Nancy Allen
Nov 27, 2016
Nancy Boukedes Allen, 81, of Moore, SC, died Sunday, November 27, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 13, 1935, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Nettie Irene Crocker Boukedes and James George Boukedes and stepdaughter of the late Virginia Boukedes. Mrs. Allen was an active member of St. James United Methodist Church for 50...
Bobby Turner Sr.
Nov 27, 2016
Bobby Eugene Turner, Sr., 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, November 27, 2016. Born November 27, 1934, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Wellie A. Turner and Greta Fain Turner. He was retired from Spartan Mills. Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Marjorie Meeks Turner of Spartanburg, SC; son, Bobby E. Turner, Jr. (Tammie) of...
James Bearden
Nov 27, 2016
James E. Bearden, 83, of Lyman, SC, died Sunday, November 27, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 17, 1933, in Pauline, SC, he was the son of the late Lucious and Bessie Kennedy Bearden. Mr. Bearden was employed by Belue Trucking of Fairforest, SC. His trucking career spanned 65 years, starting at age 18 with Johnson Motor Line and...
Kenneth White
Nov 26, 2016
Kenneth A. White, 65, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, November 26, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 14, 1951, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Albert McKinnley White and Doris Smith White. Mr. White loved his daughter and grandchildren and was an avid Carolina Gamecock fan. Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Betty Groce White;...
Dewey Lanford
Nov 26, 2016
Dewey "Buddy" Marvin Lanford, 78, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, November 26, 2016 at RoseCrest-Inman. Born March 24, 1938, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Robert Woodfin Lanford Sr. and Nannie Jennings Lanford. A 1957 graduate of Spartanburg High School, Buddy was a member of Southside Baptist Church. He retired after 40 years with Spartan Mills and...
Lewis Mason
Nov 26, 2016
Lewis Charles Mason, 87, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Saturday, November 26, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 1, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Cleveland Dean Mason and Beatrice Harris Mason. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Mason was the founder, owner, and operator of Mason Motors, Inc. He...
Robert Solesbee
Nov 26, 2016
Robert A. Solesbee, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, November 26, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 26, 1928, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Jeff and Nellie Lewis Solesbee and husband of the late Elizabeth Sanders Solesbee. Robert was a member of Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church. He retired from Spartan Mills and...
Nancy Gibbs
Nov 25, 2016
Nancy Jo Hallman Gibbs, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, was called home to her Lord after a short illness on Friday, November 25, 2016. Born September 11, 1936, in Spartanburg, SC, she was raised by her loving mother, Merle McKleskey and step-father, A. J. McKleskey. On October 25, 1955, she married her high school sweetheart, Charles Eugene Gibbs. Nancy retired from...
Billy Tessigner
Nov 23, 2016
"Billy" Fred Edward Tessigner, 79, of Jonesville, SC, died Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at Union Medical Center. Born March 6, 1937, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Fred Samuel Tessigner and Sara Louise Weathers Tessigner and husband of the late Mary Elizabeth Bryant Tessigner. A U. S. Air Force veteran and avid Carolina Panthers fan,...
Mason Gordon
Nov 23, 2016
Gene Gordon, 60, of Wellford, made his last delivery Wednesday, November 23, 2016, into the loving arms of his heavenly Father. He fought a long and courageous battle with Pulmonary Fibrosis. He was the loving husband of his favorite traveling companion, Libby Mitchell Gordon. Gene was an amazing daddy to his children, Clifton (April), Adam (Monica), David (Leona) and Katie...
John Fant Jr.
Nov 22, 2016
John "Jack" Roy Fant, Jr., 98, of Lyman, SC, died Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born January 13, 1918, in Lockhart, SC, he was the son of the late John R. Fant, Sr. and Nathalie Hunter Fant and husband of the late June Ione Heffron Fant. Mr. Fant served in the United States Army...
Pyper Davidson
Nov 20, 2016
Pyper Evans Davidson and Dawson Ames Davidson, infant twin children of Brittany Faye Davis Davidson and Dylan Ryan Davidson, were born into Earth and Heaven on Sunday, November 20, 2016. In addition to their parents, Pyper and Dawson are survived by their brother, Kason Kruz Davidson; their sister, Harper Beck Davidson; maternal grandparents, Brent and Brenda Harvell Davis of York,...
Mary Boatwright
Nov 19, 2016
Mary Jo Littlejohn Boatwright, 82, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Valley Falls Terrace. Born March 20, 1934 in Roebuck, SC, she was the daughter of the late Joe Maxwell and Mary Dean Littlejohn. Mary Jo was retired from Butte Knit after 34 years of service as a seamstress. She was of the Baptist faith. She loved...
Jerry Mcgraw
Nov 18, 2016
Jerry Randall McGraw, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, November 18, 2016, at his home. A native of Clifton, SC, he was the husband of Sheila Ann Millwood McGraw and son of the late Vaney and Agnes Mathis McGraw. He was a member of Cedar Spring Baptist Church and retired from the U. S. Navy and the U. S. Postal...
Shelby Cole
Nov 17, 2016
Shelby Jean Johnson Cole, 79, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, November 17, 2016, at her home. Born January 30, 1937, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Gladys Cash Johnson and widow of William Albert Cole. She was a waitress at various restaurants and of the Baptist faith. Surviving are her daughters, Terry Cole of...
Douglas Padgett
Nov 16, 2016
Wayne Padgett, 64, of Aiken, SC, entered into heaven Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center with family close by. Born December 13, 1951 in Augusta, GA, he was the son of C. Louis Padgett Sr. and Lucille Johnson Padgett. Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Wanda Johnson Padgett; son, Adam Douglas Padgett (Geri Caitlin) of Spartanburg,...
Robin Clubb
Nov 16, 2016
Robin E. Clubb, 55, of Wellford, SC, passed on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 12, 1961, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Raymond Lamar Clubb, Sr. and Agnes Genelle Guy Clubb. A self-employed master electrician, Robin was a great athlete who loved to play baseball and enjoyed playing in the over...
William Bennett Jr.
Nov 15, 2016
William John Bennett Jr., 70, of Anderson, SC, died Tuesday, November 15, 2016, at Richard M. Campbell Veteran's Home. Born August 28, 1946, in Bethpage, NY, he was the son of the late William John Bennett and Dorothy Elizabeth Smith Bennett. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Bennett was a heating and air conditioning contractor. He was a Scoutmaster with...
John Steadings
Nov 14, 2016
John Harry Steadings, 75, of Pauline, SC, died Monday, November 14, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 29, 1941, in Pauline, SC, he was the son of the late George Washington Steadings and Clevia Mae Cooke Steadings. A U. S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Steadings retired from Hoechst-Celanese Corporation. He was a lifetime member of...
Emily Brittain
Nov 14, 2016
Emily Woodfin Brittain, 92, formerly of Chesnee and Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, November 14, 2016, at RoseCrest-Inman. Born September 15, 1924, in Gramling, SC, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Lida Harris Woodfin and widow of William Wister "Bill" Brittain. Mrs. Brittain was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. She was a longtime Red Cross volunteer...
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