean Cooksey

Feb 24, 2017

Jean Eastep Cooksey, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 24, 2017, at her home. Born June 28, 1930, in Altoona, PA, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Hannah Eastep and widow of Jesse Lecel "Jess" Cooksey. A graduate of West Chester College, Mrs. Cooksey worked as a Physical Therapist from 1953 until retirement. She was a...

Elmer Shirey

Elmer Shirey

Feb 24, 2017

In loving memory of Elmer Kenneth Shirey, born November 6, 1941, in Blacksburg, SC and died on Friday, February 24, 2017. Elmer Kenneth Shirey, 75, of 444 Keltner Ave., Spartanburg, SC went to be with the Lord on Friday, February 24, 2017 after a long illness. He was a retired textile worker of Butte Knitting Mills. He was preceded in...

Gail Bagwell

Gail Bagwell

Feb 23, 2017

Gail O'Shields Bagwell, 60, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 26, 1956, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Clyde O'Shields and Grace West O'Shields. Mrs. Bagwell received her BA and MA Degrees from Converse College. She retired as music teacher at Hendrix Elementary School after 38 years...

Margaret Mcarthur

Margaret Mcarthur

Feb 23, 2017

Margaret Evelyn Eubanks McArthur, 97, of Glenn Springs, SC died Thursday, February 23, 2017, at RoseCrest-Inman. Born August 5, 1919, in Glenn Springs, she was the daughter of the late Lonnie Thomas Eubanks and Irene Smith Eubanks and widow of William Earl McArthur. A graduate of Pauline High School, Mrs. McArthur was a member of Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church, the...

Peggy Philbeck

Peggy Philbeck

Feb 21, 2017

Peggy Joyce Coffey Philbeck, 81, of Boiling Springs, SC, loving wife of 62 years to Robert "Bob" Philbeck, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, at her home. Born July 1, 1935, in Caroleen, NC, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Grace Roberts Coffey. A military wife (U. S. Air Force) for 22 years, Mrs. Philbeck...

Nelson Connelly, Sr.

Nelson Connelly, Sr.

Feb 20, 2017

Nelson B. Connelly, Sr., 91, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, February 20, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 4, 1925, he was the son of the late Joe B. and Maybelle Dominick Connelly of Prosperity, SC and husband of the late Ruby Pugh Connelly. Nelson was a longtime member of St. John's Lutheran Church, Spartanburg, where he taught...

Mary Burwell

Mary Burwell

Feb 20, 2017

Mary Ruth Moore Burwell, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 20, 2017, at RoseCrest-Inman. Born November 8, 1924, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Boyce Simeon and Clara Dillard Moore and widow of James Wilson Burwell. Mrs. Burwell received her Bachelor's Degree from Winthrop College and Master's Degree from Converse College. She retired from District 7...

Jean Smith

Jean Smith

Feb 20, 2017

Jean Hunter Smith, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 20, 2017, at Summit Hills Retirement Community. Born August 25, 1929, in Woodruff, SC, she was the daughter of the late Rev. Hobart Calvin and Shirley Francis Wood Hunter and widow of Kenneth Ray Smith. Mrs. Smith loved her family very much. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church,...

Gladys Jennings

Gladys Jennings

Feb 19, 2017

Gladys "Glad" Cornelia Jennings, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, February 19, 2017 at Wesley Court Assisted Living. Born April 22, 1925, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Frank Lee Jennings and Mary Conie Shackleford Jennings. Known as "Happy", Gladys was a photo processor for Jack Rabbit Photo Center. She was a member of Central United Methodist...

Glyn Babb Sr.

Glyn Babb Sr.

Feb 18, 2017

Glyn C. Babb Sr., 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 18, 2017, at his home. Born March 26, 1926, in Greenville County, SC, he was a son of the late William Fred and Gertrude Nina Sims Babb and husband of the late Hazel Pike Babb. A World War II U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Babb served in the European...

Robert Blackwell

Robert Blackwell

Feb 17, 2017

Robert "Bob" Lee Blackwell, 85, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, February 17, 2017 at RoseCrest. Born February 2, 1932 in Inman, SC, he was the son of the late Horace and Sarah Settle Blackwell. A 1st Lieutenant of The U.S. Army Ordnance Core, Mr. Blackwell was a 1954 graduate of Clemson University. He was a member of Covenant Baptist Church...

Robert Haynie

Robert Haynie

Feb 16, 2017

Robert "Bob" Floyd Haynie, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 16, 2017. Born May 13, 1917, in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of the late Thomas Andrew and Myrtis Jones Haynie. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Haynie attended Georgia Tech. He was a member of Second Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg and retired furniture...