Obituaries

L. Metcalf

L. Metcalf

Sep 7, 2013

L. Clyde Metcalf, 77, of Moore, SC, died Saturday, September 7, 2013, at the Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born February 9, 1936, in Columbus, NC, he was the son of the late Howard B. and Alberta Burns Metcalf. He was a retired Director of Transportation and Public Safety for the SC School for the Deaf and Blind, held a...

Joe Sherbert

Joe Sherbert

Sep 7, 2013

Joseph A. Sherbert, 74, died Saturday, September 7, 2013, at his home. Born May 25, 1939, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late William M. and Adell Hoppes Sherbert. He was a veteran of the US Navy, a retired electrician with Spartan Mills, and a member of Whitney Free Will Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife of 52...

Margaret Parris

Margaret Parris

Sep 7, 2013

Margaret Louise Sellars Parris, 88, formerly of Cowpens, SC, passed away September 7, 2013, at White Oak Estates in Spartanburg, SC, where she was cared for by a loving and considerate staff for two and one-half years. Born March 12, 1925, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Ara and Alice Swofford Sellars and the widow of Edward...

Betty Harbison

Betty Harbison

Sep 6, 2013

Betty Lambert Harbison, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Friday, September 6, 2013, at her home. Born September 8, 1933, in Saxon, SC, she was the daughter of the late Delmas Henry and Sarah Emma Black Lambert. Mrs. Harbison was retired from Milliken. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Spartanburg,...

Betty Pitts

Betty Pitts

Sep 5, 2013

Betty Marzette Rinehart Pitts, 82, of Wellford, SC, died Thursday, September 5, 2013, at her daughter's home. Born July 19, 1931, in Westminster, SC, she was the daughter of the late Leroy and Mamie Wesson Rinehart. A loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Mrs. Pitts was an award winning bowler, an avid sportsperson, and great cook. She was also co-owner...

Hazel Henrickson

Hazel Henrickson

Sep 5, 2013

Hazel W. Henrickson, 91, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, September 5, 2013, at Hospice of Union County-Monroe, NC. Born January 19, 1922, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walter L. and Aleph Baber Henrickson. Miss Henrickson received her Master's Degree from Appalachian State University. A retired educator, she was formerly employed at Pacolet High School...

Nancy Foster

Nancy Foster

Sep 4, 2013

Nancy Bowen Foster, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at Emeritus at Skylyn Place. Born October 1, 1932, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Cason and Inez Tinsley Bowen, and widow of Harold Benjamin Foster. A graduate of Mars Hill College, Mrs. Foster was also a member of Morningside Baptist Church, the...

Gerald Holmes

Gerald Holmes

Sep 4, 2013

Gerald Holland "G. H." Holmes, 82, of Jacksonville, FL, died Wednesday, September 4, 2013, at Mayo Clinic-Jacksonville, FL. Born August 23, 1931, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late Jerry Harold and Lucille Holland Holmes. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Holmes was a longshoreman, employed by International Longshoremen Association Local 1593, for 10 years. He received...

Mary West

Mary West

Sep 3, 2013

Mary Reba McAbee West, 93, of Pacolet, SC, died Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at Magnolia Manor of Spartanburg. Born September 3, 1920, in Pacolet, SC, she was the daughter of the late Gul Thardus and Gertrude Moore McAbee. She was a member of Morningstar Baptist Church, Pacolet. Surviving are her children, Georgie Rogers Upton of Pacolet; granddaughters, Lisa Upton of...

Douglas Mahan

Douglas Mahan

Sep 3, 2013

Douglas Armstrong Mahan, 62, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at McDowell Hospital, NC. Born April 23, 1951, in Melrose, MA, and raised in Hamilton, MA, he was the son of Marjorie MacLachlan Mahan of Hamilton, MA, and the late Alexis Armstrong Mahan, Jr. He graduated in 1973 from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN. After...

