Obituaries

Jewell Harrelson

Jewell Harrelson

Mar 26, 2015

Judy Seawright Harrelson, 95, of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, March 26, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 27, 1919 in Valdosta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Mattie Lee Page Seawright. A retired Registered Nurse from Spartanburg General Hospital, Judy was a member of Morningside Baptist Church. She was predeceased by her husband, W....

Larry Stamper

Larry Stamper

Mar 25, 2015

Larry Stamper, 85, of Hialeah, FL, peacefully passed away Wednesday, March 25, 2015. Born May 26, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Granville W. and Margaret Foster Stamper. A U. S. Army veteran and long-time Hialeah resident, Larry, was retired from the Hialeah and Miami Police Depts. He is survived by his wife of 60...

Eunice Hodges

Eunice Hodges

Mar 25, 2015

Elizabeth Eunice Purnell Hodges, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, March 25, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 12, 1922, in Richmond, VA, she was the daughter of the late Evelyn Byrd Tredway Purnell and Rhesa Hawkins Purnell. Eunice was a member of First Presbyterian Church where she served as a deacon and elder. A graduate of Converse...

Arthur Littlejohn

Arthur Littlejohn

Mar 24, 2015

Arthur Beaufort Littlejohn, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 27, 1921, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late Agnes Sloan Littlejohn and Arthur B. Littlejohn. He was the loving stepson of the late Iva Smith Littlejohn. He was also the loving husband, for 68 years, of the...

Nanette Hamilton

Nanette Hamilton

Mar 24, 2015

Nanette S. Hamilton, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, entered the church triumphant on Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Born, December 26, 1918, in Calhoun Falls, SC, she was the daughter of the late Minnie and Jim Sherard. She was married for 61 years to the love of her life, the late William Hugh Hamilton, Jr. Nanette attended the Abbeville Public Schools and...

Shirley Sharpe

Shirley Sharpe

Mar 24, 2015

Shirley Dewalt Sharpe, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at her home. Born February 12, 1936, in Salisbury, NC, and raised in Charlotte, NC, she was the daughter of the late Hiram A. Dewalt and Ethel Penick Dewalt. A graduate of Harding High School, Mrs. Sharpe attended King's Business College, retired as an accountant with Tietex after...

Ruth Mattison

Ruth Mattison

Mar 22, 2015

Ruth Sherbert Mattison, 91, was born September 4, 1923, in Spartanburg, SC, to the late Dean and Mossie Shehan Sherbert. She passed peacefully into her eternal home on Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after several years of declining health. She was married for 50 years to the late B. C. Mattison, Jr., who passed away May...

Edward Campsen

Edward Campsen

Mar 22, 2015

Edward Eugene "Gene" Campsen, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 22, 2015, at his residence. Born May 8, 1938, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Frank Alford and Lillie Mae Downey Campsen. Mr. Campsen was retired from Phillips Fibers. He was a charter member of Gravely Memorial United Methodist Church, a member of Lone Oak...

Richard Hoffmann

Richard Hoffmann

Mar 22, 2015

Richard C. "Dick" Hoffmann, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 22, 2015. Born June 29, 1926, in Kingston, NY, he was the son of the late Henry Christian and Ester Gruver Hoffmann. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Hoffmann was retired from Hoechst Fibers. He was a member of Bethel United Methodist Church since 1971, a member of the...

James Smith

James Smith

Mar 22, 2015

James "Jim" Walton Smith, 85, of Simpsonville, SC, passed away the morning of Sunday, March 22, 2015, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born May 16, 1929, in Birmingham, AL, he was one of seven children and the youngest of four sons, of the late Col. Harry E. Smith, U. S. Army (Ret.) and Patricia Furminger Smith. Upon High School graduation in...

Blanche Gordon

Blanche Gordon

Mar 21, 2015

Blanche "Bonnie" Yvonne Bellamy Gordon, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 13, 1930, in Marion, SC, and reared in Mullins, SC, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Claude and Minnie Kathelene Black Bellamy. A 1952 graduate of the University of Tennessee, Bonnie was the 1951 Wofford Homecoming Queen. She...

Ann Mcclure

Ann Mcclure

Mar 21, 2015

Ann Marie Armstrong McClure, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 21, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 3, 1932, in Rockville Centre, NY, she was the daughter of the late James and Beatrice Armstrong Survivors include her beloved husband, Mason Brown McClure; sister-in-law, Carolyn M. Gillespie of Spartanburg, SC; nephews, David Gillespie (Susan) and Mark Gillespie (Lynn), all...

Inez Waltrip

Inez Waltrip

Mar 21, 2015

Ms. Waltrip, 98, passed over into Gods Heavenly hands, on Saturday, March 21, 2015 at Mountainview Nursing Home in Spartanburg County. She was born in 1916 to the late Tom and Annie Millwood Waltrip of Spartanburg. Ms. Waltrip was retired from Mayfair Mills and was a member of Anderson Mill Road Baptist Church where she was member of the Heaven...

Evelyn Westbury

Evelyn Westbury

Mar 20, 2015

Evelyn Owens Bacon Westbury, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, March 20, 2015, at White Oak Estates. Born December 30, 1926 in Pembroke, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Gordon Owens and Willie Mae Wester Owens Morgan. Mrs. Westbury was a retired Registered Nurse having graduated from the Warren A. Candler School of Nursing in Savannah, GA...

John Navy

John Navy

Mar 20, 2015

John William Melton, U. S. Navy (Ret), 95, of Pauline, SC, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 20, 2015. He was born July 13, 1919, in Providence, KY, to the late George Ellis Melton and Susie Maloney Melton. Following the death of his mother in 1920, John was raised by his maternal grandmother, Ellen Whalen Ryan Maloney,...

Barbara Allen

Barbara Allen

Mar 19, 2015

Barbara "Nanny Bob" Hall Allen, 77, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, March 19, 2015, at her home. Born May 5, 1937, in Boiling Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late Garland George and Yettiv Quinn Hall, and widow of Hiram Charles Allen, Sr. Mrs. Allen was a member of the former Whitney Methodist Church. Surviving are sons,...

Benjamin Dover

Benjamin Dover

Mar 19, 2015

Benjamin "Ben" Everett Dover, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 19, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 8, 1923, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late James Richard and Lillian Splawn Dover. A veteran of the U. S. Air Force and Navy Reserve, Mr. Dover was retired from Kohler Corporation and was a member of...

Odette Smith

Odette Smith

Mar 17, 2015

Odette Caldwell Beason Smith, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at her home. Born December 25, 1918, in Westview, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Valentine Caldwell and Eva Iris Steadman Caldwell. Mrs. Smith was retired from C&S National Bank after 30 years of service. A former Miss Spartanburg, she was also a member...

Betty Walker

Betty Walker

Mar 17, 2015

Betty Ruth Stephen Walker, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home surrounded by her children on Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Born September 30, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Littlejohn Stephen and Annie Barnett Stephen of Pacolet, SC. Betty was the wife of the late Lemuel Harrall Walker of Spartanburg....

James Price

James Price

Mar 17, 2015

James David Price, 74, of Roebuck, SC, went home to be with his Lord on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at his home surrounded by family. Born July 5, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Price, Jr. and Sarah Ruth Bearden Price. A veteran of the U. S. Army Reserve, Mr. Price was the owner...