Obituaries

Tony Medford

Tony Medford

Jul 20, 2010

Tony "Debo" Bob Medford, 53, of 997 Asheville Hwy. died Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at his home. Born May 7, 1957 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Bob and Gladys Pryor Medford. He was a painter. Survivors include two sons, Tony Paul Medford and Anthony Michael Medford both of Spartanburg; daughter, Christina De La Rosa of Boiling...

Nathaniel Pitcher

Nathaniel Pitcher

Jul 19, 2010

Nathaniel "Babe" Pitcher, 79, of 111 Farmer Road, Pauline died Monday, July 19, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 5, 1930 in Brookfield, CT, he was the son of the late Edward and Rose Madden Pitcher. He was a life long resident of Brookfield, CT and the retired owner of Pitcher's Well Drilling and was a former employee...

Lucile Smith

Lucile Smith

Jul 19, 2010

Lucile Liles Smith, 83, of Moore, died Monday, July 19, 2010 at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born September 23, 1926 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Thomas William and Mamie Arthur Liles and wife of the late George Washington Smith. She was retired from Raycord Manufacturing and Hersey Products, a member of River Hills Baptist Church where...

Dewitt Owens

Dewitt Owens

Jul 19, 2010

Dewitt "D.C." Owens, 85, of Covington, GA, formerly of Spartanburg, died Monday, July 19, 2010, at the Newton Medical Center, Covington, GA. Born November 15, 1924 in Fayetteville, NC, he was the son of the late Lawrence Jesse and Dora Francis Bearden Owens. He was a retired electrician from Y.C. Ballenger, a member of Cannon's Camp Ground United Methodist Church,...

Johnny Bedford

Johnny Bedford

Jul 19, 2010

Johnny Dortch Bedford, 85, of Groce Road died Monday, July 19, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 25, 1925 in Goldsboro, NC, he was the son of the late Wayland Dortch and Ella Howell Bedford and husband of the late Lena Brigman Bedford. He was retired from Spector Freight Lines after forty years years of service, a member...

Mary Howell

Mary Howell

Jul 18, 2010

Mary Thrasher Howell, 84, of 113 Anita Drive died Sunday, July 18, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 4, 1925 in Waynesville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Dewey Andrew Thrasher and Deamy Lee Greer Thrasher Adams. She was a member of Southside Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of sixty-nine years, Howard Howell; two daughters,...

Quinton Coggins

Quinton Coggins

Jul 18, 2010

Quinton Drayton Coggins, 90, of Spartanburg, died July 18, 2010 at a local nursing home. Born September 7, 1919 in Fountain Inn, SC, he was the son of the late Walter Landrum and Iris Odell Rhodes Coggins. He was a retired farmer. Survivors include two nieces, Patricia Mason and husband Danny of Spartanburg and Dianne Wheeler and husband Eddie of...

Doris Sherrill

Doris Sherrill

Jul 18, 2010

Doris Long Sherrill, 69, of 102 Highland Drive, Duncan, SC died Sunday, July 18, 2010 at her home. Born September 9, 1940 in Bladen County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Ira Pope and Ethel Cagle Long and wife of the late Alfred L. Sherrill, Sr. She was a member of Fairforest Church of God. Survivors include seven...

Anthony Trexler

Anthony Trexler

Jul 18, 2010

Anthony "Tony" Trexler, 53, of 104 Burns Road died Sunday, July 18, 2010 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born August 3, 1956 in Kannapolis, NC, he was the son of the late Lionel and Velma Crisp Trexler . He was a former manager of Roller Land of Gaffney and a member of Sonrise Baptist Church. Survivors include a sister, Vicki Kemp...

Douglas Ridley

Douglas Ridley

Jul 18, 2010

Douglas Roger Ridley, 78, of 283 Harrell Drive, died July 18, 2010, at his home. Born July 11, 1932, in Salem, SC, he was the husband of the late Doris Spurlock Ridley for 53 years and the son of the late Walter Davis and Dora Lee Rogers Ridley. He was a graduate of Salem High School and attended Central Wesleyan...

