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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Steven Boyter
Jul 31, 2016
Steven Dwight Boyter, 70, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, July 31, 2016, at his home. Born July 28, 1946, in the Beech Springs Community of Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Marshall Bryant Boyter and Lois Cox Boyter. A veteran of the U. S. Army National Guard, Mr. Boyter was an employee of Community Cash Stores...
Doris Tipton
Jul 30, 2016
Doris Bolt Tipton, 92, of Boiling Springs, SC died Saturday, July 30, 2016 at Magnolia Manor. Born March 5, 1924 in Rossville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Grover Cleveland and Anna Stancil Bolt. She was the widow of James F. Tipton. Doris was a seamstress with Butte Knit for 23 years. She was a member of Church...
Lorraine Metivier
Jul 29, 2016
Lorraine M. Metivier, 78, of Mt. Pleasant and formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, July 29, 2016, at her home. Born June 8, 1938, in New Bedford, MA, she was the daughter of the late Wilfred A. and Grace Mercier and widow of Norman A. Metivier. Mrs. Metivier was a former member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church in...
Ginger Coggins
Jul 29, 2016
Ginger Lynn Crist Coggins, 59, of Inman, SC, died Friday, July 29, 2016, at her home. Born July 9, 1957, in Charlton Heights, WV, she was the daughter of the late Richard "Dick" Thomas Crist and Gytha "June" Burton Crist. Mrs. Coggins was a graduate of Hernando High School in Brooksville, FL, a retired mortgage broker, employed at Coggins Flowers,...
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