Obituaries

Jesse Cooksey

Jesse Cooksey

Apr 3, 2016

Jesse Lecel "Jess" Cooksey, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 23, 1932, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Isaac Lecel Cooksey and Corrine Goldsmith Cooksey. A U. S. Army and SC National Guard veteran, Mr. Cooksey was a retired executive with Cooksey-Reynolds Insurance Agency and a lifetime...

Henry Fulbright

Henry Fulbright

Apr 3, 2016

Henry Robert Mason Fulbright, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, April 3, 2016. Born October 2, 1929, in Greenville, SC, he was the husband of the late Eva Brown Fulbright and the son of the late Paul Henry and Narcie Lou Carithers Fulbright. A veteran of the Korean War and a 1957 Textile Engineering graduate of Clemson University, Henry worked...

Mamie Toney

Mamie Toney

Apr 3, 2016

Mamie White Thompson Toney, 102 years young, of Greer, SC and formerly of Clifton, SC, died Sunday, April 3, 2016, at The Cottages at Brushy Creek. Born October 10, 1913, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late John and Rachel Sprouse White. She was the widow of her first husband, Glenn Thompson and her second husband,...

Freeda Simpson

Freeda Simpson

Apr 2, 2016

Freeda Mae Harrell Simpson, 90, of North Little Rock, Arkansas, passed away on Saturday, April 2, 2016. Born April 7, 1925 in Cato, Arkansas, she was the wife of the late Henry A. Simpson and a daughter of the late Horace and Ethel McPike Harrell. She attended Sylvan Hills High School, and worked as a bookkeeper associated with Cameron Feed...

Susan Clark

Susan Clark

Apr 2, 2016

Susan Campbell Clark, 53, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 26, 1962, in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of Ann Sanders Campbell of Spartanburg, SC and the late Ruffner Campbell and widow of Randall Lee "Randy" Clark. A graduate of Spartanburg Technical College, Mrs. Clark was a kindergarten teacher for...

Karen Kearse

Karen Kearse

Apr 2, 2016

Karen Williams Kearse of Gaffney, SC died on Saturday, April 2, 2016 at Spartanburg Medical Center after years of physical suffering. Karen was born in Louisville, Kentucky on June 3, 1954 to the late B. L. Williams and Eula Bumgarner Williams. She moved with her family to Spartanburg in 1966 and made her home here for many years. A graduate...

Nellie Fowler

Nellie Fowler

Apr 2, 2016

Nellie Luker Fowler, 75, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born August 22, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Mr. & Mrs. Ed Luker. She was a member of Living Waters Church and retired from DOT Packaging. Survivors include her daughters, Patricia Fowler and Diane Suttles; granddaughters,...

Julie Parham

Julie Parham

Apr 2, 2016

Julie Johnson Parham, 95, of Inman, SC, died Saturday, April 2, 2016, at Inman Health Care. Born in Hancock County, TN, she was the daughter of the late Singletary and Ida Fletcher Johnson and wife of the late John S. Parham. Mrs. Parham was a retired weaver with Startex Mills and a member of Pinewood Baptist Church. Survivors include her...

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...