Obituaries

Peggy Shelley

Peggy Shelley

Mar 31, 2009

Peggy Spencer Shelley, 80, of Spartanburg and Garden City Beach, died Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at the Medical University of South Carolina. Born October 13, 1928, in Rock Hill, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Perry "J. P." and Marion Griffin Spencer. She was a 1949 graduate of the University of South Carolina, a member of the...

Donald Wilson

Donald Wilson

Mar 30, 2009

Donald Edward Wilson, 74, of Boiling Springs, died Monday, March 30, 2009, at his home. Born May 31, 1934, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late James Perrin and Bessie Tucker Wilson. He was retired from the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Spartanburg after 40 years of service. He was a very active member of Grace Baptist Church...

Maggie Whitlock

Maggie Whitlock

Mar 30, 2009

Maggie Elizabeth "Miss Lib" Whitlock, 78, of Inman, died Monday, March 30, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 11, 1930, in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Cline G. and Annie Mae Fowler Phillips and the wife of the late John McCoy Whitlock. She was the retired owner and operator of Towne &...

Tammie Hansman

Tammie Hansman

Mar 28, 2009

Tammie Lynn Holcomb Hansman, 44, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, March 28, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born July 5, 1964, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Jeanette Arwood Holcomb of Spartanburg and the late Roger Douglas Holcomb, Sr. She was a Registered Nurse at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and of the Baptist faith. Surviving in addition to...

Arthur Nord

Arthur Nord

Mar 28, 2009

Arthur A. Nord, 88, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, March 28, 2009. Born August 2, 1920, in Minneapolis, MN, he was the son of the late Gust Oscar Nord and Selma Nord Skinner and husband of the late Janet Eide Nord. He was a quality assurance manager with Torrington Corporation and was instrumental in the initial set up of the Tyger...

Bernice Pruitt

Bernice Pruitt

Mar 28, 2009

Bernice Inez Foster Pruitt, 83, of Spartanburg, died Saturday, March 28, 2009. Born August 3, 1925, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James Jack and Lucie Zimmerman Foster and wife of the late Ralph Pruitt. She was a member of Central Church of Christ. Surviving is a sister, Louise Cudd of Spartanburg; a brother, Hubert Foster and...

Orin Beach, Sr.

Orin Beach, Sr.

Mar 27, 2009

Orin Watt Beach, Sr., 80, of 175 Buckstone Lane, died Friday, March 27, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home after a brief illness. Born June 10, 1928, in Walterboro, SC, he was the son of the late Ellis Calhoun and Louise Herndon Beach and the husband of 60 years to Virginia Scruggs Beach. He attended Wofford College and graduated...

Doris Odom

Doris Odom

Mar 27, 2009

Doris Turner Odom, 102, of 400 Webber Road, died Friday, March 27, 2009, at White Oak Estates. Born March 20, 1907, in Rutherfordton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Hosea Arvil and Nancy Phillips Bell and the youngest of eight siblings who are all deceased. In 1932 she married the late Robert Fletcher Turner and had three children....

Amariah Gentry

Amariah Gentry

Mar 27, 2009

Amariah Jayden Lenora Gentry, infant daughter of Ashley Lenora Gentry of Spartanburg, was born and went to Heaven on Friday, March 27, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Also surviving are Amariah�½s grandparents, Charles and Kathy Gentry; great-grandparents, Elizabeth Mitchell, and Scott and Nettie Gentry; and aunts, Amber and Charley Gentry. She was predeceased by her great-grandfather, James Mitchell. A...

Elizabeth Scales

Elizabeth Scales

Mar 26, 2009

Elizabeth Wauters Scales passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, March 26, 2009, following a long period of declining health. A devoted mother and grandmother, Betty will be greatly missed. She was the widow of James Herbert Scales and is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Eileen and Michael Baird of Spartanburg; her granddaughter and her husband, Ashley and...

