Obituaries

Elizabeth Owens

Elizabeth Owens

Feb 20, 2010

Elizabeth Brannon Owens, 91, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, February 20, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 27, 1918, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Oscar and Sally Page Brannon and the wife of sixty-four years to the late Grady Ezell Owens. A graduate of Inman High School, she was retired from Spartan Undies....

Patricia Simmons

Patricia Simmons

Feb 19, 2010

Patricia (Pat) Wilson Simmons, 85, of Spartanburg, and formerly of Jacksonville, FL, died Friday, February 19, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 4, 1924, in Parkersburg, WV, she was the daughter of the late Arthur Raymond and Ethel Beatrice Tannahall Wilson. She was a nurse with St. Luke's Hospital and retired from Blue Cross-Blue Shield in Jacksonville, FL,...

S. Thrift

S. Thrift

Feb 19, 2010

S. B. "Coot" Thrift, 85, a resident of Richard M. Campbell Veteran's Nursing Home, Anderson, SC, formerly of Cowpens, died Friday, February 19, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 3, 1924, in Fingerville, SC, he was the son of the late Lettie Thrift Miller and reared by his grandparents, the late Durham and Mary Ella Thrift. He...

Frank Teodori

Frank Teodori

Feb 18, 2010

Frank Domenick Teodori, 82, of Moore, died Thursday, February 18, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 3, 1927, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of the late Domenico and Mary Abiuso Teodori. He was retired from the New York Police Department after 22 years of service and then worked for 911 Communications in Spartanburg County. He was...

Gertrude Thompson

Gertrude Thompson

Feb 17, 2010

Gertrude Knight Thompson, 87, of 225 Old Detour Road, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 23, 1922, in Florence County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ralph D. and Louise Jordan Knight and the wife of the late Cecil Preston Thompson. She was a graduate...

John Mitchell

John Mitchell

Feb 17, 2010

John Mitchell, 87, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, February 17, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 2, 1922, in Roebuck, SC, he was the son of the late John Wesley and Daisy Weir Mitchell. He was a retired electrician and a U.S. Navy Veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Jennie Randall Mitchell, and was...

Marteele Brown

Marteele Brown

Feb 16, 2010

Marteele Cravey Brown, 87, formerly of Pershing Street, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born September 18, 1922, in Tifton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Silas and Cora Ross Cravey and the wife of the late James Clayton Brown. She was a retired executive secretary at Spartanburg Insulation, a member of Glendale Baptist...

Joe Turley, Jr.

Joe Turley, Jr.

Feb 16, 2010

Joe Elmer Turley, Jr., 74, of Jonesville, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at Hospice of Union County in Monroe, NC. Born January 4, 1936, in Charleston, WV, he was the son of the late Joe Elmer Turley, Sr. and Hilda Paulene Guthrie Turley and the husband of the late Barbara Lee Barker Turley. He was a retired supervisor after 29...

Thong Lee

Thong Lee

Feb 16, 2010

Thong Lee, 42, of Chesnee, died Tuesday, February 16, 2010, at Gaston Memorial Hospital in Gastonia, NC. Born October 10, 1967, in Laos, he was the son of Soua Lor Lee of Salisbury, NC, and the late Chong Toua Lee. Surviving in addition to his mother are two daughters, Shoua Lee and Li Lee, both of the home; and a...

Maxine Peters

Maxine Peters

Feb 15, 2010

Iola Maxine Feikers Peters, 91, formerly of Spartanburg, died Monday, February 15, 2010, at Cleveland Pines Nursing Center in Shelby, NC. Born November 24, 1918, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Henry Bernard and Cordelia Daisy Dean Nelson Feikers and the wife of the late William Joseph Peters. A graduate of Spartanburg General Hospital School...

Anne Vleet

Anne Vleet

Feb 15, 2010

Anne Bruce Cartwright Van Vleet, 87, of Spartanburg, died Monday, February 15, 2010, at Summit Hills. Born April 28, 1922, in Chattanooga, TN, she was the daughter of the late Bruce Green and Ruby Hickey Cartwright. A graduate of City High School in Chattanooga, TN, and Ohio State University, she served as church secretary for churches in Savannah, GA, and...

Hugh Hayes

Hugh Hayes

Feb 14, 2010

Hugh Leroy Hayes, 65, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, February 14, 2010. Born April 28, 1944 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Lucian Leroy and Annie Marie Gwinn Hayes. He attended Spartanburg High School and Wofford College where he was a member of Kappa Alpha Order. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1966-1968. He was the...

Robert Hunt

Robert Hunt

Feb 14, 2010

Robert Tatlow Hunt, 86, passed away into eternal rest on Sunday, February 14, 2010, after a courageous battle with Parkinson's. He was at home surrounded by his family. Bob was born in St. Augustine, FL, to the late Robert Bruce and Alberta Tatlow Hunt. He attended Riverside Military Academy and graduated from Ketterlinus High School in St. Augustine where he...

Henry Bright

Henry Bright

Feb 13, 2010

Henry Greyson Bright, infant son of Christopher Bright and Crystal Ames of Moore, died Saturday, February 13, 2010, at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, TX. Surviving in addition to his parents is his brother, Tyler Ames of the home; maternal grandmother, Cynthia Ames, and paternal grandparents, Floyd and Marilynn Bright, all of Spartanburg. Visitation will be 10:00-11:45 a.m. Saturday, February...

Leslie Gossett

Leslie Gossett

Feb 12, 2010

Leslie M. Gossett, 70, of Glenn Springs, died Friday, February 12, 2010, at his home. Born April 13, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Everie Gossett Sr. and Elsie Mae Jones Gossett. He was retired from Fiske Carter Construction after 33 years of service. He was a member of Glenn Springs Presbyterian Church and...

Carolyn Horne

Carolyn Horne

Feb 12, 2010

Carolyn Dinning Horne, 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, February 12, 2010, at her home. Born March 15, 1938, in Ashdown, AR, she was the daughter of the late Leonard Bates Dinning, Sr. and Mattie Hough Lilly Dinning and the wife of the late Furman Horne. She attended Ashdown public schools. Mrs. Horne had been a resident of Spartanburg, SC,...

Beatrice Riley

Beatrice Riley

Feb 11, 2010

Beatrice Wiebenga Riley, 102, of 21 Angela Circle, Inman, and White Oak Manor, passed away on Thursday, February 11, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 21, 1907, in Morrison, IL, she was the daughter of the late Thomas and Rena Kooi Wiebenga. A graduate of Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, IL, in the area of nursing, she worked...

Julia Rockwood

Julia Rockwood

Feb 10, 2010

Julia Lee Smith Rockwood, 70, of 226 Hagood Road, died Tuesday, February 9, 2010, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born July 16, 1939, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Grady T. and Lucille Looper Smith. She was a graduate of Queen's University with a degree in Sociology and Mathematics and a member of Westminster Presbyterian...

Ada Blackwell

Ada Blackwell

Feb 10, 2010

Ada Reba Baker Blackwell, 81, of Boiling Springs, went home to be with her Lord on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 12, 1928, in Lee County, VA, and raised in Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Andy J. and Lillie Sizemore Baker and the wife of the late Frank M. Blackwell....

Mrs. Patricia Lamar

Mrs. Patricia Lamar

Feb 10, 2010

Patricia Dobson Lamar of Columbia, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2010, after a brief illness. Born in Spartanburg, SC, on September 18, 1942, she was the daughter of the late Eoline West Dobson and the late William Powell Dobson. She was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Brenau College in Gainesville, GA. At Brenau, and she was the...