Obituaries

Doris Sawyer

Doris Sawyer

Nov 8, 2013

Doris Evelyn Sawyer, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, November 8, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 30, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Maxwell and Annie Lou Rogers Smith, and wife of the late Ralph Sawyer. Mrs. Sawyer loved her family. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church and retired...

Marvin Newman

Marvin Newman

Nov 8, 2013

Marvin Lee Newman, 89, of Spartanburg, died Friday, November 8, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 29, 1924, in Hendersonville, NC, he was the son of the late John B. and Virgie Lee Pye Newman. Mr. Newman was the owner of Newman's TV Repair for 50 years, worked at Beaumont Mills for 10 years, attended Beaumont Baptist Church,...

Jane Tate

Jane Tate

Nov 5, 2013

Jane Johnston Tate, 76, of Spartanburg, SC, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, after a courageous battle with cancer. Jane was born November 13, 1936 and raised in Cabarrus County, NC. She attended local schools, and later moved to Atlanta, GA. In Atlanta, she met and married the love of her life,...

George Caughman

George Caughman

Nov 3, 2013

George G. Caughman Jr., 88, of Inman, SC, died Sunday, November 3, 2013, at RoseCrest-Inman. Born May 5, 1925, in Columbia, SC, he was the son of the late George Graichen Caughman Sr. and Annie Laurie (Lester) Caughman. He was predeceased by his loving wife of 63 years, Anne Halstead (Westrope) Caughman. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Caughman was...

Gordon Zuber

Gordon Zuber

Nov 2, 2013

Gordon D. Zuber, 82, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, November 2, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 18, 1931, in Anthony, Kansas, he was the son of the late Joseph Dewey and Nellie Patterson Zuber. He was married to Inga Zuber and Layne Taylor, and is married to Jennifer Johnson Zuber. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army...

Constance Showell

Constance Showell

Nov 2, 2013

Constance Lynn Showell, 54, of Jonesville, SC, lost the battle to pancreatic cancer on Saturday, November 2, 2013, at her home. She is now resting in her eternal Heavenly home. Born September 18, 1959, in Cincinnati, OH, she was the daughter of Carol Stillings Russell and the late Paul Huff, and was the widow of Dion Showell. She was an...

Carolyn Spann

Carolyn Spann

Nov 1, 2013

Carolyn Jean Gordon Spann, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, November 1, 2013, at White Oak Estates-Spartanburg. Born April 22, 1934, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Marion Golden Gordon and Lucille Green Gordon. A loving mother and grandmother, Carolyn was a member of Advent United Methodist Church-Simpsonville. She attended Limestone College and retired from Greenville...

Betty Mcabee

Betty Mcabee

Nov 1, 2013

Betty Roddy McAbee, 83, went to be with the Lord on Friday, November 1, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 24, 1930, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Ralph Roddy, Sr. and Daisy McCraw Roddy, and the widow of Fred "Bud" McAbee, Jr. She was retired from Raycord and was a member of First Baptist...

Roger Booth

Roger Booth

Oct 31, 2013

Roger Dean "R. D." Booth, 64, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 31, 2013, at his home. Born June 17, 1949, in Cleveland County, NC, he was the son of the late Arthur Carl Booth and Frances Louise Alexander Scruggs. He was of the Baptist faith. Surviving are his sister, Dianne Loveday of Shelby, NC; brothers, Louis Booth of Shelby,...

Richard Green

Richard Green

Oct 31, 2013

Richard Malcolm Green, 77, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, October 31, 2013, at St. Francis Hospital-Greenville. Born September 30, 1936, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Robert L. and Edna Shurburtt Green. A U. S. Army veteran, graduate of Spartanburg High School and East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, TN, he was a member...

Deborah Garrett

Deborah Garrett

Oct 31, 2013

Deborah Lynn Garrett, 54, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, October 31, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 27, 1959, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson and Mildred Louise Byars Garrett. Surviving are her sons, Joseph Garrett Stapleton and Jason Eric Stapleton, both of Spartanburg; and her aunts, uncles, and cousins. A graveside...

David Litzenberger

David Litzenberger

Oct 28, 2013

David Paul Litzenberger, 84, of Spartanburg, SC since 2006, died Monday, October 28, 2013, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born May 17, 1929, and raised in Coeur d'Alene, ID, he was the son of the late Phillip and Mary Ott Litzenberger. He was of the Lutheran faith. Mr. Litzenberger attended the University of Idaho 1947-1948. He began his career with General...

Thomas Walsh Iii

Thomas Walsh Iii

Oct 28, 2013

Thomas Emmet Walsh III, 62, died Monday, October 28, 2013 after a courageous battle with leukemia. He was the beloved husband of Sara Owens Walsh. T, as he was known, was the son of the late Thomas Emmet Walsh Jr. and Mary Lynch Wentling Walsh. He was born on July 24, 1951 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He was a graduate...

Beverly Gibby

Beverly Gibby

Oct 26, 2013

Beverly Hunter Cato Gibby, 52, of Lancaster, SC, died Saturday, October 26, 2013, at her home. Born October 30, 1960, in Augusta, GA, she was the daughter of George Hayes Hunter of Spartanburg, SC, and the late Nellene Sams Hunter. Beverly was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. She was an administrative secretary for the Lancaster County School District...

Thomas Galt

Thomas Galt

Oct 26, 2013

Dr. Thomas Teasley Galt, 86, of Spartanburg, SC passed away peacefully at 7:30 PM on October 26, 2013 at his home. Born in Spartanburg, SC on September 16, 1927, he was the son of the late Thomas Hutcherson and Happy Littleton Galt. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII, a lifelong active member of the Boy Scouts of America...

Cindy Kowalczyk

Cindy Kowalczyk

Oct 25, 2013

Cindy Kowalczyk, 54, of Boiling Springs, SC died Friday, October 25, 2013, at her home. Born October 27, 1958 in Laurenburg, NC, she was the daughter of Evelyn Cook Stutts of Boiling Springs, SC and the late Tom Stutts. Surviving is her husband, Russell Kowalczyk, Sr., five sons, Larry Stutts of Darlington, SC, Ricky Knight, Jr. of North Carolina, Russell...

Mary Weeks

Mary Weeks

Oct 25, 2013

Mary Elizabeth Weeks, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 25, 2013, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born October 26, 1916, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Martin Luther and Eva Marie Sellers Weeks. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church, a graduate of Cecil's Business College, and employed as a secretary in the textile industry. Survivors...

Jesse Terrier"..

Jesse Terrier"..

Oct 24, 2013

Born in Gaffney, SC and lived in Spartanburg, SC. Jesse was the 13th child born to the late John Graham Davis and Nora D. Davis of Gaffney, SC. Jesse had three children. He was preceded in death by his son, Mark. He is survived by a daughter, Carol Sherman of Travelers Rest, SC, and a son, Jason Boyd Davis of...

Dr. Dds

Dr. Dds

Oct 24, 2013

Dr. David Regis Stoltz, died peacefully at his home in Spartanburg on October 24, 2013, the eve of his 88th birthday. Married for nearly 67 years to the late Louella Von Till Stoltz, who died on May 11, 2013, he is survived by their five children: Mary Ellen Bianco and her husband Sal, of New York City; David Stoltz, Jr.,...

Eugene Greenway

Eugene Greenway

Oct 23, 2013

Eugene William Greenway, 71, of Inman, SC, died Wednesday, October 23, 2013, at MUSC-Charleston. Born September 6, 1942, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Thomas William and Lillian Irene Hawkins Greenway. Mr. Greenway loved to work with wood, especially building toys for his grandchildren. He was a brick mason by trade, he worked in the textile...