Patricia Thomas
Feb 20, 2016
Patricia Eleanor Summers Thomas, 77, of Campobello, SC, died Saturday, February 20, 2016, at her home. Born January 14, 1939, in Bamberg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Rebecca Bessinger Summers and widow of Charles Walter Thomas Jr. She was a member of Lake Bowen Baptist Church. Survivors include her children, Phillip C. Thomas (Cricket) of...
Virginia New
Feb 20, 2016
Virginia Riehle New, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 20, 2016, at Hospice Atlanta at Emory University Hospital. Born November 7, 1916, in San Diego, CA, she was the daughter of the late Frank Amand Riehle and Laura Higgins Riehle and the widow of Alfred Gerry New. Mrs. New was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church...
Inez Wyatt
Feb 20, 2016
Jesus called Inez Fowler Wyatt, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, home on Saturday, February 20, 2016. Born August 12, 1951, in Pauline, SC, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Charlotte Ledbetter Fowler and widow of Larry Olin Wyatt. Mrs. Wyatt attended Redland Road Baptist Church. Surviving are her daughters, Marie Putnam and Rhonda Steadman, both of Spartanburg, SC;...
Mary Eubanks
Feb 19, 2016
Mary Eubanks, 91, of Lexington, SC, and of Spartanburg, SC, left the comfort of her home, surrounded by her children, to live out eternity and receive the rewards of God's glory in her heavenly home on Friday, February 19, 2016. Born May 23, 1924 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Monroe and Bessie Jean Green Clary...
Charles Jones
Feb 19, 2016
HEADING: Charles William "Charlie" Jones DATELINE: Laurens, SC Charles William "Charlie" Jones, 74, of Laurens, SC, went home to Heaven to watch the Daytona 500 with his favorite driver, Dale Earnhardt, Sr. Friday, February 19, 2016 at Laurens County Memorial Hospital. Born March 27, 1941 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Willie and Lillie Bell Owens...
Dr. Bartel, Jr.
Feb 19, 2016
Dr. Frank Bartel, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 19, 2016 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 27, 1928 in Raleigh, NC, he was the son of the late Frank Octave Bartel, Sr. and Amy Edmester Lynde Bartel. Dr. Bartel was a graduate of Duke University and The Medical University of South Carolina. He was chief resident at the...
James Gowan, Jr.
Feb 17, 2016
SANTEE - James C. "Shadow" Gowan, Jr., 74, of Santee, died Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at Lexington Medical Center. Jim was born July 11, 1941 in Spartanburg, S.C. He was the son of the late James C. Gowan, Sr. and the late Pauline Comer Gowan. He was a Mason, and enjoyed hunting, fishing, and boating. Jim was the Sales Manager...
Judith Lursen
Feb 17, 2016
Judith Ann Wilson Lursen, 76, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at her home. Born December 11, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward and Eunice Viola Mason Wilson. Mrs. Lursen was a licensed Medical Lab Technician for 47 years and loved her job at Spartanburg Medical Center. She was a...
Walter Hopkins, Iii
Feb 17, 2016
Walter "Walt" Lafayette Hopkins III, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, February 17, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 16, 1936, in Kingsport, TN, he was the son of the late Walter Lafayette Hopkins Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Beeks Hopkins. A veteran of the U. S. Navy Reserves, Mr. Hopkins was a member of the Jaycees in the...
Leslie Williams
Feb 16, 2016
Leslie M. Williams, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016. Born October 1926, in Wayne County, NC, he was the son of the late Leslie Albert Williams Sr. and Nettie Winifred Mozingo Williams and husband of the late Thelma Williams. A World War II veteran of the U. S. Army Air Corps, Mr. Williams was a self-employed home...
Richard Dalton
Feb 16, 2016
Richard Calvin Dalton, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, February 16, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 18, 1935, in Mayo, SC, he was the son of the late John Walter and Lois Blackwood Dalton and husband of the late Norma Jean Felmet Dalton. A lifetime member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Mr. Dalton was the owner-operator of...
Sam West
Feb 16, 2016
Sam Ray West, 81, passed away February 16, 2016. A lifelong resident of Spartanburg, he was born in Campobello, SC, April, 4, 1934 to Sorrell F. and Mary Alice Durham West. The youngest of 11, he had 5 older brothers and 5 older sisters, 33 nieces and nephews. A kind, loving and caring husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather who enjoyed...
Beatrice Queen
Feb 15, 2016
Beatrice "Sue" Gertrude Starnes Queen, 79, died Monday, February 15, 2016, at her home. Born November 28, 1936 in Greeneville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Melvin Earl and Bonnie Edith Tilson Starnes. Mrs. Queen loved to bake cakes. She was a salesperson for Avon, a member of the Eastern Star Mary Montgomery Lodge #231 of Spartanburg, and...
Louis Stubblefield Sr.
Feb 14, 2016
Louis Donald Stubblefield Sr., 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, February 14, 2016, at White Oak Manor. Born April 3, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Raymond and Mary Sentel Stubblefield and husband of the late Thelma "Nell" Evans Stubblefield. Mr. Stubblefield, a retired supervisor with Drayton Mills, was a member of Drayton Baptist Church...
Margaret Fussell
Feb 13, 2016
Margaret Kicklighter Fussell, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 13, 2016, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 1, 1931, in Glennville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Lee and Ollie Bird Kicklighter. Mrs. Fussell, a former teacher at Benton High School in Athens, GA, was a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church where she was a member...
Reba Cookson
Feb 12, 2016
Reba Lucille Moore Cookson, 72, died Friday, February 12, 2016, at her home. Born March 11, 1943, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Winnie Lou Shipman Moore and widow of the late T. C. Owens. Mrs. Cookson was a member of Holston Creek Baptist Church. She was a member of the Red Hat Club...
Mark Mckenna
Feb 10, 2016
Mark James McKenna, 50, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 6, 1965, in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, he was the son of the late Albert James McKenna and Lois Irene McDougal Hawks. He was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. Survivors include his wife, Patricia J. McKenna of the...
Nancy Puckette
Feb 9, 2016
Nancy Smedley Puckette, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, February 9, 2016, at her home. Born November 26, 1922, in Stanley, Tasmania, Australia, she was the daughter of the late James Elliot Smedley and Emily Horton Smedley and widow of Ralph E. Puckette. Mrs. Puckette worked on a fishing trawler in Australia during World War II. She loved Elvis, enjoyed...
Violet Diemer
Feb 9, 2016
Violet Elena Diemer, age 55 of Inman, passed away following a protracted battle with cancer on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. She was born in Sarasota, Florida, to the late Rev. Donald J. Walling and Alba Pelaez Walling on March 2, 1960. Violet was an honors student and National Merit Scholar at King High School in Temple Terrace, Florida, before attending...
Patricia Hoover
Feb 8, 2016
Patricia "Pat" Ferguson Hoover, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 8, 2016, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 18, 1939, in Greenville, SC and reared in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Floyd and Irene Elizabeth Clark Ferguson. Mrs. Hoover was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, director of WMU, and a choir member since 1957. She...
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