Obituaries

William White

William White

Dec 12, 2009

Former Cowpens Mayor William Edward White, 75, of 144 Martin Lane, died on December 12, 2009, at Countryside Village nursing home, Easley, SC, after a long battle with Alzheimer's Disease. Born on January 29, 1934, in White Stone, SC, he was the son of the late John and Vienna Jones White. He was predeceased by his wife, Dr. Ann Threadgill...

Marguerite Anderson

Marguerite Anderson

Dec 10, 2009

Marguerite Mason Anderson, 91, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, December 10, 2009, at White Oak Manor. Born November 23, 1918, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas Moore and Hattie Harris Anderson. A 1935 graduate of Spartanburg High School, she graduated from Converse College in 1939 and taught school in Spartanburg County and Great Falls. She then...

Lavinia Blackwood

Lavinia Blackwood

Dec 9, 2009

Lavinia Newbold Blackwood, 85, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at Windsor House West. Born September 9, 1924, in Netherseal, England, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Edith Ellen Newbold and the wife of the late Kedric Leon Blackwood. She was a member of St. Margaret's Episcopal Church and the World War II Brides. Survivors include...

Beverly Mccutchen

Beverly Mccutchen

Dec 9, 2009

Beverly Catherine McCutchen, 41, passed away on Wednesday, December 9, 2009, in Dallas, TX. Catherine was a native of Spartanburg, SC, and graduated from Spartanburg High School. She attended Randolph Macon Women's College in Lynchburg, VA, where she lived and worked for a number of years after graduation. She was a member of the Junior League of Lynchburg. She returned...

Vera Strange

Vera Strange

Dec 9, 2009

Vera Estelle Israel Strange, 87, formerly of Summer Place Assisted Living, died Wednesday, December 9, 2009, at Smith Phayer Hospice House in Landrum. Born April 8, 1922, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin Willis and Esther V. Blanton Israel and the wife of the late Leroy Strange. She was retired from Andrews Bearing and was...

Charles Bell

Charles Bell

Dec 8, 2009

Charles Henry "Ding Dong" Bell, 73, of 11 Beech Street, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 17, 1935, in the Whitney community, he was the son of Estelle Green Bell of Spartanburg and the late Arthur Andy Bell. He was the owner of Bell Pest Control and a member of Gravely Memorial United...

Ella Duncan

Ella Duncan

Dec 8, 2009

Ella Ruth Roberts Duncan, 86, of 1166 Edgewood Avenue, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at her home. Born July 31, 1923, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Pinkney and Lucinda Lunsford Roberts and the wife of the late Ernest Carl Duncan. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include a daughter, Kathy Darlene McKittrick of...

Mary Bradley

Mary Bradley

Dec 8, 2009

Mary Elizabeth Powell Bradley, 69, of Fairforest, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 15, 1940, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert and Lillian Williams Powell. She was retired from the textile industry and was a member of Fairforest First Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband of 44 years, W....

Joan Timmons

Joan Timmons

Dec 8, 2009

Joan Edgens Timmons, 78, of Spring Arbor, died Tuesday, December 8, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 2, 1931, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Myrtle Pollard Edgens and the wife of the late Douglas F. Timmons. She was a lifelong member of Duncan Memorial United Methodist Church until they merged with Central...

Harry Coward

Harry Coward

Dec 7, 2009

Harry Nathan Coward, 90, of 400 Webber Road, died Monday, December 7, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 11, 1919, in Hendersonville, NC, he was the son of the late John Clark and Anna Sue Epps Coward. He was first married to the late Mary McSwain Coward. He was a retired sheet metal worker and retired from Southern...

Roy Martin

Roy Martin

Dec 6, 2009

George Roy Martin, 80, of Moore, died Sunday, December 6, 2009, at Life Care of Columbia. Born September 22, 1929, in Ninety Six, SC, he was the son of the late Joseph Guy and Minnie Patton Martin. He was a disabled World War II Veteran of the U.S. Army-Air Corp. Survivors include a daughter, Marcell Messer and her husband Kenneth...

Samuel Collins

Samuel Collins

Dec 6, 2009

Samuel Moore Collins, 87, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, December 6, 2009, at his home. Born July 16, 1922, and a native of Louisville, KY, he was raised in Shelbyville, KY, and was a son of the late Wallace Crittenden and Lucile Hitt Collins and the husband of the late Evelyn Cox Collins. He was a retired vice-president and senior trust...

Ruby Hammett

Ruby Hammett

Dec 4, 2009

Ruby Parris Hammett, 94, of Cowpens, died Friday, December 4, 2009, at The Laurels of Hendersonville. Born June 30, 1915, in Chesnee, SC, she was the daughter of the late James D. and Carrie Mosley Parris and the wife of the late John Earl Hammett. She was a member of Salem United Methodist Church of Cowpens where she served on...

William Robertson

William Robertson

Dec 4, 2009

William Britt "Dub" Robertson, 80, of 192 South Blackstock Road, died Friday, December 4, 2009, at his home. Born March 14, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William and Cassie Seay Robertson. He was retired from Phillips Fibers, was a member of Oak Grove Baptist Church, the Westview Masonic Lodge, and a Veteran of the...

Mrs. Cleo Phillips

Mrs. Cleo Phillips

Dec 3, 2009

Mrs. Cleo Hattie Pannell Phillips, 94, of 319 East Main Street, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday afternoon, December 3, 2009, at her home with her loving family by her side. Born September 26, 1915, in Bakersville, NC, she was the daughter of the late John D. and Lida Blevins Pannell. She married the love of her...

B. Humphries

B. Humphries

Dec 2, 2009

Burton Wayne Humphries, 55, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at his home. Born August 26, 1954, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Burton Almarine and Hazel Beatrice Hedden Humphries. He was the head of all machine operators at General Electric, a former member of Ben Avon Baptist Church, a member of the National Rifle...

Eleanor White

Eleanor White

Dec 2, 2009

Eleanor Stanley White, 92, formerly of 649 Palmetto Street, died Wednesday, December 2, 2009, at Valley Falls Terrace. Born March 15, 1917, in Hampton, SC, she was the daughter of the late Malcolm James and Mary Rivers Stanley. She was a graduate of Furman University and, after graduation, received a fellowship at Furman for advanced study in piano. Mrs. White...

Mary Harrison

Mary Harrison

Dec 1, 2009

Mary Burrell Harrison, 93, formerly of Collins Avenue, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 23, 1916, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Martha Mae Luker Burrell and the wife of the late Joseph Wilson Harrison. She was retired from the Spartanburg Housing Authority with 40 years of...

Cecil Moore

Cecil Moore

Dec 1, 2009

Cecil Greene Moore, 81, of 121 Old Canaan Road, died Tuesday, December 1, 2009, at his home. Born July 16, 1928, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Walter and Myrtle Mooneyham Moore and the husband of the late Mary Harmon Moore. He was the former owner of Cecil Moore Repair Service on Southport Road and a...

Donnie Proctor

Donnie Proctor

Nov 30, 2009

Donnie Gray Proctor, 73, of 31 Sweetbriar Lane, died Monday, November 30, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born April 26, 1936, in Wilson, NC, he was the son of Virginia Owens Proctor of Wilson, NC, and the late Joshua Hicks Proctor. He was the parts and service director for Vic Bailey Ford and co-owner of Prostitch Upholstery. He was...