Obituaries

Alice Parker

Alice Parker

Mar 29, 2010

Alice O'Shields Parker, 84, of 2720 Country Club Road, died Monday, March 29, 2010, at Park Place Assisting Living. Born January 10, 1926, in the Nesbitt community of Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Wallace M. and Annie Myrtle Adair O'Shields. A valedictorian graduate of Pauline High School, she was retired from Piedmont Natural Gas after...

Terry Champion

Terry Champion

Mar 28, 2010

Terry Champion, 57, of Fingerville, died Sunday, March 28, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 14, 1952, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late M.C. and Cornelia Atkins Champion. He was employed at Wal-Mart, a member of Fingerville First Baptist Church, and a U.S. Marine Veteran of the Vietnam War. Survivors include three aunts, two...

Joe Cantrell, Jr.

Joe Cantrell, Jr.

Mar 28, 2010

Joe Hill Cantrell, Jr, 86, of Spartanburg, passed away into eternal rest on Sunday, March 28, 2010, at Eden Terrace Assisted Living. Born May 25, 1923, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Joe Hill Cantrell, Sr. and Ela Berry Cantrell. He was predeceased by his wife, Helen Young Cantrell. Joe retired from Southern Bell Telephone Company...

Nell Turner

Nell Turner

Mar 28, 2010

Nell S. Turner, 94, of 295 Valley High Drive, Inman, formerly of Union, died Sunday, March 28, 2010, at Camp Care Nursing Home. Born July 18, 1915, in Greeneville, TN, she was the daughter of the late David and Nora Kirkpatrick Smith and the wife of the late William Frank Turner Sr.. She was a retired nursing assistant from Mary...

Beverly Guimont

Beverly Guimont

Mar 28, 2010

Beverly Ann Jaworski Guimont, 67, of 425 Jennifer Lee Court, died unexpectedly on Sunday, March 28, 2010, at Village Hospital at Pelham. Born March 18, 1943, in Putnam, CT, she was the daughter of the late George T. and Leah Boulais Jaworski and the wife of the late Andrew Guimont. She was a former hairdresser and retired from Publix Bakery...

Bobby Crowe

Bobby Crowe

Mar 27, 2010

Bobby Gene Crowe, 73, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, March 27, 2010. Born June 1, 1936, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Eugene and Daisy Worthy Crowe and husband to the late June Hayes Crowe of 48 years. A graduate of Roebuck High School, he was retired from Reeves Brothers and was an avid sports fan. He...

Edith Leslie

Edith Leslie

Mar 27, 2010

Edith Wheeler Leslie, 81, of 415 Brenda Way, died Saturday, March 27, 2010, at Ashland Village. Born July 10, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Luke Wheeler and Lillian Gertrude Varner Wheeler and was married to the late Walter Harold Leslie. She was a retired seamstress with Claire Manufacturing and was a member of...

Charlene Cooper

Charlene Cooper

Mar 26, 2010

Charlene Genobles Cooper, 44, of 4 Twinwoods Drive, passed away Friday, March 26, 2010, at her home. Born November 24, 1965, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Frances Louise Genobles and the late Charles Eddie Genobles. She was employed by Southern States Packing Company and a member of Cannons Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, Ted Howard Cooper,...

Frances Duffie

Frances Duffie

Mar 26, 2010

Frances Lanford Toney Duffie, 87, of 291 Heathwood Drive, died Friday, March 26, 2010, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 13, 1922, in Cross Anchor, SC, she was the daughter of the late R. W. Lanford, Sr. and Nannie Jennings Lanford. She was first married to the late Robert Lee Toney, Jr. and then to the late Thomas...

Nellie Mcabee

Nellie Mcabee

Mar 26, 2010

Nellie Jane McAbee, 92, of 865 Iron Ore Road, died Friday, March 26, 2010, at Wallace Thompson Hospital in Union. Born August 15, 1917, in Glendale, SC, she was the daughter of the late Grover Ables and Gertrude Agnes Parks and the widow of Clarence Wilborn McAbee. She was a homemaker and member of Whitney Freewill Baptist Church. Survivors include...

