Obituaries

Roger Black

Roger Black

Sep 19, 2014

Roger Miller Black, 62, died Friday, September 19, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born June 8, 1952 in Whiteville, NC he was the son of the late John Riley Black Jr. and Alma Miller Black. Mr. Black was employed by Spartan Mills Corporate Office and Windstream Corporation. He was a graduate of Whiteville High School and East Carolina University. Mr....

Richard Faircloth

Richard Faircloth

Sep 18, 2014

Richard "Rick" Wayne Faircloth, 58, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, September 18, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born November 24, 1955, in Columbus, NC, he was the son of Patsy Mae Soles Faircloth Arita of Leland, NC, and the late Robert Scarborough Faircloth. Rick enjoyed fishing, working on cars, and socializing. He attended Barton College in Middlesex, NC, was an...

James Welch

James Welch

Sep 17, 2014

James Calvin Welch, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at Dillon Pointe-Spartanburg. He was born September 5, 1926, in Detroit, MI. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Welch retired as comptroller of Siemens Corporation. He was a member of Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Detroit, MI, an active choir member in several churches, as well as a member...

Judy Emory

Judy Emory

Sep 16, 2014

Judith Annette Emory, 74, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born June 11, 1940, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Fred and Willie Mae Allen Emory. Judy was a member of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She was also a retired CNA...

Lukeva Coleman

Lukeva Coleman

Sep 16, 2014

Lukeva West Coleman, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 16, 2014, at White Oak Estates. Born December 3, 1924, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Lloyd and Laura Fowler West and widow of James Adrian Coleman. Mrs. Coleman was a member of Beaver Hills Baptist Church and a choir member. A graduate of Spartanburg High School,...

Rick Sawyer

Rick Sawyer

Sep 15, 2014

Ralph Richard "Rick" Sawyer, 64, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, September 15, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 27, 1950, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Ralph and Doris Evelyn Smith Sawyer. Rick loved his Lord, his family, his church, his cars, and his friends. A 1968 graduate of Spartanburg High School, Rick was employed...

James Bowman Iii

James Bowman Iii

Sep 12, 2014

James "Jimmy" Bowman, III, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, September 12, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 25, 1934, in Chattanooga, TN, he was the son of the late James Bowman Jr. and Pauline Williams Bowman. Mr. Bowman was a retired truck driver with McLean Trucking Company in Lyman after 27 years of service. He was a...

Trudy Elder

Trudy Elder

Sep 12, 2014

Trudy B. Elder, 63, of Walnut Grove, SC, died Friday, September 12, 2014 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 27, 1951, she was the wife of Donald Ray Elder, Sr. of 47 years and was a daughter of Velma Easler Bishop Parks and of the late James Elmer Bishop, Jr. Mrs. Elder was a member of Glendale Baptist Church and...

Phil Holden

Phil Holden

Sep 11, 2014

Phil Duane Holden, 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 11, 2014, at his home after a long illness. Born August 29, 1943, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late Ralph Holden and Ethel O'Dell Holden Kempel. Mr. Holden was a member of Park Hills Baptist Church, a graduate of the University of South Carolina, 1967, and...

Ruth Weathers

Ruth Weathers

Sep 11, 2014

Ruth Wyatt Weathers, 87, of Pacolet, SC, died Thursday, September 11, 2014, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 11, 1927, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Annie Burgess Wyatt. A graduate of Gaffney High School, Mrs. Weathers was an avid gardener, a member of Southside Baptist Church of Gaffney, and retired from Timken Bearing....

Frances Thompson

Frances Thompson

Sep 11, 2014

Frances Elizabeth Sisk Thompson, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 11, 2014, at her home. Born July 8, 1936, in the Converse Community of Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Troy Wiley Sisk and Frances Irene Coats Sisk, and widow of Robert Ansel Thompson. A loving wife and devoted mother who lived by the Golden Rule,...

Mary Gregory

Mary Gregory

Sep 10, 2014

Mary C. Gregory, 98 formerly of Spartanburg and Inman, SC, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Clemson, SC. Born February 11, 1916, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Elijah Cothran and Louise Grady Terrell Cothran, and widow of William White "Bill" Gregory, Jr. Mrs. Gregory received her BS Degree in Nursing from Duke University and...

Anne Rimer

Anne Rimer

Sep 9, 2014

Anne Elizabeth Rimer, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 9, 2014, at her home. Born in Salisbury, NC, she was the daughter of Mary Vivian Brown Rimer of the home, and the late James Lafayette Rimer, Jr. She was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and was formerly employed with Greenville Technical College. In addition to her...

Sean Haire

Sean Haire

Sep 8, 2014

Sean Christopher Haire, 43, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, September 8, 2014, at his home. Born February 25, 1971, in Atlanta, GA, he was the son of John Ernest Haire of the home and the late Sheila Scoggins Zeek. Sean was a former WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) wrestler for many years as "Sean O'Haire". He was a very gentle and...

Wilhelmina Dearybury

Wilhelmina Dearybury

Sep 7, 2014

Wilhelmina Smith Dearybury, 87, formerly of 108 Sharcliff Road, Cowpens, SC, and widow of the late Charles William Dearybury passed away on Sunday, September 7, 2014, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born June 13, 1927, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry William Smith and Josephine Hubbard Smith. Wilhelmina and her husband started their own businesses,...

Amelia Moore

Amelia Moore

Sep 7, 2014

Amelia Bullington Moore, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, September 7, 2014 at her home. Born December 8, 1921, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Dewey McKinney Bullington and Eva Vandiver Bullington, and widow of JT Moore. Mrs. Moore was a lifelong member of Southside Baptist Church. She loved to bake, enjoyed antiquing, and was a member...

Doris West

Doris West

Sep 7, 2014

Doris Elizabeth Graham "Buddie" West, 90, of Stone Station, SC, died Sunday, September 7, 2014, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born September 16, 1923, in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jake and Mary Bogan Graham, and widow of Robert J. West. She was a member of Walnut Grove United Methodist Church. Surviving is her daughter, Lynn...

Julia Beaty

Julia Beaty

Sep 6, 2014

Julia Clara McIntyre Beaty, 88, passed away on Saturday, September 6, 2014 in Spartanburg, SC. Born April 1, 1926, in Spartanburg County, to the late George E. and Clara Love McIntyre. She was married to the late Leroy Beaty on August 30, 1946. Children and Grandchildren: Two daughters, Jean Beaty Bradley of the home; Joan (Ernie) Davis of Arcadia and...

Raymond Frady

Raymond Frady

Sep 6, 2014

Raymond Norris Frady, 70, of Chesnee, died Saturday, September 6, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 17, 1944 in Rutherfordton, NC, he was the son of the late Addie Frady and Ora Elliott Frady. He was a retired service technician of American Fast Print. Survivors include a daughter, Jennifer Belle Yount, of Spartanburg, step-daughters, Jackie Leija of Boiling...

Jack Anthony

Jack Anthony

Sep 6, 2014

Jack Ray Anthony, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, September 6, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a period of declining health. He was born April 15, 1923, to the late Rev. Paul D. Anthony (who passed prior to his birth) and Annie Bell Anthony of Grover, NC. Mr. Anthony was raised by a devoted and loving stepfather, the...