Jimmy Byerley
Jan 31, 2015
Jimmy Byerley, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 4, 1935 in Kingsport, TN, he was the son of the late Forest Christie and Etta Jaye Byerley. Mr. Byerley graduated from Dobyns-Bennett High School in 1954 and Virginia Polytechnic Institute in 1958. He became a pilot with the United States Air...
Clare Rolander
Jan 31, 2015
Clare Barbara Donner Rolander, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 31, 2015 in Summit Hills Assisted Living. Born April 28, 1922 in Lockport, NY, she was the daughter of the late Carl Benjamin and Margaret Elizabeth Donner. Mrs. Rolander was a graduate of Mount St. Mary's School of Nursing in Niagara Falls, and a graduate of St. Joseph's Business...
Xaitao Ly
Jan 31, 2015
Xaitao Casper Ly, 19, of Duncan, SC, died Saturday, January 31, 2015. Born May 19, 1995, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Vue Xiong Ly and Sue Lo Ly of Duncan. Mr. Ly attended Spartanburg Community College. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brother and sister, Tristan and Summer, both of Duncan; paternal grandfather,...
Lucille Sawyer
Jan 30, 2015
Lucille "Luci" Bradley Sawyer, 86, died Friday, January 30, 2015 at Skylyn Place. Born August 30, 1928 in Converse, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Olelia Bradley, and widow of Clarence Patton "Pete" Sawyer, Jr. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church and a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Gene (Marsha) Cantrell of Augusta, GA;...
Hugh Atkins
Jan 30, 2015
F. Hugh Atkins, 81, went home to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on Friday, January 30, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 3, 1933 in Boiling Springs, he was the son of the late Wofford and Lucille Atkins. Mr. Atkins was a U.S. Army Veteran; a graduate of Clemson University; served in leadership position in...
Shirley Tate
Jan 28, 2015
Shirley Boyd Tate, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 28, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 28, 1939, at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC and reared in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Simon Edward and Josephine Dee Limbo Boyd, and wife for 51 years to the late James Ryan "Jimmy" Tate. A 1957...
Jerry Wood
Jan 27, 2015
Jerry Kenney Wood, 74, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 23, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Harmon and Katie Kenney Wood. He was a U. S. Navy veteran and graduate of Wofford College. Surviving are his loving wife, Winifred G. Wood; their two children,...
Doris O'Shields
Jan 27, 2015
Doris Faye Smith O'Shields, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at her home. Born July 28, 1928, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Monroe and Pearl Porter Smith, and widow of Hugh DeFoix O'Shields. Mrs. O'Shields was a member of United Baptist Church and a homemaker who loved and enjoyed her home,...
Randolph Joyner
Jan 27, 2015
Randolph "Randy" Joyner, 67, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 1, 1947, in Marion, NC, he was the son of the late Archie and Lessie Ridings Joyner. Mr. Joyner was a retired self-employed carpenter and musician and attended New Springs Church. Survivors include his daughter, Sherry Wilson of Salem, SC; grandsons, Brandon Wilson...
Frank Chininis
Jan 27, 2015
Frank Gust Chininis, 83, of Moore, SC, fell asleep in the Lord peacefully on Tuesday, January 27, 2015 in his home. Born in South Milwaukee, WI, he was the son of the late Constantine and Despina Piakis Chininis. A U. S. Marine veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Chininis was retired from the Vending Division of Gladieux Food Services in...
Aurelia Hood
Jan 26, 2015
Aurelia Copeland Clayton Hood, 92, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, January 26, 2015, at Hospice of Laurens County, Clinton, SC. Born March 1, 1922, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Jefferson and Hester Blanch Turner Copeland, and widow of her first husband, Solomon Garren Clayton and second husband, James Edward "Jaybird" Hood. Mrs. Hood was...
Norma Knighten
Jan 26, 2015
Norma Jean Knighten, 82, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, January 26, 2015, at Peachtree Centre of Gaffney. Born April 30, 1932, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Calvin and Nannie Mae White Spencer, and widow of Leroy Knighten. Mrs. Knighten retired from Beaumont Mills after 32 years of service. She was a member of Pacolet Mills...
Tressie Turner
Jan 26, 2015
Tressie Northcutt Turner, 82, of Moore, SC, died Monday, January 26, 2015 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 21, 1933, in Siluria, AL, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Frank and Lenner Lowery Northcutt. Mrs. Turner was retired from the Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System and was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. Survivors include her...
Betty Justice
Jan 26, 2015
Betty Davis Justice, 82, of Inman, SC, died Monday, January 26, 2015, at her home. Born June 2, 1932, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Charles William and Ruby Lucille George Davis. Mrs. Justice was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church and was last employed at Price's Clothier. Survivors include her son, Randy Clair (Kay) of...
Lisa Ruble
Jan 25, 2015
Lisa Morgan Ruble, 57, of Roebuck, SC passed away January 25, 2015 at home after a long battle with cancer. Born November 2, 1957, she was the daughter of William Gary Morgan of Commerce, GA, and the late LaVerne Ellis Morgan. She was a loving mother, sister, aunt, and friend. She dedicated her life to raising her family and running...
Lewis Parker
Jan 25, 2015
Lewis E. Parker, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 25, 2015, at Park Place Assisted Living. Born June 2, 1920, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late William Anderson and Virginia Scott Parker, and husband of the late Phoebe Thomas Parker. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Parker was retired from Draper Corporation. He was a...
Guy Fain, Jr.
Jan 24, 2015
Guy Franklin Fain, Jr., 88, loving husband of Naomi Scott Fain, went home to be with the Lord Saturday, January 24, 2015. Born May 1, 1926 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Guy F. Fain, Sr. and Alma Stacy Fain. He graduated from Wofford College where he played cornet in the Wofford College Band and served...
Specialist Army
Jan 24, 2015
Joshua Avery Snapp, 30, of Killeen, TX and Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 24, 2015. Born May 2, 1984, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Tony Paul Snapp (Cheryl) of Cowpens, SC, and the late Kimberly Dawn Cole Snapp. Specialist Snapp was dedicated to the U. S. Army, having served two tours of duty in Afghanistan, he was a...
Mae Tennyson
Jan 23, 2015
Annie Mae Petrie Tennyson, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, January 23, 2015, at RoseCrest. Born February 11, 1936, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Russell Edwin Petrie and Maggie Mae Grant Petrie, and the widow of Boyce Ray Tennyson. Mrs. Tennyson was a member of Eastside Baptist Church and was retired from CWS Insurance. Survivors include...
Walter Steinecke
Jan 22, 2015
On Thursday, January 22, 2015, beloved family patriarch and retired engineer, Walter Scott Steinecke, passed away surrounded by four generations of his loving family. Born February 28, 1925, in Brooklyn, New York to the late Walter and Gertrude Steinecke, Walt quickly grew tall, strong, and healthy. Moving to Lynbrook, New York as a boy, he was active outdoors, going on...
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