Lillian Rousey

Lillian Rousey

Jul 16, 2010

Lillian Brooks Rousey "Lilli" was born and passed away in the early morning hours of July 16, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of Trey and Paige Rousey of Spartanburg. Lilli's loving family includes grandparents, Jeff and Andrea Rousey of Spartanburg and Bob and Molly Kennerly of Fayetteville, NC; great-grandparents, Robert and Marie Kennerly of Mt....

Roy Padgett

Roy Padgett

Jul 15, 2010

Roy Padgett, 80, of 125 Green Street, died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at his home. Born February 23, 1930 in Pacolet Mills, SC, he was the son of the late Corbett Monroe and Lizzie Belle Kirby Padgett. He was employed with Milliken and Company and was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean conflict. An organizing member in 1957...

Ruth Cohen

Ruth Cohen

Jul 15, 2010

Annie Ruth Brown Cohen, 91, of 310 Londonberry Drive, died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at RoseCrest. For 42 years, she was the wife of the late Jacob Cohen who died in 1986. Mrs. Cohen was born January 7, 1919 in Spartanburg County to the late Samuel H. and Amelia Myers Brown. She was the last surviving member of her immediate...

Doris Thompson

Doris Thompson

Jul 15, 2010

Doris Evelyn Keefe Thompson, 80, of 122 Unity Road, died Thursday, July 15, 2010 at her home. Born March 10, 1930 in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late George Curtis and Leona Dorothy Evans Keefe and the wife of the late Elick Howard Thompson. She was a member of Zion Hill Baptist Church and the Bertie Anthony...

Robert Pierce, Sr.

Robert Pierce, Sr.

Jul 12, 2010

Robert M. Pierce, Sr., 81, of 260 Redwood Avenue, died Monday, July 12, 2010 at Lexington Medical Center in Columbia. Born September 23, 1928 in Pacolet Mills, SC, he was the son of the late Lester Lee and Bessie Horne Pierce. He retired from American Hoechst Corporation and was a member of St. Luke United Methodist Church where he was...

Ellena Fowler

Ellena Fowler

Jul 11, 2010

Ellena Marion Wall Fowler, 73, of 8346 Valley Falls Road, died Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 22, 1936 in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Albert and Annie Ruth Wall and the wife of the late Howard Leroy Fowler. She retired from Springs Industries and was a member of...

Pauline Kalangis

Pauline Kalangis

Jul 11, 2010

Pauline "Polly" Kalangis, 94, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, July 11, 2010 at Buena Vida Continuing Care Nursing Home in Brooklyn, NY. Born August 28, 1915, in New York City, she was the daughter of the late Nicholas and Stavroula Kakogiannis Variaktaris and the widow of Andrew Kalangis who died in 1979. She was a member of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox...

Charlotte Redding

Charlotte Redding

Jul 11, 2010

Charlotte Hopkins Redding, passed away on Sunday, July 11, 2010 at age 93. She was born in Lubbock, Texas, February 27, 1917, the daughter of the late Bion Pleasant Hopkins and Mollie Powell Hopkins. She graduated from Texas Tech University in 1936 with a degree in music, teaching for one year in a Texas public school. She married Russel F....

Elizabeth Wood

Elizabeth Wood

Jul 10, 2010

Ethel Elizabeth Crow Wood, 86, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, July 10, 2010 at Skylyn Place. Born September 28, 1923 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Smith and Ethel Belcher Crow. Mrs. Wood was a retired Librarian at Dorman High School and was a member of Fernwood Baptist Church where she was the Church Librarian and a...

Orville Early

Orville Early

Jul 10, 2010

Orville Early, 76, of 104 Hickory Hill Drive, died Friday, July 10, 2010 at his home. Born April 26, 1934 in Persia, TN, he was the son of the late Raymond Lee and Jessie Lee Spears Early. He retired from Kohler Company after 36 years of service, was a U. S. Army veteran of the Korean Conflict, an amateur radio...