Obituaries

V. Brannon

V. Brannon

Dec 1, 2010

Volney Robert Brannon, 79, of 2137 Boiling Springs Road, died Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at his residence. Born January 28, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, he was a son of the late James Volney and Myrtle Jackson Brannon and the husband of Dr. Virginia Hines Brannon. Mr. Brannon was a television and electronics technician, was a U. S. Army veteran, and...

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Dec 1, 2010

Woodrow Wilson, 98, of Boiling Springs, passed away Wednesday, December 1, 2010, at his home. He was born April 24, 1912 in Marion, NC. Mr. Wilson was the loving husband of Katherine Dean Wilson for 66 years and was the last surviving member of his immediate family. He was the son of the late L. Peru and Bettie Stone Wilson....

Juanita Nuckols

Juanita Nuckols

Nov 30, 2010

Juanita Prince Nuckols, 93, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, November 30, 2010 at White Oak Manor. Born May 6, 1917 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Joe Richard and Wilma Frances Turner Prince. She married Richard T. Nuckols March 15, 1941 in Spartanburg, SC. Juanita lived most of her life in Gastonia, NC and Cocoa, FL, and returned...

Geneva Alman

Geneva Alman

Nov 29, 2010

Geneva Reno Goforth Alman, 94, of Spartanburg, died Monday, November 29, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 27, 1916 in Johnson City, TN, she was the daughter of the late William Roten and Nancy Anzaline Gann Reno. She was first married to the late William C. Goforth and then to the late Judson Alman. She was the oldest...

Warren Sanders

Warren Sanders

Nov 29, 2010

Warren H. "Bill" Sanders, 87, died Monday, November 29, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born October 1, 1923 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Banks and Elizabeth Sanders and the husband of the late Jo Ellen Aiken Sanders. A graduate of Boiling Springs High School, he retired in 1985 from Southern Railroad, Haynes Shop after 40...

Bobby Dill

Bobby Dill

Nov 29, 2010

Bobby Dill, 79, of Inman, died Monday, November 29, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. A native of Spartanburg, he was born April 18, 1931 to the late Hugh Vance and Sarah Hodge Dill. A graduate of Cecil's Business College, he was the former president and owner of Dill Well and Supply Company, Inc. He attended Boiling Springs First Baptist...

John Edwards

John Edwards

Nov 29, 2010

John James Edwards, 79, of Spartanburg, SC died Monday, November 29, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born December 29, 1930, in Canton, Ohio, he was a son of the late John Henry and Ina Rattray Edwards. He was a retired salesman for Hordis Brothers Glass Inc. in Atlanta, GA, a graduate of Ohio State University and was a member...

Bessie Fowler

Bessie Fowler

Nov 28, 2010

Bessie H. Fowler, 94, died Sunday, November 28, 2010, at Magnolia Place. Born January 13, 1916, in Elizabethtown, TN, she was the daughter of Curtis Palmer and Cleo Hawkins Holland and widow of John Callie Fowler. She was retired from Spartan Mills after 15 years of service; a former member of the Eastern Star, Whitney Lodge; and a member of...

Jerry Crocker

Jerry Crocker

Nov 28, 2010

Jerry Wayne Crocker, 65, of 350 Beacon Light Road, died Sunday, November 28, 2010, at his home. Born November 20, 1945 in Clifton, SC, he was the son of the late Oland Lee and Lillie Belle Revels Crocker. He retired from Michelin Tire Corporation after 25 years of service, was a U. S. Marine Corp veteran, and of the Baptist...

Armitta George

Armitta George

Nov 28, 2010

Armitta Jane Kimmons George, 91, of Franklin, TN, formerly of Lake Bowen, died Sunday, November 28, 2010. Born April 14, 1919 in Canton, NC, she was the daughter of the late John B. and Laura Jane Cantrell Kimmons and the wife of the late James George. Survivors include a son, James George and wife Barbara of Boomer, NC; a daughter,...

