Rhonda Smith
Jul 18, 2015
Rhonda Kaye Allen Smith, 61 of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with Jesus Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born December 27, 1953, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Roy Marvin and Mattie Leona Seay Allen. She was a member of Carolina Baptist Church. Ms. Smith and Eddie Smith were the parents of...
Col. Christopher
Jul 18, 2015
Col. Harry George Christopher, U.S. Army, Retired, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, July 18, 2015, at Brookdale at Skylyn. Born February 27, 1931 in McKeesport, PA, he was the son of the late William and Lucille Christopher. He was a 1949 graduate of McKeesport High School, a 1956 graduate of...
Cornelia Martin
Jul 18, 2015
Cornelia Lee Martin, 94, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, July 18, 2015 at Brookdale at Skylyn. Born January 27, 1921, in Landrum, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Ila Poole Kelley Henderson. Cornelia was a retired communication specialist with the U.S. Senate. She was of the Presbyterian faith. Survivors include a daughter, Diane Smith (Jim)...
Imogene Dunlap
Jul 17, 2015
Imogene Seymour Dunlap, 86, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, July 17, 2015, at her home. Born July 7, 1929, in Sweetwater, TN, she was the daughter of the late Lee Johnson and Jewel Butler Seymour, and the step-daughter of the late Hazel Rose Seymour. She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church Arcadia where she was a teacher of...
Mary Dodd
Jul 16, 2015
Mary Jo Blackwood Dodd, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 16, 2015, at Eden Terrace. Born December 7, 1925, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William and Bertie Kendrick Blackwood and widow of Hugh Albert Dodd. Mrs. Dodd was a member of Green Street Baptist Church. She retired from Bell South in 1981 and was a...
Robert Vannoy Jr.
Jul 15, 2015
Robert "Bob" Glenn Vannoy, Jr., 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, July 15, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 23, 1931, in Wilkes County, NC, he was the son of the late Robert Glenn Vannoy, Sr. and Lessie Phillips Vannoy and husband of the late Eulaine Church Dockery Vannoy. Mr. Vannoy retired from First Union Bank and First...
John Bane
Jul 14, 2015
John Dixon Bane, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born November 25, 1933, in Burlington, WV, he was the son of the late John H. and Lola Dixon Bane. Mr. Bane was a graduate of Keyser High School, received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultural Engineering from West Virginia University, and retired...
Gilmer Greer
Jul 14, 2015
Gilmer Calhoun Greer, 74, of Enoree, SC, died Tuesday, July 14, 2015, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born February 22, 1941, in Pauline, SC, he was the son of the late James Glover Greer and Gladys Elizabeth Nelms Greer. Mr. Greer was a member of Golightly United Methodist Church and retired from Chapman Concrete and Grading. Surviving are his beloved...
Cornelia Guyton
Jul 12, 2015
Cornelia Brown Guyton, 73, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, July 12, 2015, at her home. Born December 26, 1941, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Carroll Walter Brown, Sr. and Lucy Humphries Brown. A loving mother and grandmother, Mrs. Guyton loved being the supervisor for hash BBQ's on holidays. She was a member of Brown's...
Roy Dunagin
Jul 12, 2015
Roy Keith Dunagin, 70, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, July 12, 2015, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a long battle with cancer. Born March 27, 1945, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late LeRoy Dunagin and Alberta McKinney Dunagin Garrett. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Dunagin was the...
Jerome Bryant
Jul 12, 2015
Jerome Clarence Bryant, 89, of Pacolet, SC, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, July 12, 2015. Born June 15, 1926, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Clarence and Irene McBride Bryant. Mr. Bryant was a graduate of Pacolet High School Class of 1944. He also received his degree in business from...
Mary Scruggs
Jul 12, 2015
Mary Estelle Page Scruggs, 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, July 12, 2015, at her home. Born July 26, 1943, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Edward and Stella Cash Page. Surviving are her husband, James "Jim" Scruggs; children, Debra Heath of Asheville, NC, Cheryl Wallace of Spartanburg, SC, Phillip Wallace (June) of Burlington, NC, and Sandra...
Dr. Trakas
Jul 11, 2015
Dr. Perry Nicholas Trakas, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, July 11, 2015, at White Oak Estates. Born July 26, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the youngest and last remaining of the 11 children of Nicholas Sarantos Trakas and Joanna Harakas Trakas, the original Greek settlers in Spartanburg. Dr. Trakas enjoyed the practice of dentistry for 50 years -...
Jean Robbins
Jul 9, 2015
Jean S. Robbins, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, July 9, 2015, at her home. Born June 9, 1918, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Mallie Padgett Spake, and widow of Henry Rupert Robbins. A graduate of Chesnee High School, Mrs. Robbins was a charter member of...
Carolyn Coates
Jul 9, 2015
Carolyn Louise Sanders Coates, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 9, 2015, at White Oak Manor. Born April 1, 1923, in Landrum, SC, she was the daughter of the late David E. B. Sanders Sr. and Louise Jones Sanders, and widow of Guy Marshall "Buster" Coates. Mrs. Coates was a member of Beaumont United Methodist Church and retired from...
Alba Threadgill
Jul 8, 2015
Alba Whitt Threadgill, 95, of Spartanburg and formerly of Cowpens, SC, died Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at White Oak Estates. Born February 21, 1920, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank Wilbur Whitt and Nellie Jane Calvert Whitt. She was married to the late L. M. "Bant" Threadgill for 60 years. She was the last surviving...
Melvin Lytle
Jul 8, 2015
Melvin Charles "Moon" Lytle, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 7, 1928, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Alfred Gilliam Lytle and Vada Byars Lytle. A U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War, Mr. Lytle was the owner/operator of Lytle's Place. He was a member of Cannon's...
Ruby Connelly
Jul 7, 2015
Ruby Louise Pugh Connelly, 86, of Boiling Springs, SC, passed away on Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Born December 12, 1928, in the O'Neal Community of Newberry County, she was the daughter of the late Alden F. and Pearl Lominack Pugh. A graduate of Newberry College, Mrs. Connelly taught in South Carolina public schools for 31 years. She was dedicated to...
W. Hughes
Jul 7, 2015
William Andrew Hughes, 88, of Jonesville, SC, died Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at his home. Born April 10, 1927, in Roebuck, SC, he was the son of the late Elbert Washington Hughes and Lillie Mae Boyter Hughes. A U. S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II, Mr. Hughes was a former Spartanburg County Deputy Sheriff and retired as...
Bonnie Taylor
Jul 6, 2015
Bonnie Adele Earnhardt Taylor, 69, of Moore, SC, died Monday, July 6, 2015, at her home. Born July 28, 1945, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Edward "Edd" and Geraldine "Gerry" Long Earnhardt. A graduate of Roebuck High School, Mrs. Taylor loved to travel and shop. She was a member of Roebuck United Methodist Church...
