Obituaries

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...

Hazel Belk

Hazel Belk

Apr 30, 2010

Hazel Holland Belk, of Spartanburg, passed away on Friday, April 30, 2010, at her home. Born January 11, 1923, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Adolphus and Patra Bearden Holland and was married to the late Harry Clinton Belk for fifty-seven years. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Converse College, Class of...

Mary Ogle

Mary Ogle

Apr 28, 2010

Mary Kate Smith Ogle, 82, of Inman, met her Lord and Savior peacefully in her home with her loving family at her side on Thursday, April 28, 2010. Born August 22, 1927, in Columbus, NC, she was the daughter of the late Henry George and Minnie Bell Wilson Smith. She was the devoted and loving wife of the late George...

William Brown

William Brown

Apr 27, 2010

William Lawrence Brown, 68, of 1437 Old Furnace Road, died Tuesday, April 27, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 3, 1941, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late James Everette and Mary Caldwell Brown. A graduate of Gaffney High School, he was a retired Special Agent with the Norfolk Southern Police Department. He was...

Annie Motts

Annie Motts

Apr 25, 2010

Annie Barner Millwood Motts, 87, of 279 Walker Street, died Sunday, April 25, 2010, at her home. Born June 19, 1922, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Mack and Maggie Alvis Barner. She was first married to the late Paul Millwood and then to the late Paul Motts. She was retired from Arkwright Mills and...

Margaret Lawson

Margaret Lawson

Apr 25, 2010

Margaret Louise Hatchette Lawson, 74, of 840 Blackstock Road, died Sunday, April 25, 2010, at Spring Arbor. Born December 29, 1935, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wade Thomas and Gladys Thornton Hatchette. She was the wife of the late Weldon Leroy Lawson. Survivors include two daughters, Nancy Millwood and husband Derrell of Pauline, and...