Helen Hammett

Helen Hammett

Mar 25, 2009

Helen Gore Hammett, 86, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, March 25, 2009, at her daughter's home in Dewey, OK. Born December 16, 1922, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Gore, Sr. and Lois Morris Gore. In May 1941 she married Thomas "Tommy" Hammett, Sr. Their marriage continued for 67 years. Helen was a warm, caring individual,...

Richard West

Richard West

Mar 24, 2009

Richard Anthony "Andy" West, 52, of Spartanburg, died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born August 14, 1956, in Danville, VA, he was the son of Donovan S. and Mary Nowlin West of Spartanburg. A graduate of Grimsley High School in Greensboro, NC, he was employed at Woodfin Ridge Golf Course and a member of Cannons Campground...

Vaughn Hall

Vaughn Hall

Mar 24, 2009

Vaughn Tildon Hall, 79, of 62 Airport Road, entered into his final resting place on Tuesday, March 24, 2009, at the Asheville VA Medical Center. Born December 3, 1929, in Madison County, NC, he was the son of Letha Hensley Hall of Weaverville, NC, and the late Otis Hall. He was retired from W. N. Kirkland, Inc. He was a...

Paulette Campbell

Paulette Campbell

Mar 23, 2009

Paulette Ann Caputo Campbell, 64, of Inman, died Monday, March 23, 2009, at her home. Born July 7, 1944, on Long Island, NY, she was the daughter of the late Angelo (Chub) and Beverly Crifasi Caputo. She was a member of St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Church. She was a loved wife, mother, sister, and grandmother who devoted her life...

Tommy Hyleman

Tommy Hyleman

Mar 23, 2009

Thomas E. Hyleman, 78, of 690 Coopertown Road, died Monday, March 23, 2009, at Mary Black Memorial Hospital. Born March 10, 1931, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late John William and Bertie Taylor Hyleman. He was retired from Glyn C. Babb Paint Contractor. He was a member of Clifton First Baptist Church and Clifton Masonic...

Helen Mckelvey

Helen Mckelvey

Mar 22, 2009

Helen Mullins McKelvey, 74, of Magnolia Manor, Inman, and formerly of Rosetta Court, died Sunday, March 22, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born April 8, 1934, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Paul Bomar Mullins and Lois Hembree Mullins Bowen and step-daughter of the late SSgt Glenn J. Bowen. She was a member of...

Mrs. Mildred Frady

Mrs. Mildred Frady

Mar 21, 2009

Mrs. Mildred Gowens Frady, 89, of 7560 Lone Oak Road, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 1, 1920, in Piedmont, Alabama, she was a daughter of the late Thomas J. and Maggie Shirks Gowens, and the loving wife of the late Thomas F. Frady. She was an active member of Gravely Memorial...

Donald Mabry

Donald Mabry

Mar 20, 2009

Donald Ray Mabry, 77, of Spartanburg, died Friday, March 20, 2009, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born January 14, 1932, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Jefferson Ernest and Hester Molly Shook Mabry and the husband to the late Jeanette Latha Hyder Mabry. He was retired from Noland Company with 37 years of service, was a...

Dr. Burgess

Dr. Burgess

Mar 19, 2009

Dr. Virginia Aleine Burgess, 80, of Spartanburg, died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at Magnolia Manor of Inman. Born September 16, 1928, in Stuart, FL, she was the daughter of the late Eddie Askew and Hettie Belle Fulton Burgess. A graduate of Florida State University, she received her Doctorate of Philosophy in Education from the University of South Carolina. She was...

Promethea Bailey

Promethea Bailey

Mar 19, 2009

Catherine Promethea "Mickey" Bailey, 86, of 151 Brown Road, died Thursday, March 19, 2009, at the Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born August 29, 1922, in Gaffney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clinton Gresham Henderson and Irene Crawley Henderson Ezell and the loving wife of 49 years to the late Richard Robert Bailey, Jr. A graduate of Pacolet...