Obituaries

Judith Blackwell

Judith Blackwell

Aug 12, 2016

Judith Walton Blackwell, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, went peacefully to be with her Lord on Friday, August 12, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 29, 1937, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late Horace Buck and Sarah Settle Blackwell. Judith was very involved and worked with many Charles Lea Center programs and was a member of...

Edna Clardy

Edna Clardy

Aug 12, 2016

Edna Byars Clardy, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 12, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 6, 1926, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Randolph and Janie Mae Owens Byars and wife of the late Cecil D. Clardy. Mrs. Clardy was a retired dietician from Z. L. Madden Elementary School and a member of...

Judy Gilbert

Judy Gilbert

Aug 12, 2016

Judith Ann Carr Gilbert, 74, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 12, 2016, at her home. Born February 5, 1942, in Clifton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Gaston Carr and Ida Mae Adair Carr Suttles and stepdaughter of the late Leroy Hunter Suttles. Judy, as she was known, graduated as salutatorian of Cowpens High School (1960)...

William Wilson

William Wilson

Aug 12, 2016

William "Bill" Folger Wilson, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 12, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 13, 1939, in Anderson County, SC, he was the son of the late Charles Carroll Wilson and Lucy Kelly Wilson. A U. S. Air Force veteran of the Vietnam era, Mr. Wilson was a 1958 graduate of Belton High School....

Ralph Harris

Ralph Harris

Aug 10, 2016

Ralph Pierce Harris, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at his home. Born March 24, 1922, in Union County, SC, he was the son of the late Wallace and Juanita Sims Harris and husband of the late Mary V. Harris to whom he was married for 66 years and was the love of his life. A World...

Allie Putman

Allie Putman

Aug 10, 2016

Allie H. Putman, 93, of Cowpens, SC, died Wednesday, August 10, 2016, at Peachtree Center, Gaffney, SC. Born October 28, 1922, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late, William Andrew and Dorothy Cash Henderson, and wife of the late Edward H. "Josh" Putman. She was a member of Central Baptist Church, Cowpens, SC. Survivors include her...

Matthew Stephenson

Matthew Stephenson

Aug 9, 2016

Matthew Arnold Stephenson, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 9, 2016, at Mary Black Hospital after a short illness. Born August 15, 1935 in Bangor, ME, he was the son of the late Leonidas Dacosta Stephenson III and Natalie Anastasia Stephenson. Dr. Stephenson received a BS from the University of South Carolina and a PhD from Tulane University. He...

Robert Starnes Jr.

Robert Starnes Jr.

Aug 8, 2016

Robert L. Starnes, Jr., 85, died peacefully on August 8, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Robert "Bob" was born in Lancaster, SC, on September 6, 1930, to the late Bob L. and Lula McManus Starnes. Bob was a U. S. Army Corporal combat veteran of the Korean War, receiving the Korean War Service Medal and two Bronze Stars. Following...

Gene Crocker

Gene Crocker

Aug 8, 2016

Gene Arland Crocker, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 8, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 13, 1933, he was the son of the late Forrest and Addie Rose McCallister Crocker. Mr. Crocker was a retired Staff Sergeant in the U. S. Air Force having served for 20 years and later retired again from Abbott Laboratories. He enjoyed...

William Luther

William Luther

Aug 8, 2016

William H. "Bill" Luther, 89, of Spartanburg SC died August 8, 2016, at his home. Bill was born November 10, 1926, in Ashe County, NC, the son of the late William Theodore and Ola Lemly Luther, and the brother of Margaret L. Duncan of Boise, Idaho. Surviving is his wife, Doris B. Luther of 58 years, three children and their...

Frances Hyatt

Frances Hyatt

Aug 8, 2016

Frances Harrison Hyatt, 89, of Startex, SC, died Monday, August 8, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital, Columbus, NC. Born June 28, 1927, in Walnut Grove, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank T. and Levie Williams Harrison, and wife of the late Carl Billy Hyatt. A Roebuck High School graduate, Mrs. Hyatt was a retired clerk of the...

Kevin King

Kevin King

Aug 8, 2016

Kevin James King, 58, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, August 8, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 14, 1957, in Bellevue, OH, he was the son of James Bliss and Lunetta Bringer King and husband of the late Elizabeth Ann King. Mr. King was a Registered Nurse at the Phoenix Center in Greenville, SC. He was a member of...

Frances Rice

Frances Rice

Aug 7, 2016

Frances Amberzine Rice, 92, of Cowpens, SC, died Sunday, August 7, 2016, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born January 28, 1924, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jim and Ola Coyle and widow of the late Noah Rice. Mrs. Rice was a member of Cowpens First Baptist Church and was retired from Sears, Roebuck &...

Syble Lawson

Syble Lawson

Aug 5, 2016

Syble Jean Gilbert Lawson, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at her home. Born September 25, 1939, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Milo Gilbert and Millie Hester Oliver Gilbert. Mrs. Lawson loved her grandchildren. She was a member of Beaumont Baptist Church, a retired CNA with Magnolia Manor, and also served as...

Lynda Robinson

Lynda Robinson

Aug 5, 2016

Lynda Bryan Winburn Robinson, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died on Friday, August 5, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home surrounded by loved ones. Born December 2, 1932, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Howard Powell and Lynda Bryan Winburn and wife of the late Clarence Delmar Robinson Jr. Lynda attended Mercer College and later graduated from...

Randall Goodwin

Randall Goodwin

Aug 5, 2016

Randall "Randy" Linton Goodwin, 55, of Clinton, SC, died Friday, August 5, 2016, at the Whitten Center-Clinton where he was a resident for over 50 years. Born September 25, 1960, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Jeris Ann Gilliam Goodwin of Spartanburg, SC and the late Dennis Linton Goodwin. Randy loved Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. He was famous for...

Archie Lee

Archie Lee

Aug 1, 2016

Archie Doyle Lee, 83, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, August 1, 2016, at Ellen Sagar Nursing Center, Union, SC. Born February 3, 1933, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Archie and Geneva Whiting Lee. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Lee was a member of Pacolet Mills Church of God and formerly employed with...

George Rush

George Rush

Aug 1, 2016

George Kevin Rush, 60, of Spartanburg, SC, beloved husband of Linda Henson Rush, died Monday, August 1, 2016, at his home. Born June 23, 1956, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late George Edwin Rush and Florence Julia Peggy Cochran Rush. A commissioner and former firefighter with the North Spartanburg Fire Department, Mr. Rush was employed...

Virginia Kirkland

Virginia Kirkland

Jul 31, 2016

Virginia Louise Sims Kirkland, 98, of Spartanburg, SC went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 31, 2016 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills. Born July 10, 1918 in Monetta, SC, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Earle and Sallie Hite Sims. She was the last surviving member of her family. She was the devoted and...

Dorothy Bokanoski

Dorothy Bokanoski

Jul 31, 2016

Dorothy Morrow Bokanoski, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, widow of John Edward Bokanoski, died Sunday, July 31, 2016, at her home. Born March 24, 1924, in Landrum, SC, she was the daughter of the late Isom and Olive Harrison Morrow and the last surviving member of her immediate family. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Mrs. Bokanoski was a devoted...