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Ronnie Brown

Ronnie Brown

Aug 5, 2009

Ronnie Derby Brown, 62, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at his home. Born July 25, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William Dalton Brown, Jr. and Genelle Pettit Brown and the husband of the late Rebecca Ann Silvers Brown. Survivors include a daughter, Nikki Little and her husband Mitchell of Millersville, MD; a...

Kenneth Doan

Kenneth Doan

Aug 5, 2009

Kenneth S. Doan, 94, of 831-B John B. White Sr. Boulevard, died Wednesday, August 5, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 28, 1915, in Knoxville, PA, he was the son of the late Bert L. and Myrtle A. Palmer Doan. He was the husband of 21 years to Emma Schulz Jackson Doan and was first married to...

Randy Frady

Randy Frady

Aug 2, 2009

James Randall "Randy" Frady, 66, of 114 Oakland Street, Cowpens, died Sunday, August 2, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 16, 1943, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Estee Osteen and Helen Ruth Robertson Frady. He was a retired manager of NAPA Auto Parts in Cowpens after thirty-six years of service, a member...

Margaret Norris

Margaret Norris

Aug 2, 2009

Margaret Louise Nix Norris, 80, of Gore, VA, formerly of Spartanburg, died Sunday, August 2, 2009, in Winchester Medical Center. Born in 1928 in Avondale, NC, she was the daughter of the late David C. and Nora Grant and the wife of the late Cecil Eugene Norris who preceded her in death in 1995. She was a homemaker. Surviving are...

Roy Bradley

Roy Bradley

Aug 2, 2009

Roy Lee "Tommy" Bradley, 70, of 8134 Geddes Road, died Sunday, August 2, 2009, at his home. Born January 18, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Clinton Bradley and Juanita Hipps Bradley Greenway. He was a retired mechanic and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife of 56 years, Lena Bradley; and a son,...

Richard Poole

Richard Poole

Aug 1, 2009

Richard F. Poole, 71, of Moore, died Saturday, August 1, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 26, 1938, in Decatur, GA, he was the son of the late Harold Bernard and Margaret Louise Lewis Poole. He was a pharmacist with Carolina Upstate Pharmacy at Gibbs Cancer Center and a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Survivors include his...

Betsy Davis

Betsy Davis

Jul 31, 2009

Betsy Powell Davis, 70, of 245 Ridings Road, died Friday, July 31, 2009, at her home. Born May 28, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Barnett and Vida Absher and was first married to the late Charles H. Davis. She was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Alfred Powell; a daughter,...

Gladys Foster

Gladys Foster

Jul 31, 2009

Gladys Sizemore Foster, 76, of Cowpens, died Friday, July 31, 2009. She was the daughter of the late Tillman and Vera Brewington Sizemore. She was retired from Phillip Fibers and a member of Glendale Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Cecil Daniel Foster, Sr.; a daughter, Cathy Allen of Glendale; a son, Charles Foster of Paisly, FL; four sisters, Catherine...

Rudolph Atkinson

Rudolph Atkinson

Jul 30, 2009

Rudolph Edward "Rudy" Atkinson, 80, of 547 Ellsmere Way, went to be with the Lord on Thursday, July 30, 2009. Born September 12, 1928, in Detroit, MI, he was the son of the late Edward Valentine and Myrtle Mae Henderson Atkinson. He formerly resided in Greer and was first married to the late Mevlyn L. Atkinson. He was a master...

Samuel Strange

Samuel Strange

Jul 30, 2009

Samuel Tillman Strange, 69, of 1139 Pinckney Road, died Thursday, July 30, 2009, at his home. Born September 22, 1939, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Thaddeus Thomas and Audrey Nix Strange. He attended the University of South Carolina, retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 35 years of service, and worked part-time with Roebuck...

Kenneth Smith

Kenneth Smith

Jul 30, 2009

Kenneth Ray "Ken" Smith, 83, of 110 Summit Hills Drive, died Thursday, July 30, 2009, at his home. Born July 10, 1926, in Pauline, SC, he was the son of the late M. Dupre and Lillie Jones Smith. He was retired from Texaco Company. He was a member of Morningside Baptist Church where he was a Sunday School teacher, and...

Kim Mccraw

Kim Mccraw

Jul 30, 2009

Kim Nannette Fowler McCraw died peacefully and gracefully on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, surrounded by devoted members of her family. Mrs. McCraw was born March 29, 1956. She had suffered from cancer for a number of years. At the time of her passing, she was a resident of Smith Phayer Hospice House of the Carolina Foothills. Mrs. McCraw was the...

Mary Harvley

Mary Harvley

Jul 29, 2009

Mary Locke Harvley, 90, of 1105 Partridge Road, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at RoseCrest. Born February 14, 1919, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late James W. and Maude Phaff Locke. She was a Greenville High School graduate and attended Limestone College, Spartanburg Methodist College, and Converse College. Mrs. Harvley was a member of Morningside Baptist...

Mary Hefner

Mary Hefner

Jul 29, 2009

Mary B. Hefner, 81, of Cowpens, a former resident of Whitney for 30 years, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at her home. Born December 17, 1927, in Anderson County, SC, she was the daughter of the late John and Lenora Shumaker Leopard and the wife of the late Joe Franklin Hefner, Sr. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include...

Harold Roberts

Harold Roberts

Jul 29, 2009

Harold Roberts, 91, of 110 Fernbrook Circle, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. A native of Asheville, NC, he was born June 13, 1918, to the late A. Lon Roberts and Addie Edwards Roberts. He attended Wake Forest University, was a member of Gamma Eta Gamma fraternity, and did his graduate study at the University of...

Joyce Wofford

Joyce Wofford

Jul 29, 2009

Joyce Whisenant Wofford, of 2780 East Main Street, formerly of Woodley Road, died Wednesday, July 29, 2009, at Eden Terrace. Born November 22, 1938, in Startex, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Manley and Lillie Sexton Whisenant and the wife of the late Charlie Wofford. A graduate of Byrnes High School and Robinson Business College, she retired...

Jean Stewart

Jean Stewart

Jul 25, 2009

Jean Stewart, 71, died Saturday, July 25, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 7, 1937, in Centerville, IA, she was a daughter of the late Joseph A. and Helen Caldwell Stewart and widow of M. W. "Bud" Stewart. Survivors include a daughter, Margaret Stephens and husband Geoff of Campobello; two sons, Matt Stewart and wife Kelly, and Stephen...

Edwin Marotte

Edwin Marotte

Jul 24, 2009

Edwin C. "Micky" Marotte, 90, of 1705 Skylyn Drive, died Friday, July 24, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 2, 1919, in Orwigsburg, PA, he was the son of the late Floyd Karper and Elizabeth Campbell Marotte. A graduate of Dickinson College and the Dickinson School of Law in Carlisle, PA, he was Regional Administrative Manager for Alcoa...

Nelda Barnes

Nelda Barnes

Jul 23, 2009

Nelda K. Barnes, 84, of 3150 Longbow Drive, died Thursday, July 23, 2009, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born October 12, 1924, in Jackson, WI, she was the daughter of the late Reinhold Otto Ferdinand and Emily Marie Wulff Kressin and the wife of the late Ralph Barnes. She was a retired teacher with the SC School for the...

Sarah Smith

Sarah Smith

Jul 23, 2009

Sarah "Tommie" Pinson Smith, 87, of Boiling Springs, died Thursday, July 23, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 15, 1922, in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eber and Eula Garrison Pinson and the wife of 57 years to the late Walter Preston Smith. She was a retired switchboard operator, having worked with...

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