Obituaries

Julia Harrold

Julia Harrold

Nov 20, 2009

Julia Maudine Patterson Harrold, 74, of 320 Sunny Acres Road, died Friday, November 20, 2009, at her home. Born October 17, 1935, in Jonesville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Jack and Winnie Millwood Patterson. She was retired from J. P. Stevens Company and was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church where she was a member of...

Vesta O'Dell

Vesta O'Dell

Nov 19, 2009

Vesta Mae Pannell O'Dell, 94, formerly of Pacolet Mills, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, November 19, 2009, joining her husband, Ernest Lee O'Dell and her son, Charles Lynn O'Dell. She was born October 11, 1915, in Scott County, VA, the daughter of the late John Wesley Pannell and Rosa Belle Neely Bledsoe. She was retired from Pacolet Mills with...

Betty Hart

Betty Hart

Nov 19, 2009

Betty Crosby Hart, 86, of 2 Magazine Place, Port Royal Plantation, Hilton Head Island, SC, formerly of Spartanburg, died Thursday, November 19, 2009, at her home. Born April 30, 1923, in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Samuel C. and Minnie Charles Crosby. A graduate of Fairforest High School and Cecil's Business College, she was co-owner...

Shirley Champion

Shirley Champion

Nov 18, 2009

Shirley Parris Champion, 64, of 603 Vanney Circle, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at her home. Born June 15, 1945, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Rhona and Mary Dorothy Cooksey Parris. She was a former employee of Mayfair Mills and a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. Survivors include a son, Richard Champion...

Ila Baxley

Ila Baxley

Nov 18, 2009

Ila Webster Williams Baxley, 77, of Moore, died Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 23, 1931, in Habersham County, GA, she was the daughter of the late Vernon Oliver and Patie Sigers Webster. . Survivors include a daughter, Donna W. Marr of Moore; two sons, Michael Williams of Landrum, and Phil Williams of Ware...

Bennie Case

Bennie Case

Nov 18, 2009

Bennie Turner Case, 78, of Spartanburg, died peacefully on Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at White Oak Estates. Born November 22, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late George Edward and Ruth Turner Case and the husband of Mary Joanna Jones Case. Mr. Case was the president of the 1948 Class of Spartanburg High School and a...

William Floyd

William Floyd

Nov 16, 2009

William Calvin Floyd, 72, of Wardlaw Avenue, died Monday, November 16, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 22, 1937, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Calvin and Virmie Lackey Floyd. He was employed at Blackman Uhler Chemical Company and later at Southern Wood Piedmont. He was a U.S. Army Veteran and attended...

Mary Pugh

Mary Pugh

Nov 16, 2009

Mary Lou Mabry "Nannie" Pugh, 90, of Pauline, passed over to be with the Lord and his angels on Monday, November 16, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born April 21, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Clem and Eleanor Gilliland Mabry of Pacolet Mills, SC. A lifelong native of Spartanburg County, she was born and raised...

Zora Summers

Zora Summers

Nov 14, 2009

Zora Elizabeth Case Summers, 79, formerly of California Avenue, died Saturday, November 14, 2009, at White Oak Estates. Born December 13, 1929, in Wellford, SC, she was the daughter of the late Decatur Alexander and Reverlee Cox Case and the wife of Robert John "Bob" Summers. She was a retired social worker at Spartanburg General Hospital and a member of...

Kenneth Bullman

Kenneth Bullman

Nov 14, 2009

Kenneth Wayne Bullman, 68, of Spartanburg, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, November 14, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 20, 1941, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Stacy and Annie Mae Langston Bullman and was married to Brenda Cook Bullman for 46 years. He was a faithful member of...

Ruth Wilcox

Ruth Wilcox

Nov 13, 2009

Emma Ruth Bradley Wilcox, 82, of Spartanburg, died Friday, November 13, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born June 20, 1927, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Memory Wells and Clara Kimbrell Bradley and the wife of the late Donald Wilcox. She was a member of Mountain View Baptist Church. Survivors include a daughter, Lynda Ruth...

Evelyn Harrison

Evelyn Harrison

Nov 13, 2009

Evelyn Fowler Harrison, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, November 12, 2009, at Skylyn Place. Born April 12, 1916, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Arizona Utah and Cora Lee Sumerel Fowler and the wife of the late John Elbert Harrison. She was retired from Flower's Bakery and was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include a son, Delane...

Barbara Niles

Barbara Niles

Nov 12, 2009

Barbara Ann Rowland Niles, 75, of 2351 Hanging Rock Road, died Thursday, November 12, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 7, 1934, in Bridgeport, CT, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence and Margaret Manson Rowland. She was a retired office manager with Hertz Corporation. Survivors include her loving husband of 55 years, Alton Floyd Niles; a...

William Scott

William Scott

Nov 12, 2009

William "Bill" Raymond Scott, 92, formerly of Spartanburg, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Thursday, November 12, 2009, at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Wilmoth and Mary Snyder, in Martinez, GA. Born November 8, 1917, in Erie, IL, he was the son of the late Earl Leroy and Sylvia Gillet Scott and was...

Kenneth Burkett

Kenneth Burkett

Nov 12, 2009

Kenneth Ray Burkett, 52, of Boiling Springs, died Thursday, November 12, 2009, at his home. Born November 30, 1956, in Greenwood, SC, he was the son of Margaret Williams Tuck of Spartanburg and the late James L. Burkett. He was a former electrician with Pryor Electrical for many years and a member of Living Water Community Church. Surviving in addition...

Allison Smith

Allison Smith

Nov 11, 2009

Allison Motts Smith, 32, of 708 Silkwood Court, died Wednesday, November 11, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born February 14, 1977, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Roy Eugene (Gene) Motts of Chesnee and Brenda Jackson Motts of Boiling Springs. She was a Human Resources Manager at Blockbuster's Corporate Office and of the Baptist faith. Surviving in...

Linda Underwood

Linda Underwood

Nov 10, 2009

Linda Sue Sampson Underwood, 58, died Tuesday, November 10, 2009, at Magnolia Manor. Born February 20, 1951, in Huntsville, AL, she was the daughter of Kathleen Castle Sampson of Huntsville, AL, and the late Curtis Clinton Sampson. She was an independent private duty nurse and a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church. Surviving in addition to her mother is her...

Frances Stroud

Frances Stroud

Nov 9, 2009

Frances Blackwell Stroud, 80, of Spartanburg, went to be with the Lord on Monday, November 9, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 18, 1929, in Glendale, SC, she was the daughter of the late P. L. and Nellie Reaves Blackwell and the wife of Earl J. Stroud. A 1947 graduate of Spartanburg High School, she was retired from...

James Lockery, Sr.

James Lockery, Sr.

Nov 9, 2009

James Edward Lockery, Sr., 91, of 400 Webber Road, died Monday, November 9, 2009, at White Oak Estates. Born February 14, 1918, in Sacramento, KY, he was the son of the late Pearl and Hattie Whitmer Lockery and the husband of 66 years to the late Zell Lockery. A 1936 valedictorian graduate of Central City High School in Central City,...

Bill Hartis, Jr.

Bill Hartis, Jr.

Nov 8, 2009

William Price Hartis, Jr., 77, of 301 Crews Drive, died Sunday, November 8, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born September 21, 1932, in Charlotte, NC, he was the son of Louzon Black Hartis of Charlotte and the late William Price (W. P.) Hartis. He was retired from Milliken and Company as the Director of Transportation and Warehousing. He was...