Obituaries

Linda Ponder

Linda Ponder

Sep 17, 2016

Linda Kathryn "Aunt Linny" Ponder, 68, of Spartanburg, SC went peacefully to sleep and woke up in her heavenly home Saturday, September 17, 2016. Born July 9, 1948 in Spartanburg, SC she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Ruby Ponder. Linda was retired as a Loan Technician at USDA Rural Development, Spartanburg, after 25 years of service. She...

Jean Frye

Jean Frye

Sep 16, 2016

Jean Moore Frye, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, September 16, 2016, at her home. Born February 3, 1932, in Laurens, SC, she was the daughter of the late George E. and Dixie Fleming Moore and widow of Joe H. Frye. Mrs. Frye was a registered nurse at Spartanburg General Hospital for 30 years and a member of Cedar Springs...

Willie Dill

Willie Dill

Sep 15, 2016

Willie Mae "Billie" Dulin Dill, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 15, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 17, 1929, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee Houston Dulin and Dora Ella Livesay Dulin-McClure. She was formerly employed by HealthTex. Surviving are her stepsons, Lee Dill (Pat) of Boiling Springs, SC, John Dill of...

Jack Coyle, Sr.

Jack Coyle, Sr.

Sep 14, 2016

Jack Lipscomb Coyle, Sr., 82, of Cowpens, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, September 14, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 25, 1933, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Benjamin Franklin Coyle and Maybell Sanders Coyle. A member of Cowpens First Baptist Church, Mr. Coyle loved his family and served...

James Keesler

James Keesler

Sep 12, 2016

James "Jim" Martin Keesler, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, September 12, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 1, 1935, in Clarksville, GA, he was the son of the late Robert Lamar Keesler and Mary Berry Keesler. A 1959 graduate of Wofford College, Mr. Keesler retired as former Vice President of Arkwright Mills after 43 years of service. He...

Anna Goode

Anna Goode

Sep 12, 2016

Anna Marie Goode, 17, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, September 12, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 27, 1999, in Greenville County, SC, she was the daughter of Dena Painter Hayslip and Randy Lamar Goode of Spartanburg, SC. In addition to her parents, survivors include brothers and sister, Skip Watson of Spartanburg, SC, Megan Miller (Jeremy) of Greenville, SC,...

Rheba Walsh

Rheba Walsh

Sep 11, 2016

Rheba May Turnage Walsh, 70, of Cowpens, SC, died Sunday, September 11, 2016 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital, after her brave fight against leukemia. Born August 21, 1946 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Elmer E. Turnage and Aileen H. Turnage. She leaves behind three children, Tricia Fairbanks, Elizabeth Long, and Michael Walsh; her grandchildren, Heather,...

Bessie Wilson

Bessie Wilson

Sep 11, 2016

Bessie Elizabeth Moore Wilson, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, September 11, 2016, at her home. Born August 3, 1927, in Georgetown, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry Singleton Moore and Lila Richardson Moore and widow of Earl Wilson, Sr. Mrs. Wilson was a member of New Hope Baptist Church and retired from Wilson's Maintenance & Landscaping...

Boyce Hensley

Boyce Hensley

Sep 10, 2016

Boyce Briscoe Hensley, 67, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, September 10, 2016 at home. Born July 23, 1949 in Rutherfordton, NC, he was the son of the late Pansy Briscoe Hensley. Boyce was a member of United Baptist Church, where he was a former Deacon, Sunday School teacher, choir member, RA leader and director of Young at Heart. He was...

Elizabeth Henderson

Elizabeth Henderson

Sep 10, 2016

Elizabeth Jean Henderson, 65, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Magnolia Manor. Born August 27, 1951 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Hazel Ridings Cooley of Spartanburg and the late Wofford Andrew Henderson. Elizabeth was a longtime employee of Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and was a member of First Baptist-North Spartanburg. In addition to her mother,...

Mary Jeansonne

Mary Jeansonne

Sep 8, 2016

Mary Spencer Jeansonne, 73, of Inman, SC, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 8, 2016, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born March 21, 1943, in Cherokee Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late Young Wilson and Gladys Miller Spencer. She was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. Survivors include her son, Darren Ray Pearson of Spartanburg;...

Billie Smith

Billie Smith

Sep 7, 2016

Billie Ann Theodore Smith, 89, of Clinton, SC and formerly of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at The Clinton Presbyterian Community. Born May 19, 1927, and raised in Greenville, SC, she was the only child of the late William and Ida Bell Theodore. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Billie Ann received her Bachelor...

Pearl Blanchard

Pearl Blanchard

Sep 7, 2016

Pearl Kelly Blanchard, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, September 07, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 17, 1921 in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late M. B. Kelly and Gussie Pearl Davis Kelly and widow of W. Earl Blanchard. A member of Southside Baptist Church, Mrs. Blanchard was retired from Milliken & Company...

Deas Richardson

Deas Richardson

Sep 7, 2016

Deas Manning Richardson, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, September 7, 2016, at his home. Born September 14, 1928, in Clarendon County, SC, he was the son of the late Richard Charles Richardson and Martha Waring Perry Richardson and husband of the late Betty McDougal Richardson. Mr. Richardson attended Porter Military Academy, was a 1945 graduate of Edmunds High School...

Helen Blackburn

Helen Blackburn

Sep 6, 2016

Helen Chertok Jennings Blackburn, 86, of Cape Canaveral, FL, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 6, 2016. She was born August 22, 1930 in Spartanburg, SC, as the daughter of the late William and Maude Chertok. She married the late Bud Jennings in 1946 and had two children. Later in 1974, she married the late Edgar Blackburn. Most of her...

Dr. Keller

Dr. Keller

Sep 6, 2016

Dr. James Albert Keller, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 6, 2016, at Summit Hills Assisted Living-Spartanburg. Born October 20, 1939, in Pittsburgh, PA, he was the son of the late Paul Edward Keller and Bertha Emma Schmidt Keller and husband of the late Mary Susan Kellett Keller. Dr. Keller earned his SB degree at the Massachusetts Institute of...

Lois Cantrell

Lois Cantrell

Sep 4, 2016

Lois Bennett Cantrell, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, September 4, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 21, 1920, in Boiling Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Grady Bennett and Paitie Poteat Bennett and widow of Wallace Elvin Cantrell. An avid artist, Mrs. Cantrell devoted her life to the arts and was a founding member...

Virginia Davison

Virginia Davison

Sep 4, 2016

Virginia Beach Davison, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away Sunday, September 4, 2016, at Eden Terrace. Born May 25, 1929, in Spartanburg, she was the only child of the late Jesse French Scruggs and Louise Lowe Scruggs. Virginia was educated in the Spartanburg City Schools. She attended Columbia College before transferring to Converse College. Virginia was a lifelong member of...

Carolyn Crocker

Carolyn Crocker

Sep 4, 2016

Carolyn Poole Crocker, 72, of Converse, SC, died Sunday, September 4, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 1, 1944, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late William and Ethel Kennedy Poole. Mrs. Crocker was a member of Converse Baptist Church and retired from Smith, Kesler & Company, P. A. Survivors include her husband, Jerry Crocker;...

Ralph Gibson

Ralph Gibson

Sep 4, 2016

Ralph Eugene Gibson, 83, a resident of The Villages in Lady Lake, Florida since 1989, passed peacefully on Sunday, September 4, 2016. Ralph was the son of James and Bertie Gibson and grew up in Spartanburg, SC and attended Spartanburg High School. He married Varnette Smith, also of Spartanburg, daughter of Marvin Smith. They were happily married 63 years. Varnette...