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Stella Waters
Nov 14, 2015
Stella Krouse Waters, 88, of Inman, SC, died Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Magnolia Manor. Born January 5, 1927, in Edwardsville, IL, she was the daughter of the late John F. Krouse and Mayme Drda Krouse Gremer. She was also predeceased by her husband, Harold Lloyd Waters. Mrs. Waters was a formerly employed with Community Cash Stores and was a...
Cathryn Pettit
Nov 12, 2015
Cathryn Cooley Pettit, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, November 12, 2015, at Eden Terrace-Spartanburg. Born June 25, 1926, in Cooley Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late Perry Edmond and Ruby Lillian Nantz Cooley and widow of Raymond Herbert Pettit, Sr. Mrs. Pettit was a member of Morningside Baptist Church and the Ruth Sunday School Class. She...
R. Burns
Nov 12, 2015
R. S. Burns, 87, of Pacolet Mills, SC, died Thursday, November 12, 2015, at his home. Born July 8, 1928, in York County, SC, he was the son of the late Robert Samuel and Rachel Linda Bolin Burns. Mr. Burns was a member and former deacon of Pacolet Mills Baptist Church. He spearheaded the effort to restore the Pacolet Amphitheater...
Glenda Estes
Nov 11, 2015
Glenda Erbse Estes, 90, a resident of Windsor House in Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, November 11, 2015. Born January 29, 1925, in Marietta, OH, she was the daughter of the late John Henry and Stella Oliver Erbse and widow of the Rev. William Haston Estes. A retired secretary with the Dover Baptist Temple, Mrs. Estes, was a member of First...
Paula Reuther
Nov 9, 2015
Paula Kay Bertz Reuther, 68, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, November 9, 2015, at her home. Born January 21, 1947, in Grand Rapids, MI, she was the daughter of the late William Francis and Elizabeth Ann Hilding Bertz. She retired from Red Lobster after 27 years of service and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her children, Nancy...
Christine Hyatt
Nov 9, 2015
Omelia Christine Miller Hyatt, 91, of Pauline, SC, died Monday, November 09, 2015, at her home. Born October 28, 1924, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late John James and Marie West Miller and widow of Lonnie Boyd Hyatt. Survivors include her sons, John Wayne Hyatt of Pauline, SC, Lonnie Richard Hyatt (Karen) of Greer, SC; grandchildren,...
Lois Funderburk
Nov 8, 2015
Lois Louise Duncan Funderburk, 98, of Rossville, GA, died Sunday, November 8, 2015, at Parkside at Hutcheson Medical Center-Rossville. Born February 26, 1917, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Roy and Essie Irene Bishop Duncan and widow of William Albert Funderburk. Mrs. Funderburk was a member of First Baptist Church of Newberry, SC and the...
Mary Quinn
Nov 8, 2015
Mary Ellen Barnette Quinn, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, November 8, 2015, at White Oak Manor. Born May 26, 1937 in Bostic, NC, she was the daughter of the late Jesse Herbert and Ada Stacey Barnette. Mrs. Quinn was a Home Healthcare Aide. Survivors include her daughters, Donna Bailey (Chris) of Roebuck, SC, Leslie Childers of Pacolet, SC; sons,...
Betty Edwards
Nov 6, 2015
Betty B. Edwards, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, November 6, 2015 at her home. Born September 8, 1934 in Bishopville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Harmon and Henrietta Arledge Brown. She was also preceded in death by Paul Wine, Fiancé. Betty was retired as a manager of Pharmaceutical Center in Charlotte, NC. She was a member...
Lawrence Fudge
Nov 6, 2015
Lawrence "Larry" Fudge, 74, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Friday, November 6, 2015 at St. Francis Hospital. Born February 3, 1941 in Ocala, FL, he was the son of Roe and Flo Fudge. He was predeceased by his loving wife, Virginia Fossett Fudge. He was retired as a Food Service director of the S.C. State Prison. Survivors include daughters, Keli...
Lisa Johnson
Nov 4, 2015
Lisa Taylor Johnson, 54, of Roebuck, SC, died Wednesday, November 4, 2015, at her home. Born September 18, 1961, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Paul Harold and Carole Louise Hastings Taylor of Spartanburg, SC and widow of Randy Lewis Johnson. Lisa was a Cum Laude graduate of USC Spartanburg and employed with Spartanburg Water Systems. In addition to...
Betty Mcabee
Nov 3, 2015
Betty Shipman McAbee, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, November 3, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born September 2, 1932, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late John Homer and Mae Gregory Shipman. A member of Roebuck Baptist Church, Betty retired as a certified medical assistant having worked for Dr.'s Hendrix and Luttrell and Carolina Family Physicians. She...
Pastor Stutler
Nov 2, 2015
Pastor Donald Earl Stutler, 91, of Spartanburg, SC died Monday, November 2, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 17, 1924, IN Isaacs Creek, West Virginia, he was the son of the late Benjamen Lafayette Stutler and Bessie Viola Day Stutler and husband of Ethel Jones Stutler. Donald was the youngest of seven children and last surviving member of his...
George Fowler
Nov 1, 2015
George E. Fowler, 85, of Cowpens, SC, died Sunday, November 1, 2015, at his home. Born March 30, 1930, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late Wheeler Thedford and Janie Mae Arrowood Fowler. A U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Fowler was a member and Chairman of Deacons at First Baptist Church of...
Lera Stalnaker
Oct 31, 2015
Lera Borden Stalnaker, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, October 31, 2015, at Brookdale Skylyn-Spartanburg. Born February 5, 1927, in Hemphill, TX, she was a daughter of the late Philander Davis Gooch and Lera McCree Gooch and widow of Lynn R. Stalnaker. Mrs. Borden Stalnaker was a professor of piano at Converse College Petrie School of Music. She also provided...
Estelle Smith
Oct 31, 2015
Estelle O'Shields Smith, 87, of Pauline, SC died Saturday, October 31, 2015. Born September 24, 1928 in the Walnut Grove Community, she was the daughter of the late Enoch Clifford and Annie Belle Vice O'Shields and was predeceased by her loving husband, Walter Boyd Smith, and a daughter, Linda Jean Smith. Mrs. Smith was retired from the U. S. Postal...
Neal Koon
Oct 29, 2015
Raymond Neal Koon, Sr. of Spartanburg, South Carolina passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2015 at the age of 89. A Spartanburg native, Neal was the last living member of his immediate family. He was the son of the late Robert S. and Cuba E. Koon, and was predeceased by his loving wife of 50 years, Ruby H. Koon; sisters,...
Ralph Berry Sr.
Oct 28, 2015
Ralph Donald "Don" Berry, Sr., 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born November 18, 1934, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Ralph Earl and Mary Louise Cudd Berry. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Berry was a member of Beaumont Baptist Church and enjoyed his occupation, for 39 years, as...
Carol Starnes
Oct 28, 2015
Carol Rae Doxey Starnes, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, October 28, 2015, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born September 16, 1938, in Wilmington, NC, she was the daughter of the late Sanford and Valerie Lockhart Sanders Doxey and widow of William Wellington Starnes. A 1956 graduate of New Hanover High School in Wilmington, NC, Mrs. Starnes received a Bachelor...
Anne Foster
Oct 27, 2015
Jeanette Anne Hendley Foster, 84, died Tuesday, October 27, 2015, in Spartanburg, SC as a result of heart failure. Born December 17, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the eldest daughter of the late Vincent Orr "Tom" Hendley and Doris Hawthorne Smith Hendley. Mrs. Foster's favorite job for over sixty years has been as a wife, mother and grandmother. However,...
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