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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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...
Donna Faile
Feb 16, 2017
Donna Lynn Martin Faile, 57, of Cowpens, SC, passed away on Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, after a long battle with cancer. Born December 31, 1959, in Mecklenburg County, NC, she was the daughter of Thomas Lee Martin and the late Eula Mae Thornburg Martin and widow of William Lewis Faile. Survivors include her children, Marsha...
Shirley Clary
Feb 16, 2017
Shirley Stone Hurley Clary, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 16, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 23, 1934, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hulon Aden Stone and Era Virginia Littlejohn Stone. A graduate of Limestone College, Shirley was a member of Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church and retired from Conrad...
Louis Md
Feb 15, 2017
Dr. Louis Josselin Dodd, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, devoted husband of 64 years to the late Shirley Guiomar Hoover Dodd, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 9, 1923, in São Paulo, Brazil, he was the son of the late George Saville Dodd and Edith Gladys Hemming Dodd, also of São Paulo, Brazil. Dr. Dodd...
Helen Horton
Feb 15, 2017
Martha Helen Rhinehart Horton, 92, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, February 15, 2017, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 4, 1924, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Dow and Essie Mathis Rhinehart and widow of Harley P. Horton. Mrs. Horton was a member of First Baptist Church of Valley Falls and was previously employed at Carolina...
George Brown
Feb 14, 2017
George William "Bill" Brown, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at Valley Falls Terrace. Born February 5, 1925, in Rowan County, NC, he was a son of the late Ray W. and Mary E. Wagoner Brown and the last surviving member of his immediate family. A graduate of Rockwell North Carolina High School, Mr. Brown attended Catawba...
Dorothy Coble
Feb 14, 2017
Dorothy "Dottie" Wilson Coble, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, February 14, 2017, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 17, 1917, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late George Russell and Loula Taylor Wilson and widow of Marvin Coble. Mrs. Coble was the eldest member at Fairforest Baptist Church where she was a member for 68 years. She...
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