Roberta Briske
Jul 2, 2020
Roberta "BobE" Joan Fowler Briske, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 2, 2020, peacefully at her home. Born November 9, 1932, in Pompton Lakes, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Robert Henry Fowler and Thelma Martha Reardon Fowler and wife of 59 years to the late William "Bill" Eugene Briske. A loving mom, grandmother, and friend to...
Dr. Willis
Jul 2, 2020
Dr. Jeffrey Robert Willis, 84 of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, July 2, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center from complications due to the Coronavirus. Born September 3, 1935, in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late Jeff Robert Willis and Elizabeth Pittman Willis. Dr. Willis is a graduate of Greenville High School. After receiving his undergraduate education at Furman...
Christian Gosnell
Jul 1, 2020
Christian Alexander Gosnell, 18, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Wednesday, July 1, 2020. Born July 25, 2001, in Rutherfordton, NC, he was the son of Devin Gosnell (Heather) of Boiling Springs, SC and Amy Pritchard Rhodarmer (Zachary) of Fletcher, NC. In addition to his parents, he is survived by his sisters, Jada and Talia of Fletcher, NC. Christian loved being...
Linda Thornton
Jun 30, 2020
Linda Ann Lemons Thornton, 80, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, June 30, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born April 21, 1940, in Whitney, SC, she was the daughter of the late Marion Arthur Lemons and Laura Faye Robinson Lemons and widow of Gerald Thornton. Mrs. Thornton loved to cook, crochet, and garden, but most of all she loved her family...
Nota Ramantanin
Jun 28, 2020
Nota Athanaelos Ramantanin, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, June 28, 2020, at Upstate Community Hospice House-Landrum. Born September 18, 1932, in Kannapolis, NC and reared in Atlanta, GA, she was the daughter of the late George Athanaelos and Helen Maggalousi Jinis and widow of Alexander John Ramantanin, whom she married in 1965. Mrs. Ramantanin was a member of St....
Harold Jones
Jun 27, 2020
Harold Willis Jones, 63, of O'Brien, FL and formerly of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, June 27, 2020, at his home. Born January 31, 1957, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of Lee Willis Jones and Velverine Rubina Fletcher Jones of Spartanburg, SC. Harold was a handyman, basically a jack-of-all-trades, who loved to woodwork, build clocks and furniture. He was...
Barbara Martin
Jun 25, 2020
Barbara "Bobbi" Lee Martin, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, June 25, 2020, at her home. Born September 8, 1935, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Dewey O'Dell Martin and Lola Gragg Martin. Bobbi was a member of First Baptist North Spartanburg and retired after 42 years of service as the legal assistant for James R. Turner....
Thomas Gibbs Sr.
Jun 24, 2020
Thomas "Tommy" Edward Gibbs Sr., 73, of Spartanburg, SC, went home to be with his Lord on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Born December 6, 1946, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Alfred H. Gibbs and Mary Roe Gibbs. Tommy was a 1965 graduate of Dorman High School and U. S. Marine veteran of the Vietnam War. He...
Stephen Mathis
Jun 22, 2020
Stephen Frank Mathis, 66, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, June 22, 2020, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born November 28, 1953, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Frank E. Mathis and Anne Carroll Mathis of Spartanburg, SC. Stephen loved golfing, fishing, woodworking, arts and crafts. He also enjoyed playing music and karaoke. He was a graduate of Spartanburg High...
Sally Thompson
Jun 22, 2020
Sally Hunter Thompson, 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Monday, June 22, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 15, 1942, in Jellico, TN, she was the daughter of the late Lee Roy Hunter and Evelyn Price Hunter and widow of Lafe Alfred Thompson. A graduate of the University of Tennessee and USC Spartanburg, Mrs. Thompson earned a Master's Degree in...
Hursel Janney Jr.
Jun 20, 2020
Hursel "Buddy" Janney, Jr., 77, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, June 20, 2020 at his home. Born October 20, 1942 in Pikeville, KY, he was the son of the late Hursel Janney, Sr. and Kelsie Bishop Janney. Mr. Janney, Jr. was a U. S. Marine veteran. Buddy was retired from Springs Industries as an Electrical Engineer. He was of the...
Virginia Collins
Jun 19, 2020
Virginia Edge Collins, 92, passed away Friday, June 19, 2020 at her home in Woodruff, SC. Born September 1, 1927 to the late John Wyatt Lee Edge and Alice Powers Edge. Virginia was a lifetime member of Nazareth Presbyterian Church where she will be remembered as one who always had a smile and cheerful word for everyone. She was a...
Diane Derrick
Jun 18, 2020
Diane Clayton Derrick, 63, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, June 18, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born August 21, 1956 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dan Clayton and Velma Roberson Brantley and widow of the late David R. Derrick. Diane loved her grandchildren and family. She was an animal lover, entertaining storyteller and was of...
Fay Still
Jun 17, 2020
Fay Eugenia "Jean" Still, 90, of Columbia, SC, died Wednesday, June 17, 2020, at Lexington Medical Center. Born April 21, 1930, in Spartanburg, SC she was the daughter of the late Dewey Lee Still, Sr. and Faye Eugenia Tillotson Still. Jean, a graduate of Spartanburg High School and Bob Jones University, was a member of First Baptist Church in Columbia,...
Arthur Clippard
Jun 16, 2020
Arthur Earl Clippard, 92, of Salisbury, NC, died Tuesday, June 16, 2020, at The Citadel Salisbury. Born September 23, 1927, in Gaffney, SC, he was the son of the late Malcolm Neal Clippard and Gennette Walker Clippard and husband of the late Doris Evelyn Clippard. Mr. Clippard was a member of Shiloh United Methodist Church in Granite Quarry, NC. He...
Randall Blake
Jun 15, 2020
Randall Wilson Blake "Febby", 74, of Cowpens, SC, died Monday, June 15, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born March 24, 1946, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Willie and Lenease Atkins Blake. He worked as a carpenter, long-haul truck driver and in the Dye Room at Phillips Fibers. Survivors include his wife of 41 years, Sondra...
Nancy Bissell
Jun 15, 2020
Nancy Todd Gerson Bissell, 64, of Inman, SC, died Monday, June 15, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 17, 1956, in Jacksonville, FL, she was the daughter of the late John O. Gerson Jr., Nancy Dolores Eddings Gerson and William Karl Miller. A Spartanburg High School graduate and member of St. Francis Anglican Church, Nancy was formerly employed with...
Eileen Hampson
Jun 14, 2020
Eileen Edge Hampson, 75, of Hendersonville, TN, died Sunday, June 14, 2020, at her home. Born August 29, 1944, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Louis Wilton Edge and Eloise Jarrett Edge. Mrs. Hampson was a longtime member at Nazareth Presbyterian Church and later at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Madison, TN. She was a graduate of...
Wanda Sweatman
Jun 14, 2020
Wanda Jean Pickett Sweatman, 65, of Roebuck, SC, died Sunday, June 14, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 10, 1955, in Ft. Campbell, KY where her father was enlisted in the Army, she was the daughter of Geneva Fennel Pickett of Florence, SC and the late John Wesley Pickett. Raised in Florence, SC, Wanda loved fishing, gardening, crafts, sewing,...
Mary Dillard
Jun 12, 2020
Mary Jo Robinette Dillard, 83, of Pacolet, SC, died Friday, June 12, 2020 at her home. Born September 27, 1936 in Pacolet, SC, she was the daughter of the late Amos Loyd and Clarice Lucile Hodge Robinette, and the widow of Ralph Walker Dillard of 59 years. Mrs. Dillard received her degree from Spartanburg General Hospital School of Nursing and...
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