Obituaries

Vera Richards

Vera Richards

Nov 29, 2011

Vera Mae Kirby Richards, 95, of Inman, formerly of Pacolet, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born July 16, 1916, in Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Ethel Fowler Kirby and wife of the late Lawrence Richards. Mrs. Richards was a member of Calvary Hill Baptist Church and the Pacolet Senior Citizens organization....

Lt. Cantrell

Lt. Cantrell

Nov 29, 2011

Ronald Eugene Cantrell, 50, of Boiling Springs, died Tuesday, November 29, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 22, 1961, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Oscar Eugene and Jeanette Irene Hollingsworth Cantrell of Spartanburg, and husband of Virginia Elisabeth Fowler Cantrell of the home. Lt. Cantrell was employed with the City of Spartanburg as a police officer...

Edna Mcabee

Edna Mcabee

Nov 28, 2011

Edna Webb McAbee, 85, of Gaffney, entered into eternal rest on Monday, November 28, 2011, at Brookview Health Care, Gaffney. Born April 23, 1926, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Marshall and Edna Griffin Webb, and wife of the late Rev. Ransom Hayes McAbee. Mrs. McAbee was a member of Fairview Free Will Baptist Church and...

Phillip Johnson, Sr.

Phillip Johnson, Sr.

Nov 28, 2011

Phillip Edwin Johnson, Sr., 68, of 1160 Wilkins Road, passed away Monday, November 28, 2011, at his home. Born July 28, 1943, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Arthur Boyd and Alma Edmumds Johnson. Mr. Johnson was the owner of Phil Johnson Contracting of Inman, SC. He was a member of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church, Fairforest Masonic...

Jackie Barham

Jackie Barham

Nov 27, 2011

Jackie Dean Barham, 72, of Spartanburg, was called home to be with the Lord on Sunday, November 27, 2011, at his home. Born October 19, 1939, in Greeneville, TN, he was the son of the late Ottis and Hassie Bowman Barham. Mr. Barham proudly served his country in the U.S. Army and retired from Galloway Buick. He is survived by...

Rhonda Stephens

Rhonda Stephens

Nov 27, 2011

Rhonda T. Stephens, 49, of Union, loving wife and mother, passed away Sunday, November 27, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 18, 1962, in Winston-Salem, NC, she was the daughter of the late Tinnie Thomas, and is survived by her mother, Dorothy Blackburn Smith. She was a member of Salem Baptist Church. Mrs. Stephens moved to Union, SC...

Frances Hatcher

Frances Hatcher

Nov 27, 2011

Frances McKinney Hatcher, 83, of Mayo, passed away peacefully on Sunday, November 27, 2011, at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born January 16, 1928, in Buck Creek, SC, she was the daughter of the late Bonner and Ruth Parris McKinney. Frances was a member of Mayo First Baptist Church and was retired from Community Cash. She is survived by her daughter, Fran Hatcher...

Jerry Owens

Jerry Owens

Nov 27, 2011

Jerry Wayne Owens, 77, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, November 27, 2011, at his home. Born September 29, 1934, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Hampton Wendell and Mamie Mabel Eaves Owens. Mr. Owens was retired from the U. S. Air Force, Tech Sergeant, after 21 years of service, including the Vietnam War. He was then employed with...

Evelyn Brownlee

Evelyn Brownlee

Nov 26, 2011

Evelyn Bevis Brownlee, 83, of Dillon Pointe Retirement Facility, formerly of Lucerne Drive in the Duncan Park community, died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born June 22, 1928 in Jonesville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Anderson Boyd and Emma Marie Bevis and wife of the late William Rexell "Rex" Brownlee. She was a...

Jean Weathers

Jean Weathers

Nov 26, 2011

Jean G. Weathers, 82, of Spartanburg died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 27, 1929 in McCaysville, GA, she was the daughter of the late Carl William German and Carrie Edgell Denny German Pickelsimer. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. Surviving are her husband, Kenneth Edward Weathers; two sons, Wayne Weathers...

