Obituaries

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...

Roberta Rabun

Roberta Rabun

Nov 7, 2009

On Saturday, November 7, 2009, God called home one of his faithful servants, Roberta Shepard Rabun. She was at home with her family whose members include daughter, Cheryl Martin of Pauline, grandson, Shane Martin, his wife Amy, and great-grandchildren, Ashlyn and Aidan of Glenn Springs and sister, Nancy Skogman of the home. She was the daughter of the late Hugh...

Harold M.D.

Harold M.D.

Nov 7, 2009

Harold Edward Fleming, M.D., 69, of 314 Glendalyn Place, died peacefully at his home on Saturday, November 7, 2009. A Spartanburg native, Dr. Fleming was born on September 4, 1940, the son of Marie Williams Fleming and the late Cranford Harold Fleming. He is survived by his wife of forty-eight years, Elizabeth Burnett Fleming, and four children: Harold Edward Fleming,...

Bernice Sempier

Bernice Sempier

Nov 7, 2009

Bernice C. Sempier, 75, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, November 7, 2009, at her home. A native of Newark, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Yole Barbato. As a young woman, Bernice was active in Girl Scouting and was a swimming instructor at Camp Pinelock in Blairstown, NJ. After obtaining a degree from the Fashion Institute of...

Dempsie Ret. Jr.

Dempsie Ret. Jr.

Nov 5, 2009

Colonel (Retired) Dempsie Augustus Davis, Jr., USAF, passed away peacefully in his home on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, at the age of 80. He lived a life of great expanse and depth, ever ready with a good story to share with his fellow man. He is survived by his wife Sally, their daughter Elizabeth, son-in-law Ron Nichols, daughter Peggy, son-in-law...

Lena Allen

Lena Allen

Nov 5, 2009

Lena Victoria Lawson Allen, 93, of Cunningham Street, died Thursday, November 5, 2009, at Valley Falls Terrace. Born November 15, 1915, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charlie Watson and Lettie Louise Humphries Lawson and the wife of the late John Leroy Allen, Sr. She was a member of Arcadia First Baptist Church. Survivors include two...