Obituaries

Jan 30, 2022

Joyce Ann Cantor, 81, wife of the late Donald Bruce Cantor, died Sunday, January 30, 2022, at her home.  Born April 27, 1940, in Monroe, North Carolina, she was a daughter of the late Brady and Myrtle Wallen Hargett.

Joyce was a homemaker and enjoyed cooking, gardening, wildlife on her property and loved her family.

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Jan 29, 2022

Rev. William Carey “Bill” Adams, of Spartanburg, SC, husband of the late Shirley Hicks Adams, went to be with the Lord Saturday, January 29th, at the age of 84.

Born in Union, SC, he was the son of the late Ethel Johns Adams and Ernest Eugene Adams. He was a loving Pastor, devoted husband, father, grandfather, and...

Jan 28, 2022

Laura Elizabeth McConnell Taylor, 48, of Spartanburg, passed away peacefully on Friday morning, January 28, 2022.  She was born on April 23, 1973 in Spartanburg, SC, a daughter of Butch and Ann Martin McConnell of Cowpens.

Laura graduated from Broome High School and attended Spartanburg Methodist College.  She was a longtime employee of Broome High School and...

Jan 27, 2022

Kathleen “Kathy” Montgomery McArthur Smith, 70, wife of the late Lawrence Wayne Smith, died Thursday, January 27, 2022, at her home.  Born September 14, 1951, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of Margie West McArthur of Glenn Springs and the late Joe McArthur.

Kathy was a member of Sulphur Springs Baptist Church and loved to fish, sew...

Jan 27, 2022

Stephen Maurice Bingman, 72, died on Thursday, January 27, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center.  Born June 29, 1949, in Steubenville, Ohio, a son of the late Clyde M. and Rhoda Hammill Bingman.

Mr. Bingman started his military career in the U. S. Marines and then served in the North Carolina Air National Guard.  He was a...

Jan 27, 2022

Arlene Steward Hahn, 89, of Greer, SC died Thursday, January 27, 2022 at her home. Born July 25, 1932 in Trenton, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Martin Robert and Jennie Rose Stahl Steward and was the wife of the late Irving Daniel Hahn, Jr. for 55 years.

Arlene was a member of Reidville Road...

Jan 26, 2022

Louvenia “Lucy” Emory Hood, 81, of Enoree, SC, passed away January 26, 2022 at her home. Born June 3, 1940 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late William and Rosa Lee Humphries Emory.

Louvenia was a member of Enoree First Freewill Baptist Church. She enjoyed her flowers and loved her family.

Survivors...

Jan 25, 2022

Diane Marie Reininger, 75, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at Upstate Community Hospice House. Born October 12, 1946 in McKeesport, PA, she was the daughter of the late Regis Benedict and Ada Marie Leonatti Snyder.

Diane was Department Manager at Walmart for 25 years. She was a member of Old St. Paul the Apostle...

Jan 24, 2022

Virgil Price “Jim” Bennett, 88, formerly of 121 Derrick Road, Pauline, SC, passed away on Monday, January 24, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. Born November 26, 1933, in Union County, he was a son of the late Sterling Price and Mildred Lunette Lancaster Bennett. He was predeceased by his wife of 53 years, Phyllis Cunningham Bennett.

Mr....

Jan 23, 2022

Mildred Everhart Whisnant, 97, of Spartanburg, SC died Sunday, January 23, 2022 at her home. Born March 6, 1924 in Lexington, NC, she was the daughter of the late Baxter O. and Mary Hedrick Everhart and the wife of the late Hermon D. Whisnant.

Mildred was a substitute teacher at the Charles Lea Center and was a...

Jan 23, 2022

Patricia Adele Hackworth, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, January 23, 2022 at her home. Born April 3, 1936 in Marquette Michigan, she was the daughter of the late Richard Raphael and Ellen Martha Rago Adams and was the wife of the late James Calvin Hackworth.

Patricia was of the Catholic faith.

Survivors include her...

Jan 22, 2022

James “Jim” Cannon Scott, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, January 22, 2022 at his home. Born January 21, 1935 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Samuel Ward and Alma Sprouse Scott, and the husband of the late Sara Calloway Scott for 56 years.

A US Air Force veteran, Mr. Scott was a...

Jan 22, 2022

Maude Hicks Baytes, 96, a resident of Inverness Community of Union Springs, AL, went to heaven on Saturday, January 22, 2022. She formerly lived in Roebuck, SC.

A native of Portsmouth, VA, she was born the daughter of the late James Elgee Hicks and Maude White Hicks. She was the wife of the late William Burton Baytes,...

Jan 22, 2022

Leonard H. Reece, Jr. 93, of Taylors, SC, died Saturday, January 22, 2022 at Terra Bella Summit of Greenville, SC. born September 26, 1928 in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Leonard Harrison Reece, Sr. and Elizabeth Shigley Reece.

A graduate of Spartanburg High School and Bob Jones University, Leonard was retired from...

Jan 21, 2022

Sandra Bennett McKinney, 83, went to be with her Lord and Savior on January 21, 2022. A native of Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late Clyde Edwards and Dorothy Hubbard Bennett, and was the wife of the late James Shannon McKinney.

Sandra was a graduate of Spartanburg High School and received a Bachelor of...

Jan 20, 2022

William Fred Bevis, Jr. passed away January 20, 2022, at the SC Veterans Victory House in Walterboro, SC.

Mr. Bevis was born in Union, SC in 1932. He enlisted in the US Navy in 1952, qualified and served aboard several US Navy submarines and surface ships and retired from the Navy in 1982. He went on to...

Jan 20, 2022

Richard “Bodie” Eugene Thomas, 80, of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, January 20, 2021 at his home. Born August 13, 1941 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Wesley Smith and Lois Vivian Seay Thomas.

Bodie was retired from Metromont Materials after 43 years of service. He was a member of Walnut Hill Baptist Church...

Jan 20, 2022

Josette Ann Davison, 94, of Spartanburg, SC died Thursday, January 20, 2022 at home. Born August 19, 1927 in Pittsburgh, PA, she was the daughter of the late Reiley Bert and Mildred Grossman Williams and was the wife of the late Dexter Davison.

Josette grew up in Pennsville and Zanesville, Ohio. In the 1960’s Josette was a...

Jan 19, 2022

Rebecca Amanda Harris, 78, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at Valley Falls Terrace.  She was born November 15, 1943 in Spartanburg, a daughter to the late Benjamin Felix and Edith Edisto Littlejohn Harris.

Rebecca retired as a purchasing agent with University of South Carolina-Upstate and was of the Baptist faith.  She loved music and singing...

Jan 19, 2022

Audrey June Troy, 79, passed away on Wednesday, January 19, 2022, at her home. Born May 5, 1942, in Danville, Pennsylvania, she was a daughter of the late Charles E. and Florence T. Swank Jordan and the wife of the late Kenneth Louis Troy, Sr.

Survivors include her son, Kenneth Lewis Troy, Jr. (Barbara), her daughter, Sharon...