Obituaries

Etrulia Tolleson

Etrulia Tolleson

Aug 10, 2010

Etrulia Baker Tolleson, 84, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at her home. Born December 5, 1925 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jonah and Cornelia Josephine Lipe Baker and the wife of the late Lawrence Edward Tolleson for 61 years. She retired from Sears & Roebuck Company after 25 years of service, was a...

Linda Dillard

Linda Dillard

Aug 9, 2010

Linda Ragan Dillard, 72, of 1990 Chesnee Highway, died Monday, August 9, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 27, 1938 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Andrew Dean and Kannapolis McAbee Ragan. She attended Boiling Springs Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband, Ned Oren Dillard; a son, Joel Allan "Joey" Dillard of the...

Rosemary Harris

Rosemary Harris

Aug 8, 2010

Rosemary Harris, of Woodruff, died Sunday, August 8, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 28, 1941 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Tony and Nora Mae Pangle Hammett and the wife of the late John Shelton Harris. She was a retired self-employed hair designer and a member of Park Hills First Church of God....

Thomas Griffin

Thomas Griffin

Aug 7, 2010

Thomas "Tom" M. Griffin, 95, of 1049 Maryland Avenue, died Saturday, August 7, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born August 23, 1914 in White Stone, SC, he was the son of the late Thomas and Laura Brown Griffin and husband of the late Lila Thompson Griffin. He was a member of New Hope Baptist Church, retired from Costal States...

Henry Repokis

Henry Repokis

Aug 7, 2010

Henry "Hank" Repokis, of Spartanburg, SC, long time executive with Milliken & Company, passed away Saturday, August 7, 2010 at the age of 84. Mr Repokis was born in Detroit, MI in 1925, and was the son of the late Jacob W. and Mary Kissel Repokis. After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he attended Duke University and Wayne...

Steven Hammett, Sr.

Steven Hammett, Sr.

Aug 7, 2010

Steven Arnold Hammett, Sr., 67, of 288 White Lillie Farm Road, died Saturday, August 7, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 19, 1942 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late George E. and Alice Livesay Hammett. He first retired from the Spartanburg Police Department and then retired from BMG Corporation. He was a member of...

Fred Shehan

Fred Shehan

Aug 6, 2010

Fred Lamar Shehan, 71, of Spartanburg, died Friday, August 6, 2010 at his home. Born June 29, 1939 in Avondale, NC, he was the son of the late William Eugene and Audrey Silvers Shehan. He was a retired switchman and conductor with Norfolk Southern Railway, a member of Northbrook Baptist Church, and a veteran of the U. S. Army. Survivors...

Christopher Rivers

Christopher Rivers

Aug 6, 2010

Christopher Lynn Rivers, 58, of 401 Summercourt Drive, died Friday, August 6, 2010 at his home. Born July 19, 1952 in Richland County, SC, he was the son of the late Rudolph and Rosemary Peters Rivers. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, he was employed with Giant Resource Recovery and was a U. S. Army veteran. Survivors include...

Isaac Hoots

Isaac Hoots

Aug 6, 2010

Isaac Reo Hoots, infant son of Reo Hoots, Jr. and Shawn Tripam Hoots, went to be with the Lord on Friday, August 6, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Survivors, in addition to his parents, are maternal grandparents, Jason and Lucrecia Godfrey of Spartanburg and Cletus and Helen Burnett of Boiling Springs; paternal grandparents, Reo, Sr. and Paulette Hoots of...

Gena Bailey

Gena Bailey

Aug 6, 2010

Gena Mabry Bailey, 38, of 126 Verdia Road died Friday, August 6, 2010 at her home. Born June 28, 1972 in Dillon, SC, she was the daughter of Robert Mabry, Jr. of Spartanburg and the late Norma Jean Henderson Mabry. She was a member of Stateline Baptist Church and loved to deer hunt and fish with her husband. Survivors include...

