Obituaries

Iris Fincher

Iris Fincher

Mar 31, 2011

Iris Rose Houston Fincher, 82, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, March 31, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born July 1, 1928, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William Herbert and Pearl Arlo Tucker Houston and wife of the late Clarence Edward Fincher. She owned and operated European Beauty Care in Spartanburg for 32 years and was a member...

Betty Lawson

Betty Lawson

Mar 30, 2011

Betty Guy Lawson, 80, of 151 Love Lane, Pacolet, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at McCall Hospice House in Simpsonville, SC. Born March 3, 1931, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Joseph William and Lillie Blanken Guy and wife of the late Earl S. Lawson. Mrs. Lawson was retired from Mountain View Nursing Home, after 17...

Delores Stockman

Delores Stockman

Mar 30, 2011

On Wednesday, March 30, 2011, Delores Shepard Stockman, 80, of Spartanburg, joined many family members and friends in the presence of her Heavenly Father. Delores was born on May 11, 1930, in Knoxville, TN, to the late Hugh Cawood and Myrtle Miller Shepard. In 1941, Delores and her family moved to Spartanburg and soon joined Hayne Baptist Church (now United...

Boyd Horton

Boyd Horton

Mar 30, 2011

Boyd Ray Horton, 68, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 15, 1942 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late William T. "Bill" and Ina Cox Ramsey Horton. He was a retired truck driver for Southeastern Paper Group and a U. S. Army veteran. Mr. Horton was a member of...

Annie Goldie

Annie Goldie

Mar 30, 2011

Annie Elizabeth "Betty" Foster Goldie, 87, a native of Fairforest, SC, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2011 at Eden Terrace, Spartanburg, SC, after a brief illness. She had resided in Columbia, SC since the 1950's until she became a resident of Eden Terrace a few years ago. She was born September 1, 1923 in Fairforest, in the Foster family home...

Evelyn Burrell

Evelyn Burrell

Mar 29, 2011

Evelyn Jeannie Everett Burrell, 57, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 29, 1953, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Betty Everett of Spartanburg and the late Raymond Lee Everett. She was a member of New Life Worship Center. In addition to her mother, she is survived by a son, Christopher Burrell...

Dorothy Kelley

Dorothy Kelley

Mar 29, 2011

Dorothy Lucille Acker Martin Kelley, 78, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills, in Landrum. Born January 23, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Veronica Haas Acker. She was first married to the late Roland Martin and then to the late Joseph Kelley. Dorothy was an active member of...

Helen Clark

Helen Clark

Mar 28, 2011

Helen Virginia James Clark, 92, of Spartanburg, died Monday, March 28, 2011. Born November 25, 1918, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late John Thomas and Annie Mae Edgens James and the wife of the late Harry Jennings Clark. Mrs. Clark was a former employee of Spartan Mills and a member of First Wesleyan Church. She was a...

Annie Porter

Annie Porter

Mar 28, 2011

Annie Maude Gowan Porter, 94, of Spartanburg, died Monday, March 28, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born August 13, 1916, in Walnut Grove, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Alberry and Annie Maude O'Sheilds Gowan and wife of the late Odette Porter. Mrs. Porter was the retired assistant to the president of Spartanburg Technical College, a member of...

Lewis Valentine

Lewis Valentine

Mar 27, 2011

Lewis "Jiggs" Valentine, 91, a lifelong resident of Pacolet, died Sunday, March 27, 2011 at Skylyn Place in Spartanburg. Born February 29, 1920, he was the son of the late Chan Scott and Estelle Harrold Valentine. He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Carolyn Wilkins Valentine. Mr. Valentine served in the U.S. Army during World War II from...

Myrtle Boiter

Myrtle Boiter

Mar 27, 2011

Myrtle V. Boiter, 80, of 499 Flatwood Road, died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at her home. Born July 11, 1930, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late J. W. and Hassie Millwood Vaughan and the widow of L. L. Boiter, Jr. She was retired from Spartan Mills and a member of Eden Wesleyan Church. Survivors include a daughter,...

Dustin Harvey

Dustin Harvey

Mar 27, 2011

Dustin "Dusty" Harvey, 30, of 255 Limestone Street, died Sunday, March 27, 2011, at home. He was born October 1, 1980, in Spartanburg and attended Spartanburg Technical College. Dusty was a volunteer for the Pacolet Mills Rescue Squad and Fire Department, a lifelong USC Gamecock fan, and a member of Brown's Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include his father and stepmother,...

Albert Howe

Albert Howe

Mar 26, 2011

Albert Lee Howe, 77, formerly of Spartanburg, died Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Autumn Care. Born August 24, 1933 in Stonewall, MS, he was the son of the late Thomas M. and Annie B. Scrimpshire Howe. Survivors include a brother, Gene T. Howe of Columbia; and two sisters, Eva Jane McCarter of Greer and Elizabeth Ann Richards of Jacksonville, FL....

Gary Clements

Gary Clements

Mar 26, 2011

Gary Clements, 57, of 6120 Alexander Drive, died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 31, 1953 in Owensboro, KY, he was the son of Dorothy Seifried Clements of Spartanburg and the late Crawford Clements. He was co-owner of Clements Automotive and a member of the Catholic Church of Jesus Our Risen Savior. Survivors include a...

Ruby Renn

Ruby Renn

Mar 26, 2011

Ruby Edith Morris Thomas Renn, 93, formerly of the Winston-Salem area, died Saturday, March 26, 2011, at Skylyn Place. Born January 31, 1918, in Eldora Township, Surry County, NC, she was a daughter of the late Julius Henry and Daisy Ella Wall. She was first married the late Newby Graham Thomas and was the widow of Charlie Renn. She was...

Ellis Carter

Ellis Carter

Mar 26, 2011

Ellis Grady "Buddy" Carter, 92, of Boiling Springs, entered into the presence of the glory of God on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 30, 1918 in Baxley, GA, he was the son of the late David Chatman and Lula Mae Sapp Carter and the husband of the late Gladys Knox Carter. He retired from...

Doyle Allison

Doyle Allison

Mar 25, 2011

Doyle B. Allison, 80, of 838 Rice Road, entered into eternal rest on Friday, March 25, 2011. Born January 20, 1931 in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late Lloyd David and Faye Grant Allison Taylor. A retired U. S. Army veteran of the Korea Conflict and the Vietnam War, he was a Bronze Star recipient and taught...

Charles Hardin

Charles Hardin

Mar 24, 2011

Charles "Dick" Hardin, 92, formerly of River Dr., Spartanburg, died Thursday, March 24, 2011. Born May 28, 1918, in Clifton, SC, he was the son of the late Columbus D. and Lois P. Hardin and husband of the late Beulah Bennett Hardin. Mr. Hardin was a member of Thompson Chapel Baptist Church. An avid fisherman, he was also retired from...

Murray Turner

Murray Turner

Mar 24, 2011

Murray Noel Turner died on March 24, 2011 after a long battle with lung cancer. He was born in Augusta, Georgia on March 7, 1928. He was the son of Murray Noel and Erie Ross Turner. He moved to Louisville, Georgia in 1936, where he lived until the death of his father in 1942. He then moved to Spartanburg in...

Keith Mcbee

Keith Mcbee

Mar 24, 2011

Keith McBee, 55, of Cowpens, died at his home. Born June 1, 1955, he was the son of the late Hoyt E. and Patricia Threadgill McBee. Mr. McBee was of the Baptist faith. He was a manager with Bico South, Inc. Survivors include a daughter, Amber Walker and husband Travis of Loganville, GA; a son, Chris McBee and wife Kim...