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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Jon Shubin
Sep 2, 2016
Jon Steven Shubin, 35, of Mount Laurel, NJ, formerly of Spartanburg, SC and Hickory, NC, died Friday, September 2, 2016 at Virtua Memorial Hospital, Mount Holly, NJ. Born September 13, 1980 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Stuart Shubin of Mt. Pleasant, SC and of the late Sandy Gilpin Shubin. Jon was a co-owner of CRD Restore. He...
Harley Hill
Aug 31, 2016
Harley Franklin Hill, 88, of Cowpens, SC, husband of Doris A. Price Hill for 24 years, died Wednesday, August 31, 2016, at his home. A native of Spartanburg County, SC, born February 15, 1928, he was the son of the late Mitchell King and Adella Laughter Hill. A graduate of Cecil's Business College and a U. S. Marine Corps veteran,...
Jean Sizemore
Aug 30, 2016
Jean Horton Sizemore, 75, of Inman, SC, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 7, 1941, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Oliver and Addie Cochran Horton and widow of C. L. Sizemore. Mrs. Sizemore was an avid gardener, a member of Green Point Baptist Church, and retired from Spartan Mills....
Patricia Denham
Aug 30, 2016
Patricia Violette Denham, 83, widow of Andrew Gibson Denham, M.D., died Tuesday, August 30, 2016 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a brief illness. A native of Lowell, Massachusetts, she was the daughter of John Robert Violette and Catherine McAuliffe Violette. Pat was a graduate of Rosary High School in San Diego, California and received her nursing degree from St....
Polly Genoble
Aug 30, 2016
Pauline "Polly" Henson Genoble, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born May 14, 1917, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late William A. and Zora Lee Henson and widow of Grady Genoble. A member of First Baptist North Spartanburg, Mrs. Genoble was a retired textile worker and homemaker....
Robert Rowell
Aug 30, 2016
Former Spartanburg Mayor Robert "Bob" Grady Rowell, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 30, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 6, 1932, in Branford, FL, he was the son of the late Paul Kistler Rowell and Eileen Peterson Rowell. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Rowell was a graduate of the University of Florida. He was an extremely...
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