Obituaries

Norma Sanders

Norma Sanders

Jan 7, 2014

Norma Jean "Chigger" Sanders, 56, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Born May 2, 1957, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Edward Sanders and Annie Grace Thomas Hayes. She was a graduate of Boiling Springs High School. Miss Sanders is survived by her brothers, Will Sanders of Nebo, NC, Ronnie Sanders of Kernersville,...

Helen Dill

Helen Dill

Jan 7, 2014

Helen N. Dill, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 13, 1929, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Willie S. Nelson and Emma Wyatt Nelson, and widow of the late Calvin Hoover Dill. Mrs. Dill was a member of Roebuck Baptist Church, retired from AT&T, and was formerly...

Betty Glover

Betty Glover

Jan 7, 2014

Betty Jean Israel Glover, 86, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Hospice Atlanta. Born April 30, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, she was a daughter of the late Karl Tillman Israel and Ada Teal Israel, and one of nine children. Betty met her husband, Ray Glover, at Spartanburg High School. They were married for 64 years...

Reina Fernandez

Reina Fernandez

Jan 7, 2014

Reina R. Fernandez, 78, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born March 4, 1935, in Matanzas, Cuba, she was the daughter of the late Juan Rodriguez and Vicenta Nodarce Rodriguez. Mrs. Fernandez was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. She retired from S&S Manufacturing after 20 years of service. Surviving...

Barbara Gresham

Barbara Gresham

Jan 6, 2014

Barbara Kay Massey Gresham, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital-ER. Born December 31, 1944, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Homer and Geraldine Williams Massey. Mrs. Gresham was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. She was retired from Dillard's Department Store and formerly employed with TJ Maxx...

Edith Farmer

Edith Farmer

Jan 6, 2014

Edith Boling Farmer, 97, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at Valley Falls Terrace-Spartanburg. Born January 5, 1917, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late James Carter and Eva Gossett Leister. Mrs. Farmer was a member of United Baptist Church of Spartanburg and a former member of Fairmont Baptist Church and Care Baptist Church. She...

Bonnie Petty

Bonnie Petty

Jan 6, 2014

Bonnie Webb Petty, 81, formerly of East Main Street, Pacolet, SC, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at Village Hospital-Greer, SC. Born September 30, 1932, in the Goucher Community of Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late John Dillard and Bessie Mathis Webb, and widow of Charlie Walter Petty. A 1950 graduate of Pacolet High School, Mrs. Petty was...

John Sellars

John Sellars

Jan 6, 2014

John Calvin Sellars, 86, of Cowpens, SC, died Monday, January 6, 2014, at Rosecrest Retirement Community-Inman. Born March 2, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Howard and Faye Sue Spencer Sellars. A U. S. Marine veteran of World War II, Mr. Sellars was the owner/operator of Sellars' Electric and Hardware, and a member of Arcadia...

Phyllis Bemelmans

Phyllis Bemelmans

Jan 5, 2014

Phyllis P. Bemelmans, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 3, 1925, in Dallas, TX, she was the daughter of the late Cullen Thomas and Beulah Pearl Stapleton Pennington, and wife of the late Norman Lee Bemelmans. Mrs. Bemelmans was a member of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church and retired from the...

Thelma Thomason

Thelma Thomason

Jan 5, 2014

Thelma Hill Thomason, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 5, 2014. Born January 18, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clody Brasco and Docia Hill, and widow of Harold Lee Thomason. Mrs. Thomason was a member of Beaumont Baptist Church, the Women's Bible Class, and the Golden Circle. She was a graduate of Cecil's...

Stuart Jones

Stuart Jones

Jan 5, 2014

Stuart Gethin Jones, 70, of Dataw Island, SC, went to heaven on Sunday, January 5, 2014, at Medical University of South Carolina-Charleston. Born May 20, 1943, in Richmond Burrough, Staten Island, NY, he was the son of the late Gethin Leonard and Irene Robb Jones. A member of the varsity football team and graduate of Curtis High School in Staten...

Flora Flores

Flora Flores

Jan 4, 2014

Flora Giron Flores, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 4, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born January 30, 1933, in San Miguel, El Salvador, she was the daughter of the late Juan Miguel Giron and Emma Natividad Flores and wife of the late Jose Arturo Turcios. Mrs. Flores loved to walk, read, her flowers and people. She was...

Sadie Lancaster

Sadie Lancaster

Jan 4, 2014

Sadie D. Lancaster, 97, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, January 4, 2014, at Valley Falls Terrace. Born June 1, 1916, in McCall, SC, she was the daughter of Alfred and Maude Singleton Wright and wife of the late Arthur Gus Davis Lancaster. She was of the Baptist faith. Surviving is a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Charles and Gladys Lancaster of Bessemer City,...

Doshia Blackwell

Doshia Blackwell

Jan 3, 2014

Doshia Blackwell, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, January 3, 2014, at her home. Born March 26, 1930, in Yancey County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Luther Carl and Katie Randolph Blackwell. She was retired from Skylyn Place and was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are three daughters, Kelly Blackwell of Inman, Jackie Vise of Spartanburg, SC,...

Lisa Bradley

Lisa Bradley

Jan 2, 2014

Lisa Ann Bradley, 46, died peacefully and unexpectedly at her home on Thursday, January 2, 2014. Lisa was a merit scholar at Spartanburg High School, a graduate of Clemson University, and a member of Central Church of Christ. She was employed at Denny's in Boiling Springs, SC. She was the daughter of Annie Bradley of the home and Tommy Bradley...

Sara Yarborough

Sara Yarborough

Jan 2, 2014

Sara Golden Yarborough, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, January 2, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 19, 1923, in Enoree, SC, she was the daughter of the late Hugh Miller and Sophia Burns Golden, and widow of James Claude "J. C." Yarborough. Mrs. Yarborough was a member of Southside Baptist Church, a graduate of Spartanburg Community College,...

Wanda Koopman

Wanda Koopman

Dec 31, 2013

Wanda Koopman of Columbia passed away December 31. She was seventy-five years old. Wanda was a registered nurse and a certified master gardener. She graduated from Spartanburg High School and the Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing. Wanda was born in Spartanburg in 1938. She was the daughter of the late Winnie Cox and the late Geddes Cox. Wanda is...

Doris Easler

Doris Easler

Dec 31, 2013

Doris Ann Easler, 78, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Tuesday, December 31, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 4, 1935, in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late, William and Madeline Weaver Delegatti. She was retired from Judson Mills. Survivors include her son, Michael Monroe (Deborah) of Chesnee, SC; brothers, Jimmy and Bobby Delegatti of Greenville,...

Maudie Bridgeman

Maudie Bridgeman

Dec 30, 2013

Maudie Quinn Bridgeman, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, December 30, 2013, at Valley Falls Terrace-Spartanburg. Born January 19, 1914, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Samuel N. and Cynthia Coates Quinn, and wife of the late Ersil Wesley Bridgeman. Mrs. Bridgeman was a member of Arcadia United Methodist Church, the Fellowship Sunday School Class, and Young...

Carroll Lindsey

Carroll Lindsey

Dec 30, 2013

Carroll Eugene Lindsey, 80, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Monday, December 30, 2013, at his home. Born January 20, 1933, in Columbus, NC, he was the son of the late William Grady and Edith Nula Wolfe Lindsey, and husband of the late Shirley Mae Lindsey. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Lindsey was a graduate of Cecil's Business College...