Obituaries

Mable Fowler

Mable Fowler

Sep 10, 2009

Mable Edge Fowler, 100, of Pacolet, died Thursday, September 10, 2009, at White Oak Manor of Spartanburg. Born August 16, 1909, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Perry Arthur and Lala Powers Edge and the wife of the late Henry Walker Fowler. She was retired from Beaumont Mill and was a member of Brown's Chapel...

Janie Ballew

Janie Ballew

Sep 8, 2009

Janie Mae Bellew was granted her angel wings on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. She lost her battle with cancer at her home in Inman, SC. Her final days were spent surrounded by family and friends. Although she was 64 years young, she gave us all such courage and hope and reminded us of how precious life is. Born August 3,...

James Smith

James Smith

Sep 7, 2009

James Ira "Pop" Smith, 89, of 439 Monks Grove Church Road, died Monday, September 7, 2009, at his home. Born September 7, 1920, in Arcadia, SC, he was the son of the late William Claude and Bertha Gregg Smith and the husband of Dorothy Gowan Smith. He was retired from the United States Navy and was a member and Superintendent...

Billy Fagan

Billy Fagan

Sep 7, 2009

Billy K Fagan, 74, of 725 Shipwreck Place, died Monday, September 7, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born October 14, 1934, in Green Creek, NC, he was the son of Velma Whiteside Fagan of Green Creek and the late Kyle Fagan. A graduate of Limestone College, he was a retired supervisor with the SC Department of Corrections after 18...

Kathleen Bailey

Kathleen Bailey

Sep 7, 2009

Mary Kathleen Jones Bailey, 86, of 435 Larry Drive, died Monday, September 7, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 10, 1922, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Leland L. and Nancy Chapman Jones and the wife of the late Woodrow Bailey. She was retired from Nancy Fashions and the Spartanburg Mental Health...

James Faux

James Faux

Sep 6, 2009

James "Dugan" M. Faux, 89, of Spartanburg, died Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born May 6, 1920 in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late Frank William and Kate Owen Faux and was the husband of the late Anna Kenny Faux. Mr. Faux was the former owner of Southeastern Paper Company, was a Mason and...

Marlyn Corn

Marlyn Corn

Sep 6, 2009

Richard Marlyn Corn, 74, of 210 Cunningham Street, died Sunday, September 6, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 8, 1934, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late H. M. and Gwendolyn Waddell Corn. He was a retired Electrical Technician with Hoechst Celanese, a U.S. Army Veteran, a member of Westgate Free Will Baptist Church,...

Jeremy Sailem

Jeremy Sailem

Sep 6, 2009

Jeremy Antonio Sailem, 16, of 113 Elderberry Drive, died suddenly on Sunday afternoon, September 6, 2009. Born February 10, 1993, in Valdosta, GA, he was the son of Calvin Antonio "Tony" and Alicia Montejano Sailem of the home. Moving to Spartanburg in 1998, he was currently a Junior at Spartanburg High School where he was active in basketball and track....

George Snyder

George Snyder

Sep 6, 2009

George William Snyder died on Sunday, September 6, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born on May 9, 1918, he was a native of Greenwood, SC, and a resident for the past 12 years of Spartanburg, SC. He was the husband of Dorothy Holland Snyder and the son of the late Alfred Franklin and Mary Elizabeth Cork Snyder. Married to...

Henry Coggins

Henry Coggins

Sep 5, 2009

Henry Carl Coggins, 72, of 133 Maulden Street, died Saturday, September 5, 2009, at his home. Born May 14, 1937, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Jonah and Ida Seals Coggins. He owned and operated Hillcrest. He was a U.S. Army Veteran, a member of Clifton Masonic Lodge #215, and a member of First Baptist...

Thelma Hammett

Thelma Hammett

Sep 5, 2009

Thelma King Hammett, 100, formerly of Spartanburg, died Saturday, September 5, 2009, at Golden Age Nursing Home. Born July 26, 1909, in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Benjamin T. and Maude Parris King. She attended Restoration Church. Survivors include a sister, Ruby Hand; three grand children, John W. Orvin, Clare M. Orvin, and Elisabeth J. Elrod;...

Cynthia Pruitt

Cynthia Pruitt

Sep 4, 2009

Cynthia Knight Pruitt, 68, of 115 Fieldstone Road, died Friday, September 04, 2009 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. She was born August 19, 1941 in Spartanburg a daughter of the late Odious and Lucille Sapoch Knight and was the wife of James R. "Jimmy" Pruitt, Jr., of Spartanburg. She retired this year from Dawkins Middle School after forty-two years of...

Sandra Mcabee

Sandra Mcabee

Sep 4, 2009

Sandra White McAbee, 65, of 320 Dobson Road, died Friday, September 4, 2009, at her home. Born January 22, 1944, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Eugene "Gene" D. and Lee Mira Sherbert White. She was a cosmotologist. Survivors include a daughter, Kay Jackson of Moore; a son, Charles "Chuck" McAbee and his wife Robin of...

Ann Lewis

Ann Lewis

Sep 2, 2009

Ann Hatton Lewis, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at White Oak Estates Assisted Living. Born in Whitmire, SC, she was the daughter of the late William White and Ann Hatton Lewis. She lived for most of her adult life in Decatur and Atlanta, GA, first as an English teacher at Decatur High School and later as an administrative...

Iris Hammett

Iris Hammett

Sep 2, 2009

Iris Hammett, 91, of 63 Blackstock Road, died Wednesday, September 2, 2009, at Magnolia Manor. Born April 6, 1918, in Johnson City, TN, she was the daughter of the late John S. Hammitt and Mae Durham Hammitt Hodges. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include two brothers, Jackie Hodges of Gray, TN, and Lawrence Hammitt of Spartanburg; two sisters,...

Beverly Anderson

Beverly Anderson

Sep 2, 2009

Graveside services for Beverly Ballentine Anderson, 69, of Beaufort, and a longtime resident of Spartanburg, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, September 12, 2009, in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens conducted by the Rev. Dr. Paul M. Petersen. The family will receive friends following the service at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 309 Fernwood Drive, Spartanburg. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be...

William Hardin

William Hardin

Sep 1, 2009

Bill Hardin, of Prosperity, SC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 1, 2009, at Agape Senior Vista in Rock Hill, SC. Born August 31, 1933, in Clifton, SC, Bill was a longtime resident of Spartanburg; and although he retired to Lake Murray, he always had a great love for Spartanburg and his family and friends there. Survivors include his loving...

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...