Edgar Bird
Aug 27, 2020
Edgar "Ed" Brown Bird, 88, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Thursday, August 27, 2020, at his home in Summit Hills. Ed was born on May 22, 1932, in Murrayville, GA, to parents Nob Smith Bird Mahs and Oscar Brown Bird. Ed was a graduate of North Georgia College, where he studied business and played baseball. He served his country...
Brenda Kennedy
Aug 25, 2020
Brenda Faye Thompson Kennedy, 51, of Moore, SC, died Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at her home. Born October 20, 1968, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of Joann Wells Reynolds of Spartanburg, SC and the late Clarence Thompson Jr. Brenda was a member of Parkway Free Will Baptist Church and a graduate of the Charles Lea Center. In...
Joseph West Sr.
Aug 25, 2020
Joseph Jefferson West Sr., 83, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, August 25, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born October 1, 1936, in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Joseph Lloyd West and Laura Fowler West. A graduate of Spartanburg Technical School, Mr. West was the owner/operator of J. J.'s Wrecker Service, retiring in 2003. He was a member...
Edith Strange
Aug 23, 2020
Edith Mills Odom Strange, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, August 23, 2020, at Physical Rehabilitation & Wellness Center-Spartanburg. Born August 30, 1927, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Walter James Mills and Nettie Frances Sawyer Mills Bennett. She was predeceased by her husbands, Horace Eugene Odom and Willie Strange. Edith enjoyed working with crafts and singing...
Audrey Gilmer
Aug 23, 2020
Audrey Worthy Gilmer, 80, of Pacolet, SC, died Sunday, August 23, 2020, at her home. Born October 2, 1939, in Pacolet, she was the daughter of the late William Thomas Worthy and Ninon Lovings Worthy and widow of Tommy Wayne Gilmer Sr. Mrs. Gilmer loved her Lord, family, and grandchildren, as well as being outdoors in the sunshine, the beaches,...
Grady Bryant
Aug 22, 2020
Grady Donald Bryant, 84, of Summerville, SC, died Friday, August 22, 2020 at his home. Born July 12, 1936 in Pacolet, SC he was the son of the late Furman Bryant and Maybelle Whiting Bryant Fowler. A U. S. Navy veteran, Mr. Bryant was a graduate of Pacolet High School and Wofford College. He retired after 28 years of service...
Ronald Hendrix
Aug 22, 2020
Ronald Hendrix, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born May 25, 1941 in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Naggie Woodrow and Alice Lucille Richey Hendrix. A US Air Force veteran, Mr. Hendrix retired with Spartanburg Sanitary Sewer District. Ronald was a member of Bethany Baptist Church. He was...
Barbara Kountz
Aug 22, 2020
Barbara Griffith Kountz, 84, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice House. Born May 28, 1936 in Mobile, Alabama, she was the wife of Paul Kountz and the daughter of the late Clarence Dudley and Claire Louise Goodman Griffith. Barbara was a 1954 graduate of the Convent of Mercy Academy and later served on the...
Elizabeth Casey
Aug 22, 2020
Elizabeth Watson Casey, 90, of Spartanburg, SC died Saturday, August 22, 2020 at White Oak at North Grove. Born April 2, 1930 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Glover and Clorese Lamb Watson. She was married to the late Riley O'Neill Casey for 63 years. Lib was a member of Cedar Shoals Baptist Church. Survivors include...
Joann Stephens
Aug 21, 2020
Joann R. Stephens, 69, of Boiling Springs, formerly of Woodruff, SC, died Friday, August 21, 2020 at her home. Born February 23, 1951 in Greer, SC, she was the daughter of the late Cecil and Dorothy Mae Rogers Ridings and the widow of Wilton Thomas Stephens, III. Joann was a homemaker who loved her family, her grandchildren and loved to...
