Frances Murphy
Mar 31, 2020
Frances Yvonne Willard Murphy, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 31, 2020, at Spartanburg Regional Hospice Home. Born July 11, 1934, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Horace T. Willard and Frances Butler Willard and widow of Fitzhugh Lee Murphy Jr. She was a charter member of Covenant Baptist Church. Survivors include her children, Karen F....
Peggy Hall
Mar 30, 2020
Peggy Kathleen Hembree Hall, 78, of Fairforest, SC, passed away on Monday, March 30, 2020, at Rosecrest Community Residential Care-Inman. Born January 23, 1942, in Campobello, SC, she was the daughter of the late Chester "Bill" Hembree and Faye Cox Hembree and devoted wife of 58 years to Bobby Hall. Peggy devoted much of her life to her three daughters...
A. Jordan
Mar 29, 2020
On Sunday, March 29, 2020, A. Kay Jordan, loving sister, aunt and friend passed away at the age of 85 while at RoseCrest Community Residential Care. Kay was born January 18, 1935, in Spartanburg County, SC, to the late James Lloyd Jordan and Rose Hooper Jordan. Kay graduated Spartanburg High School and attended Winthrop College before joining Spartan Mills in...
George Hyland
Mar 28, 2020
George B. Hyland, aka "Gehog", age 85, went home to be with the Lord, March 28, 2020, at his home in Boiling Springs, SC. He was born November 12, 1934 on South Street, Rockland, Maine to the late George B. Hyland, Sr. and Leola Hyland. He had two sisters: Betty Tovey and Regina Maxner. He married the love of his...
Luna Greenway
Mar 27, 2020
Luna Alverson Greenway, 96, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, March 27, 2020 at her home. Born June 27, 1923 in Campobello, SC, she was the daughter of the late John and Sally Ann Young Alverson, and the widow of John Abner Greenway. Luna was a longtime textile employee working for Whitney Mills, Arkwright Mills, and Saxon Mills, then later worked...
Sarah Hodge
Mar 27, 2020
Sarah Ann Harling Hodge, 82, of Spartanburg, SC, died Friday, March 27, 2020, at Spartanburg Hospital for Restorative Care. Born December 30, 1937, in Roebuck, SC, she was the daughter of the late Dewey B. Harling and Nancy King Harling. She was married for 62 years to the late Edgar Mason Hodge. Mrs. Hodge was a member of Southport Church...
Christopher Skeen
Mar 27, 2020
Christopher Tyree Skeen, 20, of Campobello, SC, died Friday, March 27, 2020 at his home. Born June 19, 1999, he was the son of Chris Miller and Crystal J. Skeen. Tyree had attended New Prospect Baptist Church. He loved football, basketball, music and he dearly loved his family. Survivors include his brothers, Kobe Skeen, Keiondre George, and Israil Bowens, all...
Audrey Frady
Mar 26, 2020
Audrey Mahaffey Frady, 85, of Spartanburg, SC, died Thursday, March 26, 2020 at Spartanburg Medical Center Mary Black Campus. Born April 12, 1934 in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late Victor Eugene and Myrtle Atlanta Burgess Warren and the widow of Carl Mahaffey and Herman Frady. Audrey was a homemaker and was a member of Eastside Baptist...
Charles Childs
Mar 26, 2020
Charles Jay Childs, 99, of Boiling Springs, SC, died Thursday, March 26, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 22, 1921, in Blackburn, OK, he was the son the late Homer John Childs and Dorthea "Dot" Yeager Childs and husband of the late Linda Florence Morrison Childs. A U. S. Army veteran of World War II, Mr. Childs served as...
Alfred Foster Jr.
Mar 25, 2020
Alfred Dewitt "Chuck" Foster Jr., 73, of Roebuck, SC, died Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at his home. Born December 20, 1946, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Alfred D. Foster Sr. and Emma Chiles Holland Foster. Mr. Foster earned an AS Degree in Criminal Justice from Spartanburg Methodist College and retired from the Spartanburg City...
