Obituaries

Christine Reid

Christine Reid

Apr 21, 2009

Christine Pope Reid, 88, of 2902 East Main Street, died Tuesday, April 21, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born September 7, 1920, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late J. W. and Rena Branch Pope and the wife of the late Charles R. Reid. She was formerly employed at the Spartanburg Council on Aging and...

Jennie Silvey

Jennie Silvey

Apr 20, 2009

Jennie Lee Fain Silvey, 79, of Cowpens, died Monday, April 20, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born March 23, 1930, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Creed and Maude White Fain and the wife of the late Bobby G. Silvey. She was retired from Spartanburg School District 6 and was a member of...

Elise Hollifield

Elise Hollifield

Apr 20, 2009

Elise Hollifield, 88, of 309 McAbee Road, died Monday, April 20, 2009, at a local nursing home. Born April 2, 1921, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Allen Ben and Allie Varner Wofford. She was retired from Spartanburg Regional Medical Center as a nursing assistant after 20 years of service. She was a member of Arkwright...

Kathleen Brown

Kathleen Brown

Apr 19, 2009

Kathleen Emory Brown, 78, of 850 John B. White Boulevard, formerly of 220 Jack Rabbit Run, Clifton, died Sunday, April 19, 2009, at Windsor House. Born November 15, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Dollie Willis Emory and the wife of 47 years to the late Loren Hugh Brown. She was a...

Opal Jennings

Opal Jennings

Apr 18, 2009

Opal Sutton Jennings, 80, of 701 South Sweetwater Hills, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 27, 1928, in Bonnie Blue, VA, she was the daughter of the late Grant and Eva Morrison Sutton and widow of Fred Jennings, Jr. She was of the Baptist faith. Survivors include a son, Wayne Jennings and wife...

William Brown, Jr.

William Brown, Jr.

Apr 18, 2009

William D. Brown, Jr., 67, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC. Born December 20, 1941, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late William D. Brown, Sr. and Eunice Martin Zimmerman Brown. A graduate of Wofford College, he was the owner of Personnel Solutions, Inc. He was a member of...

James Chapman

James Chapman

Apr 18, 2009

James E. Chapman, 77, of 281 Point Circle, died Saturday, April 18, 2009, at Palmetto Baptist Hospital in Columbia, SC. Born July 3, 1931, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was a longtime resident of Spartanburg until retiring to Prosperity in 1988. He was a son of the late Dallas Edward and Montague Wall Chapman and retired from Hoechst-Celanese Corporation after...

Daisy Barton

Daisy Barton

Apr 17, 2009

Daisy Thompson Barton, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at Eden Terrace Assisted Living. Mrs. Barton was born on February 16, 1916, in Charleston, SC. While she had previously resided in Orlando, FL, Charlotte, NC, and Alexandria, VA, she lived in Spartanburg for about 15 years. She was the daughter of the late Cornelius Owen Thompson, Sr....

Jack Bogan

Jack Bogan

Apr 17, 2009

Jack N. Bogan, 80, of 753 North Liberty Street, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at his home. Born November 6, 1928, in Charlotte, NC, he was the son of the late Herman and Rose Bogan and husband of the late Annie Duggins Bogan. He was employed by the Beacon Drive-in for 35 years and retired from Michelin after 15 years...

Alvin West

Alvin West

Apr 17, 2009

Alvin Dean West, 79, of 106 West Road, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born December 17, 1929, in Pauline, SC, he was the son of the late John Wesley and Louise Duncan West. He was retired as a superintendent with Fiske-Carter Construction Company and also Union Water Works. He was a member of Bogansville United...

Betty Dalhouse

Betty Dalhouse

Apr 17, 2009

Betty Gesner Dalhouse, of Spartanburg, died Friday, April 17, 2009, at her home. Born October 26, 1926, in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late Sidney Reed and Mary Margaret Hodgens Gesner and the wife of the late Samuel Pollock Dalhouse. She was a 1948 graduate of Agnes Scott College in Decatur GA, with a B.A. degree. She...

R. Cooper

R. Cooper

Apr 16, 2009

Robert Cecil Cooper, 86, of 119 Park Street, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at his home. Born May 8, 1922, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late John and Kate Johnson Cooper. He was employed for many years at Arkwright Mill and retired from HealthTex. He was a member of Central Baptist Church and a U.S....

L. Blackwell

L. Blackwell

Apr 16, 2009

L. C. Blackwell, 93, of Boiling Springs, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at RoseCrest. Born March 6, 1916, in Cherokee County, SC, he was the son of the late L. C. Blackwell, Sr. and Sarah Cash Blackwell. He was retired from Arkwright Mills Cateswood Plant. He was a member of Buck Creek Baptist Church and attended Beaumont Baptist Church for...

Benjamin Bonner

Benjamin Bonner

Apr 16, 2009

Benjamin Calhoun Bonner, 83, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 14, 1925, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Charles Clarence and Verna Calhoun Bonner. A graduate of Pacolet High School, he was retired from Sears Roebuck and Company after 30 years of service. He was a member...

Ted Sizemore

Ted Sizemore

Apr 16, 2009

Edward Earl "Ted" Sizemore, 76, of 220 Floyd Road, died Thursday, April 16, 2009, at his home. Born November 30, 1932, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late William Boyd Sizemore, Sr. and Onteen Henderson Sizemore. He was a truck driver and of the Baptist faith. Survivors include two daughters, Susan Zamora of Spartanburg, and Wanda...

Phillip Johnson, Jr.

Phillip Johnson, Jr.

Apr 15, 2009

Phillip Edwin Johnson, Jr., 46, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born November 15, 1962, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Phillip Edwin Johnson, Sr. of Inman and Sandra Gosnell Johnson of Spartanburg. He was employed with Phil Johnson Contracting Company and the SC Department of Transportation. He was of the Baptist...

Harold Pettit

Harold Pettit

Apr 15, 2009

Harold William Pettit, 85, of Louisville, KY, formerly of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, April 15, 2009, at his home. Born September 13, 1923, in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late William E. and Essie Chapman Pettit. He was retired from Duke Energy after 31+ years of service. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Spartanburg...

Judith Wheatley

Judith Wheatley

Apr 14, 2009

Judith Kay Greene Wheatley, 55, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at her home. Born October 29, 1953, in Greenville, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert D. and Lola Richards Greene and the wife of the late Sydney Lanier Wheatley. She was a graduate of Central Wesleyan College, a member of Mount Zion Baptist Church, and...

Pat Keller

Pat Keller

Apr 14, 2009

Patricia Ann Snyder Keller, 63, of 1055 Barnwell Road, died Tuesday, April 14, 2009, at her home. Born August 13, 1945, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Harry Lee and Viola Medford Snyder. She was a retired home healthcare provider, a very active member of the VFW, and of the Pentecostal faith. She was a devoted...

Capt. Brown

Capt. Brown

Apr 14, 2009

Carroll Dean Brown, 69, husband, father, friend, and retired United States Navy Captain who served with the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, in Columbia, SC. Dean Brown was born to Tyler Vandiver and Dollie King Brown in Spartanburg, SC, on November 16, 1939. He attended Spartanburg High School, Spartanburg, SC, and graduated from Wofford...