Obituaries

Jul 14, 2022

Essie L. Harper, 88, of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born October 3, 1933 in Fayetteville, NC, she was the daughter of the late Horace Landrum and Ruth Charlotte Waddell Blanton and was the wife of the late Edward F. Harper.

Essie was retired from J.C. Penney Co. after...

Jul 14, 2022

Sandi Owens Blanchard, 67, of Woodruff, SC, died Thursday, July 14, 2022 at Brookstone Terrace of Woodruff Assisted Living. Born August 28, 1954 in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Thomas and Vivian Louise Burgess Owens.

Sandi was formerly employed with South Carolina National Bank and Hanover Title Agency/David Ingles, Attorney-at-Law. She was...

Jul 14, 2022

William Boldridge Lever, 92, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, died July 14, 2022. Mr. Lever was born May 20, 1930 in Spartanburg, South Carolina on the campus of what is now Spartanburg Methodist College, but in 1930 was named the Textile Industrial Institute (TII). He was the son of the late Reverend Waldo Madison Lever and Marietta Boldridge Lever. Reverend...

Jul 13, 2022

Andrea Leigh Fowler Carper, 51, of Spartanburg, SC, died Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at her home. Born May 29, 1971, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Reginald J. Fowler, Sr. and was the wife of the late Spartanburg County Sheriff Deputy Kevin E. Carper.

Andrea was a graduate of Dorman High School and...

Jul 13, 2022

Raymond Wesley Kelly, 71, husband of Dale Laflin Kelly, died July 13, 2022 after a courageous battle with cancer. Born July 16, 1950 in Washington, DC to the late Cecil R. and Agnes Schaefer Kelly, he was retired from Tietex International.

Ray had a passion for music of almost all genres, but mostly rock. You’d be hard...

Jul 13, 2022

Ronald Lee Asselin, 74, of Inman, SC died Wednesday, July 13, 2022, at Regency Hospital of Greenville. Born October 17, 1947, in Denver, Colorado, he was the son of the late Elgin Layton and Cecelia Mary Corl Asselin.

A US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, Mr. Asselin was formerly employed with Southern Railway (Norfolk-Southern Railway) and...

Jul 13, 2022

Doris Liles McPherson, 90, of Spartanburg, SC died Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Born March 4, 1932 in Cannons Campground Community of Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Thomas William and Mamie Lucille Arthur Liles and was the wife of the late N. B. McPherson, Jr.

Doris was retired from Draper Corporation. She was a...

Jul 12, 2022

Amy Blanton Pope (84) passed away peacefully on July 12, 2022 surrounded by her beloved husband and children. Amy was born in Cherokee County. It was nearby, while she was tap dancing in a talent show at Clifton Elementary, that Charles Terry Pope first saw Amy. It was love at first sight. Amy and Terry were a team and...

Jul 12, 2022

Billy Fidel Stepp, 80, of Inman, SC died Tuesday, July 12, 2022 at Upstate Community Hospice House in Landrum, SC. Born May 15, 1942 in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late Sam and Ossie White Stepp.

Billy was a retired truck driver. He was a member of Gateway Baptist Church.

Survivors include...

Jul 11, 2022

Angela Willes, 85, died Monday, July 11, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home.  Born April 8, 1937, in Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, she was a daughter of the late George Arthur and Edith Josephine Strong Willes.

Ms. Willes was retired from Milliken and Company after 39 years, where she served as an Audio-Visual Technician, and later...

Jul 10, 2022

Mary Louise Francis Duggar, 94, formerly of Cleveland, Tennessee, died on July 10, 2022.  Born August 29, 1927, in Jasper, Tn., she was a daughter of the late Oscar H. and Hallie Henninger Francis.

Mrs. Duggar was a long-time member of First Christian Church in Cleveland, Tn., serving as Deacon, Sunday School teacher, board member and member...

Jul 8, 2022

Madge Mize York, 101, wife of the late Robert Lee York, died on Friday, July 8, 2022.  Mrs. York was born August 31, 1920, on College Street in Spartanburg.  She was predeceased by her mother, Irene Peahuff, her father Oren Peahuff, her husband, Robert Lee York, her brothers, Edwin Mize and George “Buck” Peahuff, and a sister, Evelyn Mae...

Jul 8, 2022

Edith Louise Russ White, 54, passed away Friday, July 8, 2022, after a brief illness.  Born March 24, 1968, in Damascus, Maryland, she was a daughter of Doris Ann Shoemaker Russ and the late Richard Allen Russ.

Edith graduated from Damascus High School in 1986 and attended Gardner-Webb College where she graduated with a degree in Religion....

Jul 8, 2022

Peggy Chapman Haney, 85, wife of the late Robert Lee Haney, was a devoted child of God, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Friday, July 8, 2022. Born October 6, 1936, in Spartanburg, she was a daughter of the late William Andrew and Kate Oney Electra Parris Chapman.

Mrs. Haney was...

Jul 5, 2022

Viola Elder Kimbrell, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at Terra Bella of Spartanburg. Born September 22, 1937 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of Toy McLeeland Elder, Sr. and Leona Fowler Elder and was the wife of the late Winfred Heyward Kimbrell of 59 years.

Viola was retired from ACT III (a...

Jul 5, 2022

Gladys League Henry, 95, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, July 5, 2022 at White Oak Estates Spartanburg. Born August 6, 1926 in Greenville County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lawrence Roy and Annie Sue Ashmore League and the wife of the late Chandler Gordon Henry, Sr. She spent a happy childhood with her brother, Lawrence Crayton League...

Jul 3, 2022

Gladys Montez Kerr Garrett, 88, of Inman, SC, died Sunday, July 3, 2022 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born February 15, 1934 in Union County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Edgar Harris and Louise Strong Kerr.

Gigi graduated from the Mary Black School of Nursing and was retired as a Nurse for Spartanburg Medical...

Jul 2, 2022

Lehman Dale Wells, Jr., 66, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, July 2, 2022. Born April 19, 1956, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Mary Alice Foy Wells Childers and the late Lehman Dale Wells, Sr.

Dale was retired as a Residential Real Estate property owner and was a musician with the Mike Bullman Band, Trick...

Jul 1, 2022

Roland Gene “Croby” Phillips, of Pacolet, SC died Friday, July 1, 2022. Born September 22, 1936, he was the son of the late Elbert and Nellie Phillips Teaster.

Gene was a retired machinist for Norfolk-Southern Railroad at Southern Shops. He was a member of Pacolet United Methodist Church and was a former Shriner. He loved hunting and...

Jun 30, 2022

Virginia “Jackie” Rogers Cohen, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, June 30, 2022 at her home. Born February 11, 1923, in Union, SC, she was the daughter of the late George Edward and Amberzine Fowler Rogers and was the wife of the late Harry Lincoln Cohen.

Virginia was retired from S&S Manufacturing. She was a member of...