Jo Putnam
Mar 25, 2020
Mary Jo Thomas Putnam, 100, of Roebuck, SC, died Wednesday, March 25, 2020, at White Oak at North Grove-Spartanburg. Born August 21, 1919, in Pickens, SC, she was the daughter of the late Claude Columbus Thomas and Melinda Isabella Chastain Thomas. She was married for 71 years to the late McDuffie "M. D." Putnam, Jr. A 1936 graduate of Pickens...
Anne Otts
Mar 24, 2020
Georgia Anne Otts, 73, of Spartanburg, SC, died Tuesday, March 24, 2020, at RoseCrest Retirement Community-Inman after a courageous battle with Parkinson's disease. Born September 6, 1946, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late Bill and Lydia Ayers Otts. Anne was a retired teacher, former volunteer at Spartanburg EMS and Spartanburg Medical Center, and a member of Nazareth...
Mary Turner
Mar 23, 2020
Mary Ann Foster Turner, 90, of the Wildewood Downs Retirement Community, Columbia, SC, died Monday, March 23, 2020, at Providence Hospital NE in Columbia. Born November 6, 1929, in Spartanburg, SC, she was the daughter of the late John Alberry Foster and Gertrude Bishop Foster and widow of Robert Edward Turner. In addition to her parents and husband, she was...
Eloise Cantrell
Mar 23, 2020
Eloise "Weezie" Spain Painter Cantrell, 99, of Spartanburg, SC, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2020, at her home. Born July 18, 1920, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late William Spain Painter and Elizabeth Leek Busbee Painter. She was the beloved wife of the late Loyd "Bill" C. Cantrell. Mrs. Cantrell was a member of Southside Baptist...
Jean Parris
Mar 23, 2020
Gloria Jean Thomas Parris, 73, of Chesnee, SC, died Monday, March 23, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born December 8, 1946, in Inman, SC, she was the daughter of the late Elford and Inez Wall Thomas. A woman of great faith, Mrs. Parris was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to all. She was a member of...
Keith Howell
Mar 22, 2020
Perry "Keith" Howell, 63, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 22, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born January 10, 1957, in Spartanburg County, SC, he was the son of the late Perry Eli Howell and Helen Trombley Howell. A member of New Beginnings United Methodist Church he most recently attended Glendale Wesleyan Church. He was employed with Crowder Construction Company....
Nancy Cecil
Mar 22, 2020
Nancy Gray Cecil, 79, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 22, 2020, at Summit Hills Retirement Community. Born September 8, 1940, in Spartanburg, she was the daughter of the late James "Jimmy" Polk Gray and Jean Cromartie Gray. She was the wife of 59 years to the late John Patrick "Pat" Cecil. Nancy graduated from Spartanburg High School, received a...
Clayton Willis
Mar 22, 2020
Clayton Eugene Willis, 87, of Spartanburg, SC, died Sunday, March 22, 2020 (his 62nd wedding anniversary), at Pacifica Skylyn. Born March 24, 1932, in Clifton, SC, he was the son of the late Guy Thompson Willis and Eva Louise Cole Willis. He was a man of great faith, a loving husband, father, and grandfather. A U. S. Air Force veteran...
Bernice Ellis
Mar 21, 2020
Evelyn Bernice Lane Ellis, 92, of Spartanburg, SC, died Saturday, March 21, 2020, at her home. Born October 24, 1927, in Kings Mountain, NC, she was the daughter of the late John and Alma Frasheur Lane and widow of Sam Ellis. She was a member of Skylyn United Methodist Church. Survivors include her children, Alison Miles of Spartanburg, SC, Bruce...
Danny Osteen
Mar 21, 2020
Danny Ray Osteen, 69, of Startex, SC, died Saturday, March 21, 2020, at Spartanburg Medical Center. Born February 7, 1951, in Pacolet, SC, he was the son of the late John Ray Osteen and Minnie Sprouse Osteen. He was an auto mechanic. Survivors include his sister, Mary O. Snow of the home; brothers, Devore Osteen (Diane) of Pacolet, SC, Robert...
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