Obituaries

Robert Threadgill

Robert Threadgill

May 11, 2010

Robert Dennis Threadgill, 69, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, May 11, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born September, 24, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Gary and Ella Murph Threadgill. He was the owner of Threadgill's True Value Hardware in Cowpens and of the Baptist faith. He was a loving father and grandfather. Survivors...

Billy Painter

Billy Painter

May 9, 2010

Billy Sunday Painter, 86, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, May 9, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 27, 1923, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late John Claude Painter, Sr. and Lola Garrett Painter. Mr. Painter was known for his musical skills, his radio program with the "Shorty Painter Band" in the 1940's, and his...

Thomas Gaulden

Thomas Gaulden

May 9, 2010

Thomas W. Gaulden, 86, of 207 North Pinelake Drive, Spartanburg, passed away May 9, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 27, 1924, he was the son of the late William Hall and Sarah Parrish Gaulden of Rock Hill, SC. He was a World War II Army Air Corps Veteran of the China-Burma-India theatre, a member of St. James...

Isaac Mccracken

Isaac Mccracken

May 8, 2010

Isaac McCracken, 87, of Boiling Springs, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at Magnolia Place. Born May 15, 1922, he was the son of the late Alton and Frances Marion McCravy McCracken and the husband of the late Betty Pearson McCracken. A graduate of Spartanburg High School, Class of 1942, he was retired from Drayton Mill. He was a member of...

Katherine Barnett

Katherine Barnett

May 8, 2010

Katherine Fowler Barnett, 91, formerly of 512 Amelia Avenue, Spartanburg, died Saturday, May 8, 2010, at White Oak Manor. Born April 23, 1919, in Glenn Springs, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Davis and Annie Huggins Fowler and wife of the late Norman Lee Barnett. She was a member of Cedar Spring Baptist Church. Survivors include two...

J. Wilson

J. Wilson

May 8, 2010

James LeRoy Wilson, 86, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, May 8, 2010 ,at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 11, 1923, in Woodruff, SC, he was the son of the late James and Viola Wilson. A retired pharmacist of Craft's Drug Store, he was a member of Morningside Baptist Church where he was a member of the Royal Sunday School class...

Leta Clement

Leta Clement

May 7, 2010

Leta Rice Clement, 89, of 102 Sunnydale Circle, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at Piedmont Medical Center in Rock Hill, SC. Born August 1, 1920, in Drayton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ervin M. and Addie Martha Vaughan Rice and the wife of 44 years to the late Cecil James Clement. She was retired from Raycord and...

Kathleen Pennington

Kathleen Pennington

May 7, 2010

Kathleen Cox Pennington, 85, of 225 North Lanford Road, passed away on Friday, May 7, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 3, 1924, in Laurens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Marvin Glenn and Marie Jamieson Cox. Kathleen was the wife of the late Elbert W. Pennington who passed away August 2003. A graduate of Parker...

Barbara Humphries

Barbara Humphries

May 7, 2010

Barbara Roddy Humphries, 76, of Spartanburg, died Friday, May 7, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born January 28, 1934, in Greer, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ernest Robert Roddy and Leila Gowan Roddy Pack and the wife of the late Thurman Hoover Humphries. She was retired from Beaumont Mills and was a member of Beaumont Baptist...

Carolyn Mccall

Carolyn Mccall

May 6, 2010

Carolyn Elizabeth Heriot McCall, 88, widow of Lemuel Allsobrook McCall, died Thursday, May 6, 2010. Born March 29, 1922, in Bishopville, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Kirkpatrick Heriot and Annie Righton Richards Heriot. Mrs. McCall was a graduate of Winthrop College. She taught school for several years in Florence, SC, before marrying Lemuel Allsobrook McCall (Brooks)...

Marvin Melton

Marvin Melton

May 6, 2010

Marvin Lee Melton, 78, of 171 Hidden Lake Drive, died Thursday, May 6, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 17, 1931, in Campobello, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Lee and Sarah Louise Smith Melton. He was a retired supervisor with Thomas and Howard Warehouse after 30 years of service and a member of United...

Holly Broadwell

Holly Broadwell

May 6, 2010

Holly DuBose Beck Broadwell, 82, widow of William Edwin Broadwell, died Thursday, May 6, 2010. She was the daughter of Frederick Baggs Beck and Holly Brown Beck. Born April 23, 1928, in Indianapolis, IN, she grew up in Sumter, SC. She attended St. Mary's College in Raleigh, NC, graduated from the University of South Carolina, and attended graduate school at...

Gladys Cromer

Gladys Cromer

May 5, 2010

Gladys Hodge Cromer, 78, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 5, 2010, at the Bethea Baptist Home in Darlington, SC. Born July 16, 1931, in Knoxville, TN, she was the daughter of the late Henry Clay and Lucy Burchett Hodge and the wife of the late Leland Ernest Cromer, Jr. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Spartanburg...

Steven Brewington

Steven Brewington

May 4, 2010

Steven LeRoy Brewington, 53, of Mill Spring, NC, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at his home. Born September 13, 1956, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of LeRoy and Peggy George Brewington of Spartanburg and the husband of the late Ronda McCarter Brewington. A graduate of the University of South Carolina-Upstate, he was President of Brewington Plumbing Co., Inc....

Sao Yang

Sao Yang

May 3, 2010

Sao Her Yang, 62, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, May 3, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 3, 1947, in Laos, she was the daughter of the late Xai Chong and Mai Thao Her. She was a member of Calvary Hmong Alliance Church. Survivors include her husband of 46 years, Chong Shoua Yang; four daughters, Youa Y. Kue...

Rachel Black

Rachel Black

May 2, 2010

Rachel "Rae" Black, 88, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, May 2, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, May 5, 2010, in Good Shepherd Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home, 686 Jeff Davis Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29303. Floyd's North Church Street Chapel...

Maude Johnson

Maude Johnson

May 2, 2010

Maude Childress Johnson, 84, of White Oak Estates, formerly of 1141 Doctors Branch, Clifton, died Sunday, May 2, 2010, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born January 3, 1926, in Blackwater, VA, she was the daughter of the late George W. and Blanche Roller Childress and the wife of the late Horace P. Johnson. She was a homemaker, retired from Clifton...

Hazele Bailey

Hazele Bailey

May 1, 2010

Hazele Crawley Bailey, 92, of 400 Webber Road, formerly of Magness Drive, died Saturday, May 1, 2010, at White Oak Estates. Born September 21, 1917 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Daniel S. Crawley, Jr. and Nannie McGinnis Crawley and wife of the late Ralph J. Bailey, Sr. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School...

Nancy Fitzsimmons

Nancy Fitzsimmons

Apr 30, 2010

Nancy Carpenter FitzSimmons, 79, of 110 Summit Hills Drive, died Friday, April 30, 2010, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born October 10, 1930, in Hamlin, NY, she was the daughter of the late Richard and Luana Barrow Carpenter. She was employed with the Prince William School System in Manassas, VA, a practical nurse, and a member of Central United Methodist Church....

Wilma Goran

Wilma Goran

Apr 30, 2010

Wilma Mast Haskin Goran, 78, of Skylyn Place, passed away in her sleep on April 30, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Her parents were Norah Mast and Elizabeth Nisley Mast. She is survived by her husband, Frank Goran, and her two children, Tim and Harmony Haskins, all of Spartanburg. Born to an Amish family in Hutchinson, KS, on...