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Yvonne Wright
Feb 23, 2013
Yvonne H. Wright, 78, of Chesnee, SC died Saturday, February 23, 2013. Born April 11, 1934 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Hoyle Harris and Ida Poole and was the wife of the late C. L. Wright. She was first married to the late Wilfred Webb. Mrs. Wright was a member of Fingerville Baptist Church. She...
Daniel Sizemore
Feb 23, 2013
Daniel Gregory Sizemore, 64, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, February 23, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 6, 1948, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of Helen Fleming Sizemore of Spartanburg and the late William Riley Sizemore Sr. A veteran of the U. S. Army, he served in the Vietnam War for two terms. Mr. Sizemore was a...
Betty Dorman
Feb 23, 2013
Betty J. Dorman, 78, of Cowpens, SC, died Friday, February 23, 2013 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills. Born January 19, 1935 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Homer and Flora Mae Bishop Tolleson. Mrs. Dorman was retired from First Citizens Bank in Cowpens after 36 years of service. She was a member of First...
Larris Landis
Feb 23, 2013
Larris L. Landis, 71, of Lyman, SC died Saturday, February 23, 2013 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 8, 1941 in Reading PA, he was the son of the late LeRoy R. and Lulu E. Swavely Landis. Larry, as he was known by friends and family, was a retired plumber from Local 690 Plumbers Union. He was a Past...
Fatimah Samuel
Feb 22, 2013
Fatimah Christine Samuel, 11 weeks, died Friday, February 22, 2013, at her home. Born December 2, 2012, in Spartanburg, she was the infant daughter of Shamsud-Din Samuel and Suzanna Jimenez. In addition to her parents, she is survived by grandparents, Raymond and Jaqueline Samuel of Columbia, SC, and Freda McSwain of Landrum, SC; a brother, Alexander Christopher of the home;...
Charles Anderson, Jr.
Feb 22, 2013
Charles Robert "Rob" Anderson Jr., 49, of Cowpens, SC, died Friday, February 22, 2013, at his home. Born February 28, 1963, in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Charles R. Anderson Sr. and Carolyn Williams Anderson. Survivors include his brother, Kin Anderson; sister, Cheryl Anderson Crassaris and her husband Paul; one niece, McKinley Anderson; and two nephews,...
James Johannigman
Feb 22, 2013
James B. Johannigman, 73, of Spartanburg, died on Friday, February 22, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. A native of Cincinnati, OH, he was the son of the late Clarence and Julia Berning Johannigman. Before retiring to Spartanburg eight years ago, he was employed in manufacturing management at General Electric and Tecumseh Products. He is survived by his wife of...
Glen Dalton
Feb 21, 2013
Glen Earl Dalton, 80, of Cowpens, SC, died Thursday, February 21, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 13, 1932, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Boyce Lee and Nannie Lee Quinn Dalton. Mr. Dalton was a retired foreman with Best Machinery in Spartanburg and a member of Central Baptist Church in Cowpens. Surviving are...
Larry Jones
Feb 20, 2013
Phillip Larry Jones, 58, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at his home. Born August 6, 1954, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of Betty Smalley Brigman of Cowpens, SC, and the late George Arthur Jones. A veteran of the U. S. Army, Larry was also a member of Beaumont Baptist Church, a volunteer fireman and paramedic with...
Lynn Solesby
Feb 20, 2013
Lynn Kirby Solesby, 60, of Spartanburg, SC died Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at her home. Born May23, 1952 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late John C. and Joyce Henson Kirby and wife of the late Wesley Joseph Solesby. Mrs. Solesby was employed at QS1 and was formerly with 911 Communications. She was a 1971 graduate of...
Virginia Hafen
Feb 20, 2013
Virginia Thornton Hafen, 89, of Spartanburg, died on Wednesday, February 20, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 19, 1923, in Pauline, SC, she was the daughter of the late Edward J. and Edna Lee Thornton. Virginia retired from the Office of Register of Mesne Conveyance (RMC) for Spartanburg County after 46 years and eight months of service. Before...
Charles Bohrer
Feb 19, 2013
Charles "Chuck" Richard Bohrer, 76, of Lyman, SC, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 24, 1936, in Berkeley Springs, WV, he was the son of the late Charles E. Bohrer and Evelyn Manley Shaw. A veteran of the U. S. Air Force, Mr. Bohrer retired after 24 years of military service and received the...
William Mcdowell
Feb 19, 2013
William "Franklin" McDowell, 71, of Chesnee, SC, died Tuesday, February 19, 2013, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 30, 1941, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Virgil "Soapy" and Maggie Bishop McDowell. A loving husband, father, and grandfather, Mr. McDowell was a peach farmer, member of Cooley Springs Baptist Church, and one of the...
Gayla Pridmore
Feb 19, 2013
Gayla Mixon Pridmore, 65, of Spartanburg, formerly of Columbus, MS, peacefully passed away on Tuesday, February 19, 2013. Born September 10, 1947, in Haleyville, AL, she was a daughter of the late James Webster and Jessica Northington Mixon and the widow of T. U. Pridmore, Jr. She attended First Baptist Church of Columbus, was a member of First Baptist Church...
William West
Feb 18, 2013
William D. "Bill" West, 63, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, February 18, 2013. Born May 21, 1949, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Alfred Henry and Margie Ann Springs West. Mr. West was the retired owner of Bill's Lawn Care and a member of Walnut Grove United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Pettit West of Roebuck,...
Mary Starosto
Feb 18, 2013
Mary Edith Combs Starosto, 88, of Spartanburg, entered into life eternal with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Monday, February 18, 2013. Born in Jackson, Kentucky, on February 10, 1925, to Thomas and Mary Combs, she was the youngest of 10 children. Her family moved to Akron, OH when her father went to work for Goodrich Rubber Company. It...
Margaret Dunn
Feb 17, 2013
Margaret Worden Dunn, 69, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, February 17, 2013, at her home. Born May 20, 1943, in Walled Lake, MI, she was the daughter of Lila Torres Worden of Moore, SC and the late Louis Bernard Worden. Mrs. Dunn, a retired English teacher at Dorman High School for 38 years, was a member of Delta Kappa Gamma Educator's...
Harold Upton
Feb 16, 2013
Carl Harold Upton, 73, of 3773 Highway 150, Pacolet, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Upstate Carolina Medical Center. Born June 27, 1939, in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Leon and Annie Fowler Upton. He was retired from Kirkland Mechanical, was of the Baptist faith, and was a veteran of the U. S. Army, having served in...
Peggy Crock
Feb 16, 2013
Peggy Johnson Crock, 90, of Hendersonville, NC, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at Elizabeth House in Hendersonville. Born November 2, 1922, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Eugene and Pauline Stanford Johnson. Mrs. Crock was a member of Central United Methodist Church. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and attended Converse College majoring...
Rita Smith
Feb 16, 2013
Rita Cecelia O'Leary Smith, 71, of 422 Crepe Myrtle Drive, Greer, died Saturday, February 16, 2013, at the Village at Pelham Hospital. Born November 1, 1941, in Zaleski, OH, she was a daughter of the late Charles "Mike" and Dorothea Frances Allberry O'Leary and widow of William E. "Bill" Smith. She was a veteran of the U. S. Navy, an...
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