Obituaries

Freddy Dowden Jr.

Freddy Dowden Jr.

Oct 26, 2011

Freddy Anthony Dowden, Jr., 40, of Greer, died Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at his home. Born January 12, 1971, in Ruston, LA, he was the son of Freddy Anthony Dowden Sr. and Kathy Alexander Dowden of Spartanburg. Tony received his BS Degree in non-profit administration from USC-Upstate. He was of the Church of God faith. In addition to his parents,...

Boyce Potter

Boyce Potter

Oct 26, 2011

Boyce Dolar Potter, 84, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at Magnolia Manor-Spartanburg. Born March 15, 1927, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Boyce Dolar Potter Sr. and Pearl Jordan Potter. After 27 years of service, Mr. Potter retired as a truck driver for the Spartanburg County Dept. of Roads and Bridges. He was of the...

Pafford Simms, Sr.

Pafford Simms, Sr.

Oct 26, 2011

Pafford "Pat" Simms, 89, passed away Wednesday, October 26, 2011, at Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, NC. He was born October 14, 1922 in Jacksonville, Florida to John Rowe Simms and Sarah Elizabeth Tomlinson Simms. "Pat" attended Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, FL. He served in the U. S. Army during World War II, was injured...

Lucy Shores

Lucy Shores

Oct 25, 2011

Mrs. Lucy Veazey Shores, a long time resident of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at Magnolia Manor, Inman, SC. She was the wife of the late LaMotte Shores. The Shores operated LaMotte's Bar-B-Que Place and Shoresbrook Golf Course for many years. Lucy was a native of Warren County, GA and the daughter of the late Ray Veazey and Mattie...

Rachel Holliday

Rachel Holliday

Oct 25, 2011

Rachel Genoble Holliday, 88, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, October 25, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 2, 1923, in Fairmont, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Lillie Belle Wood Genoble, and wife of the late David P. Holliday, Jr. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Holliday retired as a...

Loree Lawrence

Loree Lawrence

Oct 24, 2011

Loree Thomas Lawrence, 87, formerly of Fairmont, died Monday, October 24, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 3, 1924, in Clifton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Brooks G. and Mattie Sanders Thomas, and wife of the late Claude Howe Lawrence. Mrs. Lawrence was retired from Startex Mills and was a member of Fairmont United Methodist...

Lizzie Hayes

Lizzie Hayes

Oct 24, 2011

Lizzie Belle Dillard Hayes, 92, of Pacolet, died Monday, October 24, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 28, 1919, in Pacolet, she was the daughter of the late Perry Lester and Fannie Belle Kirby Dillard, and loving wife, for over 60 years, of the late Harold Wallace Hayes. Mrs. Hayes was a member of Pacolet United Methodist Church...

Mary Dillard

Mary Dillard

Oct 23, 2011

Mary Rogers Dillard, 75, of Pacolet, and former resident of Charleston from 1947-1996, entered eternal rest Sunday, October 23, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 28, 1936, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late George and Grace Perkins Rogers, and wife of the late Sam Walker Dillard, Sr. She was a member of Pacolet United Methodist...

Ken Temple

Ken Temple

Oct 23, 2011

Kenny L. Temple, 74, of Wellford, died Sunday, October 23, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 18, 1937, in Maryland, he was the son of the late Ruel Swigett and Nellie Mae Sherman Wheeler. Mr. Temple retired as a machinist after 36 years at Union Camp Co. He was a member of North Spartanburg Church of God. Survivors...

Louise Giles

Louise Giles

Oct 22, 2011

Louise Clary Giles, 86, of 400 Webber Road, Spartanburg, died Saturday, October 22, 2011, at McCall Hospice House of Greenville, SC. Born August 15, 1925, in Cherokee County, she was a daughter of the late Alonzo and Elsie Ward Clary and the wife of the late Talmadge Scott Giles. She was retired after 33 years of employment with the South...

