Obituaries

Nell Brown

Nell Brown

Mar 31, 2016

Nell Burnette Brown, 70, of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Franke at Seaside in Mount Pleasant, SC. Born June 20, 1945, a native of the New Prospect community, she was the daughter of the late Oliver B. Burnette and Agnes McMillan Burnette and widow of James Neil Brown. A 1963 graduate of Chapman High School, Mrs. Brown...

James Metcalf

James Metcalf

Mar 30, 2016

James Leon "Jim" Metcalf, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 28, 1938, in Campobello, SC, he was the son of the late Howard Bush Metcalf and Alberta Burns Metcalf. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Metcalf was a member of El Bethel United Methodist Church and retired from International Paper after...

W. Cline

W. Cline

Mar 30, 2016

William Frederick Cline Sr., 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at his home. Born September 15, 1923, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Peter Kyle and Mary White Cline and husband of the late Dorothy Huntsinger Cline. A U. S. Army Air Force veteran, Mr. Cline served in World War II as a fighter...

Steve Stepp

Steve Stepp

Mar 29, 2016

Steve Stepp, 69, of Cowpens, SC, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at his home. Born May 2, 1946, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Hobert and Rencie Gennie V. Frady Stepp. Mr. Stepp was owner of the Tanning Centers in Spartanburg and Gaffney and American Ind-Com Flooring. His hobby was collecting old cars and restoring them....

Noeur Tough

Noeur Tough

Mar 28, 2016

Noeur Tough, 62, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, March 28, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. He was born July 6, 1953, in Battambang, Cambodia. Survivors include his children, Pirat Tough (Somaly), Sharon Tough, Shary Moore (Blake), and Pirun Tough (Yari); grandchildren, Perhi, Junei, Jin, Alaysia, Leilani, Ryan, and Nyahiah; girlfriend, Roslyn Mitchell; and nephews, Minh Thach and Myco Thach....

Flossie Simmons

Flossie Simmons

Mar 28, 2016

Flossie Parris Simmons, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, March 28, 2016, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born November 28, 1930, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Wallace Harmon Parris and Sarah Hinson Parris and widow of Matthew Norwood Simmons. She was a member of Beaumont Baptist Church and...

Infant Adair

Infant Adair

Mar 27, 2016

Keller Grace Adair was born unto earth and heaven on Sunday, March 27, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. She was the daughter of Dustin Michael and Tonya Keller Adair of Spartanburg, SC. In addition to her parents, Keller Grace is survived by maternal grandfather, Jerry Ray Keller; paternal grandparents, Louisa and Rick Adair; paternal great-grandmothers, Sandra L. Keller and Mattie...

Penelope Clements

Penelope Clements

Mar 26, 2016

Penelope "Penny" Chapman Clements, 98, of Spartanburg, SC, died on Saturday, March 26, 2016. She was born February 7, 1918 to the late Charles Emerson and Sarah Jane Watson Chapman on the family farm in Salem Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania. She was the widow of Leonard Allen Clements who died in 1978. Penny was a sergeant in the Women's Army...

Guy Fowler

Guy Fowler

Mar 26, 2016

Guy L. Fowler, 72, of Cowpens, SC, died Saturday, March 26, 2016 at his home. Born March 8, 1944, in Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Dorsey and Myrtle Childers Fowler and husband of the late Kay Fowler. He retired from Clarkson Industrial Contractors and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include sons, Randy Fowler of Cowpens,...

Helen Phillips

Helen Phillips

Mar 26, 2016

Helen Marie Phillips, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 26, 2016, at White Oak Estates. Born January 6, 1924, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Harley Wayne Phillips Sr. and Lillie Malone Glazner Phillips. She was retired from Arkwright Mills. Survivors include her sister, Virginia Thomas; nieces, Martha T. Trammell (Frank) of Weddington, NC and...

Maxine Allison

Maxine Allison

Mar 24, 2016

Maxine "Libby" Elizabeth Potts Allison, 71, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at her home. Born September 23, 1944, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was survived by her life companion, Roy Mabry and predeceased by Steven Jack Phillips. A Cowpens High School graduate, Libby was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church and formerly employed with Washburn &...

Janice Simms

Janice Simms

Mar 24, 2016

HEADING: Jan Rhea Simms DATELINE: Greer, SC On Thursday, March 24, 2016, Janice Ann "Jan" Rhea Simms, 61, of Greer, SC, peacefully left this earth to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Born December 22, 1954, in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of JoAnn Carter Rhea of Spartanburg, SC and the late James "Roger" Rhea. Jan lived...

William Morrow

William Morrow

Mar 23, 2016

William Carl "Sammy" Morrow, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 23, 2016, at Magnolia Manor. Born March 22, 1944, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Sam J. and Lois Lawson Morrow and husband of the late Susan E. Morrow. He was a courier for Leigh Fibers. Survivors include a son, Billy Morrow of Spartanburg, SC; daughter,...

Stephen Stancil

Stephen Stancil

Mar 22, 2016

Stephen Luther Stancil, 52, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at his home. Born June 10, 1963, in Columbia, SC, he was the son of William Luther Stancil and Lela Palmer Stancil of Spartanburg, SC. He was the beloved husband of Teresa Morgan Stancil for 33 years. A graduate of Dorman High School, Stephen attended Greenville Technical College,...

Maxie Garrett, Sr.

Maxie Garrett, Sr.

Mar 21, 2016

Maxie Perry Garrett Sr., 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 4, 1935, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late John Lafayette Garrett and Mamie Harris Garrett. He missed terribly, the love of his life for 51 years, his wife the late Thelma Ann Westmoreland Garrett. A U. S. Army...

Bobbie Fuller

Bobbie Fuller

Mar 21, 2016

Bobbie Pergerson Fuller, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, passed on Monday, March 21, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 9, 1932, in Franklinton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Julian Carr Pergerson and Meta Bailey Pergerson. A graduate of Hardbargers College, Raleigh, NC, she worked for many years for Walter Brown and then Nick Evans at Spartan...

Lottie Ravan

Lottie Ravan

Mar 21, 2016

Lottie Brown Chapman Ravan, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 8, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lonnie M. Brown and Hulda Bradley Brown Norris. She was the widow of her first husband, Norman Douglas Chapman and her second husband, Boyce Lee Ravan. Mrs. Ravan was...

James Ballenger, Iii

James Ballenger, Iii

Mar 20, 2016

James Henry Ballenger III, 48, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, March 21, 2016, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born February 22, 1968, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Mary Kate Davis of Spartanburg and the late James Henry Ballenger II. Mr. Ballenger was a member of Arcadia First Baptist Church and formerly employed with Community Cash and Ingles. In addition...

Charles Smith

Charles Smith

Mar 19, 2016

Charles K. "Harold" Smith, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 19, 2016, at home. Born July 24, 1936, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Vivian Christine "Dibbie" Smith Daniel and husband of the late Frances Prayther Smith. Mr. Smith was a self-employed construction contractor and licensed electrician. He was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include...

Emra Watts

Emra Watts

Mar 19, 2016

Frank Watts, 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 19, 2016, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born September 8, 1944, in Conway, SC, he was the son of the late Emra Francis Watts, Sr. and Nina Rae Dunn Watts. For 46 years, he was married to Mary Ellen Dowling Watts of Spartanburg. A 1962 graduate of Conway High School,...