J. Locke, Sr.
May 4, 2011
J. Wofford Locke Sr., 83, loving husband of the late Betty S. Locke, died Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 4, 1927, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Joe Greene and Merle Wofford Locke. Wofford was a dedicated member of Bethel United Methodist Church for 61 years. He was a member of...
Milissa Giardini
May 3, 2011
Milissa Drinic Giardini, 64, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 10, 1946, in Indjia, Yugoslavia, she was the daughter of Sima and Piprin Stoyanka Drinic. Milissa attended St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and was a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Milan M. J. Drinic of Spartanburg; a sister, Dragicia Zoric; a...
Marvin Tolliver
May 2, 2011
Marvin Earl Tolliver, 89, of Spartanburg, died Monday, May 2, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 3, 1921, in Henryetta, OK, he was the son of the late James Earl and Mattie A. Williams Tolliver. Mr. Tolliver was a World War II veteran of the U. S. Air Force, serving in the Asian sector. He was retired from...
Beverly Greer
May 1, 2011
Beverly C. Greer, 82, of Spartanburg, died May 1, 2011 at her home. Born August 21, 1928, in Glenmoore, PA, she was the daughter of the late Alfred Brickell Sr. and Luella Maude Dell Brickell and wife of the late Steve O. Greer, Sr. Beverly was a retired nurse's aide and a member of Restoration Church. Survivors include two daughters,...
Elsie Wines
May 1, 2011
Elsie Hutchins Wines, 86, died Sunday, May 1, 2011, at RoseCrest. Born September 11, 1924, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Frank Smith and Hester Guy Smith Barner. She was first married to the late Perry Ezell Hutchins and then to the late Junior O'Neil Wines. She was a retired textile worker and also retired from S&S...
Mildred Anderson
Apr 30, 2011
Mildred Ella Dickson Anderson, 87, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, April 30, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born December 24, 1923, in Red Hill, GA, she was the daughter of the late John Robert and Ella Presley Dickson and wife of the late Hershel Henry Anderson. Mrs. Anderson was a member of Tom's Creek Baptist Church in Martin, GA and a...
Billy Thomas, Sr.
Apr 29, 2011
Billy Cohen Thomas, Sr., 84, of Spartanburg, died Friday, April 29, 2011 at his home. Born May 11, 1926, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Basil A. and Grace Stephens Thomas. Mr. Thomas was a veteran of the U. S. Navy and retired from W. N. Kirkland Inc. Survivors include his wife, Evelyn West Thomas; a son,...
Kathleen Crawford
Apr 29, 2011
Kathleen Tomlin Crawford, 99, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Summit Hills. Born October 15, 1911, in Warren, TN, she was a daughter of the late William Limuel and Alma Eldorado McKinstry Tomlin and widow of Clyde Christian Crawford. She taught school in Oklahoma City and Lawton, OK and San Diego, CA. Mrs. Crawford earned a Masters Degree in Education...
Joseph Gowan
Apr 29, 2011
Joseph "Joe" Alexander Gowan, 67, died Friday, April 29, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 15, 1943, in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Otis Arthur and Mary Alberta Smith Gowan. He was employed by Pet Dairy and was a Mason, a Shriner, and a member of First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg. Survivors include his...
Eleanor Taylor
Apr 28, 2011
Eleanor Lawhon Taylor, 95, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, April 28, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born June 29, 1915, in Florence, SC, and reared in Union County, she was the daughter of the late Laurie Samuel and Olivette Smith Lawhon and wife of the late Paul Little Taylor. Mrs. Taylor was a graduate of Winthrop College. She taught at Wardlaw...
Frank Cyrill, Jr.
Apr 27, 2011
Frank P. Cyrill, Jr., 77, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at his home. Born March 23, 1934, in Akron, OH, he was the son of the late Frank Paul Cyrill, Sr. and Louise Delisa Cyrill. Frank was very devoted to his family and instilled his strong work ethic in them. He was a member of The Catholic Church...
Carolyn Valentine
Apr 27, 2011
Carolyn Wilkins Valentine, 88, of Pacolet, died Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born July 1, 1922, she was the daughter of the late John Russell and Nancy Matthews Wilkins and wife, for sixty-six years, of the late Lewis "Jiggs" Valentine who preceded her in death by one month. At birth, Carolyn was so small a dresser...
Minnie Pace
Apr 26, 2011
Minnie Lou Hodge Pace, 90, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills in Landrum. Born February 8, 1921, in Pacolet Mills, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Thelma Bessie Harrold Hodge. Mrs. Pace was a member of Montgomery Memorial United Methodist Church and retired from Spartanburg Regional Hospital as Director...
Richard Bowles
Apr 25, 2011
Richard Glenn Bowles, 66, of 209 Cemetery Circle, died Monday, April 25, 2011 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born February 21, 1945, in Winston Salem, NC, and reared in Kernersville, he was the son of the late Oscar L. and Onnie Corriher Bowles. Richard was a U.S. Army veteran during the Vietnam era, a member of Beaver Hills Baptist Church,...
Mary Black
Apr 25, 2011
Mary Eppley Black, 100, of Spartanburg, died Monday, April 25, 2011 at Magnolia Manor. Born December 11, 1910, in Bessemer City, NC, she was the daughter of the late John Lawson and Bertha Hill Eppley. She was the beloved wife of 63 years of the late William Edgar "Ed" Black. Mrs. Black was a member of Grace Baptist Church of...
Ken Hall
Apr 24, 2011
James Kenneth Hall, 69, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 24, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 3, 1941, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Homer and Myrtle Bishop Hall. Ken was a member of Liberty United Methodist Church, retired from South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation after 37 years, and was presently employed with Wakefield Buick. Mr....
Calvin Martin
Apr 24, 2011
Calvin "Coot" Coolidge Martin, 83, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 24, 2011 at his home. Born July 13, 1927, in Blacksburg, he was the son of the late Mack and Isabel Martin and husband of the late Dorothy Garrett Martin. Mr. Martin was a veteran of the U. S. Army and Marines. He was of the Baptist faith and retired...
Mary Walsh
Apr 24, 2011
Mary Wentling Walsh, 93, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 24, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born Mary Lynch Wentling on September 11, 1917, in Greensburg, PA, she was the daughter of the late Joseph DeWalt and Mary Lynch Wentling. She was the youngest of five children. Mary graduated from Seton Hill Academy in Greensburg and received a B.A. in Political...
John Bailey
Apr 24, 2011
John Vernon Bailey, 88, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, April 24, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 21, 1922 in Moore, SC, he was the son of the late Robert L. and Nettie Sue Collins Bailey. He was retired after forty years of service from Piedmont Natural Gas and was a lifetime member of Central Church of Christ. Mr....
Virginia Boiter
Apr 22, 2011
Virginia Belle Rushing Boiter, 85, of Spartanburg, died Friday, April 22, 2011 at her home. Born August 13, 1925, in Marshville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Bessie Jones Rushing and wife of the late Theodore Andrew Boiter. Mrs. Boiter was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg and retired from Spartanburg Public Library as...
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