Elizabeth Luenstroth
May 15, 2009
Elizabeth Luenstroth, age 99, died peacefully at the Laurens County Hospital in Clinton, SC, on Friday, May 15, 2009. She was very active in church activities throughout her life, including serving as the first female deacon at Normandy Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, MO.; was a member of Second Presbyterian Church for 17 years; and served as a volunteer missionary in...
Torance Ray
May 15, 2009
Torance Stevenson Ray, 69, of 2910 East Main Street Extension, died Friday, May 15, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 9, 1940, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Charlie Jack and Flossie Waters Ray and husband of the late Sarah Ellen Linder Ray. He was a painter and of the Baptist faith. Survivors...
Trudy Mcdowell
May 15, 2009
Trudy Ann Henderson McDowell, 48, died Friday, May 15, 2009. She was born November 6, 1960, in Spartanburg and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include her father, Albert D. Henderson and his wife Alice Elder Henderson of Spartanburg; her mother, Edith Byars Salser and her husband Teddy K. Salser of Tennessee; a sister, Glenda H. Lewis of Lyman; a...
Dolores Bracey
May 14, 2009
Dolores Sadler Bracey, 89, of Moore, SC, a former resident of Jacksonville, FL, died Thursday, May 14, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 3, 1920, in Cookeville, TN, she was the daughter of the late William Jefferson and Buna Jacques Sadler and the wife of the late Clarence Harrison Bracey. She was a longtime volunteer at Mary Black...
Daryl Phillips
May 13, 2009
Daryl Alonzo Phillips, 37, of 101 Westland Drive, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 12, 1972, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Patsy Phillips Dezern of Spartanburg and was raised by his grandmother, the late Margie Bridges Phillips. He was employed at Michelin and was a member of Fairview Baptist Church. Also...
Barbara Doyle
May 13, 2009
Barbara Nell Brinegar Doyle, 78, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, May 13, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 15, 1930, in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and Grace Virginia Stevens Brinegar and the wife of 58 years to the late Robert Ray Doyle. She was an insurance agent with Correll Willis Smith and Associates...
Carroll Pruitt
May 12, 2009
Carroll Tony Pruitt, 78, of 3 Damson Street, went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at his home. Born February 15, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Audra and Ruth Iona Edmond Pruitt and the husband of the late Elizabeth Turrie Hodge Pruitt. He was retired from Spartan Security...
William Brown
May 12, 2009
William Smith Brown, 81, of 118 Calhoun Avenue, went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 6, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Roy Wilkins and Clarice Smith Brown. A 1945 graduate of Spartanburg High School and a 1952 graduate of Clemson University, he...
James Shealy
May 12, 2009
James Monroe Shealy, 91, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, May 12, 2009, at his home. Born November 24, 1917, in Leesville, SC, he was the son of the late James Monroe and Jessie Mae Shealy and the husband of the late Joyce Elizabeth Graves Shealy. He was retired from Southern Railway with more than 30 years of service. He was a...
Walter Kay, Jr.
May 11, 2009
Walter Mason Kay, Jr., 75, of 62 Woodwind Drive, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital after a brief illness. Born November 20, 1933, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Walter Mason Kay, Sr. and Willie Mae Morgan Kay. He was a retired Vice-President with Smith Data Processing, a division of J M...
Virginia Felmet
May 11, 2009
Virginia Thompson Felmet, 93, a longtime resident of Spartanburg County, SC, died Monday, May 11, 2009, at NHC HealthCare in Johnson City, TN. She had lived in Johnson City since 2003. A native of Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert C. and Minnie Dewberry Thompson and the wife of 66 years to the late Rev....
Dotsey Causey
May 11, 2009
Dotsey Munn Causey, 91, of Park Place Assisted Living, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born November 11, 1917, in Olanta, SC, she grew up in Furman, SC, in Hampton County, and lived in Columbia, SC, for over 60 years where she was a longtime member of Calvary Baptist Church. She was the daughter of the...
Martha Zimmerman
May 11, 2009
Martha Elizabeth Riddle Zimmerman, 82, of Spartanburg, went home to be with the Lord on Monday, May 11, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 1, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clifton and Marie Fowler Riddle and the wife of the late Darcy Edgar "Doc" Zimmerman. She was a charter member of Beaver...
Tillman Tolleson
May 10, 2009
Tillman Huskey Tolleson, 68, of Cowpens, formerly of Roebuck, died Sunday, May 10, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born June 27, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James J. and Clara Devinnie Evans Tolleson. He was a retired carpenter. Survivors include a daughter, Wanda Elaine Martin and her husband Jesse of Salisbury, NC; a...
Joan Wofford
May 10, 2009
Joan Johnson Wofford, 75, of Spartanburg, went home to be with her Lord on Sunday, May 10, 2009, at her home surrounded by her family after a battle with cancer. Born February 15, 1934, in Knox County, TN, she was the daughter of the late John Vivian and Mayme Troy Yates Johnson and the wife of the late Jerry Flavell...
Russell Goucher
May 9, 2009
Russell Stuart Goucher, 63, of 100 Perry Drive, died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 4, 1946, in England, he was the son of the late William Henry and Marjorie Elsie Doughty Goucher. He was a design engineer for the textile and HVAC industries. He is survived by his beloved wife, Shelagh; four sons, Christopher,...
Betty Morton
May 9, 2009
Betty Chandler Morton, 80, of 227 Wilton Hill Road, died Saturday, May 9, 2009, at her home. Born January 3, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Van Buren and Maud McAllister Chandler. She was a hair stylist, a long time resident of Spartanburg, and a graduate of Spartanburg High School. Survivors include her husband, Charles...
Barbara Hanning
May 8, 2009
Barbara Jean Hall Hanning, 83, of 415 Savanna Plains Drive, died Friday, May 8, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 18, 1925, in Asheville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Frederick Nelson Hall, Sr. and Pauline Fore Hall. She attended Converse College and was the former co-owner with Jo Carlisle of The Little Cricket Art Needlework...
Elford Fortenberry
May 8, 2009
Elford "Bud" Houston Fortenberry, 90, of 254 Old John Dodd Road, went home to be with the Lord on May 9, 2009, at his home. Born October 16, 1918, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Ed and Mary West Fortenberry and husband for sixty years to the late Minnie Bell Fortenberry. He was retired from Arkwright...
Rebecca Comer
May 8, 2009
Rebecca "Becky" Comer, 27, of 745 Kenmore Drive, died Friday, May 8, 2009. Born September 14, 1981, in Columbia, SC, she was the daughter of Harold Comer and Paula Sexton of Spartanburg and was adopted by her paternal grandparents, Mildred Comer and the late Edward Comer. Surviving is a daughter, Rachel Mae Comer of Spartanburg, and a brother, Joshua Harold...
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