Obituaries

Lewis Cash

Lewis Cash

Sep 1, 2009

Lewis Lee Cash, 61, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at Elizabeth House in Flat Rock, NC. Born November 13, 1947, in Mountain Rest, SC, he was the son of the late Elmer and Gertrude King Cash and the husband of the late Janice Blakely Cash. He was retired from Community Cash Stores after 16 years of service...

Helen Veverka

Helen Veverka

Aug 31, 2009

Helen Ann Staab Veverka, 79, of 237 Summerfield Road, died Monday, August 31, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born October 18, 1929, in Queens, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Apolonia Edel Staab. A graduate of Dominican Commercial High School in Jamaica, NY, she was a retired executive secretary from Wofford College and Milliken Research...

Edith Osment

Edith Osment

Aug 31, 2009

Edith Marcengill Osment, 86, of Boiling Springs, died Monday, August 31, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born March 21, 1923, in Westminster, SC, she was the daughter of the late Julius Cecil and Grace Farmer Marcengill and the wife of the late James Wesley Osment. She was a retired secretary and of the Baptist faith. While living in Germany...

Marie Hayes

Marie Hayes

Aug 30, 2009

Marie Gwinn Hayes, 92, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, in Fort Worth, TX. Born January 11, 1917, in the Walnut Grove community, she was the daughter of the late Mansel Bookter and Julia O'Shields Gwinn and the wife of the late Lucian Leroy Hayes. She was a member of Morningside Baptist Church and loved her flowers, garden, and...

John Lyles, Jr.

John Lyles, Jr.

Aug 30, 2009

John Perry Lyles, Jr., 62, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born February 14, 1947, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late John Perry Lyles, Sr. and Frances Loyless Lyles. He was a Master Deputy at the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office with 35 years of service, having risen to the rank...

Ollie Jamison

Ollie Jamison

Aug 30, 2009

Ollie Mae Dillard Jamison, 95, formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, August 30, 2009, at Brunswick Cove Nursing Home in Winnabow. Born November 8, 1913, in Carrollton, GA, she was the daughter of the late Oscar Hamilton and Alice Elizabeth Hurt Dillard and the wife of the late Reeves Gamble Jamison. She was a member of Green Street Baptist Church...

Willie Crain

Willie Crain

Aug 29, 2009

Willie Elizabeth O'Shields Crain, 88, peacefully passed away Saturday, August 29, 2009 at the home she built overlooking the Shoals of the North Tyger River and Anderson Grits Mill. With her was her son Stephen, her full time caregiver for seven years, and members of her Southern Care Hospice team. Born December 2, 1920 at home on the Foothills of...

Agnes Riddle

Agnes Riddle

Aug 29, 2009

Agnes Hope Coates Riddle, 79, of Spartanburg, formerly of Gordon Drive, died Saturday, August 29, 2009, at her home. Born June 22, 1930, in Ahoskie, NC, she was the daughter of the late Kenneth Daniel and Agnes Johnson Coates and the wife of the late John Manley Riddle. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church in Spartanburg where...

Myrtle Cartee

Myrtle Cartee

Aug 27, 2009

Myrtle Alice Clayton Cartee, 85, of 8130 Rollins Street, died Thursday, August 27, 2009, at her home. Born August 7, 1924, in Henderson County, NC, she was the daughter of the late Edgar and Hattie Belle Clayton and the wife of the late Boyce Lee Cartee. She was a member of Trinity Baptist Church. Survivors include three daughters, Shirley Blake...

Ruby Vanpatton

Ruby Vanpatton

Aug 26, 2009

Ruby Lancaster VanPatton, 93, of 675 Bushy Creek Road, died Wednesday, August 26, 2009, at her home. Born September 17, 1915, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late John L. and Louvenia Belcher Lancaster and the wife of the late John T. VanPatton, Sr. She was a cosmetologist and a member of St. James United Methodist...

