Obituaries

David Fisher

David Fisher

Mar 4, 2014

David Blair Fisher, 65, of Roebuck, SC died Tuesday, March 4, 2014 at his home. Born February 28, 1949 in Statesville, NC and reared in Asheville, NC, he was the son of the late Carlos Blair and Viola Holdsclaw Fisher. Mr. Fisher was CFO of Farrell Chevrolet for 43 years. He was a member of Southside Baptist Church where he...

John Peterson

John Peterson

Mar 3, 2014

John Robert Peterson, 53, of Rockford, IL passed into the arms of the angels on March 3, 2014, at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge. He fought a courageous battle with Rheumatoid Arthritis for more than 20 years. In January 2013, after contracting strep throat and strep pneumonia, he spent several weeks in the CCU at OSF St. Anthony Medical...

Donna Russell

Donna Russell

Mar 3, 2014

Donna "Kay" Russell, of Mystic, CT, died Monday, March 3, 2014 at her home. Born May 6, 1943, in Spartanburg, SC she was the daughter of Arbra J. Easler and Lois (Sawyer) Easler. She is survived by her husband of over 31 years, Edward R. Russell of Mystic, CT. Kay graduated high school in Fairborn, Ohio and worked for over...

Delmer Tramel

Delmer Tramel

Mar 2, 2014

Delmer Warren Tramel, 90, of Anderson, SC, died Sunday, March 2, 2014, at Summit Place of Anderson. Born January 20, 1924, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late John Madison and Sallie Gallman Tramel. He was retired from M. Lowenstein and served in the U. S. Army during World War II. Mr. Tramel was predeceased by his...

Henry Bonner, Jr.

Henry Bonner, Jr.

Mar 1, 2014

Henry C. "Jack" Bonner, Jr., 77, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, March 1, 2014, at his home. Born October 4, 1936, in Thunderbolt, GA, he was the son of the late Henry Carroll Bonner, Sr. and Nell Cooley Bonner and was the husband of the late Sandra H. Bonner. Jack was a retired building contractor, a life member of Spartan 70,...

William Brashears

William Brashears

Feb 27, 2014

Bill Brashears, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 27, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 23, 1930, in Pulaski, TN, he was the son of the late Noah Robert and Helen Emily Keeter Brashears, and husband of the late Ovida Roe Brashears. Known to many as Chief, Papa, and Papa Bill, Mr. Brashears was...

Patsy Gibson

Patsy Gibson

Feb 27, 2014

Patsy S. Gibson, 76, of Arcadia, SC, died Thursday, February 27, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 8, 1937, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Norman Dean and Dovie Pope Sizemore. Survivors include her children, Keith Quinn and Lori Owens; grandchildren, B. J. Owens (Brittany) and Jessica Quinn; and a sister, Virginia S. Owens. Private...

Helen Ritter

Helen Ritter

Feb 26, 2014

Beloved mother and Mamaw, Helen Gibson Ritter, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, peacefully and joyfully united with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in His heavenly home on Wednesday, February 26, 2014. Her daughter and a close friend were by her side. Born February 15, 1918, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Harold Gibson, Jr. and...

William Berrier

William Berrier

Feb 26, 2014

William Fredrick "Fred" Berrier, 70, of Pacolet, SC, died Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at his home. Born August 15, 1943, in High Point, NC, he was the son of Mary Berrier Caviness of High Point, NC, and the late J. B. Caviness. A retired U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Berrier was later employed as a security guard with Spartanburg...

Naomi Horton

Naomi Horton

Feb 25, 2014

Naomi Hodge Belue Horton, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at Wesley Court Assisted Living-Boiling Springs, SC. Born June 1, 1924, in Rockingham, NC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Dewitt and Ludell Chastain Hodge of Startex. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, homemaker, and an avid reader who also loved gardening....

Millie Hudson

Millie Hudson

Feb 25, 2014

Millie Northcutt Hudson, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, February 25, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 12, 1926, in Siluria, AL, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Frank and Lenner Lowery Northcutt. Mrs. Hudson was retired from Southern Bell after 40 years of service. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg and...

Samuel Wofford Iii

Samuel Wofford Iii

Feb 24, 2014

Samuel H. Wofford III, 58, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, February 24, 2014. Born July 20, 1955, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Samuel H. Wofford Jr. and Lucile Miller Wofford. A 1979 graduate of Clemson University, Mr. Wofford received his degree in Ceramic Engineering and was employed during the 1980's by Norton Industries...

H. Price, Jr.

H. Price, Jr.

Feb 24, 2014

H. L. "Buddy" Price Jr., 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died peacefully on Monday, February 24, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 8, 1936, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Howard Lee Price Sr. and Margaret Nettles Price. Mr. Price was formerly employed with Milliken & Co. and after 33 years of service at Inman Mills...

Clifford Long

Clifford Long

Feb 24, 2014

Clifford Wayne Long, 61, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 24, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 15, 1952, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Helen Louise Marr Long of Spartanburg and the late Howard Gaston Long. A U. S. Marine veteran, Mr. Long was a member of the Church of God and a retired self-employed carpenter....

Robert Gantt

Robert Gantt

Feb 24, 2014

Robert Henry Gantt, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 24, 2014, at his home. Born June 21, 1922, in Cleveland County, NC, he was the son of the late John Wesley and Maggie McSwain Gantt, and husband of the late Thelma Elizabeth Cornwell Gantt. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Gantt was retired from Ingles...

Carolyn Steadman

Carolyn Steadman

Feb 23, 2014

Carolyn Joyce Lyles Steadman, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, February 23, 2014, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born October 11, 1933, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Luther and Essie Mae Tessner Lyles, and widow of Billy Joe Steadman. Mrs. Steadman was a member of Drayton United Methodist Church (now Skylyn United Methodist Church) where...

Matthew Rutledge

Matthew Rutledge

Feb 23, 2014

Matthew Neal Rutledge, 42, of Campobello, died Sunday, February 23, 2014. Born August 3, 1971, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Brenda Waters Rutledge of Inman, and James Sidney Rutledge, Sr. of Wellford. Matthew was devoted to family, friends, and especially his son, Bradley, whom he loved so much. He was a licensed motorcycle mechanic and owner/operator of Rutledge...

Fred Neighbors

Fred Neighbors

Feb 22, 2014

Fred Baxter "Freddie" Neighbors, 63, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 22, 2014 at his home. Born February 5, 1951, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Lawrence Everette and Martha B. Neighbors of Spartanburg. Mr. Neighbors was a member of the Peach Blossom Car Club and retired from Piedmont Natural Gas after 30 years as a service technician....

William Eubanks

William Eubanks

Feb 22, 2014

William Faber Eubanks, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 22, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 16, 1922, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Emmett and Lila Cathcart Eubanks and husband of the late Vivian Elle Greene Eubanks. Mr. Eubanks was a self-employed business owner and attended Powell Presbyterian Church. He was a member...

Peggy Scoggins

Peggy Scoggins

Feb 19, 2014

Peggy Robinson Scoggins, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 11, 1938, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Essie and Evelyn White Robinson. A 1956 graduate of Jonesville High School and 1959 graduate of Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing, Mrs. Scoggins served her career as a...