Mina Cathcart

Mina Cathcart

Mar 24, 2010

Mina Elizabeth Ayers Cathcart, 76, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at Westside Living Center in Greenville, SC. Born March 4, 1934, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Erie Preston Ayers, Sr. and Bessie Scott Ayers. She was a former executive secretary with Butte Knit and Olympia Mills. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors...

Doris Martin

Doris Martin

Mar 24, 2010

Doris Roberts Taylor Martin, 77, of 811 Amarillo Drive, died Wednesday, March 24, 2010, at her home. Born March 8, 1933, in Brooklyn, NY, she was the daughter of the late Quentin K. Roberts and Janie Kellett Roberts McIntyre. She was first married to the late Mason Edward Taylor, Sr. for 38 years and then to the late Joseph D....

Sarah Turner

Sarah Turner

Mar 23, 2010

Sarah Bessie Greer Turner, 89, of 655 Greenhill Road, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at her home. Born March 21, 1921, in the Buck Creek community, she was the daughter of the late W. Arthur and Lillie Camp Greer and the wife of 67 years to the late Albert D. Turner. She was a...

Georgia Maheras

Georgia Maheras

Mar 23, 2010

Georgia Costalas Maheras, 94, passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at Park Place. Born January 9, 1916, in Karyes, Laconia, Greece, she was the daughter of the late Nikolaos and Panayiota Kehoulas Costalas. She immigrated with her children to the United States on March 24, 1952, to join her husband, Konstantine S. (Gus) Maheras, who was living in Gastonia,...

Willena Mckinney

Willena Mckinney

Mar 23, 2010

Willena Costner McKinney, 83, of Spartanburg, passed away on Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at her residence. Born March 3, 1927, in Avondale, NC, she was the daughter of the late Joe H. and Metal Fite Costner and the wife of the late Felix A. McKinney, Jr. She was a member of the Baptist Church and a devoted wife, mother, and...

Alberta Scott

Alberta Scott

Mar 22, 2010

Alberta Cunningham Scott, 91, of 4268 North Blackstock Road, died Monday, March 22, 2010, at National Healthcare of Greenville. Born July 24, 1918, in New Prospect, SC, and reared in Jonesville, SC, she was the daughter of the late William Carl and Sallie Reaves Cunningham and the wife of the late Shuping A. Scott. A graduate of Jonesville High School,...

Terry Keenan

Terry Keenan

Mar 21, 2010

Terry F. Keenan, 58, of Cowpens, died Sunday, March 21, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 1, 1952, in Cowpens, SC, he was the son of the late William Robert and Frances Mae Jones Keenan. He was a member of Oakdale Baptist Church of Cowpens. Survivors include his wife, Susie Waldrop Keenan; a son, Wesley Keenan and Teresa...

Elizabeth Posey

Elizabeth Posey

Mar 19, 2010

Mrs. Elizabeth Nesbitt Posey, 96, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died in Dalton, GA. on March, 19, 2010, at Hamilton Medical Center. She was preceded in death by her husband, Col. Everett O. Posey; a daughter, Ann Hampton Posey; parents Joseph Silas Nesbitt and Fitzi Gaston Nesbitt of Duncan, SC; and seven siblings. She attended Winthrop College in Rock Hill, SC,...

Robert Summers

Robert Summers

Mar 19, 2010

Robert "Bob" John Summers, 82, of California Avenue, died Friday, March 19, 2010, at Anderson Area Medical Center in Anderson, SC. Born October 11, 1927, in Bowman, SC, he was the son of the late David and Hattie Hutchins Summers and husband of the late Zora Elizabeth Summers. He was the owner of Summers Body Shop, a Veteran of the...

Doris Tesner

Doris Tesner

Mar 19, 2010

Doris Cudd Tesner, 66, of 254 Greencreek Road, died Friday, March 19, 2010, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 28, 1943, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dennie Evans and Drucilla Elder Cudd and wife of the late Louie Allen Tesner, Sr. She was an LPN at Valley Falls Terrace Nursing Home and a member...