Gerald Parris
Oct 21, 2013
Gerald Carlisle Parris, 78, of Clinton, SC, died Monday, October 21, 2013, at Hospice of Laurens County. Born May 27, 1935, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late LeRoy and Gladys Layton Parris. A U. S. Navy veteran and graduate of Spartanburg High School, Mr. Parris was an active member of Second Presbyterian Church in Spartanburg, where...
Madeline Johnson
Oct 20, 2013
Madeline May Hamrick Johnson, 91, of Inman, SC, died Sunday, October 20, 2013, at her home. Born April 18, 1922, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Hamrick and Nellie Stepp Hamrick Sitton, and widow of Max Johnson. A very wonderful mother and grandmother, Mrs. Johnson "Maw-maw" was retired from S&S Manufacturing after 20 years of...
Rebecca Gilbert
Oct 18, 2013
Rebecca Ann Gilbert, 57, of Spartanburg, SC died Friday, October 18, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 28, 1956 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Vernon and Lucille Gilbert. She was a member of Rainbow Baptist Church. Surviving are her sons, Craig Lynn Kimbrell and Michael Charles Kimbrell both of Spartanburg, SC; five grandchildren;...
Homer Cleveland
Oct 18, 2013
Homer Melvin Cleveland, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 18, 2013, at Summit Hills Skilled Nursing. Born September 24, 1925, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Henry Melvin and Anna Cason Cleveland, and husband of the late Ruth Ballenger Cleveland. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Cleveland was a member of Drayton Baptist Church, member...
John Francis
Oct 17, 2013
John Edmond Francis, 74, of Inman, SC, died Thursday, October 17, 2013, at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born December 31, 1938, in Weymouth, MA, he was the son of the late Harold West and Mary Elizabeth Moulton Francis. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Francis was a U. S. missionary with the Baptist International Missions until his death....
Thomas Doyle, Jr.
Oct 17, 2013
Thomas McNeal Doyle Jr., 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 17, 2013, at White Oak Manor. Born October 8, 1930, in Memphis, TN, he was the son of the late Thomas McNeal Doyle Sr. and Stella Thaxton Doyle. A U. S. Air Force veteran, Mr. Doyle was a PGA lifetime member for almost 50 years. He was a golf...
Dr. Johnson
Oct 17, 2013
Donald Elon Johnson, 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 17, 2013, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born August 25, 1930, in Ohio Grove Township, IL, he was the son of the late Lawrence Carlyle and Dora Sell Johnson. Dr. Johnson was a professor of Rural Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was a past District Governor of the...
L. Kibler
Oct 17, 2013
Luther Earl Kibler, 96, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, October 17, 2013, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg, SC. Born January 7, 1917, in Newberry, SC, he was the son of the late William Luther and Mary Lavinia Ruff Kibler. Prior to World War II, Earl was a strong baseball fan participating in textile league baseball in Newberry and Union Counties....
Louise Mcswain
Oct 17, 2013
Louise Weathers McSwain, 86, of Colbert, Georgia, passed away on October 17, 2013. Born August 18, 1927 in Bowman, South Carolina, she was the daughter of the late John Watson Weathers and Fannie Elizabeth Whetsell. Louise completed high school and married the late Thomas Charles McSwain. She was a devoted mother and homemaker. She is survived by her three daughters...
John Retired Jr.
Oct 16, 2013
John Wesley Dowis, Jr. USN, Retired, 76, of Cowpens, SC, passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 5, 1937, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late John Wesley Dowis, Sr. and Lucille Lipscomb Dowis. John was of the Christian faith and a member of Crossroads Baptist Church, Spartanburg, SC. He...
Robert Putman
Oct 15, 2013
Robert Hugh Putman "Putt", 66, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013, at Mary Black Hospital. Born January 23, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Grady Jackson and Elizabeth Cannon Putman. Mr. Putman was retired after 33 years of service as a police officer with the City of Spartanburg. He was a member of...
Alan Harvey
Oct 14, 2013
Alan "Dale" Harvey, 69, of Pacolet, SC, died Monday, October 14, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 25, 1944, in Rock Hill, SC, he was the son of the late Cleveland LJ and Beatrice Haire Harvey. A U. S. Navy veteran of the Vietnam War, and graduate of Spartanburg Methodist College, Mr. Harvey was the owner of Harvey...
Linda Lowe
Oct 14, 2013
Sophie Linda Lowe, 68, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, October 14, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 23, 1945, in Staten Island, NY, she was the daughter of the late Daniel Lawrence and Mary Episcopia Lowe. She was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. Survivors include two brothers, Joseph H. Lowe (Deloris) of Inman, SC,...
Violet Grizzle
Oct 14, 2013
Violet Leonard Grizzle, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, October 14, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 24, 1934, in Greer, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Madison and Iva Faye Bryant Kemp. Violet was a member of Arcadia Baptist Church. She loved to garden, enjoyed sewing, played the piano and organ, and was a...
Kenneth Charles
Oct 11, 2013
Kenneth Arnold "Bo" Charles, 67, died Friday, October 11, 2013 at his home. Born July 26, 1946 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Lewis Arnold and Iris Christine Eubanks Charles. Mr. Charles was retired from Cherokee Masonry and a member of Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church. Surviving is a brother, Allen Charles of Glenn Springs, SC; and...
Mike Gilreath
Oct 10, 2013
Michael Leon Gilreath, 63, of Roebuck, SC, died Thursday, October 10, 2013, at his home. Born January 1, 1950, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Boyce Quintin Gilreath Jr. and Geneva Seay Keeter. Mr. Gilreath attended Selma Baptist Church and was employed by the SC Department of Transportation. He loved to sing and play guitar, was...
Ben Jolley
Oct 10, 2013
Robert Ben Jolley, Sr., 80, of Lyman, SC, died Thursday, October 10, 2013, at his home. Born July 4, 1933, in Polk County, NC, he was the son of the late Harry Lee and Eudora Bryant Jolley, and husband of the late Peggy O'Neil Chastain Jolley. A U. S. Army veteran, Mr. Jolley was a member of Wellford Baptist Church...
Reanza Easler
Oct 10, 2013
Reanza Waldrep Easler, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 10, 2013, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born February 11, 1926, in Watts Mill, Laurens, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Guy and Minnie Campbell Waldrep, and widow of Wallace James Easler. Mrs. Easler was a member of Cannon's Camp Ground United Methodist Church where she was...
Margie Murray
Oct 9, 2013
Margie Fleming Murray, 84, of Pacolet, SC, died Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born December 15, 1928, in Pacolet, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Mittie Mathis Fleming. A loving mother and grandmother, Mrs. Murray was a member of Pacolet Mills Baptist Church and retired from the textile industry. Survivors include her loving...
Mildred Laws
Oct 9, 2013
Mildred Leola Wall Laws, 81, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, October 9, 2013, at Lake Emory Post-Acute Care, Inman, SC. Born June 21, 1932, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Albert and Ruth Hipp Wall, and widow of Dewey Laws. Mrs. Laws was a member of Valley Falls Free Will Baptist Church and retired from Flowers Bakery...
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