Lena Lawson
Feb 17, 2012
Lena Sue Palmer Lawson, 86, of Pauline, died Friday, February 17, 2012, at her home. Born November 24, 1925, in Pauline, she was the widow of Robert Elvin Lawson, and daughter of the late B. R. T. Palmer and Frances Gertrude Shands Palmer. Mrs. Lawson loved her Lord, children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church...
C. Parrish, Sr.
Feb 17, 2012
Charles Wayne "Curly" Parrish, Sr., 77, of Roebuck, died Friday, February 17, 2012 at his home. Born January 22, 1935 in Enoree, he was the son of the late Franz Osborn and Margaret Blanch Owens Parrish and husband of the late Laura Leticia "Bates" Parrish. Charles was retired from Sargent's Barber Shop after 44 years of service, a member of...
Christine Baytes
Feb 15, 2012
Christine Jarrett Baytes, 75, formerly of Boiling Springs, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born April 5, 1936, in Adairsville, GA, she was the widow of Herschel Howard Baytes, and daughter of the late William A. and Alma Carroll Jarrett. Mrs. Baytes was a member of Adairsville Methodist Church, a former Sunday School teacher, and former employee of...
Eckel Burger
Feb 15, 2012
Eckel Peggy Burger, 94, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Valley Falls Terrace Nursing Home. Born June 15, 1917, in Asheville, NC, she was the widow of Floyd L. Burger, Sr., and daughter of the late William E. and Alice Epley Simpson. She was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church and retired from Abbott Laboratories. She was...
Corinne Donnahoo
Feb 15, 2012
Corinne Donnahoo, 95, of Inman, went to be with the Lord, Wednesday, February 15, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 5, 1917, in Gramling, SC, she was the widow of Jim Donnahoo, and daughter of the late Melvin and Ruth Foster Fisher. She was a member of Gramling United Methodist Church. Left to cherish her memory are her...
Gladys Quinn
Feb 14, 2012
Gladys Lawson Quinn, 85, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday February 14, 2012. Born January 17, 1927, in Glenn Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Victor and Mary Farmer Lawson, and wife of the late Oliver H. Quinn. She was a member of Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church, Buffalo, SC. Survivors include her son, Phillip M. Quinn and wife...
Dorothy Poole
Feb 13, 2012
Dorothy "Granny" Poole, 74, of Spartanburg, beloved widow of C. E. "Papa" Poole, passed away Monday, February 13, 2012 at home with family. Granny grew her wings and flew into her husbands waiting arms beside Jesus. With their love for each other they had never missed a Valentine's Day together for 56 years and weren't going to stop now. She...
Mildred Painter
Feb 13, 2012
Mildred Cleo Harris Painter, 83, of Spartanburg, died Monday, February 13, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 12, 1928, in Polk County, White Oak Township, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Jade Hicks Harris and Mamie Fowler Harris, and wife, for 57 years, of the late John Eugene Painter. Mrs. Painter was a member of...
Jerald Garner
Feb 12, 2012
Jerald Nelson Garner, 56, of Seneca, SC, died Sunday, February 12, 2012. He was the son of Marie Garrett Garner of Spartanburg and the late Nelson Garner. Mr. Garner was a graduate of UNC in Chapel Hill and employed with Duke Energy, Oconee Nuclear Plant, for 30 years. He was a longtime purveyor of classic comic books and of the...
Lona Blake
Feb 12, 2012
Lona Jones Blake, 90, died Sunday, February 12, 2012. Mrs. Blake was born and lived her entire life in Spartanburg, SC. She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Joseph J. Blake, and her son-in-law, Dr. James W. Pinkney. She is survived by her daughter, Kathy B. Pinkney of Greenville, North Carolina; her son, Joseph J. Blake Jr. and...
Mildred Copelton
Feb 11, 2012
Mildred Pauline Thomas Copelton, 94, of Roebuck, SC, formerly of 316 Beech Street, Stanhope, NJ, died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 23, 1917, in Fayette County, PA, she was the daughter of the late Elmer Orval and Mary Elizabeth Bolen Thomas, and wife of the late John Edward Copelton. Mrs. Copelton was a member...
Eugenia Mcdowell
Feb 11, 2012
Eugenia Caroline Carter McDowell, 68, of Pauline, died Saturday, February 11, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 20, 1943, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late Walter Eugene and Sara Elizabeth Wilder Carter. She was a former employee of Spartanburg County School District 6 and retired from the office of Attorney David G. White prior to...
Elizabeth Marr
Feb 10, 2012
Elizabeth "Lib" Brown Marr, 86, beloved widow of Fred Boyd Marr, passed away Friday February 10, 2012. Born March 21, 1925 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Charles "Charlie" J. Brown and Ida M. Hitt. She was predeceased by two brothers, Robert W. Brown and Jack V. Brown, and survived by two sisters, Louise B. Mabry and Margie...
George Pitts
Feb 9, 2012
George Wesley Pitts, 93, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at his home. Born July 6, 1918, in Batesville, SC, he was the son of the late James Madison and Mary Chapman Pitts. He was employed with Arkwright Mill, as well as several other textile mills, and retired as a mechanic from Ideal Fuel. Survivors include his loving wife...
Katherine Bliley
Feb 9, 2012
Katherine Roach Bliley, 96, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at Rosecrest Nursing Home-Inman. Born September 17, 1915, in Union City, PA, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Kate Parker Roach, and wife of the late J. Earle Bliley. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Bliley was a member of Corry...
Mr John Sanders
Feb 9, 2012
John Earl "Johnny" Sanders, 65, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 25, 1946, in Cowpens, he was the son of the late Earl Sanders and Laverne Lucille Jones. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his loving wife of 11 years, Debra Gaydos...
Billy Bryant
Feb 9, 2012
Billy Gene Bryant, 81, of Pacolet, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at Richard M. Campbell Veteran's Nursing Home-Anderson. Born September 5, 1930, in Pacolet Mills, SC, he was the son of the late Virgil Allen and Beatrice Robinson Bryant, and husband of the late Peggy Genobles Bryant. Mr. Bryant was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War, a...
Elizabeth Still
Feb 9, 2012
Betty Blair Still died Thursday, February 9, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, Spartanburg, SC. Born in Jonesville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Francis Souter Blair and Elizabeth McWhirter Blair. Mrs. Still graduated from Stephens College, pledged Tri-Delta at USC and graduated with honors from Vanderbilt University. A member of First Presbyterian Church, she served on the...
Jeanette Damiano
Feb 9, 2012
Jeanette Policastro Damiano, 86, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 20, 1925, in Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Nunzio and Anna Ciricillo Policastro. She was a registered nurse. Survivors include her daughter, Denise A. Kussmaul of Spartanburg. She was predeceased by a son-in-law, Ralph Kussmaul; and a sister,...
Henry Gahagan, Jr.
Feb 9, 2012
Henry Warner Gahagan Jr., 74, of Wellford, died Thursday, February 9, 2012, at his home. Born July 1, 1937, in Marshall, NC, Madison County, he was the son of the late Warner and Polly Cook Gahagan. He was a former employee with Hoechst Celanese and of the Presbyterian faith. Survivors include his beloved wife of 55 years, Shirley Ann Davis...
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