Obituaries

Feb 19, 2014

Virginia Ann Willis, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, born January 9, 1928, the daughter of the late Charles Wesley Willis and Annie Faye Robinson Willis, passed away Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Greenville Memorial Hospital due to illness. Miss Willis was retired from Whitney Yarn Mills and was a member of Thompson Chapel Baptist Church. She loved to spoil her nieces...

Feb 19, 2014

Barbara Littell Sprouse, 67, of Waterloo, SC, died Wednesday, February 19, 2014, at Hospice House of Laurens County. Born July 20, 1946, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Volney Littell and Helen Estelle Long Littell. A graduate of Roebuck High School, Mrs. Sprouse was a member of Roebuck United Methodist Church, and retired from Earnhardt...

Feb 19, 2014

Charles Henry DuPre, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on February 19, 2014. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the visitation, to be held from 12:00 - 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 22, at Floyd's Greenlawn Chapel, 2075 E. Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29307. A graveside service and burial will follow at 2:30 PM, in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens, 1300...

Feb 18, 2014

Phillip Andrew Smith, 58, of Pauline, SC, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at his home. Born August 17, 1955, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Dorothy West Smith of Pauline, SC, and the late Hugh Herbert Smith. Mr. Smith was a member of Life Changers Church. He was employed with Beverage Air as a design engineer and his...

Feb 18, 2014

Fannie Elizabeth Hogg Fowler, of Moore, SC, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born in Jamestown, AL, she was the daughter of the late Deed and Carmen Hogg. Mrs. Fowler was a member of Central Church of Christ and a retired lunchroom manager for Jesse Boyd School. Survivors include her son, Ike Fowler (Laura) of...

Feb 18, 2014

Bennie Holt Harris Wilson, 88, of Fairforest, died Tuesday, February 18, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 14, 1926, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walter Jackson and Agnes Madeline McCauley Holt. Mrs. Wilson was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. She spent years at home raising her five girls and...

Feb 17, 2014

Oneida Soler Floyd, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at Windsor House-Spartanburg. Born June 13, 1930, in Baire, Cuba, she was the daughter of the late Maximo Gomez Soler and Zeida Montero Soler. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Mrs. Floyd loved her family dearly. She was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church, the John...

Feb 17, 2014

Coleen Parris Shehan, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born April 11, 1928, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Artur Isaac Parris and Mary Victoria Leigh Parris, and widow of Ray Edward Shehan. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Shehan was an active member...

Feb 17, 2014

Frances Smith Fraley, 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 17, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center-ER. Born September 22, 1932, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Viola Reid Smith of Inman. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. Survivors include her husband, Fred Richard Fraley; one son, Dr. Paul Fraley...

Feb 15, 2014

Kenneth R. Purgason, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born September 17, 1941, in Rhodhiss, NC, he was the son of the late Clyde W. and Ollie King Purgason. Mr. Purgason was a retired cab driver with Checker Cab Company and a Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. Surviving is the love...

Feb 15, 2014

Alfred "Al" D. Parker, Jr., 78, of Lyman, SC, died Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 13, 1935, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Alfred Dewey Parker, Sr. and Anne Adele Goforth Parker. Mr. Parker was a kind, gentle, loving husband, father, and grandfather who found the joy in living through...

Feb 15, 2014

Ella Virginia Keattes Shipp Moore "Grandma", 93, of Inman, SC, went home to be with the Lord in Paradise on Friday, February 15, 2014 at Golden Age Nursing Home. She formerly lived on Oak Street, Inman, SC. Born November 5, 1920 in Midland, VA, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Keattes Jr. and Mary Moss Keattes and wife...

Feb 15, 2014

Joe Harrison Edge, 70, of Duncan, SC, died Saturday, February 15, 2014, at Greer Memorial Hospital. Born June 27, 1943, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Palmer Harrison Edge, Jr. and Verley Williams Edge. A retired U. S. Army veteran, Staff Sergeant Edge served two tours of duty during the Vietnam War. He also retired from...

Feb 13, 2014

Walter Eugene "Peanut" Blackwell, 52, of Spartanburg, SC, died peacefully at his home on Thursday, February 13, 2014. Born September 5, 1961 in Tryon, NC, he was the son of Emily Irene Foster Blackwell of Spartanburg, SC and the late Ray Blackwell. Surviving is a daughter, Nannette Lynn Blackwell of Spartanburg; brother, Ronald Lynn Blackwell and wife Lisa Garcia of...

Feb 13, 2014

Savannah Cash Smith, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 13, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 2, 1938 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late George Jefferson and Bessie Barnett Cash. She was a member of Whitney Free Will Baptist Church. Surviving are sons, Gene Smith of Spartanburg, SC and Stanley Smith of Boiling Springs,...

Feb 12, 2014

Lois D. Parton Williams, 93, of Union, SC, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at Wallace Thomson Hospital. Born May 27, 1920, in Marion, NC, she was the daughter of the late Silas and Millia Moore Parton, and widow of Earl Williams. She was a member of Vineyard Church of God. Surviving are her children, Rick Robinson...

Feb 12, 2014

Sara Ruff Parris, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March, 5, 1924, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Bertram Zachary Ruff and Mary Williams Ruff, and was married to the late Floyd Wilson Parris for 64 years. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family....

Feb 12, 2014

Feb 12, 2014

Christine Meadows, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at Valley Falls Terrace. Born January 19, 1922, in Madison County, NC, she was the daughter of the late William Custard and Sallie Kate Waldrop and wife of the late Eugene Lowell Meadows. She was retired from Arkwright Mills and was of the Presbyterian faith. Surviving is a daughter,...

Feb 11, 2014

Rita Ann Willis Spencer, 69, of Roebuck, SC, died Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center-ER. Born April 19, 1944, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lee Brown and Mary Edith Cook Willis, and widow of Thomas Melrose Spencer. Mrs. Spencer was retired from Roebuck Plastics and was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church....