Lizzie Thomas
Jun 27, 2014
Lizzie R. Thomas, 80, of Spartanburg, died Friday, June 27, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 14, 1933, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Ransom and Velda Burrell Rhymer and the widow of Basil A. Thomas, Jr. She was retired from Beaumont Mills after 43 years of service and was of the Baptist faith....
Nellie Fleming
Jun 27, 2014
Nellie Mae Fleming, 90, of Spartanburg, died Friday, June 27, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 29, 1924, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Austin Turner and Lillie Mae Lee and the widow of Howard Redmond Fleming. She was retired from Jonathan Logan and was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church of Pauline, SC. Survivors...
Ralph Atkins
Jun 26, 2014
Ralph Smith Atkins, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, June 26, 2014, at his home. Born January 25, 1919, in Gramling, SC, he was the son of the late Ivo and Exie Smith Atkins. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Atkins retired as owner and operator of Ralph Atkins Alignment Service, as well as, Ralph Atkins...
Warren Gayle
Jun 24, 2014
Warren C. Gayle, 59, of Moore, SC, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-Spartanburg. Born September 17, 1954, in Beaverdam, VA, he was the son of the late Benjamin Carl Gayle and Ruby Grace Hall Gayle. He was employed with Bi-Lo Grocery Store. Funeral services will be conducted at a later date, under the direction of Lacy...
Cora Rhodes
Jun 24, 2014
Cora Faye Rhodes, formerly of Roebuck, SC, died Tuesday, June 24, 2014, at Magnolia Place-Spartanburg. Born in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Elizabeth Bowman Rhodes. Faye was retired from Milliken & Company after 36 years in Customer Service and Wal-Mart for 25 years. She was a member of Beaver Hills Baptist Church. Among...
John Lancaster Iii
Jun 23, 2014
John Lee "Buddy" Lancaster III, 67, of Roebuck, SC, died Monday, June 23, 2014, at his home. Born February 1, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Lee Lancaster Jr. and Dorothy Bulman Lancaster. A U. S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and member of the Disabled American Veterans (DAV), Mr. Lancaster was a...
John Williams
Jun 22, 2014
John Calvin Williams II, 52, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 15, 1961, he was the son of the late John Calvin Williams and Sara Ruth Williams. A loving husband and father, Mr. Williams was a member of Pacolet United Methodist Church and loved his occupation as electrical superintendent for Gaffney...
Joseph Dorton
Jun 22, 2014
Joseph "Joe" Edward Dorton, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 21, 1927 in Bluefield, VA, he was the son of the late Daniel Frank and Mary Tiller Dorton, and was the husband of Carolyn Kimbrell Dorton. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in the Korean War. He was a...
Avanelle Gaunce
Jun 22, 2014
Avanelle Gravley Gaunce, 82, of Pauline, SC, died Sunday, June 22, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born September 21, 1931, in Liberty, SC, she was the daughter of the late Carey and Lillie Gilstrap Gravley. Mrs. Gaunce attended Asbury College in Wilmore, KY, received her BA Degree from Limestone College, and a Master's Degree in Elementary Education from USC....
William Trotter
Jun 21, 2014
William Herbert Trotter, 102, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, June 21, 2014, at Wesley Court Assisted Living. Born May 28, 1912, he was the son of the late William Herbert Trotter, Sr. and Minnie Myers Trotter and was the widower of the late Zelta Mae Rohrer Trotter. He was a member of First Church of the Nazarene. Survivors include a...
Billy Kirby
Jun 20, 2014
Billy Malcom Kirby, 84, of Mayo, SC, died Friday, June 20, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 27, 1930 in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late Archie and Maybelle Seay Kirby and widower of the late Martha Fant Kirby. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving in the Korean War, was of the...
Gail Turner
Jun 20, 2014
Gail Louise McCulley Turner, 76, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Friday, June 20, 2014, at her home. Gail was born July 29, 1937, in Parkville, Baltimore County, Maryland, to Robert and Jonnie Cornell McCulley. Under her mother's love and guidance, Gail became skilled at piano, ballet, and numerous forms of needlecraft. After taking music lessons throughout her childhood and teenaged...
Frances Fortenberry
Jun 20, 2014
Frances Millwood Fortenberry, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, June 20, 2014, at her home. Born June 2, 1930 in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jessie Tessnear Millwood and a widow of the late John David Fortenberry. She was of the Baptist faith and was a machinist at INA Bearing, Inc. Survivors include two sons, John...
Floy Smith
Jun 19, 2014
Floy Helen Smith, 97, of Pauline, SC, died Thursday, June 19, 2014, at Magnolia Place-Spartanburg. Born May 6, 1917, she was the daughter of the late James V. and Leila Mullins Smith and widow of Furman Smith. Mrs. Smith worked for many years in retail sales, first at Montgomery Ward and then retiring from J. C. Penney. She was an...
Donnie Harris
Jun 19, 2014
Donnie Darlene Harris, 61, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Thursday, June 19, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 5, 1953 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Mary Louise Scruggs Harris. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include two daughters, Nellie Simmons (Jeff) of Woodruff, SC, and Essie Harris of Spartanburg, SC; four...
Robin Penland
Jun 19, 2014
Martha Robin Penland, 50, of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, June 19, 2014. Born September 17, 1963 in Rockwood, TN, she was the daughter of the late Jimmy Franklin and Betty Jo Doughty. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her husband of 8 years, Robert Niles Penland; daughter, April Hobbs of Boiling Springs, SC; son, Christopher Goode of Boiling...
Jean Mcgurk
Jun 16, 2014
Jean Adrienne McCown McGurk, 78, passed away peacefully at home on June 16, 2014. A native of Ironton, Ohio, she was the daughter of the late Henry A. and Adrienne T. McCown. She attended the nursing program at Miami University and graduated from nursing school at Christ Hospital in Cincinnati. She moved to Spartanburg with her husband William R. McGurk...
Edward Arthur
Jun 16, 2014
Edward Lee Arthur, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, June 16, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 18, 1935, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Annie Mae Cannon Arthur and Wallace Wood Arthur and husband of the late Barbara Matthews Arthur. He was a member of Cannon's Camp Ground United Methodist Church and...
Mary Howell
Jun 16, 2014
Mary Davis Howell, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, and formerly of the Saxon community, died Monday, June 16, 2014, at Magnolia Manor of Inman. Born April 24, 1925, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Boyce and Macie Wilbanks Davis. She was of the Baptist faith and was retired from Saxon Mill. Survivors include a daughter, Mary...
Henry Bartee
Jun 15, 2014
Henry "Hank" Thompson Bartee, infant son of Ann Therese (Borowski) Bartee and Clay Dillon Bartee of Greer, SC, died Sunday, June 15, 2014, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan, MO. In addition to his parents, he is survived by grandparents, Kathie and Tom Borowski of Spartanburg, SC, and Windy and Ted Bartee of Clover, SC; great-grandparents, Thomas Thompson of Spartanburg,...
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