Cecil Babb

Cecil Babb

Nov 26, 2011

Cecil T. Babb, 84, a resident of Chicago, IL for 56 years, died Saturday, November 26, 2011, in Christ Hospital, Oak Lawn, IL. Born April 17, 1927, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Clyde and Roxie Beheler Babb and husband of the late Elizabeth "Betty" Pellegrini Babb. Mr. Babb was a veteran of the U. S. Navy,...

David Turner

David Turner

Nov 26, 2011

David Lee Ross Turner, 78, of Spartanburg, died on Saturday, November 26, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. He was born in Augusta, GA on February 9, 1933, to Murray Noel and Erie Ross Turner. David graduated from Spartanburg High School and Clemson College, where he received a Bachelor of Science in Textile Engineering. After graduation in 1955, he was...

Anne Anthony

Anne Anthony

Nov 25, 2011

Anne Peirce Anthony (Toni), 90, of Spartanburg, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, November 25, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born November 15, 1921 in New Bedford, MA, she was the daughter of the late Edmund and Anna Elizabeth Wideberg Anthony. Miss Anthony graduated from House In The Pines, Norton, MA, attended Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, and...

Earl Lynch

Earl Lynch

Nov 24, 2011

Earl Wayne "Butch" Lynch, 68, of Spartanburg went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, November 24, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 6, 1943 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Woodrow Wilson and Elizabeth Pennington Lynch. He was formerly employed by Southeastern Paper, a S. C. State Constable, and of the...

David Lowe

David Lowe

Nov 24, 2011

David Dewitt "Dave" Lowe, 63, of 100 Campden Court, died Thursday, November 24, 2011, at his home. Born October 15, 1948 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Bobo D. and Ella Leigh Lowe of Spartanburg. He was a 1970 graduate of the Citadel where he received his Bachelor in Business and later received his MBA from Webster...

Mrs. Joe Lever

Mrs. Joe Lever

Nov 23, 2011

Joe Ann Shearer Lever, the wife of William Boldridge Lever, died November 23, 2011 after a brief illness. She was the daughter of the late Isaac Briles Shearer and Janie Algee Shearer. She was 75 years old. In addition to her husband, she is also survived by a daughter, Mary Jane Goodwin and her husband, Chris Goodwin, of Anderson, South...

Thomas Bartram, Jr.

Thomas Bartram, Jr.

Nov 22, 2011

Thomas Walsh Bartram, Jr., 86, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, November 22, 2011, at his home. Born August 31, 1925, in Charleston, WV, he was the son of the late Thomas Walsh Bartram, Sr. and Mildred Shelling Bartram. Mr. Bartram was a graduate of Mt. Hermon School, Bucknell University, and the University of Virginia School of Law. He served in World...

David Bishop

David Bishop

Nov 21, 2011

David Waddell Bishop, 75, of Roebuck, died Monday, November 21, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. He was born August 15, 1936, in Roebuck, to Alonzo and Dorothy Waddell Bishop. David graduated from Roebuck High School Class of 1955. He was a member of Roebuck Baptist Church, a former deacon, a member of the Adults Unlimited Sunday School Class, Calhoun...

Alma Brooks

Alma Brooks

Nov 21, 2011

Alma Jennings Brooks, 89, of 764 North Church Street, Spartanburg, died Monday, November 21, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 28, 1922, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Frank Lee and Mary C. Jennings, and wife of the late Dillard Brooks. Mrs. Brooks was a member of Central United Methodist Church and formerly of...

Walter Smith

Walter Smith

Nov 20, 2011

Walter "Billy" Smith, 80, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, November 20, 2011, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born June 16, 1931, in Pacolet Mills, he was the son of the late Walter R. and Lula Garner Smith. Billy retired from the Army National Guard. He was a member of Brown's Chapel Baptist Church of Pacolet Mills. Survivors include his sons,...