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"Papa" Arthur

"Papa" Arthur

Jul 5, 2013

Horace Benjamin Arthur, 95, of Spartanburg, died Friday, July 5, 2013, at his home. Born December 22, 1917, in Cherokee County, he was a son of the late Horace Clifton and Nell Gaffney Arthur and husband of the late Elizabeth "Lib" Moss Arthur. He served with the U.S. Navy during World War II, and was a member of the Spartanburg...

Ronald Cole

Ronald Cole

Jul 5, 2013

Ronald "Ron" Glenn Cole, 53, of 734 Foster Mill Road, Spartanburg, died Friday, July 5, 2013, at his home. Born July 4, 1960, in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Lemuel Burton Cole, Jr. and Bonnie Jean Thorne Cole. He was a supervisor at Exopak, an avid Dallas Cowboy and Gamecock fan, loved horses, and was of the...

Ethel Colyer

Ethel Colyer

Jul 5, 2013

Ethel Mae Harrison Colyer, born August 21, 1920, in Bluffton, GA, to the late William E. Harrison and Mary Belle Forrest Harrison, moved to Spartanburg in 1937, where she met and was married to the late John W. Colyer for 49 years. She is survived by two sons, Stephen William Colyer, whom she adopted in 1952, and Dr. Peter A....

Doris Knox

Doris Knox

Jul 4, 2013

Doris Annette Lands Knox, 77, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Autumn Care of Saluda, NC. Born November 25, 1935, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late W. W. Lands and Thelma Millwood Lands, and wife of the late Thurman G. Knox. Mrs. Knox loved baking cakes. She was a member of First...

Calvin Dill

Calvin Dill

Jul 4, 2013

Calvin H. Dill, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Eden Terrace. Born April 10, 1929, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late William Seymour and Corrie Bell French Dill. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Dill was retired from Bell South, a member of Pioneers of America, and also...

Nina Fisher

Nina Fisher

Jul 4, 2013

Nina Mae Jones Fisher, 100, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 4, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Widow of August Fisher, she was born August 29, 1912, in Eastman, GA, to the late Monroe Martin Jones and Alma Ruth Nixon Jones of Cramerton, NC and Eastman, GA. Mrs. Fisher loved caring for her family and enjoyed cooking and crafts....

Wolfgang Osswald

Wolfgang Osswald

Jul 4, 2013

__"Heaven got a little brighter and the angels danced today"__ Wolfgang Clemens Osswald, 72, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to our Lord on Thursday, July 4, 2013, at his home. Born January 29, 1941, in Albstadt Lautlingen, Germany, he was the youngest son of the late Daniel and Maria Osswald of Germany. Mr. Osswald was a member of St. Paul...

Joseph Harris

Joseph Harris

Jul 1, 2013

Joseph Charles Russell Harris, 41, of Moore, SC died July 1, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 7, 1972 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Barbara L. Harris of Pauline and the late Charles Michael Harris. He was the husband of Alicia Coble Harris. Joe was a 1990 graduate of Dorman High School, attended Gardner-Webb University, and...

Warner Littlejohn

Warner Littlejohn

Jul 1, 2013

Warner Richard Littlejohn, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, July 1, 2013, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 13, 1934, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late George Franklin and Shirley Petteus Littlejohn. A member of St. Mark United Methodist Church, Mr. Littlejohn also served in the South Carolina National Guard. He was employed by Draper...

Marie Dickerson

Marie Dickerson

Jul 1, 2013

Marie Pierce Dickerson, 89, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, July 1, 2013, at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born January 26, 1924, in Mt. Holly, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Issac and Dora Marie Pierce, and wife of the late Eugene Hess Dickerson, Sr. Mrs. Dickerson was a homemaker and...

William Walker

William Walker

Jul 1, 2013

William "Bill" Adkins Walker, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, husband and sweetheart of Martha Foster Walker, passed away into his long awaited new life on Monday, July 1, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 1, 1943, in Gastonia, NC, he was the beloved son of the late Rebbeca Lynch Ellison and step-son of the late Claude Ellison. During the...

Michael Williams

Michael Williams

Jun 30, 2013

Michael "Mike" Raymond Williams, 69, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Greenville Memorial Hospital after battling a long illness. Born October 21, 1943, in St. Louis, MO, he was the son of the late Raymond Evans and Kathleen Anne Paulson Williams of Minneapolis, MN. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mike was employed with Spartan Mills Corp. in...

Jean Blalock

Jean Blalock

Jun 30, 2013

Jean H. Blalock, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, June 30, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 5, 1934, in Chesnee, SC, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Kate Talley Henderson. Mrs. Blalock was a member of Cherokee Springs Baptist Church and formerly employed with Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System. She was a member of Spartanburg...

Anne Pickel

Anne Pickel

Jun 29, 2013

Mrs. Anne Pickel, 85, of 202 Thornwell Court, Roebuck, died Saturday, June 29, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 25, 1928, in Pelzer, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Laughlin and Florence Irene Dunlap Vaughan. She was a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church in Pacolet, SC. Survivors include her husband of 65 years, William...

Stephen Guilfoyle, Sr.

Stephen Guilfoyle, Sr.

Jun 29, 2013

Stephen Christopher Patrick Guilfoyle, 82, passed away June 29, 2013, at his home, surrounded by family. Born December 5, 1930, in New York, NY, Mr. Guilfoyle worked as a credit manager in the textile industry for Springs Mills in New York City, then with Reeves Brothers in Spartanburg. He was a veteran, first serving in the 165th Division of the...

Lucille Linder

Lucille Linder

Jun 28, 2013

Lucille Goode Linder, 88, of Cowpens, SC, died Friday, June 28, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 29, 1925, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Edna Ramsey Goode, and widow of Thurmon Mitch Linder. Mrs. Linder was a member of Central Baptist Church in Cowpens and retired from Butte Knit. She was...

Robert Neeley, Sr.

Robert Neeley, Sr.

Jun 28, 2013

Robert Caldwell Neeley, Sr., 82, of Inman, died Friday, June 28, 2013, at Magnolia Manor in Inman. Born November 15, 1930, in Richland County, SC, he was a son of the late John William Neeley, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Backstrom Neeley. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran, having served during the Korean Conflict. Mr. Neeley worked as a construction...

Frederick Strom

Frederick Strom

Jun 27, 2013

Frederick A. Strom, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, June 27, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 16, 1928, in Milford, MA, he was the son of the late Oscar and Elizabeth Luto Strom, and husband of the late Margaret Pidgeon Strom. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Mr. Strom was employed with Draper...

W. Hammett, Sr.

W. Hammett, Sr.

Jun 26, 2013

W. Charles Hammett, Sr., 91, of Moore, SC, died Wednesday, June 26, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center Restorative Care. Born June 22, 1922, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Bryson Richard and Annie Mae Chapman Hammett, and husband of the late Syble Barnwell Hammett. A U. S. Navy veteran of World War II, Mr. Hammett...

Virginia Edge

Virginia Edge

Jun 25, 2013

Virginia Collins Edge, 87, of 415 Brenda Way, Lyman, SC, formerly of Nazareth Church Road, Moore, SC, passed away on Tuesday, June 25, 2013, at Ashlan Village. Born June 17, 1926, in Inman, SC, she was a daughter of the late Thomas Guy and Roey Johnson Collins of Inman. She was happily married for 52 years, to the late James...

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