Obituaries

Yvonne Mcmillan

Yvonne Mcmillan

Jan 25, 2014

Yvonne Ford McMillan, 59, died Saturday, January 25, 2014, at her home. A born-again believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, she was born June 6, 1954, in Spartanburg. She was a member of First Baptist Church Spartanburg, a 1971 graduate of Dorman High School, she was a graduate of Spartanburg Technical College and the University of South Carolina-Spartanburg where she...

Nancy Garland

Nancy Garland

Jan 25, 2014

Nancy Graves Garland, 74, of 124 Coldstream Drive, Boiling Springs, died Saturday, January 25, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Inman, SC, she was a daughter of the late Jesse Kiah Graves and Cora Maude Brown Graves. She was a member of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church, where she taught kindergarten Sunday school for a number of years. With...

Jerry Cox

Jerry Cox

Jan 24, 2014

Jerry Marshall Cox, 66, died Friday, January 24, 2014, at his home. Born August 12, 1947, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Henry Marshall and Ruby Phillips Cox of Wellford, SC. He was a graduate of the University of South Carolina in Columbia, obtaining a Bachelor of Science degree in Business. Jerry was a former owner and management consultant...

Janice Thompson

Janice Thompson

Jan 24, 2014

Janice Elizabeth Thompson, 65, of Columbia, SC, died Friday, January 24, 2014, at Palmetto Health Richland in Columbia, SC. Lovingly referred to as "Nena" by her grandsons, she was born March 26, 1948, in Spartanburg, SC, the daughter of the late Charles Lindberg Thompson and Ruby Peterson Towery. She was a graduate of Chesnee High School and Cecil's Business College,...

Richard Nelson, Sr.

Richard Nelson, Sr.

Jan 24, 2014

Richard "Dick" Winthrop Nelson, Sr., 90, of Inman, SC, died Friday, January 24, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 19, 1923, in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Gilbert Frank and Anna Krapser Nelson and widow of Clara Francis Pertsch Nelson. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served in the South...

Bertie Newman

Bertie Newman

Jan 24, 2014

Bertie Lee Padgett Newman, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, January 24, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 29, 1931, in Shelby, NC, she was the daughter of the late William L. Padgett and Carrie Hopper Padgett. She was the loving wife, for 47 years, of the late William H. Newman. Mrs. Newman was a faithful follower of...

Katherine Wilson

Katherine Wilson

Jan 23, 2014

Katherine D. Wilson, 91, of Boiling Springs, SC, passed away on Thursday, January 23, 2014, at her home. Born October 7, 1922, in Clinton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Paul Estil and Zelpha Lokey Dean, and wife for 66 years, of her beloved husband, the late Woodrow Wilson. Mrs. Wilson attended Community Bible Church of Boiling Springs...

Larry Huffman

Larry Huffman

Jan 22, 2014

Larry Carl "Fly" Huffman, 60, of Chesnee, SC, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills, Landrum, SC. Born August 30, 1953, in Burlington, NC, he was the son of the late Carl Maxwell Huffman Jr. and Mildred Bishop Huffman. Mr. Huffman was employed with Springfield LLC and a member of Calvary Baptist Church. Survivors include his...

Melissa Foster

Melissa Foster

Jan 22, 2014

Melissa Ann Arnold Foster, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 28, 1938, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Crawford and Annie Lucille Lipcombe Arnold. Mrs. Foster was a retired registered nurse with DHEC Home Health Care and a member of White Stone United Methodist Church....

Mildred Elledge

Mildred Elledge

Jan 22, 2014

Mildred Sanders Elledge, 86, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at Golden Age Nursing Home-Inman. Born June 23, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Copher and Eva Beatrice Cothran Sanders, and widow of Edward M. Elledge. Mrs. Elledge was retired from Raycord Industries after 35 years of service. She was a graduate of...

Meredith Mcsherry

Meredith Mcsherry

Jan 22, 2014

Meredith McSherry, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, January 22, 2014, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. She was the daughter of the late Edd and Etta Rebecca Jones Mahaffey. Meredith led an adventurous life. She travelled around the world twice, was a guest of the Shah of Iran in his palace on the occasion of the first birthday of the crown prince,...

James Horton, Sr.

James Horton, Sr.

Jan 20, 2014

James Pierce Horton Sr., 90, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, January 20, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 29, 1923, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Alton Hosea Horton Sr. and Bertha Ora Cantrell Horton. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Horton was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg and a member...

Nancy Williams

Nancy Williams

Jan 19, 2014

Nancy Hill Williams, 81, of Gaffney, SC, died Sunday, January 19, 2014, at her home. Born September 15, 1932, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late George William Hill, former Gaffney Chief of Police, and the late Florence Hammett Hill. She was the widow of Herbert H. Williams. She was the last surviving member of her immediate...

Louise Beaber

Louise Beaber

Jan 18, 2014

Louise Sparnell Parker Beaber, 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 18, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 8, 1922, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Richard Lawson and Maria McDowell Sparnell. Mrs. Beaber was an operator with Southern Bell Telephone Company, and later, secretary for the Pre-College Department at Converse College. She...

Wallace Robinson Iii

Wallace Robinson Iii

Jan 17, 2014

Wallace Alexander Robinson III, 66, of Moore, SC, died Friday, January 17, 2014, at his home. Born November 24, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Wallace Alexander Robinson Sr. and Drucie Evans Robinson, and husband of the late Patricia Delores Boyter Robinson. Mr. Robinson attended the University of South Carolina and was a retired purchasing...

Ruth Layton

Ruth Layton

Jan 17, 2014

Ruth Walker Layton, 82, of Roebuck passed away Friday January 17, 2014 at her home. Born in Union, S.C. she was the daughter of Charles Stough Walker and Jessie Pinson Walker. As a graduate of Union High School and the Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing, Mrs. Layton worked for 35 years as a nurse for Dr. George Duncan and...

Helen Grant

Helen Grant

Jan 16, 2014

Mrs. Mattie Helen Anthony Grant passed away on Thursday, January 16, 2014, at Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA. Born in Spartanburg, SC, in 1925, she was the daughter of the late Paul Combee Anthony, Sr. and Bertie Earle Poole Anthony. Mrs. Grant was a member of the Annandale United Methodist Church in Virginia. She was a graduate of...

Jay White

Jay White

Jan 15, 2014

Jay C. White, 88, of Moore, SC, died Wednesday, January 15, 2014, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 21, 1925, in New Castle, PA, he was the son of the late Jay Crawford and Adella Caldwell White. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. White was a member of American Legion Post #28 and a 32nd Degree Mason in both...

Conley Easler, Sr.

Conley Easler, Sr.

Jan 14, 2014

Conley Lee Easler Sr., 91, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at Park Place Assisted Living. Born October 2, 1922, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Harry Lee and Lucille McAbee Easler. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Easler retired after 41 years of service as an engineer with Southern Railway. He enjoyed hunting...

Mary Wooten

Mary Wooten

Jan 14, 2014

Mary Louise Wooten, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 14, 2014, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born September 16, 1937, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Alvin Ray and Willie Lee Lanford Cogdill. Mrs. Wooten loved to travel. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School Class of 1955, a member of Arkwright Baptist Church, and...