Barbara Nix

Barbara Nix

Sep 3, 2013

Barbara Ann Nix, 75, of Cowpens, SC, died Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospital for Restorative Care. Born April 22, 1938, in Enoree, SC, she was the daughter of Harold and Frances Wilma Whitlock Keller, and widow of Horace Eugene Nix. Mrs. Nix enjoyed working in her yard, she loved her flowers, was of the Baptist faith, and...

Jack Rhodehamel

Jack Rhodehamel

Sep 2, 2013

Jack L. Rhodehamel, 79 of 254 Holmes Drive, died September 2, 2013 at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born February 4, 1934, in Troy, Ohio, he was the son of the late Leroy and Leora (Dull) Corwin Rhodehamel. A resident of Spartanburg since 1959, he located to South Carolina in 1951 to attend Bob Jones University where he completed his last...

Patricia Moore

Patricia Moore

Sep 2, 2013

Patricia "Pat" Ann Moore, 72, of Roebuck, SC, died Monday, September 2, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 26, 1941, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of Amelia B. Moore of Roebuck, SC, and the late J. T. Moore. Pat was a Science teacher at Byrnes High School, a Resource teacher for Carver Jr. High School, and...

Claude Cole, Jr.

Claude Cole, Jr.

Sep 2, 2013

Claude "Bud" Cole, Jr., 87, a native of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, September 2, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 3, 1925, he was a son of the late Claude Cole, Sr. and Ina Poole Cole, and husband of the late Esther Lou Lewis Cole. Mr. Cole was president of AAA Supply, Inc. in Greenville. He was a...

Susan Tennyson

Susan Tennyson

Sep 1, 2013

Susan Lynn Hall Tennyson, 55, of Chesnee, SC, died Sunday, September 1, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 26, 1958, in Roanoke, VA, she was the daughter of Marjorie Waugh Hall of Greenville, SC, and the late Charles David Hall. A loving daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, Mrs. Tennyson was a member of Mayo First Baptist Church and...

Martha Wingo

Martha Wingo

Aug 31, 2013

Martha Rebecca Peck Wingo, of Spartanburg, SC, left her earthly home to join Hugh, her beloved husband of 48 years, in heaven on Saturday, August 31, 2013. Born October 16, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Stanley Lowell and Thursa Taylor Peck. A devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, friend, and servant of Christ, Martha was...

Eleanor Phillips

Eleanor Phillips

Aug 30, 2013

Eleanor Craig Fielder Phillips, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 30, 2013, at Eden Terrace of Spartanburg. Born May 24, 1936 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Franklin and Rosa Elvira Jackson Fielder, and the wife of the late C. B. Phillips. Mrs. Phillips was a retired registered nurse, a former member of the...

Lynn Jackson

Lynn Jackson

Aug 30, 2013

Lynn Hope Reed Jackson, 89, of Emeritus at Skylyn Place, Spartanburg, SC and formerly of Greenville, SC died Friday, August 30, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 8, 1924 in Sterling, CO, she was the daughter of the late Howard Almeron and Myrtle Maud Redfern Reed and was married 48 years to Laurence Steuart Jackson, MD whom she...

Alda Gordon

Alda Gordon

Aug 30, 2013

Alda Gordon, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, August 30, 2013, at her home. Born June 1, 1929, in Forsyth County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Willie and Hattie Norman. Alda was retired from Continental Insurance in Charlotte, NC, and a member of Sharon United Methodist Church in Lewisville, NC. Survivors include her brother, Henry S. Norman...

Carolyn Huckaby

Carolyn Huckaby

Aug 28, 2013

Carolyn Watson Huckaby, of Spartanburg, SC, formerly of Roebuck, SC, died Wednesday, August 28, 2013, at White Oak Manor-Spartanburg. Born May 30, 1921, in Cross Anchor, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Herbert and Emma Watson Huckaby. Carolyn was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Roebuck, SC, and a graduate of Anderson College. Survivors include her sister-in-law,...