Obituaries

Nov 1, 2021

Mary Jane White, 76, of Spartanburg, SC died Monday, November 1, 2021 at Spartanburg Regional Restorative Care. Born September 10, 1945 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Charles Robert Alexander and Frances Clark Honbarger and the wife of the late Robert Edward White, Sr.

Mary Jane was a faithful member of Solid Rock...

Nov 1, 2021

Andrew Small (Smoleski), 92, fell asleep in the Lord on Monday, November 1, 2021 after a long battle with his health, but not his wit and humor. Papa Andrew, as he was affectionately called, was born in Koma tou Yialou, Famagusta, Cyprus, and a son of the late Elias and Anastasia Chrysostomos Smoleski. He was also pre-deceased by his...

Oct 31, 2021

Timothy Andrew Bliley, 42, of Spartanburg, SC died Monday, November 1, 2021 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 16, 1979 in Corry, PA, he was the son of John Earle and Marlene Joanne Wells Bliley.

Along with his parents, he is survived by his sister, Aimee Sifford (Lloyd Alexander) of Lakeside Landing, FL, a niece, Mable Sifford...

Oct 31, 2021

James M. Brown, 72, of Spartanburg, SC died Sunday, October 31, 2021 at his home. Born January 9, 1949 in Buffalo, SC, he was the son of the late Pierce Allan and Bessie Davis Brown.

Survivors include his wife, Jean Linder Brown, daughters, Darla Brown of Boiling Springs, SC and Jamie Brown Lofink (Eric) of Taylors, SC,...

Oct 31, 2021

Bobby “Mitch” Mitchell Byers, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, October 31, 2021 at his home. Born June 26, 1942 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Robert Harrison and Sarah Mattie Owens Byers.

Mr. Byers was a Drum Major and a 1960 Spartanburg High School graduate. A veteran of the US Army. He...

Oct 29, 2021

Juanita Harris Fowler, 77, of Pacolet Mills, SC, died Friday, October 29, 2021 at Pelham Medical Center. Born November 14, 1943 in Madison County, NC she was the daughter of the late Solomon E. and Minnie Franklin Harris and the wife of the late Gerald Edward Fowler.

Juanita was retired from Hamrick’s of Gaffney. She was a...

Oct 29, 2021

Wilson Lewis Freeman, 75, of Boiling Springs, SC died Friday, October 29, 2021 at his home. Born March 28, 1946 in Union, SC, he was the son of the late Lewis and Mary Jane Small Freeman and the husband of the late Christine Freeman.

Wilson was a huge sports fan who loved the South Carolina Gamecocks and...

Oct 29, 2021

Flora S. Morrow, 100, loving wife of the late Albert M. Morrow of 57 years went to Heaven Friday, October 29, 2021 at Eden Terrace. Born in Pauline, SC, in the Friendship community, on September 3, 1921 to Manning Depree and Lillie Jones Smith.

Flora retired from Rockwell International, Draper Division after 27 years. A member of...

Oct 28, 2021

Don Lee Crout, 74, of Moore, SC, died Thursday, October 28, 2021 at his home. Born October 13, 1947 in Stephenville, Texas, he was the son of the late Henry Lee Crout and Nina Crout Horlen.

Mr. Crout was retired from Sam Evatt’s Clothiers. He was an avid golfer and a proud father and grandfather.

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Oct 27, 2021

David Edward Mabry, 64, of Roebuck, SC, died Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at his home. Born December 30, 1956 in Biddeford, Maine, he was the son of the late James Edward and Rachel Demeule Mabry.

A 1974 Dorman High School graduate, Mr. Mabry served in the US Coast Guard from 1977 to 1981, he then went on...

Oct 26, 2021

Freddie Mack Brady, 82, of Moore, SC, died Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at his home. Born March 8, 1939 in Elberton, GA, he was the son of the late James Fred and Nina Maxwell Brady.

Mr. Brady earned his bachelor’s degree at Piedmont College in Demarest, GA, and his master’s degree in Education at Clemson University. He...

Oct 26, 2021

George Hairston, Jr., 76, of Spartanburg, SC, died on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, of complications of kidney disease.  He was born in 1945 in Harriman, Tennessee to George, Sr., and Anne Scales Hairston (Sims), where his father was a civil engineer helping expand Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  His family soon returned to Cascade, Virginia, close to the families of...

Oct 25, 2021

Michael Thomas Scoggin, 71 of Pauline, SC died Monday, October 25, 2021 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born May 18, 1950 in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Robert Echols and Rachael Hawkins Scoggin and the husband of the late Deborah Lee Robinson Scoggin.

Mr. Scoggin was retired from Chapman Concrete Company as a Civil...

Oct 24, 2021

Mary Lynn Miller Fuller, 62, of Spartanburg, SC died Sunday, October 24, 2021 at her home. Born October 16, 1959 in Woodruff, SC, she was the daughter of the late Simon A. C. and Lucy Morning Donnells Miller.

Mary Lynn loved to sew, knit and cross-stitch.

Survivors include her husband, Thomas Edward Fuller, Sr., her...

Oct 22, 2021

Harold Dean Thompson, Sr., 85, went home to be with his Lord on the morning of October 22, 2021. Born on August 7, 1936, he was the beloved son of the late Johnnie T. (Jack) Thompson and Thelma Simmons Thompson of Spartanburg. Harold and his wife, Catherine Hawkins Thompson, were proud members of the 1954 class of Spartanburg High School...

Oct 22, 2021

Ruth Sanders Hyder, 85, died October 22, 2021 at Terra Bella Assisted Living.  Mrs. Hyder was born August 19, 1936, in the Asbury Community of Cherokee County, she was a daughter of the late Lloyd and Anna Camby Sanders and the wife of the late Earl Harmon Hyder.

Survivors are son, Steven Earl Hyder and fiancé Britni...

Oct 22, 2021

Carl R. Parker, 78, died October 22, 2021, in Spartanburg Regional Hospice House.  Born March 16, 1943, in Stonewall, Mississippi, he was the son of the late Luther J. and Gracie Mae Schrimpsher Parker.

Mr. Parker was CEO and operator of CRP Tax Services LLC; of the Baptist faith, former member and teacher of the Men’s Sunday...

Oct 21, 2021

Arleen Felsher Siegel, 82, of Spartanburg, SC passed away peacefully at home on October 21, 2021. Born in Brooklyn, NY she was the daughter of the late Abraham Felsher and Anne Schultz.

Arleen graduated from Tilden High School in 1957 and attended New York University. She moved to Spartanburg in 1966 where she was a long-time member...

Oct 21, 2021

Marshall K. Newman, 67, of Spartanburg, SC went home to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday, October 21, 2021 at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center. Born June 29, 1954 in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Claude Newman and Edna Ridings Newman Brown.

A US Marine, Marshall was retired from the United Parcel...

Oct 21, 2021

Dorothy “MaMa” Tinsley Hoekman, 97, wife of the late Robert Hoekman, passed away on October 21, 2021.   Mrs. Hoekman was born January 2, 1924, a daughter of the late Marshall and Lucille Smith Tinsley.

Mrs. Hoekman was a salesperson in a pawn shop who enjoyed her family immensely.

She is survived by her grandchildren, Pam...