William Rochester
Mar 9, 2017
William David "Smiley" Rochester, 42, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 13, 1974, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Sheila Guthrie Price and David Price of Pacolet, SC and the late Johnny Edward Rochester. Smiley enjoyed riding his motorcycle and loved to hunt and fish. He was employed with IMS...
Georgialene Gowan
Mar 9, 2017
Georgialene Gilbert Gowan, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at her home. Born March 31, 1947, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Pinkney Gilbert and Georgie Ann Schultz Gilbert and widow of Joseph Alexander Gowan. Mrs. Gowan was formerly employed with Alexander's, later with Spartanburg County Senior Center, and served as director of...
Vicki Ryan
Mar 9, 2017
Amelia Victoria "Vicki" Miller Ryan, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Valley Falls Terrace-Spartanburg. Born May 10, 1920, in Richmond, VA, she was the daughter of the late C. J. and Harriett Bebee Sager Miller and widow of Elbert Lacon Ryan, Jr. Mrs. Ryan was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and a...
Sonja Trimmier
Mar 9, 2017
Sonja Mullinax Trimmier, of Spartanburg, SC, wife of Dr. Edward Perry Trimmier for 40 years, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of Pauline Branyon Mullinax of Anderson, SC and the late Herbert Mullinax. She received her BA and Master's Degrees...
Marian Helms
Mar 8, 2017
Marian Horton Helms, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 7, 1943, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James and Janie Scruggs Horton. Mrs. Helms was employed with The Salvation Army where she served as a caseworker and leader of the Sunbeams for over 40 years. She was...
Sarah Cope
Mar 8, 2017
Sarah "Sally" Catherine Reese Cope, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at her home. Born October 6, 1938, in Nashville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Lyons Reese and Minnie Lee Brents Reese and widow of Charles Edward Cope. Mrs. Cope was a member of Central Church of Christ, a longtime Sunday School teacher,...
Graham Thomas
Mar 7, 2017
Graham "Sonny" Julius Thomas, 75, of Lyman, SC, died Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 13, 1941, in Blackstone, VA, he was the son of the late Newby Graham Thomas and Ruby Morris Thomas Renn. Mr. Thomas retired from Lockwood Greene Engineers after 42 years of service. He was a member of Fernwood Baptist Church serving...
Oscar Griffin
Mar 7, 2017
Oscar "Pop" Thomas Griffin, 86, of Moore, SC, died Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at Pelham Medical Center. Born March 1, 1931, in Moore, he was the son of the late George V. and Grace West Griffin. Pop had a love for fishing and spending time with his family. He was a farmer raising cotton and soy beans as well as...
Margaret Wagner
Mar 7, 2017
Margaret McCarley Wagner, 92, of Spartanburg, died peacefully on Tuesday, March 7, 2017, at the Presbyterian Home in Clinton, SC. She was the daughter of the late John and Frances McAbee McCarley and widow of the late Rev. Joseph C. Wagner. Margaret was an active member of First Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg. She was an avid reader, loved classical music,...
Bertin Cassou
Mar 6, 2017
Bertin Michel Cassou, 94, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, March 6, 2017, at his home. Born September 25, 1922, in LaRochelle, France, he was the son of the late Bertin Emil and Germaine Compagnon Cassou and husband of the late Millicent Ann Usterday Baker Johnson Cassou. Mr. Cassou was a uniquely stoic man with a dry sense of humor...
Mary Boone
Mar 6, 2017
Mary Elizabeth "Betty" Hobby Boone, 88, died Monday, March 6, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House after a long illness. She was born in Concord, NC and was a resident of Spartanburg for 51 years. She is survived by her husband of 66 years, Charles Chaffin Boone; her daughter, Mary Boone Pinkowish; her sons-in-law, Thomas John Pinkowish and Paul Elwin...
Richard Hendrix
Mar 5, 2017
Richard Wayne Hendrix, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 5, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Dick (known affectionately to family members as "Daggie") was born on April 28, 1924 in Spartanburg to parents Edna Vandora Barnett and William Earle Hendrix, Sr. He attended high school in Spartanburg and obtained his GED in Corpus Christi, TX. He enlisted in...
Louise Griffin
Mar 4, 2017
Louise Ellis Griffin, 90, of Eden Terrace, Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with her Lord on Saturday, March, 4, 2017. A native of Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Woody R. and Ruth Henderson Ellis and was the wife for 53 years of George Edward Griffin, Sr. who preceded her in death in 1999. She was a member of...
Steven Gaskins, Sr.
Mar 4, 2017
Steven Oliver Gaskins, 58, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 4, 2017, at his home. Born April 23, 1958, in Charlotte, NC, he was the son of Oliver Keen Gaskins of Spartanburg, SC and the late Bobby Ann LeMaster Gaskins. Steve enjoyed reading, homegrown tomatoes, a freshly ironed shirt, and listening to Jimmy Buffett. He loved his family and friends...
Sibyl Edwards
Mar 4, 2017
Sibyl H. Edwards, 84, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Saturday, March 4, 2017, at her home. Born December 7, 1932, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Boyce Hilbert Hall Sr. and Annie Belle Lane Hall. Mrs. Edwards loved her church and family. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Valley Falls. She was the...
Martin Firebaugh Jr.
Mar 4, 2017
Martin L. "Marty" Firebaugh, Jr., 55, of Cowpens, SC, died Saturday, March 4, 2017 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 15, 1961 in Okeechobee, FL, he was the son of the late Martin Luther Firebaugh, Sr. and Ruby Gideon Firebaugh. Martin was a supervisor at Integrated Recycling. He was of the Baptist faith. Marty was a wonderful husband, great brother...
Teryl Mabry
Mar 3, 2017
Teryl Furman Mabry, 73, of Pacolet, SC, died March 3, 2017 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 7, 1943 in Pacolet Mills, SC, he was the son of the late Furman and Okey Davis Mabry. He was the widower of Judy Swicegood Mabry. A U.S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Mabry was retired from Georgia-Pacific Mfg. Co. He was a...
Elizabeth Hall
Mar 3, 2017
Elizabeth "Lib" Hall, 93, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, March 3, 2017 at Windsor House. Born September 3, 1923 in Townville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jacob W.B. and Beulah Branyon Wicker. She was the widow of Furman A. Hall, Jr. As a U.S. Marine Veteran, Elizabeth was employed with Milliken & Co. as a customer service...
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
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...
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