Donald Mckittrick

Donald Mckittrick

Aug 25, 2009

Donald Ray McKittrick, 67, of 5220 Highway 221, died Tuesday, August 25, 2009, at his home. Born September 9, 1941, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late James and Rozelle Oakes McKittrick. He was first married to the late Evelyn Yarbrough McKittrick and then to the late Ruth Alman McKittrick. He was retired from Arrow Automotive,...

Rose Inman

Rose Inman

Aug 24, 2009

Rose Nell Inman, 64, of 110 Michael Gage Court, died Monday, August 24, 2009, at her home. Born May 15, 1945, in Winder, GA, she was the daughter of the late Claude Bill Lee, Sr. and Fannie Marie Lingerfelt Lee and the wife of the late Bobby Gene Inman, Sr. She was a member of Silica Springs Baptist Church. Survivors...

Ruth Crawford

Ruth Crawford

Aug 23, 2009

Ruth Johnson Crawford, 93, formerly of Pacolet Mills, died Sunday, August 23, 2009, at Oakmont Nursing Center in Greenville, SC. Born October 11, 1915, in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Washington and Cora Walden Johnson and the wife of the late Landy Jackson Crawford. She was a member of Pacolet Mills Baptist Church, a...

Brian Linder

Brian Linder

Aug 23, 2009

Brian Russell Linder, 35, of Shelby, NC, died Sunday, August 23, 2009, in Kings Mountain, NC, as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Born March 30, 1974, in Kinston, NC, he was the son and step-son of Keith and Frances Linder of Chesnee, SC, and J. P. and Marcelle Crocker Elm of Gaffney, SC. A 1992 graduate of Spartanburg...

Fonda Brown

Fonda Brown

Aug 23, 2009

Fonda Elaine Brown, 64, died Sunday, August 23, 2009, at Parkview Hospital, Fort Wayne, IN. Born September 23, 1944, in Plymouth, IN, she was the daughter of Fonda Arlene Frenger of Fort Wayne, IN, and the late Lowell Kenneth Frenger and the wife of James Channing "J. C." Brown. A 1962 graduate of North Side High School, she was the...

Anita Collister

Anita Collister

Aug 22, 2009

Anita B. Collister, 94, a 50 year resident of Spartanburg, SC, passed on to the Lord on Saturday, August 22, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 1914, in Portsmouth, NH, she was the daughter of the late Sylvester and Seconda Zamarchi Brighi and wife of the late William H. Collister. She was a retired Registered Nurse and a...

Jessie Mason

Jessie Mason

Aug 20, 2009

Jessie Clyde Mason, 78, of 212 Scenic Circle, died Thursday, August 20, 2009, at his home. Born November 10, 1930, in Boaz, AL, he was the son of the late Homer Kadell and Florence Collins Mason. A graduate of Fairforest High School, he was retired from Spartan Mills, Montgomery Plant, in Chesnee with 29 + years of service. A U.S....

Caroline Stewart

Caroline Stewart

Aug 19, 2009

Caroline Vaughn Bruce Stewart, 70, of Glendale, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at her home. Born February 21, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Cole Livingston and Virginia Carolina Vaughn Bruce. She was a retired cosmetologist and a member of Clifton Second Baptist Church. Survivors include her husband, John Harrison Stewart; a daughter, Valentina Lynn...

Juanita Blanchett

Juanita Blanchett

Aug 19, 2009

Juanita King Blanchett, 80, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009. Born July 5, 1929, in Jonesville, VA, she was the daughter of the late Benton T. and Mossie Minnie Hanshell Lawson. She was retired from the Piedmont Steak House and of the Methodist faith. Survivors include two daughters, Judy Brooks and her husband John of Roebuck, and Vickie Blanton...

H. Terry

H. Terry

Aug 19, 2009

Henry Nelson Terry, 63, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, August 19, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a long illness. Born February 24, 1946, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late James Henry and Lula Mae Boles Terry. He attended Converse College and was an independent insurance agent with H. Terry and Associates in Hartsville,...