Jerry Henderson
Mar 3, 2011
Jerry Nicholas Henderson, 73, of 4803 Stone Station Road, died Thursday, March 3, 2011, at his home. Born June 29, 1937, in Woodruff, he was the son of Ophelia Wright and husband of the late Amelia Sandra Varner Henderson. He was a former fabricator with Art Metal Corporation and co-owner of C & J Pest Control and a member of...
Virginia Hughes
Mar 2, 2011
Virginia Lussardi Hughes, 87, of Spartanburg, formerly of Boiling Springs, died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born June 30, 1923 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Lionel and Myrtle Aycock Lussardi and wife of the late Brent H. Hughes. She was a graduate of Winthrop College. Survivors include a son, Richard L. (Nancy)...
Merritt Githens
Mar 2, 2011
Merritt Harding Githens, 87, of Spartanburg, died March 2, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a long illness. He was the husband of Sara Jo Ray Githens. Mr. Githens was born August 8, 1923, to the late Harold and Nellie Branson Githens in Vincentown, NJ. He graduated from Pemberton High School in Pemberton, NJ and was a retired safety...
Durant Strickland
Mar 2, 2011
Durant James Strickland, 90, of Spartanburg died Wednesday, March 2, 2011 at his home. Born January 23, 1921 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Otis and Mary Gosnell Strickland and husband of the late Hazel Lee Wilson Strickland. He was a retired technician with Willard Oil Company and a member of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church. Survivors...
Dr. Smith
Mar 1, 2011
Jane Stuart Smith, PhD, Inman, died March 1, 2011 at RoseCrest Retirement Community, at the age of 96. She was born in Norton, VA to Leland and Cora Smith. She was educated at Virginia Intermont College, Carson-Newman College, Vanderbilt University, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, from which she earned her doctorate in Germanic studies. Jane taught...
Howard Varner
Mar 1, 2011
Howard Lee Varner, 91, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, March 1, 2011 at Magnolia Place. Born April 12, 1919 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Herbert Lee and Dora Stephens Varner and husband of the late Doris Christine McFee Varner. He retired after 40 years of service from Arkwright Mills and was a member of Arkwright First...
Faye Collins
Feb 28, 2011
Faye B. Collins, 92, of 115 Pinewood Drive, Woodruff, SC, formerly of 101 Hillbrook Drive, Spartanburg, went home to be with Jesus, her Lord and Savior, Monday, February 28, 2011 at her home. Born March 14, 1918, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Pickney and Laura Horton Blanton and wife of the late James Collins....
Sam Guy
Feb 28, 2011
Buddy Guy, 51, of Spartanburg, died Monday, February 28, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 1, 1960, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Frank Major Guy of Spartanburg and the late Jewel Freida Wall, and the stepson of Mike Wall of Chesnee. Buddy was a member of Chesnee First Baptist Church and a pipe fitter for Clarkson...
Granville Elliott
Feb 28, 2011
Granville Elliott, 71, of 70 Skyland Drive Extension, Clinton, SC, passed away at his home on February 28, 2011. Born August 9, 1939 in Converse, SC, he was the son of the late J.C. "Jack" Elliott and Irene Thrift Elliott Campbell. He was an instructor of the Laurens County Life Long Learning Center. A lover and collector of music for...
George Spencer, Jr.
Feb 27, 2011
George Thomas Spencer, Jr., 87, of Cowpens, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born May 31, 1923, in Cowpens, he was the son of the late George Thomas, Sr. and Lorene Smith Spencer. Mr. Spencer was a U. S. Marine veteran of WWII and was awarded the Purple Heart. He was a member of Mountain View Baptist...
Margaret Lynch
Feb 27, 2011
Margaret Kathryn Lynch, 86, of Boiling Springs, died Sunday, February 27, 2011 at White Oak Estates. Born January 9, 1925, in Charlotte, NC, she was the daughter of the late Alonzo and Fannie Parker Whitaker and wife of the late Johnny W. Lynch, Sr. Margaret was a loving, wonderful mother, and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her sons, Johnny...
Brandon Lanford
Feb 27, 2011
Brandon Allen Lanford, 19, of Woodruff, SC, passed away Sunday, February 27, 2011. Born April 5, 1991 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Caroline Ogston Roberts and the late Timothy "Tim" Allen Lanford. Brandon graduated in 2009 from Woodruff High School and attended Spartanburg Community College. He was employed as a loader at UPS and awarded "Employee of the...
James Foster
Feb 26, 2011
James David "Jimmy" Foster, 66, of Spartanburg, entered into the eternal presence of his Lord and Savior Saturday, February 26, 2011. Born November 27, 1944, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Oland A. and Helen Vinson Foster. He served his Lord and those he loved with faithfulness and diligence using his many talents of woodworking, mechanizing, and...
Archie Deaton
Feb 24, 2011
Archie Scott Deaton, 80, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a short battle of cancer. Born July 14, 1930, in Cherokee County, he was the son of the late Carl and Lelia Childers Deaton and husband of the late Janice Carnell Morgan Deaton. Mr. Deaton was a surveyor in Spartanburg for 54 years...
Rita Colley
Feb 24, 2011
Rita Diane Robinson Colley, 53, of Arcadia, went to live with her Lord on Thursday, February 24, 2011, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 8, 1958, she was the daughter of James Grover Robinson, of Arcadia, and the late Wilma Louise Cooper Robinson. Rita was a member of Wellford Baptist Church. In addition to her father, survivors include her...
Jesse Cleveland
Feb 24, 2011
Jesse Patterson Cleveland passed away at his family's farm in Spartanburg, South Carolina on February 24, 2011. Born in Spartanburg on October 6, 1950 to the late Giles Patterson and Ginevra Marxmiller Cleveland, Jesse spent most of his life growing up between Spartanburg, SC and San Diego, California. From swimming in the lakes of North Carolina to surfing the Pacific,...
Ruth Cleveland
Feb 24, 2011
Ruth Helen Ballenger Cleveland, 82, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, February 24, 2011 at Summit Hills Assisted Living. Born September 17, 1928, in Inman, she was the daughter of the late Joe W., Sr. and Bessie Tallant Ballenger. Mrs. Cleveland was a member of Drayton Baptist Church and retired from Spartanburg County School District 7. Survivors include her husband, Homer Melvin...
Enid Dunn
Feb 24, 2011
Ms. Enid E. Dunn, 85, formerly of Cowpens, went peacefully home to the Lord on Thursday, February 24, 2011 in Gaffney. Born August 25, 1925, in Walden, NY, she was the daughter of the late George and Elsie VanLueven Dunn. She made Poughkeepsie, NY her home for over 75 years. Enid graduated from Poughkeeepsie High School and attended Holy Trinity...
Emma Mcbride
Feb 23, 2011
Emma Foster McBride, 94, of Greenwood, formerly of Pacolet, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at Magnolia Manor. Born May 3, 1916, she was the daughter of the late Columbus and Florence Rook Foster, and wife of the late Creed McBride. Mrs. McBride attended Pacolet Mills Church of God. Survivors include two daughters, Myrtle Guyton and her husband Penny of Pacolet,...
Marshall Fain
Feb 23, 2011
Marshall Deree "Mutt" Fain, 76, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 23, 2011, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born May 31, 1934, he was the son of the late Ernest Creed and Maude Elizabeth White Fain. Mr. Fain was a U. S. Army veteran, a supervisor at Pentex-Alkan Woven Labels for 36 years, and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors...
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