Thomas Layton, Sr.
May 13, 2011
Thomas J. Layton, Sr., 72, of Pauline, died Friday, May 13, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 22, 1938, in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late Webb Herman and Keifer Thacker Layton. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Thomas was owner and operator of Layton Upholstery for 35-plus years. He was...
Diane Austin
May 12, 2011
Diane Nesser Austin, 70, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Skylyn Health Center. Born September 18, 1940, in Sayre, PA, she was the daughter of the late Col. Kenneth Blake Stark Sr. and Eleanor Verguson Stark, and wife of her first husband, the late Edward John Nesser, and second husband, the late James Edward Austin. Diane was a...
Robert Hight, Jr.
May 12, 2011
Robert A. Hight, Jr., 81, passed away on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a long illness. He was the son of Robert A. Hight, Sr. and Pauline Roberts Hight. He was born in Hancock County Georgia on April 22, 1930. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Willaminta Norris Hight,; daughter, Deborah Harris and her...
Roy Tracy
May 12, 2011
Roy Layne Tracy, 84, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at his home. Born September 23, 1926, in Cheyenne, OK, he was the son of the late Daniel Waterson Tracy and Mamie Snowden Tracy Beringer. He was first married to the late Anita Brewton Tracy. Roy was retired as a right-of-way agent for Duke Power Company, a veteran of...
Roy Lowe, Sr.
May 12, 2011
Roy Carson Lowe, Sr. "Pop", 73, of Boiling Springs, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Magnolia Manor-Inman. Born May 30, 1937, in Fingerville, SC, he was the son of the late William and Nancy McAbee Lowe. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family. Roy was a veteran of the U....
Rachel Ruff
May 12, 2011
Frances Rachel Ruff, 63, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at her home. Born March 17, 1948, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Pierpont and Ada Smith Lancaster Ruff. Rachel was employed by Milliken & Company after thirty-eight years of service she retired as a horticulturist. Rachel had also worked at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and most...
Bernice Simms
May 12, 2011
Bernice Dolores McLeod Johnston Simms, 87, of Greenville, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born, July 14, 1923, in Jacksonville, FL, she was the daughter of the late Ozzie Dewitt and Leone Moss McLeod. Bernice graduated from Robert E. Lee High School in Jacksonville, FL. She spent much of her time as a secretary-clerk in Camp Blanding,...
Ethel Clayton
May 11, 2011
Ethel Joy Dempsey Clayton, 82, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at her home. Born July 23, 1928, in Scranton, PA, she was the daughter of the late William Broadus and Emma Hart Dempsey. Joy was of the Methodist faith and a homemaker. Survivors include a daughter, Ginny Gilbert and husband Howard of LaGrange, GA; three sons, Les Clayton...
Wade Norton, Sr.
May 11, 2011
Wade Roy Norton, Sr., of 290 Beacon Light Road, Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 12, 1943, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Roy and Marie Robbins Norton. Wade was a retired master electrician, a member of Clifton Masonic Lodge, a 32nd degree Mason, a Shriner, and a member of...
Maryanne Hayes
May 11, 2011
Maryanne Hayes, 86, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born February 22, 1925, in Bedford, OH, she was the daughter of the late Earl and Ruth Alexander Bromley and wife of the late Dale Edward Hayes. Maryanne was an active member of Salem United Methodist Church, an enthusiastic member of the Walk to Emmaus...
Juanita Cappo
May 10, 2011
Juanita White Cappo, 100, of Garden House Retirement Home, 201 Edgewood Dr., Anderson, and formerly of Bonita Springs, FL, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011. Born February 8, 1911, in Norfolk, VA, she was the daughter of the late Walter E. White and Emma Louise Dipple White Russell and wife of the late W. Erminio Joseph Cappo. She was predeceased by...
Teresa Millwood
May 10, 2011
Teresa Ann Fleming Millwood, 51, of Easley, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at Rainey Hospice House in Anderson. Born December 23, 1959, in Greenville, she was the daughter of Cecil Lee Fleming Sr. (Wanelle) of Lakeland, FL; and Mary Ann Jordan Stoudemire (Martin) of Easley. Teresa was a member of Rock Springs Baptist Church in Easley where she served as...
Margaret Hardy
May 9, 2011
Margaret Bell Hardy, 93, of Spartanburg, died Monday, May 9, 2011 at her home. Born October 21, 1917, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Edmund Chappell and Minnie Elsmore Bell and wife of the late Fred Delphi Hardy, Sr. Mrs. Hardy was a member of Morningside Baptist Church and a member of the Lydia Sunday School Class....
Cheap Sun
May 9, 2011
Cheap Sun, 63, of 120 Hotel Hill Dr., Landrum, died Monday, May 9, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 1, 1948, in Cambodia, he was the son of the late Sok and Somsari Cheap. Mr. Sun was a longtime employee of Inman Mills and of the Buddhist faith. He was a former civic leader for the Cambodian Community...
Dorothy Cumbee
May 9, 2011
Dorothy Adrail Hyman Cumbee, 78, of Spartanburg, formerly of Charleston, died Monday, May 9, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 31, 1933, in Dillon, SC, she was the daughter of the late Willis and Lexie Hyman. Dorothy was a member of the Citadel Square Baptist Church in Charleston and a former employee of the U. S. Navy Printing...
Gloria Zettlemoyer
May 8, 2011
Gloria Heckle Zettlemoyer, 82, of Cowpens, died Sunday, May 8, 2011 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 17, 1928, in Rochester, NY, she was the daughter of Edmond and Rose Amoral Heckle and wife of the late Fred Carlton Zettlemoyer. Gloria was a devoted Catholic and member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church and the Cowpens Senior Club....
James Denton, Jr.
May 8, 2011
James Carl Denton Jr., 90, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, May 8, 2011 at his home. Born June 7, 1920, in Charlotte, NC, he was the son of the late James Carl Denton Sr. and Florence Duncan Denton. Mr. Denton was a veteran of the U. S. Army, having received the European-African-Middle Eastern (EAME) Campaign Medal with three Bronze Service Stars,...
Jane Pollitzer
May 7, 2011
Catherine Jane Winn Pollitzer, 80, passed away Saturday, May 7, 2011, while living at Eden Terrace. Born April 23, 1931, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry John Winn, Sr. and Anna Kate Fewell Winn. She graduated from her beloved Converse College in 1953, having made many life-long friends. She was the College Representative 91-93; served...
James Oglesby
May 6, 2011
James Franklin Oglesby, 84, of Cowpens, died Friday, May 6, 2011 at his home. Born September 25, 1926, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Robert Lee and Timmie Gibbs Oglesby. Mr. Oglesby was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean War, was retired from Foothills Family Pharmacy, and operated the Cowpens Drug Store for over...
Joseph Iv
May 6, 2011
Joseph Malcolm Gaddy IV, "Little Man", two-month-old son of Ashley Calvert Dobson and Joseph Malcolm Gaddy III, was born March 4, 2011, and died Friday, May 6 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Additional survivors include a sister, Chloe Dobson of Spartanburg; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Malcolm Gaddy Jr. of Richmond, VA; maternal grandfather and step-grandmother, William Otis Calvert...
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