Obituaries

Winona Vernberg

Winona Vernberg

Dec 29, 2009

Winona B. Vernberg passed away on December 29, 2008. After retiring from USC, Columbia, SC, in 1996, she moved to Saluda, NC. Winona was born in Kansas on January 9, 1924. She received a B.S. degree from Kansas State College of Pittsburg in 1944, an M.S. degree from DePauw University in 1947, and a Ph.D. degree in Zoology from Purdue...

Carolyn Hall

Carolyn Hall

Dec 29, 2009

Carolyn Cantrell Hall, 85, beloved wife of Roy Hall of 63 years, died December 29, 2009, at RoseCrest after three years of declining health. Born October 23, 1924, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Forest H. and Annie Mae White Cantrell. A graduate of Boiling Springs High School and Cecil's Business College, she was a secretary...

Norma Newman

Norma Newman

Dec 28, 2009

Norma Jean Rogers Newman, 73, of 34 Angler Drive, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, December 28, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 15, 1936, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William A. Rogers, Sr. and Ibby Marie Halliday Rogers. She was retired and an active member of Milestones Church....

Margaret Morrow

Margaret Morrow

Dec 28, 2009

Margaret Starnes Morrow, 72, of Moore, died Monday, December 28, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born January 29, 1937, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late LeRoy and Lois Thornton Starnes. A graduate of Spartanburg High School and Spartanburg General Hospital for Clinical Laboratory Technicians, she was a laboratory technician with Spartanburg General Hospital for a...

Douglas Cohen

Douglas Cohen

Dec 27, 2009

Douglas, "Doug" Cohen, 56, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, December 27, 2009, at his home. Born February 23, 1953, in Brooklyn, NY, he was the son of Sonia Robbins Cohen of Coventry, RI, and the late Herbert Cohen. He was the former president of Glenco Hosiery Mill and a retired sales representative with Adam International. Surviving in addition to his mother...

John Behlert

John Behlert

Dec 26, 2009

John Clifton Behlert, 63, of Inman, SC, formerly of State College, PA, and Baltimore, MD, died Saturday, December 26, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 2, 1946, in Baltimore, MD, he was the son of the late Clifton Leonard and Rosemary Foutz Behlert. He was graduated from Towson Catholic High School in 1965 and the University of Baltimore...

Catherine Bailey

Catherine Bailey

Dec 26, 2009

Catherine "Cat" Bailey, 76, of 4713 Worden Drive, Spartanburg, died Friday, December 25, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born December 10, 1933, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late David and Lillie Lawson Hayes and wife of the late Harold Vernon Bailey. She was a former supervisor at Butte Knit and a member of Fairforest...

Charles Garrett, Jr.

Charles Garrett, Jr.

Dec 25, 2009

Charles E. Garrett, Jr., 64, of Spartanburg, died Friday, December 25, 2009, at Palmetto Richland Hospital, Columbia, SC. Born April 25, 1945, he was the son of Sallie Brannon Garrett Kanipe of Spartanburg and the late Charles Ervin Garrett, Sr. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Navy and of the Southern Baptist faith. Survivors include his wife, Eva Delores...

Mason Hipps

Mason Hipps

Dec 25, 2009

Mason G. Hipps, 84, of 171 Bryant Street, Pacolet, died Friday, December 25, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born November 29, 1925, in Inman, SC, he was the son of the late Jacob and Sally Hipps. He was retired from Milliken Pacolet Plant, a Mason, a Veteran of the U.S. Navy, and a member of Pacolet First Baptist Church....

Lana Dunham

Lana Dunham

Dec 25, 2009

Lana Evelyn Johnson Dunham, 60, of 512 Magnolia Blossom Court, died Friday, December 25, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 4, 1949, in Springfield, OH, she was the daughter of Dennie E. and Evelyn Zick Johnson of Springfield, OH. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Spartanburg. In addition to her parents, she is survived by...

Evelyn Hutchins

Evelyn Hutchins

Dec 24, 2009

Evelyn Allen "Nanny: Hutchins, 81, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, December 24, 2009, after a brief illness. She was born May 21, 1928, in Spartanburg County, SC. She was a daughter of the late Herbert Lee and Minnie Lou Stacey Allen and the wife of the late William Henry Hutchins. She attended United Baptist Church on...

Mary Holcombe

Mary Holcombe

Dec 24, 2009

Mary Louise Henderson Holcombe, 86, formerly of Woodvale Drive, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at White Oak Manor. Born October 30, 1923, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clyde William and Beulah Bell Henderson and the wife of the late Aubrey E. Holcombe. She was retired from Whitney Mill and was a member of Fairview Free...

Heather Panther

Heather Panther

Dec 24, 2009

Heather Denise Panther, 35, of 618 Stewart Road, Spartanburg, died Thursday, December 24, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 27, 1974, in Smithville, MO, and reared in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of William Daniel and Sandra Pettit West of Roebuck. She was a clinical manager at Interim Hospice, a graduate of USC-Spartanburg, and a member of Southside...

Dewey Pressley

Dewey Pressley

Dec 23, 2009

Dewey Pressley, 89, of Pacolet Mills, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at Autumn Care Nursing Home of Forest City, NC. Born October 2, 1920, in Tucapau, SC, he was the son of the late Dallas J. and Minnie Collins Pressley and husband to his beloved wife, the late Rosell Suttles Pressley. He was retired from the textile industry, was a...

Ralph Shinta

Ralph Shinta

Dec 23, 2009

Ralph Campbell Shinta, 78, of Scruggs Avenue, died Wednesday, December 23, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 24, 1931, in Piedmont, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Francis and Ella Ree Miller Shinta. He was a retired maintenance supervisor at Converse College, a member of St. Matthews Episcopal Church, and a U.S. Navy Veteran of...

Frances Greene

Frances Greene

Dec 22, 2009

Frances D. Greene, 61, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 9, 1948, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Wendell and Mary Louise Blanton Prayther. She was formerly employed with Thomas and Betts. Survivors include her husband, Ronnie Jack Greene; a daughter, Tonya Lynn Smith of Inman; a...

Ernestine White

Ernestine White

Dec 22, 2009

Ernestine Holland White, 93, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at her home. Born May 30, 1916, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles A. Holland, Sr. and Patra Bearden Holland and the wife of 56 years to the late James Nelson White, Sr. A 1936 graduate of Converse College, she was a teacher...

Charles Whitlock

Charles Whitlock

Dec 22, 2009

Charles R. Whitlock, 88, of 400 Webber Road, died Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at White Oak Estates. Born August 11, 1921, in Union, SC, he was the son of the late Dudley Jean and Jennille Graham Whitlock and the husband of the late Sara McMillan Whitlock. A 1939 graduate of Union High School and a 1943 graduate of The Citadel,...

John Sheppard

John Sheppard

Dec 21, 2009

Johnathan Ray Sheppard, 50, of Cowpens, died Monday, December 21, 2009, in Gaffney. Born November 28, 1959, in Lancaster, SC, he was the son of Peggy Joyce Bowers Blackman of Kershaw and the late Rev. Johnny Ray Sheppard. He was a member of Mount Olive Baptist Church in Cowpens, the former owner and operator of Faith Small Engine in Cowpens,...

Evelyn Vieth

Evelyn Vieth

Dec 21, 2009

Evelyn Lenz Vieth, 89, of Spartanburg, beloved wife of Walter Richard Vieth, passed away on Monday, December 21, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 1, 1920, in West New York, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Charles J. and Florence Clark Lenz. She graduated from Jamaica High School, Long Island, New York. She met her future...