Obituaries

Rev. Parker Sr.

Rev. Parker Sr.

Apr 21, 2012

Rev. Melvin Lawrence Parker, Sr., 79, of Spartanburg, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Saturday, April 21, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. He was born February 11, 1933, in Marion, NC, and was the son of Alvin F. and Lena Jackson Parker. Rev. Parker was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg, a deacon,...

Lena Caldwell

Lena Caldwell

Apr 20, 2012

Lena Mae Holland Caldwell, 93, of Spartanburg, died Friday, April 20, 2012, at her home. Born May 13, 1918, in Valley Falls, SC, she was the widow of John Dean Caldwell, and daughter of the late Boyce Edwin and Inez Floyd Holland. She was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are her sons, John V. Caldwell and wife...

Joseph Fowler

Joseph Fowler

Apr 19, 2012

Joseph Joshua Fowler, 81, of Spartanburg, was healed and went home to be with Jesus to celebrate his birthday, Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 20, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Arthur O. and Edna Gossett Fowler. Mr. Fowler was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War....

Irving Hahn Jr.

Irving Hahn Jr.

Apr 19, 2012

Irving Daniel Hahn, Jr., 79, of Duncan, died Thursday, April 19, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 10, 1933, in Hackensack, NJ, he was the son of the late Irving D. Hahn, Sr. and Charlotte Thornton Hahn. Mr. Hahn was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He retired from Torrington Fafnir Bearings and was a...

Ann Mccollum

Ann Mccollum

Apr 19, 2012

Ann Wyatt McCollum, 77, of 238 Overcreek Road, Chesnee, died Thursday, April 19, 2012, at her home. Born July 26, 1934, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late Glen and Ceda Bishop Wyatt and was married for 37 years to the late Stephens Perry McCollum. She was retired from Abbott Laboratories after 20 years of service and was...

Lloyd Israel

Lloyd Israel

Apr 18, 2012

Lloyd George Israel, 87, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at his home. Born November 8, 1924, in Inman, SC, he was the son of the late Samuel B. and Ollie Bell Israel. Mr. Israel was a veteran of the 8th Army Air Corps and a military policeman. He retired, with over 40 year's service, as the owner-operator of...

Daniel Glover

Daniel Glover

Apr 16, 2012

Daniel E. Glover, 73, of Spartanburg, died Monday, April 16, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home of Lou Gehrig's Disease (ALS). Born in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Claude Clarence and Lois Suber Glover. Mr. Glover was retired from the SC Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) after 33 years of service. He was a...

Jacqulyn Parker

Jacqulyn Parker

Apr 16, 2012

Jacqulyn "Jackie" Parker, 60, of Pacolet Mills, died Monday, April 16, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 2, 1952, in Pacolet Mills, she was the wife of Stephen Parker, and daughter of Roy and Oleene Nation Ellison, also of Pacolet Mills. She was employed at the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind and attended Friendship...

Estelle Wyatt

Estelle Wyatt

Apr 15, 2012

Estelle Ruth Bullman Wyatt, 96, of Rockville, MD, died Sunday, April 15, 2012, at Casey House-Montgomery Hospice, Rockville, MD. Born September 4, 1915, in Spartanburg, SC, where she lived until 1996, she was the widow of Guy H. Wyatt, and daughter of the late Horace Bullman and Nettie Groce Bullman Kirby. She was a member of Golightly United Methodist Church....

W. Lattimore, Sr.

W. Lattimore, Sr.

Apr 15, 2012

W. Wayne Lattimore, Sr., 88, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 15, 2012 at Hospice of the Carolina Foothills-Landrum. Born September 15, 1923 in Duncan and raised in Hickory Grove, SC, he was the son of the late William Carson Lattimore, Sr. and Mamie Spencer Lattimore. Mr. Lattimore formerly worked with A. T. Sistare Construction Co. and was a member of...

Justin Reif

Justin Reif

Apr 15, 2012

Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin David Reif, U. S. Navy, 29, of Orange Park, FL, went home to be with the Lord, Sunday, April 15, 2012, in Jacksonville Beach, FL. Born November 9, 1982, in Jacksonville, FL, he was the husband of Lynn Elizabeth Reif of Spartanburg, SC, and son of Victoria Vaughan Vasey of Greenville, SC, and David Lynn...

Ann Baird

Ann Baird

Apr 15, 2012

Ann Jacobs Baird, 83, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 15, 2012, at White Oak Estates. Born June 29, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of John C. and Edith Atkins Mooneyham. She was first married to the late Charles Jacobs, DDS, and then to the late William G. Baird, Jr. Mrs. Baird was a graduate of Wesleyan Conservatory, with...

Edgar Caston

Edgar Caston

Apr 14, 2012

Edgar Caston, 87, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 5, 1925 in Spartanburg, he was the husband of the late Betty Jean Greene Caston. Mr. Caston was retired from Arrow Automotives and was a Navy WWII veteran. Surviving are his granddaughter, Jennifer Caston Stone and husband T. C. of Spartanburg. He was...

Audrey Rowe

Audrey Rowe

Apr 14, 2012

Audrey Henderson Rowe, 79, of Duncan, SC died Saturday, April 14, 2012 at her home. Born November 21, 1931 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Andrew and Mabel Henderson and wife of the late John Edward Rowe. She loved sewing, being a ministry to others, a good mother and grandmother, and was of the Baptist faith....

Joyce Large

Joyce Large

Apr 13, 2012

Joyce Linda Splawn Large, 68, of Arcadia, died Friday, April 13, 2012, at her home. Born July 23, 1943, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Jason James and Grace White Splawn. She was a homemaker, wife, and mother who will be missed by all who loved her. Surviving are her husband William Ralph Large; children, Pam...

Todd Bullman

Todd Bullman

Apr 12, 2012

Todd Douglas "Boot" Bullman, age 30, of 150 Hidden Hill Road, Spartanburg, SC, passed on to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, April 12, 2012. He is survived by his parents Dianna and Russell Hope of Roebuck, SC, and Doug and Diane Bullman of Lake Greenwood, SC. He was a graduate of Dorman High School Class of 1999....

James Coleman

James Coleman

Apr 11, 2012

James Adrian Coleman, 88, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at Emeritus at Skylyn Place. Born January 7, 1924, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Henry Grady and Gladys Cunningham Coleman. Mr. Coleman was a charter member of Beaver Hills Baptist Church, a 1941 graduate of Roebuck High School, and retired from the Spartanburg County...

Betty Rowland

Betty Rowland

Apr 11, 2012

Betty Jane Glenn Rowland, 83, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at her home. Born June 10, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Mauldin Aubrey and Gladys Parker Glenn. Mrs. Rowland was a former co-owner of Rowland Radiator Service, a member of Morningside Baptist Church, the Ruth Sunday School Class, and the Jackie Heely Circle. Raised in...

Richard Lowry

Richard Lowry

Apr 11, 2012

Richard Brady Lowry, 63, of Cross Anchor, SC, died Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 6, 1949, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late John David and Euna Mae Brady Lowry. Mr. Lowry was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Wofford College. He served 36 years at Leigh Fibers, was a member...

James Tate

James Tate

Apr 9, 2012

James "Jimmy" Ryan Tate, 75, of Spartanburg, died Monday, April 9, 2012, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 18, 1936, in the State Line Community of Cherokee County, he was the son of the late William Boyd and Beulah Harris Tate. Mr. Tate was a U. S. Navy veteran of the Korean War, served on the USS Bremerton, and...