Jean High
Jul 23, 2009
Jean Vassy High, 82, of 402 Fernwood Drive, died Thursday, July 23, 2009, at her home. Born September 20, 1926, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Festus and Ora McCullough Vassy. She attended Limestone College, retired from Carolina Cash Stores, and was a member of Trinity United Methodist Church. Survivors include her husband of 61...
Theodore Wright
Jul 22, 2009
Theodore "Ted" Wright, 83, of Eden Terrace, formerly of Webber Way, died Wednesday, July 22, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 16, 1926, in Peru, NY, he was the son of the late William and Margaret Morris Wright and the husband of the late Katherine Lillian Lee Wright. He was a retired New York State prison guard, a...
Ruth Brady
Jul 21, 2009
Ruth Wardlaw Brady, 90, of Spartanburg, formerly of Arcadia, died Tuesday, July 21, 2009. Born December 28, 1918, in Pickens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Homer Lee and Stella Lou Newell Wardlaw and the wife of the late George W. Brady. She was a member of Westgate Free Will Baptist Church and formerly taught the Mother's Bible...
Margaret Wofford
Jul 20, 2009
Margaret Louise Vaughn Wofford, 81, of 343 South Highpoint Road, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 22, 1927, in Woodruff, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Maude Cox Vaughn and the wife of the late John Wallace Wofford. She was retired from Arrow Automotive and was a member of...
Claire Salley
Jul 20, 2009
Claire Elaine Pare Salley, 59, of 2720 Country Club Road, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 3, 1949, in Woonsocket, RI, she was the daughter of Jeannette Rattie Pare of Whitney and the late Hubert M. Pare. She was employed part-time at the Civitan Rehabilitation Workshop, Inc. and was a member of Whitney...
David Ochs
Jul 20, 2009
David Wayne Ochs, 61, of 501 Camelot Drive, Apartment 69, died Sunday, July 19, 2009, at his home. Born May 30, 1948, in Acushnet, MA, he was the son of the late George and Harriett Meechum Ochs. He was a tire sales engineer and former retread plant manager with Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. He served in the Vietnam War....
Judith Whitehill
Jul 20, 2009
Judith N. "Judy" Whitehill, 64, of Inman, died Monday, July 20, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 10, 1945, in Charleston, SC, she was the daughter of Sarah Rebecca Epting Nunamaker and the late Cecil Young Nunamaker. She was of the Lutheran faith. Surviving in addition to her mother are three daughters, Debbie Bass and her husband Richard...
Horace Huntsinger, Sr.
Jul 20, 2009
Horace Huntsinger, Sr., 80, of 104 Cypress Drive, died Sunday, July 19, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 15, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Edgar Columbus and Exey Tuck Huntsinger. A graduate of Robinson Business College, he was a retired salesman for Thomas and Howard Company with over 30 years of service....
Viriginia Watson
Jul 19, 2009
Virginia Bangle Watson, 100, of 400 Webber Road, died Saturday, July 18, 2009, at White Oak Estates. Born December 19, 1908, in Charlotte, NC, she was the daughter of the late Coit Watson and Blanche Wright Bangle and wife of the late Casper Lee Watson. She was a graduate of Winthrop College and a retired school teacher having taught in...
Jimmy Horne
Jul 18, 2009
Jimmy Roger Horne, 58, of Pacolet Mills, died Saturday, July 18, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 14, 1950, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Mary Louise Tessner Horne of Pacolet Mills and the late Buel Edward Horne. Survivors include two daughters, Angela Neal and Jennifer Stafford, both of Pacolet; a son, Richard Horne of Pacolet;...
Grace Jackson
Jul 18, 2009
Grace Ellen Davidson Jackson, 93, of 1049 Wildwood Lane, died Saturday, July 18, 2009, at her home. Born July 6, 1916, in Darlington, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Moody and Ida Conyers McKnight. She was first married to the late Herbert Wallace Davidson and was the widow of Heyward Jackson. She was the director of Woodland...
Thomas Lawson
Jul 17, 2009
Thomas Leon "T. J." Lawson, 53, of 331 West Church Street, died Friday, July 17, 2009, at his home. Born September 12, 1955, in Bluefield, WV, he was the son of the late Thomas Richard and Elsie Faye Lambert Lawson. He was employed at Ford Drugs and Medical and was a member of Graham Chapel Wesleyan Church. Survivors include his...
Andrea Davis
Jul 17, 2009
Andrea "Andy" Marie Davis, 45, of 703 Pen Del Road, died Friday, July 17, 2009. Born June 9, 1964, in Wilmington, DE, she was the daughter of Eddie W. Johnson, Sr. and Martha Jeandell Johnson. She was a former plant manager for Porter Building Products and Wickes Lumber. Survivors include her husband, Louis Taylor Davis; a daughter, Adrienne Walstrum, two...
Dr. Garren
Jul 17, 2009
Dr. William G. "Bill" Garren, 64, of Spartanburg, husband of Nancy Ruth Zeigler Garren, died Friday, July 17, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after an extended illness. Dr. Garren was born October 17, 1944, in Spartanburg, SC, to the late Rolla V. and Grace Sullivan Garren. He graduated from Spartanburg High School in 1962. After a period of...
Edna Davis
Jul 16, 2009
Edna Louise LeMaster Davis, 79, of 2950 East Main Street, passed away on Thursday, July 16, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a brief illness. Born September 7, 1929, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mae Holcombe LeMaster and the wife of the late Charles N. Davis, Sr. She was the...
Bruno Geiss
Jul 16, 2009
Bruno R. Geiss, 93, of 114 Greenbriar Road, formerly of Brazil, died Thursday, July 16, 2009, at his home. Born April 14, 1916, in Ijui, Brazil, he was the son of the late Roberto and Dorotea Hochwart Geiss. He was the founder of Geiss & Sons Jewelers and a member of St. John�½s Lutheran Church. Bruno immigrated to the United...
Buddy Tollison
Jul 16, 2009
Buddy Lewis Tollison, 56, of Pacolet Mills, died Thursday, July 16, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 27, 1952, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Sanford Carroll and JoAnn Carol Payton Tollison. He worked and traveled around the world for the past 16 years. Survivors include his loving companion for 16 years, Sue Nutt;...
Dorothy Young
Jul 13, 2009
Dorothy Davidson Young, 86, of Chesnee, died Monday, July 13, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 27, 1923, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry and Emily Davidson and the wife of the late Lewis "Bill" Young. She was retired from Harley Bag and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include three sons, Louis...
Mary Tucker
Jul 13, 2009
Mary Louise Tucker, 72, of 425 South Church Street, died Monday, July 13, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 1, 1937, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clayton Welford and Vallie Elizabeth Meadows Huitt and the wife of the late Charles Tucker. She was retired from Enoree Mills, a volunteer with Mobile Meals...
Lula Terry
Jul 12, 2009
Lula Mae Boles Terry, 97, died Sunday, July 12, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 16, 1912, in Abbeville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Spear and Rosa Ella Manning Boles and widow of James Henry Terry. She was a member of Second Presbyterian Church. Survivors include a daughter, Sue Terry Gilbert-South and husband...
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