Allen Williams

Allen Williams

Nov 28, 2010

Allen Bruce Williams, 61, of 1636 Hayne Street, Arcadia, SC, died Sunday, November 28, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Bruce, the son of the late Willie Lee and Helen Pruitt Williams, was born in Glendale, SC. Bruce was part owner of Williams Grill. He was of the Christian faith and a veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived...

Dolores Wasness

Dolores Wasness

Nov 28, 2010

Dolores Olson Wasness, 79, of 462 Webber Road, died Sunday, November 28, 2010 at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care, after a short illness. Born May 6, 1931 in Devils Lake, ND, she was the daughter of the late Olaf N. and Rose Wahl Olson. She was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and an active member of the...

Ricky Phillips

Ricky Phillips

Nov 28, 2010

Ricky Layne Phillips, 50, of 188 Valley Street, died Sunday, November 28, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 5, 1959 in Newport News, VA, he was the son of the late Prentice C. B. and Lois Pearl Petty Phillips. He attended USC Upstate and Spartanburg Community College and was an instructional trainer for Lear Seating Corporation. He was...

Elbert Moore

Elbert Moore

Nov 27, 2010

Elbert Henry Moore, 80, died Saturday, November 27, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 2, 1930, in Duckhill, MS, he was a son the late Guy George and Floyce Beatrice Tart Moore. He was a retired U.S. Army 1st Sergeant, serving 21 years during the Korean War, the Korean Occupation, and two tours of the Vietnam War. He...

John Marable

John Marable

Nov 26, 2010

John Raymond Marable, 53, of 31B Wedgefield Drive, passed away Friday, November 26, 2010, at his home. Born December 30, 1956, in Norfolk, VA, he was the son of Anne Alton Marable of Spartanburg and the late William S. Marable, Sr. He was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Greenville Technical College, formerly employed at Tietex, and a member...

Mr. Gerald Hester

Mr. Gerald Hester

Nov 25, 2010

Gerald Monroe Hester, 80, of 2720 Country Club Road, died at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center on Thursday, November 25, 2010, Thanksgiving morning, happily joining hands with his son, Darrell Keith Hester, who passed away on February 18, 2006. Mr. Hester was born in Shelby, NC on November 10, 1930, a son to the late Paul A. Hester, Sr. and Ola...

Bobbie Byrd

Bobbie Byrd

Nov 25, 2010

Bobbie Jean Smith Byrd, 78, of 1705 Skylyn Drive, died Thursday, November 25, 2010 at her home. Born March 29, 1932 in Norwood, NC, she was the daughter of the late Wallace Arnold and Dora Smith and wife of the late Rev. Dr. Edwin Oscar Byrd, Jr. She was a graduate of Norwood High School and attended Appalachian State University....

Joan Butehorn

Joan Butehorn

Nov 24, 2010

Joan Dominick Butehorn, 63, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at Summit Hills after a lengthy battle with cancer. Born December 18, 1946 in Newberry, SC, she was the daughter of the late Emory Ansel and Thelma Louise Lester Dominick. She was a graduate of Greenville General Hospital School of Nursing and a member of St. John's Lutheran Church....

Mrs. Dorothy Cannon

Mrs. Dorothy Cannon

Nov 24, 2010

Dorothy "Dot" Sowell Cannon, 64, of 55 Arbours West Lane, died Wednesday, November 24, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born on July 24, 1946 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Heyward Rochelle and Leila Burnett Sowell and was a loyal member of St. James United Methodist Church. Mrs. Cannon is survived by her loving husband of...

Virginia Crouch

Virginia Crouch

Nov 22, 2010

Virginia Smith Crouch, 92, of 107 Bedford Road, Spartanburg, died Monday, November 22, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 20, 1918 in Macon, GA, she was the daughter of the late Milton P. and Corinne Cranford Smith and wife of the late Earl Edgar Crouch. She was retired from 3M Corporation and the Jack Rabbit Company. She was...