Margaret Reynolds
Aug 21, 2020
Margaret L. Reynolds, 90, of Cowpens, SC died Friday, August 21, 2020 at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born June 6, 1930 in Cherokee County, SC, she was the daughter of the late Emily Teal Hames and raised by Albert and Sally McCraw. Margaret was retired from Stouffers. She loved the Lord and was a member at Mt. Olive Baptist Church...
Dever Melton Jr.
Aug 20, 2020
Dever Lawrence Melton Jr., 81, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, August 20, 2020, at Upstate Community Hospice House-Landrum, SC. Born February 16, 1939, in Spartanburg, SC, he was the son of the late Dever Lawrence Melton Sr. and Carrie Duryea Melton and husband of 56 years to the late Barbara Jennings Melton. Mr. Melton was a member of Anderson Mill...
Rebecca Steadman
Aug 20, 2020
Rebecca Lucille Lancaster Steadman, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, August 20, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 14, 1935, in Pacolet, SC, she was a daughter of the late Herbert Carl Lancaster and Mary Hammett Lancaster and last surviving member of her immediate family. Mrs. Steadman loved her family and travel. She was a member of Glendale Baptist...
Frederick Hall Jr.
Aug 20, 2020
Frederick Nelson Hall Jr., 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, August 20, 2020, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. He was the last surviving member of his immediate family, a son of the late Frederick Nelson Hall Sr. and Pauline Eleanor Fore Hall. He was the husband of 25 years to the late Margaret Ellen Owens Nix Hall and was first...
Ronald Lambert
Aug 19, 2020
Ronald "Ronnie" Severne Lambert, 74, of Boiling Springs, SC, departed this world on Wednesday, August 19, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born July 6, 1946, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the loving husband of 38 years to the late Wanda "Mahala" Johnson Lambert and son of the late Marie Scruggs Lambert and Ralph B. Lambert. Ronnie was a member...
Mary Wagner
Aug 18, 2020
Mary Beth Wagner, 68, of Roebuck, SC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, August 18, 2020, at Spartanburg Regional Hospital. Born September 12, 1951, in McKenzie, Tennessee, she was the daughter of the late Weir Edward Wharton and Martha Elizabeth Wharton. Mary Beth graduated from Wofford College and received a Master's in Elementary Education from Converse College. She taught for 30...
Bill Warnock Sr.
Aug 17, 2020
William Harden Warnock Sr., 76, of Pauline, SC, died Monday, August 17, 2020. He is survived by daughters, Catherine Cheves of Pauline, SC and Elizabeth Warnock of Lawrenceville, GA; son, Will Warnock (Sabrina) of Montezuma, GA; grandchildren, Allie Cheves, David Cheves, Harden Warnock and Lucy Warnock; sisters, Dottie Bottomley and Murray Rice (Zack). Mr. Warnock was born in Atlanta, GA...
Reid Bowyer
Aug 17, 2020
Christopher Reid Bowyer, 45, of Spartanburg, SC, took his first breath in Heaven on Monday, August 17, 2020. Born October 28, 1974, in Spartanburg, he was the son of Charles Christopher Bowyer and Deloris "Dee" Parris Bowyer of Pauline, SC. Reid was known for his larger than life personality, an infectious smile, and a hug that could give comfort to...
Mahala Lambert
Aug 16, 2020
Wanda "Mahala" Johnson Lambert, 70, of Boiling Springs, SC, departed this world on Sunday, August 16, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born May 9, 1950, in Spartanburg County, SC, she was the daughter of the late James Virgil Johnson and Mary Ruth Smith Johnson. She was survived by her loving husband of 38 years, Ronnie S. Lambert, who passed away...
Linda Phillips
Aug 16, 2020
Linda Jean Lattimore Phillips, 74, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, August 16, 2020, at her home. Born February 20, 1946, in Cowpens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Robert Lattimore and Margie Reynolds Lattimore. A graduate of Winthrop University and USC, Mrs. Phillips received her Master's Degree and served as a teacher with Spartanburg County District 3 for...
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