Barbara Crawford

Barbara Crawford

Aug 6, 2010

Barbara Taylor Crawford of 107 Andover Road, died Friday, August 6, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born in Woodruff, she was the daughter of the late Noah D. and Ida Lenderman Taylor. She was retired from Spartan Undies, a member of the First Baptist Church of North Spartanburg, a member of the Adult Sunday School Class, a member of...

Joseph Balentine

Joseph Balentine

Aug 4, 2010

Joseph Franklin Balentine, 49, of 545 Nazareth Church Road, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 after a sudden illness. Born October 2, 1960 in Spartanburg, he was the son of Linda Gail Hodge Balentine of Moore and the late Franklin Roosevelt Balentine and the husband of Wendy Morris Balentine. He was foreman with Converse Bus Shop and in 2006 received America's...

John West

John West

Aug 4, 2010

John Evans "Jim" West, 82, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 8, 1928 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late John Archie and Banna Theo West, and the husband of Frances Miller West. He was retired after 43 years of service from Hammond Brown Jennings Furniture Company (Goodwill Store)....

Matthew Love

Matthew Love

Aug 4, 2010

Matthew Evan Love, infant son of Donald Lewis Love, Jr. and Sarah Power Love, of 608 Otis Boulevard, died Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at Greenville Memorial Hospital. He was born March 10, 2010 in Spartanburg, SC. In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, John Asher Love and William Laine Love and a half brother, Donald Lewis...

Joseph Klim

Joseph Klim

Aug 3, 2010

Joseph William Klim, 84, of 295 East Pearl Street, died Tuesday, August 3, 2010 at White Oak Manor. Born February 14, 1926 in Westfield, MA, he was the son of the late Anthony Joseph and Anna Tomlain Klim and the husband of Mary Teresa Hughes Klim of Spartanburg. A graduate of the University of Georgia and Woodrow Wilson School of...

Yvonne Whiteside

Yvonne Whiteside

Aug 2, 2010

Yvonne Mary Lou Foster Whiteside, 73, of Southland Avenue, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, August 2, 2010. Yvonne was born on December 3, 1936 to Claude and Sara Roper Foster and was the wife to the late Samuel Whiteside, Sr. She had two brothers, Wayne Foster of Gaffney and the late Frank Foster; as well as...

John Allison, Sr.

John Allison, Sr.

Aug 2, 2010

John Coan Allison, Sr. died Monday, August 2, 2010 after a long illness. A native of Pauline, SC, Mr. Allison was the son of the late John J. and Mazie Allison. He retired from Southern Bell after 38 years of service. Survivors include his wife, Pauline T. Allison; three children, John Allison, Jr., Rachel Sprayberry, and LeClaire Allison; four grandchildren;...

Bertha Rogers

Bertha Rogers

Aug 1, 2010

Bertha Lee Hyder Rogers, of 145 Hugh Street, Duncan, and a longtime resident of Spartanburg, died Sunday evening, August 1, 2010, at the Village Hospital in Greer. Born in Spartanburg County, she was a daughter of the late James King and Julia Victoria Lydia Hyder and was the widow of Bobo B. Rogers. She was a member of First Baptist...

Stella Braziel

Stella Braziel

Aug 1, 2010

Stella Lemons Braziel, 87, after a courageous battle with Alzheimer's, peacefully closed her eyes for the last time in this world on Sunday, August 1, 2010 and opened them to see the face of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Born June 24, 1923, she was the daughter of the late Lotton Ezell Lemons and Mattie Mae Dickerson Lemons. She...

Paul Wojcik

Paul Wojcik

Aug 1, 2010

Paul Edward Wojcik, 74, of 410 Garden Grove Court, died Sunday, August 1, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 24, 1936 in East Pittsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Paul and Josephine Wojcik. A graduate of Francis Marion College, he was the retired owner of Spartanburg Photographic Center, Inc., a member of St. Paul the...