Wilma Hester

Wilma Hester

Oct 21, 2011

Wilma Wood Hester, 82, of Spartanburg, rejoiced as she joined hands with her husband and son at the gate with Jesus on Friday, October 21, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 14, 1929, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late John Clarence and Clarice Gore Wood, and wife of the late Gerald M. Hester. Mrs....

Edna Mccraw

Edna Mccraw

Oct 21, 2011

Edna Rorick McCraw, 87, of Spartanburg, died Friday, October 21, 2011, at St. Francis East Hospital, Greenville, SC. Born July 3, 1924, in Fort Wayne, IN, she was a daughter of the late Nathan James and Liliosa Mary Sorg Rorick and the widow of Earl C. McCraw, Sr. She was a former secretary at Reeves Bros. and a member of...

June Cureton

June Cureton

Oct 19, 2011

Alice June Cannon Cureton, age 89, passed away peacefully in her home under hospice care on Wednesday, the 19th of October, 2011 surrounded by her family and caregivers. June is survived by William McDow "Mac" Cureton, her loving husband of 62 years. Also surviving are her daughter, Nancy Ogletree (Ron); her son, Richard Cureton (Laura); four grandchildren, Kelly Ogletree Turner...

Jack Davis

Jack Davis

Oct 19, 2011

Jack Davis, 81, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 24, 1930, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Floyd Eugene and Suelene Prather Davis. Mr. Davis was a veteran of the U. S. Marines and U. S. Air Force. He served 10 years in the U. S. Marines and received...

Charles Duemmling

Charles Duemmling

Oct 17, 2011

Charles Walter Duemmling, 83, of Spartanburg, passed into God's hands Monday, October 17, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home leaving behind his loving wife of 62 years, Dottie (Dorothy) C. Duemmling. Born in Methuen, MA, May 16, 1928, he was the only child of the late C. W. and Mary Duemmling and was a U. S. Air Force veteran. A...

Minnie Smith

Minnie Smith

Oct 17, 2011

Minnie Sprouse Smith, 81, of Spartanburg, passed away Monday, October 17, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 7, 1930 in Cherokee County, she was the daughter of the late William and Gertrude Blanton Sprouse and wife of the late William Jessie Smith. Mrs. Smith was retired from Mayfair Mills and a member of North Spartanburg Free Will Baptist...

Mary Shoolbred

Mary Shoolbred

Oct 16, 2011

Mary Ann Elliot Shoolbred, 84, of Lexington passed away Sunday, October 16, 2011 at Lexington Medical Center Extended Care, Lexington, SC. Born July 4, 1927, in Bradenton, FL, she was the daughter of the late George Leonard Elliot and Mary Louise Enloe Elliot. Mrs. Shoolbred was a charter member of St. Christopher's Episcopal Church and a graduate of Brenau College,...

Taylor Watson, Jr.

Taylor Watson, Jr.

Oct 15, 2011

Taylor Forest Watson, Jr. 54, of Greenville, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2011 at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville. Born August 25, 1957, he was the son of Flora James Watson of Wellford and the late Taylor Forest Watson, Sr. He was a retired textile employee, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, and a member of Bethany Baptist Church....

Beatrice Harris

Beatrice Harris

Oct 15, 2011

Beatrice Burns Harris, 98, of Wesley Court Assisted Living, Boiling Springs, SC, formally of Chesnee, passed away Saturday, October 15, 2011. She was born in Gainsville, GA, the daughter of the late John H. and Pearl Margarite Hayes Wood and widow of the late Darcy Duncan Harris. She was first married to the late Russell Graham Burns. Mrs. Harris, better...

Rita Cox

Rita Cox

Oct 14, 2011

Rita Welsh Cox, 92, of Spartanburg, and a long time resident of Florence, SC, died Friday, October 14, 2011 at Summit Hills Assisted Living. Born August 8, 1919 in Dover, NH, she was the daughter of the late John Patrick and Elizabeth Bernadette Grimshaw Welsh and wife of the late Hugo Lesesne Cox. Mrs. Cox was employed at the Boston...