Mary Pattis
Jan 23, 2016
Mary Louise Brock Pattis, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 23, 2016, at her home. Born April 2, 1926, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late George Hollis Brock and Myrtle Belle McCombs Brock and the widow of George Nicholas Pattis. After graduating from Spartanburg High School, Mary toured with the Hammett and Morton Circus as...
Rachel Bullard
Jan 22, 2016
Rachel Audrey Horton Bullard, 82, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, January 22, 2016 at Lake Emory Post-Acute Care. Born March 19, 1933 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Loyd E. and Elizabeth West Horton and was the widow of Chester Morris Bullard. Mrs. Bullard was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and was a retired textile employee....
Gary Brannon
Jan 22, 2016
Gary Dennis Brannon, 68, of Roebuck, SC, died Friday, January 22, 2016, peacefully at his home. Born January 20, 1948, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William Earl and Sue Edge Brannon. Mr. Brannon served with pride in the United States Air Force stationed in Okinawa during the Vietnam War and later guarded the missile fields...
Emma Hyatt
Jan 22, 2016
On January 22, 2016, Emma Hale Hyatt, 95, peacefully went to eternal rest from her beloved log home, which she and her husband built by hand in the summer of 1941. Born March 18, 1920, she was predeceased by her parents, Dr. Walter Keith Hale and Katherine Fitzgerald Hale of Spartanburg, SC, and her three younger siblings: brother, Walter Keith...
Zachary Maddox
Jan 19, 2016
Zachary "Zack" Bayard Maddox, 44, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, January 19, 2016. He was born in Athens, Tennessee on August 15, 1971. He graduated from Spartanburg High School and received a Bachelor of Arts in English from Wofford College, a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of South Carolina in Columbia, and a Master...
Ruby Guy
Jan 19, 2016
Ruby Melinda Patterson Guy, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at her home. Born October 21, 1923, in Pickens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Tillman and Clove Evatt Patterson and widow of Herbert Lee Guy. Mrs. Guy was a member of Una First Freewill Baptist Church and retired from Spartan Mills. Survivors include her...
Gerald Petty
Jan 18, 2016
Gerald Kenneth Petty, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, January 18, 2016, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC. Born May 4, 1934, in Cooley Springs, SC, he was the son of the late J. C. Petty and Mary Dee Cooley Petty (his mother died when Gerald was a small child) and his step-mother, the late Beatrice Leverett Petty....
Jessie Smith
Jan 18, 2016
Jessie Mae Henard Smith, 82, of Clifton, SC, died Monday, January 18, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 18, 1933, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Ralph L. and Ruth Henderson Henard and widow of Donald E. Smith, Sr. Mrs. Smith was a member of Clifton First Baptist Church and retired from Spartanburg Regional Medical...
Aletha Crawford
Jan 17, 2016
Aletha Minerva Millwood Crawford, 93, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, January 17, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 15, 1922, in Pacolet Mills, SC, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Rhoda Leight Loving Millwood and widow of Charles M. Crawford. Mrs. Crawford retired from Pacolet Manufacturing Company after many years of loyal service. She was a...
Nita Williams
Jan 16, 2016
Nita Pierce Williams, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 16, 2016, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born July 24, 1920, in Laurens, SC, she was the daughter of the late D. J. and Madia Belle Reese Pierce, the last surviving member of her immediate family, and widow of Luther D. Williams, Sr. Mrs. Williams was a member of Westside Baptist...
Jean Croes
Jan 15, 2016
Jean Fraser Robertson Croes, 98, of Spartanburg, SC passed away Friday, January 15, 2016. Born in Westerly, RI, she was the eldest daughter of the late David and Jean Fraser Robertson and was predeceased by her husband, William Miller Croes. She was a graduate of Westerly High School and New London School of Business, New London, Connecticut. She became a...
John Hanke, Jr.
Jan 15, 2016
John Elmer Hanke, Jr., 82, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, January 15, 2016 at Richard Campbell V.A. Nursing Home. Born October 26, 1933 in Minneapolis, MN, he was the son of the late John Elmer Hanke, Sr. and Lou Noble Hanke and he was the widower of Sharon Gayle Hanke. Mr. Hanke was a U.S. Army veteran. He was employed...
Louise Gault
Jan 14, 2016
Louise Plyler Gault, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born July 28, 1930, in Chester, SC, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin and Louise Sistare Plyler. Mrs. Gault was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church, New Beginnings Sunday School Class, and the Faith Circle. She received her BS in Music...
Betty Flynn
Jan 14, 2016
Betty Ruth Dodd Flynn, 87, of Moore, SC, died Thursday, January 14, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 12, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Daniel and Ruth Mahaffey Dodd and widow of Henry Grady Flynn, Jr. Mrs. Flynn was a member of Green Street Baptist Church where she was a Sunday...
Evelyn Sprouse
Jan 13, 2016
Evelyn Ivey Sprouse, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 13, 2016, at her home. Born August 11, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin Ivey and Pearl Mae Cooksey Ivey. She was the wife, for 46 years, of the late Oscar Harold Sprouse. Mrs. Sprouse was a member of Cannon's Camp Ground United Methodist Church and...
Thomas Hammett Sr.
Jan 13, 2016
Thomas Bennett Hammett Sr., 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 13, 2016, in Tulsa, OK. Tommy (or "Great" as his grandchildren called him) was born December 10, 1921, on his grandparents' farm in Spartanburg. He was raised on the farm by his mother Flora "Mumsy" (Bennett) Hammett and was proud of the fact that he lived at his birthplace...
Audrey Billings Jr.
Jan 12, 2016
Audrey Ordess Billings "Junior", 78, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 12, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 16, 1937, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Audrey O. Billings, Sr. and Nora Bell Simmons Billings and husband of the late Carrie Nell Haney Billings. Mr. Billings was a...
Gene Wood
Jan 11, 2016
Gene T. Wood, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday, January 11, 2016. Born September 3, 1938, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late Bryant and Nettie Davis Wood and husband of the late Bennie Jean Wood. Mr. Wood proudly served in the U. S. Army National Guard. Survivors include his daughters,...
Edna Dickson
Jan 10, 2016
Edna Mae Pruitt Dickson, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 10, 2016, at the Brookdale Skylyn senior living community in Spartanburg. Born June 7, 1927, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late John Cleveland Pruitt and Maggie Byars Pruitt and widow of Robert Thomas Dickson. After her husband passed away 15 years ago, Mrs. Dickson moved to...
Alex Arrowood
Jan 10, 2016
Alex "Buddy" Arrowood, 70, son of the late Winford and Edith Arrowood, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, January 10, 2016. Born June 6, 1945, in Spartanburg, he was a member of Southside Free Will Baptist Church and a retired truck driver. Survivors include his wife, Rachel Koon Arrowood; daughters and sons-in-law, Samantha Arrowood (Jose) and Amanda...
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