Barbara Collins
Dec 16, 2014
Barbara Brantley Collins, 50, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 10, 1964, in Clearwater, FL, she was the daughter of Joyce DeLong Brantley Jones of Forest City, NC, and the late Zachry Gaines Brantley. Barbara was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Clemson University. She spent much of her...
Peter Smith
Dec 16, 2014
Peter Lanier Smith, 59, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, December 16, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 13, 1955, in Marietta, GA, he was the son of the late Thomas Lanier and Patricia Matusak Smith. He was a member of Olive Springs Baptist Church in Smyrna, GA. Surviving are his brother, Philip M. Smith of Spartanburg, SC; sisters,...
Wayne West
Dec 15, 2014
Cecil Wayne West, 74, of Spartanburg, SC, and a resident of Whitten Center in Clinton, SC, died Monday, December 15, 2014. Born July 11, 1940, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Sam Jones and Tiny Valentine Fowler West. He was a member of Walnut Grove United Methodist Church. Surviving are his sisters, Ruth West of Spartanburg,...
Ruth Smith
Dec 14, 2014
Ruth Kirschman Smith, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 14, 2014, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born October 4, 1921, in McClusky, ND, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Elizabeth Buchmueller Kirschman, and widow of Paul G. Smith. Mrs. Smith was a member of Morningside Baptist Church and retired from Sears Roebuck Company with more than 20...
Mary Cantrell
Dec 14, 2014
Mary Wolfe Cantrell, 86, of Spartanburg, SC died Sunday, December 14, 2014 at Summit Hills Skilled Nursing Facility. Born October 27, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late Fred V. and Jeanette Hayes Wolfe. She was the widow of the late Boyce Lee Cantrell. Mrs. Cantrell was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg and a...
Howard Henderson
Dec 12, 2014
Howard "Rock" "Cowboy" Henderson, 77, of Spartanburg, died Friday, December 12, 2014 at his home. Born March 20, 1937 in Cherokee, SC, he was the son of the late Wilburn and Evelyn Raines Henderson. Mr. Henderson was a member of Thompson Chapel Baptist Church and the owner of Howard's Landscaping. Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Etta Cleapor of Spartanburg; a...
John Douglas
Dec 12, 2014
John Oliver Allen Douglas went to be with his Lord and Savior on Friday, December 12, 2014. He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Lillian George Douglas of Houston, TX and formerly of Spartanburg, SC; two children, John OA Douglas Jr. (Caroline) of Houston, TX and Kathleen Van Every (Kenneth) of Wilmington, DE; two grandchildren, Heidi and Colin...
Carolyn Young
Dec 11, 2014
Carolyn Forlenzo Young, 60, of Woodruff, SC, died Thursday, December 11, 2014, at Woodruff Manor. Born November 5, 1954, in Stamford, CT, she was the daughter of the late Patrick and Carol Banks Forlenzo. Survivors include her daughter, Michelle West (Brian) of Spartanburg, SC; and brother, Patrick Forlenzo of Naugatuck, CT. No services will be conducted. In lieu of flowers,...
James Greene
Dec 11, 2014
James Hoyt Greene, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 11, 2014, at Emeritus at Skylyn Place-Spartanburg. Born December 4, 1921, in Green Creek Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Henry Flavis and Mary Champion Green, and husband of the late Addie Elizabeth Rollins Greene. A dedicated family man who loved the Lord, Mr. Greene was...
Dr. Burrell
Dec 11, 2014
Dr. Lucia S. Burrell, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, December 11, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. A native of Toledo, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late John and Jane Skalski, and the widow of Dr. Paul Digby Burrell, Jr. Dr. Burrell was a member of Southside Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for many years...
Myra Mcmackin
Dec 10, 2014
Myra Finch McMackin, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at her home. Born January 2, 1927, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James C. and Aileen Gwinn Finch, and widow of Linwood F. McMackin. Mrs. McMackin was retired from Spartanburg General Hospital and a member of Ben Avon United Methodist Church. Survivors include her...
Kay Robinson
Dec 10, 2014
Kay Williams Robinson, 62, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born August 15, 1952, in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Wallace Earl and Martha Frances Rogers Williams. Mrs. Robinson was an avid gardener and loved her flowers. A 1975 graduate of Limestone College, she retired from teaching at McCarthy...
Buford Orr
Dec 10, 2014
Buford Blakely Orr, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, December 10, 2014, at White Oak Estates. Born October 27, 1924, in Laurens, SC, he resided in Spartanburg for the last 52 years. He was the son of the late Beauford David Orr and Mary Kimmie Moore Orr Smith. A graduate of Laurens High School and Spartan School of Aeronautics, he...
T. Crocker, Jr.
Dec 9, 2014
Terry Stephen Crocker Jr., 27, of Pacolet, SC, died Tuesday, December 9, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born June 7, 1987, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Terry Stephen Crocker of Spartanburg and Darlene Lowe Rhinehart of Pacolet. Stephen was co-founder of Lovelorn Records, LLC. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his brothers, Ethan Tyler...
Louise Pearson
Dec 9, 2014
Louise Elizabeth Pearson, 87, of Roebuck, SC, went to be with the Lord on December 9, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 11, 1927, in Startex, she was the daughter of the late James Pinkney Horton and Janie Pauline Scruggs Horton, and widow of Ralph Pearson. She was a member of Crosshill Community Church. Surviving are six children,...
Ed Banks
Dec 8, 2014
Edgar H. Banks, 83, of Duncan, SC, died Monday, December 8, 2014, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born January 18, 1931, in Pacolet Mills, SC, he was the son of the late William Edgar Banks and Nora Seay Banks. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Banks was retired from the Air Force after 21 years of service. He...
Nancy Cross
Dec 8, 2014
Nancy Lou Lawrence Cross, 67, of Inman, SC, died Monday, December 8, 2014, at her home. Born December 14, 1946, in Wabash, IN, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Helen Hoch Lawrence. She was a member of First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg. Survivors include her loving husband of 50 years, T. Joe Cross; son, Shawn J....
Charles Stevens
Dec 8, 2014
Charles Franklin "Bud" Stevens, 81, of Chesnee, SC, died Monday, December 8, 2014, at his home. Born July 1, 1933, in Boiling Springs, SC, he was the son of the late Claude Curtis and Myrtle Burnette Stevens. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Stevens loved to fish and garden and was retired from Duke Power. He was a member of...
Patsy Loving
Dec 7, 2014
Patsy Diane Loving, 66, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, December 7, 2014, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born December 8, 1947, in Spartanburg County, she is the daughter of Julia Mae Waddell Poole and the late Jerry Walter Biggerstaff. Mrs. Loving was a graduate of Cowpens High School and a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. In addition to her mother,...
Boyce Taylor, Jr.
Dec 6, 2014
Boyce Walker Taylor, Jr., 84, died Saturday, December 06, 2014, surrounded by his family and loved ones. He was born October 4, 1930 in Spartanburg County, a son to the late Boyce Walker Taylor, Sr. and Sybil Thomas Taylor. He was the loving husband of the late Betty Jean Smith Taylor for 60 years. Boyce was a decorated Army veteran...
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