Obituaries

Joseph Hall Sr.

Joseph Hall Sr.

Oct 17, 2010

Joseph Dale Hall, Sr., 48, of 545 Campground Road, died Sunday, October 17, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 3, 1962, in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Merrell Ray and Frances Evelyn Goings Hall. He was an engineer with the SC Department of Transportation for 17 years, was of the Baptist faith, and was a...

Tew Blackwood

Tew Blackwood

Oct 17, 2010

Tew "Tewie" Hawkins Blackwood, 61, of 111 Hawkins Acres Road, died Sunday, October 17, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 28, 1948 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Dorothy Tew White Hawkins of Spartanburg and the late Clyde William Hawkins. A graduate of Cowpens High School, she was employed with Spartanburg Regional Medical Center for more...

Ira Bagwell

Ira Bagwell

Oct 16, 2010

Ira Andrew Bagwell, 78, died Saturday, October 16, 2010, at his home. Born September 1, 1932, in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Parker and Myrtle Clark Bagwell. He was formerly employed with Ina Bearing Company and attended Davis Memorial Baptist Church. He was an avid fisherman, a member of Bass Masters, an umpire for Spartanburg Parks and...

Stephen Jones

Stephen Jones

Oct 16, 2010

Stephen Wayne Jones, 64, of 320 Sutton Road, died Saturday, October 16, 2010, at his home. Born April 18, 1946, in Pacolet Mills, he was a son of the late Luther Robert and Maggie Elizabeth Scales Jones. He was formerly employed at Kusters Corporation and was a member of Friends of Faith Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the...

Robert Westbrook

Robert Westbrook

Oct 15, 2010

Robert H. Westbrook, 72, of 167 Sequoyah Drive, died Friday, October 15, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 28, 1937, in Chesnee, he was a son of the late Robert Elburn and Virginia Moore Westbrook. He was a retired carpenter and a member of Turning Point Free Will Baptist Church. He was a CB operator and loved to...

Jeannette Kiefer

Jeannette Kiefer

Oct 15, 2010

Jeannette P. Kiefer, 86, died Friday, October 15, 2010, at Summit Hills. Born December 10, 1924, in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Harkness and Margaret Jackson Persing, and grew up in Richmond, VA. She and her late husband, Edwin Avis Kiefer, spent most of their married life in Clearwater, FL and moved to Spartanburg over twenty...

Jerry Ramsey

Jerry Ramsey

Oct 13, 2010

Jerry Lee Ramsey, 67, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, October 13, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 8, 1943, he was the son of the late Albert and Cumy Hammond Ramsey. He was retired from Gilbert Shoe Company after thirty eight years of service. He was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed woodworking and drawing. Survivors include a...

William Nelson, Jr.

William Nelson, Jr.

Oct 13, 2010

William Edward "Ted" Nelson, Sr. 83, formerly of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, October 13, 2010 at Richard M. Campbell Veteran's Nursing Home, Anderson, SC. Born September 18, 1927 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Willie Sherman and Emma Wyatt Nelson and husband of the late Elma Stepp Nelson. He was retired from Glenco and a life time...

W. Sprouse

W. Sprouse

Oct 12, 2010

W. Robert Sprouse, 79, of Inman, SC died Tuesday, October 12, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 5, 1931 in Gaffney, SC, he was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Sprouse. He was first married to the late Mary Ruth Sprouse. He was a retired insurance agent for Prudential Insurance Company for thirty years and...

Steve Wooten

Steve Wooten

Oct 11, 2010

Steve Randall Wooten, 57, of 7615 Jennings Street, died Monday, October 11, 2010 at his home. Born February 11, 1953 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Chester and Anna Belle Mabry Wooten. Survivors include his wife, Karen J. Tate; two sons, Kirby Tate of Spartanburg and Randy Steven Abernathy of Chesnee; two daughters, Brandi Wooten of Spartanburg...

Charles Snipes

Charles Snipes

Oct 11, 2010

Charles T. Snipes, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, October 11, 2010. Born May 6, 1928 in Anderson County, SC, he was the son of the late John E. and Ethel Tinsley Snipes. He was owner and operator of a small business, Charles T. Snipes Motors, served as Spartanburg County Sheriff from 1961-1968, a former SC Highway patrolman and a...

Mildred Cook

Mildred Cook

Oct 10, 2010

Mildred Lee Cook, 81, of Pacolet Mills, SC, died Sunday, October 10, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 2, 1929, in Pacolet Mills, she was the daughter of the late Archie and Geneva Whiting Lee and wife of the late Frank Newton Cook. She was a member of Brown's Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Frankie Turner...

Bess Pow

Bess Pow

Oct 10, 2010

Maude Bess Pow, better know as "Beth" to her family and friends, 76, died Sunday morning, October 10, 2010 at a nursing home in Hendersonville, NC. Beth grew up in Cramerton, NC and was a life long teacher in schools in both NC and SC, first as an elementary school teacher and then as a reading supervisor. Her last assignment...

Katherine Zoole

Katherine Zoole

Oct 9, 2010

Katherine Miller Zoole, 97, of 110 Summit Hills Drive, Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, October 9, 2010. Born April 22, 1913 in Herminie, PA, she was the daughter of the late Franklin Lewis and Katherine Funk Miller and wife of the late Jonathan Zoole, M.D. She attended Sewickley Township High School, Herminie, PA and was a 1934 graduate of McKeesport Nursing...

Robert Morrow

Robert Morrow

Oct 9, 2010

Robert Nelson Morrow, 83, of Pauline, SC, died Saturday, October 9, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 29, 1927 in Pauline, he was the son of the late Charlie Christopher and Lillian Aileen Sellars Morrow. He was retired from United Insurance Company after 30 years of service. He was a member of Philadelphia Baptist Church and a U.S....

Robert Schrimpf

Robert Schrimpf

Oct 9, 2010

Robert H. Schrimpf, 84, passed away Saturday, October 9, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 3, 1925 in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Iba Leland and Annie Belle Clinkscales Schrimpf. He retired after thirty six years from Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. He was an active member of River Hills Baptist Church and a U.S....

Barbaranne Wehofer

Barbaranne Wehofer

Oct 8, 2010

Barbaranne Wehofer, 71, of 110 Lorraine Court, Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, October 8, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 12, 1939 in Port Huron, MI, she was the daughter of the late Harold and Elizabeth Busha Sweet. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church and was retired from Wade's Restaurant. In addition to her husband, Wayne...

Carl Eggleton

Carl Eggleton

Oct 8, 2010

Carl Edwin Eggleton, 83, of 151 Revere Circle, died Friday, October 8, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 4, 1927 in St. Albans, WV, he was the son of the late Basil Carl and Minnie Pullen Eggleton. He was first married to Patricia Eggleton. He was a retired chemist with Siemans after thirty years of service. He attended...

Maxine Wilkins

Maxine Wilkins

Oct 8, 2010

Maxine O. Wilkins, 73, of Spartanburg, died Friday, October 8, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 9, 1936 in Polk County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Ralph and Myra Green Crook and was first married to the late Grayson Richard Owensby. She was retired from John H. Montgomery Mills and was a member of Green...

Merle Pruitt

Merle Pruitt

Oct 6, 2010

Lillie "Merle" Lowery Pruitt, 77, of Spartanburg, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, October 6, 2010, at RoseCrest. Born November 11, 1932 in Lyman, SC, she was the daughter of the late Leo M. and Myrtice Williams Lowery. She and her husband, the late Paul Pruitt, celebrated their 50 year anniversary on February 13, 2010. She was...