Obituaries

Feb 15, 2022

Miriam “Jo” Neighbors Welchel, 88, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 17, 1933 in Spartanburg County. She was the daughter of the late Grover Broadus and Grace Shook Neighbors and was the loving wife of the late Rev. Philip Welchel, serving as a devoted Pastors wife, and was a...

Feb 14, 2022

William “Allen” Lundy, 90, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away Monday, February 14, 2022, from complications of diabetes. Born April 4, 1931, and raised in Statesville, NC, he was the son of the late William Parks Lundy and Mary Leigh Shaw Lundy, and the husband of Merle Morgan Lundy for 62 years.

He was a member of the...

Feb 13, 2022

Louise Huskey McGaha, 92 of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, February 13, 2022 at SMC-Mary Black Campus. Born December 26, 1929 in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Leonard and Lily Bell Pruitt Huskey and was the wife of the late Bobby Stowe McGaha.

Louise graduated from Spartanburg High School, Class of 1947. She was a...

Feb 13, 2022

Mrs. Betty Blake Foster, 76, met her Savior and Lord on Sunday, February 13, 2022. Born May 3, 1945 in Spartanburg, S.C., she was the daughter of the late Clyde and Agnes Justice Blake. Betty was the wife of the late James David Foster with whom she was married for 49 years.

Mrs. Foster was a member...

Feb 13, 2022

Robert Stephen McMillan, 71, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, February 13, 2022 at his home. Born January 7, 1951 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Robert and Elizabeth Burns McMillan.

Moon was the owner of Valley Tavern. He was a Shriner, 32nd degree Mason, and a member of the Roebuck Lodge #357 AFM, an...

Feb 11, 2022

Ann Cantrell Cox, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, passed Friday, February 11, 2022. Born June 4, 1941 in Rutherfordton, NC, she was the daughter of the late Arthur B. and Edna McSwain Cantrell.

Ann was retired from Cox House Moving. She was a member of First North Spartanburg. She loved painting, gardening, genealogy and spending time with her...

Feb 10, 2022

Jennifer Green Troise, 56, of Moore, SC died Thursday, February 10, 2022 at SMC-Mary Black Campus. Born April 5, 1965 in Brookville, PA, she was the daughter of Dorothy Louise Brown Green of Wimberley, TX and the late William Nils Green.

Jennifer earned her BA at The University of Texas-Austin. She was the owner/operator of Carolina Driveline...

Feb 10, 2022

Amy Louise Lyerly Fraley, 93, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 10, 2022 at Gardens at Eastside. Born May 12, 1928 in Salisbury, NC, she was the daughter of the late George B. and Amanda Morgan Lyerly, and was the wife of the late James F. Fraley, Sr.

Mrs. Fraley was retired from Deal’s Market, having previously...

Feb 10, 2022

Tony Ray Cooke, 58, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, February 10, 2022, at his home.  Born November 25, 1963, he was the son of the late Jimmy Arlen and Shirley Rebecca Cooke.

Survivors include two daughters, Britney and Samantha Cooke, as well as his siblings, Timothy Cooke, Tina Purvis, and Todd Cooke.  As well as his five...

Feb 9, 2022

Mary Joyce Jones Enderby, 86, of Spartanburg, SC and Edwardsburg, MI, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2022 at Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg, SC. Born August 28, 1935 in Detroit, Michigan, Mary Joyce was the daughter of the late David Leonard Jones, Jr. and Belbina (Nelson) Jones.  Her husband, Bernard Lynn Enderby, predeceased her in 2012.

Mary Joyce...

Feb 8, 2022

Raymond “Bud” Lee Fowler, 90, of Spartanburg, SC died Tuesday, February 8, 2022 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 6, 1931 in Gaston County, NC, he was the son of the late Claude Burris and Ella Louise Gregory Fowler.

A US Air Force veteran, Mr. Fowler graduated from Norwood High School in 1950, earned his Bachelor degree...

Feb 8, 2022

James Monroe Swofford, 85, husband of Vera Ann Trail Swofford, passed away Tuesday, February 8, 2022, at his home.  Born December 19, 1936, he was a son of the late Howard Bivens and Myrtle Cox Swofford.

Mr. Swofford was retired from Spartanburg Steel Company and a veteran of the U. S. Army and Army National Guard.

Feb 8, 2022

Gilbert Dale Powell, Sr., 83, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. Born in Spartanburg on August 13, 1938, he was the son of the late William Oscar and Hester Pilkington Powell, and loving husband to the late Flora Marrujo Powell.

A veteran of the Unites States Air Force, Gilbert enjoyed gardening, fishing, hunting,...

Feb 6, 2022

Albert F. “Chip” Burgess III, 78, of Auburn, Maine, formerly of Anderson, SC, died Sunday, February 6, 2022, at the Maine Veterans’ Home in South Paris, Maine, after a brief illness. Born December 18, 1943 in Anderson, SC, he was the son of the late Col (Ret) Albert F. Burgess, Jr. and Sara Baskin Burgess. Al earned his BA and...

Feb 6, 2022

Max Dupree Gilbert Jr., 59, passed away Sunday, February 6, 2022, at Spartanburg Regional-Mary Black Campus.  Born March 28, 1962, in Spartanburg, he was a son of Mrs. Perrin Weathers Gilbert and the late Max Dupree Gilbert Sr., of Inman.

Dupree is survived by his mother and his sons, Max Dupree Gilbert III and Maverick Daniel Gilbert,...

Feb 6, 2022

Louise Anderson Cogdell, 82, of Spartanburg, SC passed away on Sunday, February 6, 2022. Born September 26, 1939, she was the daughter of the late William Carl and Annie Lou Rutledge Anderson, and the wife of the late Kenneth Harold Cogdell.

Louise was a member of Fairview Free Will Baptist Church and the former treasurer of the...

Feb 5, 2022

Craig Lee Jones, 36, died Saturday, February 5, 2022, at his home.  Born June 29, 1985, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Larry Gene Jones and the late Wanda Gail Parker Jones and stepson of Sybil Tarte Jones of Spartanburg.  He was a former Spartanburg City Fireman.

Survivors along with his father and stepmother, are brothers,...

Feb 5, 2022

Shirley Rebecca Cooke, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, February 5, 2022 at her home. Born February 4, 1942 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lee and Ruby Lowery Lawson and was the wife of the late Jimmy Arlen Cooke.

Shirley was a member of Calvary Baptist Church – Cowpens.

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Feb 5, 2022

Elizabeth Suzanne Guy, 45, died Saturday, February 5, 2022, at her home.  Born November 10, 1976, she was a daughter of Marian Anita Bagwell Guy and the late William Robert Guy and was a childcare assistant at the Sunshine House and a member of Second Presbyterian Church.

Suzanne had the kindest heart and the sweetest person you...

Feb 4, 2022

Shirley Ann Campbell, 83, of Inman saw her Savior face to face Friday, February 4, 2022 surrounded by her beloved family at her home in Inman. Born February 16, 1938 in Spartanburg County, she was the daughter of the late George and Estelle Crow Worthy.

Mrs. Campbell was born in Spartanburg County and graduated from Roebuck High...